Up for sale in the houston showroom is one gorgeous Ford, the 1946 Ford deluxe coupe to be exact. Like most of the other car manufacturers re-tooling for post-war consumer production, Ford retained the basic design of the 1942 model year for the 1946 model year. The grille was changed to a series of horizontal bars that covered the rectangular opening that housed the grille in 1942. Ford eliminated their low-priced special sixes, which left them with six- and eight-cylinder deluxe and super deluxe models. They introduced a second convertible model, called the sportsman, which featured "woodie" designs similar to the chrysler town & country. Now this particular model would have came with a 239ci flathead engine, it now sports a 255ci mercury flathead pumping out some serious power for one of these engines. The electrical are full msd including the pro billet distributor. And yes it does have the ????tea kettle????? Air intake. The engine has been bored .60 over and the block and heads have been decked for maximum compression while still operating on pump gas. The infamous ????3 on the tree????? Helps controls the gears and the car sports a columbia 2 speed rear end. One drum is a 2.62 gear and the other is a 3.73 gear. So your 3 speed just turned into a 5. The car is lathered is a gorgeous pheasant red laquor paint job and is very reminiscent of the hot rods of the past. Options on the awesome 1946 Ford deluxe coupe include: am/fm radio, vinyl seats and steel rally wheels, chrome hubcaps and wrapped in white wall bias ply tires. For more information on this super cool street rod call the houston showroom . To see more including running and driving hd video visit gatewayclassiccars.com
