The rear area has a factory bolster that wraps around the whole rear area from door to door. The bolster is in perfect condition, as are the side and rear wall upholstery panels. The bolster wraps around as a backrest so when the seats were flipped down, the rear riders could sit either facing each other or facing forward. Both seats flip up and down and work fine. The leg hardware is original and in tact; nothing is missing.
I have not tried to remove the stain in the headliner. This may be from mice over the years.
The odometer stopped at 53,00 miles, but the car can't have much more than that on it. It's a low mile car; there are no heavy wear patterns or rips in the upholstery, nor worn-out door panels from the window cranks.
The dashboard and steering wheel were refinished by someone at one time, and they did a beautiful job.
This is one of the nicest unrestored '40 fords I've ever owned. The 40-50 year old repaint still looks great, the way lacquer always does when you spend some time buffing it, and there's just a small bit of patina here and there. This is a sharp-looking car, and it runs fine. The engine sounds great with the dual exhaust.
This car is way too nice to restore.
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There are three floor panel patches under the car that were done a very long time ago. The picture above shows the areas under the front floor that were patched from the top side, and the picture at left shows the small area that was patched on the driver's side rear floor (seen at the far right of the picture).
The undercarrieage is relatively clean and not crusted with oil and grease. You can also see the dual exhaust and glasspacks, which were added just before the car was parked.
One frame support was eliminated for one of the dual exhaust pipes to run through on the passenger side, which you cannot see in these pictures. New ones are now available, although it isn't necessary to replace it.