The clean styling of Fords 1940 offerings was one factor that drove sales to more than five hundred thousand units, a jump of more than fifty percent over the previous year. Part of this popularity could no doubt had to be attributed to Eugene Bob Gregories influence on the stylists who penned this design while he was chief of Fords design department, a post that he held from 1935 to 1943. It was a freshening up of a styling concept first introduced in 1939 by the addition of a new front end design. Sealed beam headlights were offered for the first time by the automaker on the 1940 model. Aside from being a major safety improvement, their design contributed considerably to the new look. Bathed in very nice black 2 stage paint, and adorned with near perfection chrome bumpers, badging, and britework, we have a rolling work of art. Very little was left unturned on this restoration, as lines are straight, gaps are really nice, and steel is straight. The large visored sealed beam headlamp bezels, flank a horizontal ribbed curved V grille and tall hood center. A nice chromed spear works its way back on either side along the belt line of the slightly curved sides. At the curved rear of this car we see 2 V shapes Sargent Stripe like taillights almost getting lost in the deep field of black paint. Gleaming billet style knockoff wheels are noted on all 4 corners. A pristine canvas convertible top with red piping prepares us for a gaze into the interior.