1941 Ford Convertible Custom Street Rod

When you attend any car show, you're always going to have those moments where you spot a car that just catches your eye. And Mike Rick's 1941 Ford convertible fits the bill. It's a unique car, but it's also been, you know, massaged, so it's a little smoother. Mike, great car. Thank you. Thank you, Mark. Yeah, we've enjoyed this car for the past 20 plus years. It's had body modifications on it. There's no front bumpers or rear bumpers, roll pan in the back. The headlights are Frenched in, as are the tail lights, runs on a Mustang to front end, parallel leafs with a 12 volt Chevy ran in the back. It's got a small block Chevy in it that's been board 30 over for the turbo 350 with a kit. It's got heat and air in it. Power windows, power trunk, just been a really good car all around, so. I know you've put a lot of miles on this car, cause I've seen it everywhere. How many miles have you driven this car? Well, we've driven this car, I got to think at least 25, 30,000 miles. And they've been good miles. It's been a very trouble-free car. And just had no issues with it at all, so it's been just a good car all-around, you know. Yeah, I really love your car. And I love the smooth look on everything, but I gotta ask you, Mike, how often does this top come down? The top comes down very often. You get a day like today when it's 90 degrees out, you're better off with the top up so you don't cook when you're driving down the streets. So that's why the top is up today. Give you a little shade. It's that little secret of our convertibles. Everybody thinks a convertible, you put the top down on the hot sunny days, but instead most people put them up just for shade. You put them up for shade. You open the front windows, the rear window unzips, so you get a lot of air flowing through the car and you're a fairly comfortable driving down the road. And that top material that's great. Is that like a cloth? It's a cloth top. Yes. And you gotta be careful with a cloth top. You wanna, when you're done with the top down, you put it up, so the top doesn't get wrinkles in it. Stays stretched out. So you want to keep the top up as much as you can. That's correct. The other thing, the interior, you know, you've get a beautiful interior. And is that all like the bluer? It's all a cloth interior and. Very nice, And I like the cloth personally better than leather because it's cooler on a day like today and. And in a convertible having a little cooler interior isn't such a bad thing. It's not a bad thing for, you know, you get a day like today again, when it's 90 degrees, you get into leather interior, and you just stick to the seats by the time you're home. So I like the cloth interior the best. And this kind of, milkshakey kind of creamy color, what color, do you know what the color is? This is a 19-, let's see, 1990, I believe Honda color. Okay. And it's called almond cream. Very nice. It just looks clean and fresh. And I like cream colored cars. I have another car at home that's cream-colored and they don't show the dust. So your car can be a little dusty and they still look good. Well, I know you used to have a really nice dark color, 34 Ford. I had at one time I had five black cars. And trust me, I love black as a color, but they're a pain in the butt to keep up. They never looked clean. They never look clean, so. And of course to all the side, all the insignias are off the car, although you still got your body side trim. Side trim is on it. Has been nosed and decked. Yep. We got a powered trunk. So that opens up electrically. The doors are a rod Tronic, Keela century type doors, and. M-kay. So yeah, your door handles. I didn't even catch that right away. Your door handles are gone. Those are all shaved. The rear fenders are molded in and the running boards are molded in and everything's body color. So it's very easy to keep clean. So what's the furthest trip you've taken in it? The furthest trip that I've personally done, and it is down to Lincoln, Nebraska, and drove down there, the car was flawless all the way down and all the way back with zero problems, so. Drives nice on the freeway, right? It drives real nice, with the, independent front suspension, it drives just super on the highway. No. Problems. This is just a beautiful car. I love looking at this thing. It's the kind of car you're going to look at all day long. Mike, the thing I like about this car is just smooth. All the lines are smoothed out and this roll pan underneath and your license plates scratched in, and then the Lincoln tail lights, just Frenched in just gives it that really smooth look. It does. It gives it a very smooth look and I'll tell you something else, with no bunkers, it's very easy to clean the back. And the front with no bumpers. You ever have to worry about bumping into anything? No, I'm a good driver. Well, I'm not. And of course, no door handles. So how do you get into yours? Well, I push this button like this, Mark. And you're in. And the door pops open, see? Just like that. Real simple. Very neat. That looks good. All right, Mike, we've taken a look at the whole outside, the beautiful interior. Let's take a look under the hood. Okay. I'll open her up for you. Wow. That's nice and clean in there, Mike. Well, Mark, over the winter time, since there was nothing to do, cause we were all shut in. I polished all of the aluminum and cleaned everything up really, really good. And so it gave me something to do over the winter time. Well, that looks nice, Mike. Well, I'm glad you like it, Mark. And you know, like I say, it's great seeing this car. Neater to see what's under the hood. Love seeing this thing out in the shows. Thanks for sharing it with us. Oh, you're more than welcome. Great. I'll talk to you later and I will see each other in another ride runs shortly. Awesome.