Making a sellable ’36 Ford

My Stepfather has been sitting on a ’36 Ford pile-o-parts in the garage for as long as I’ve known him… And that is a significantly long time. See, he’s a (semi-retired) bodyman by trade and his personal car projects are always the last to get attention. Now that he’s getting older, the reality has been creeping up that it’s time to move the abandoned project car onto a new owner. The rolling chassis, sitting on new wheels and brakes, is pretty much complete with a Vortec V6, Ron Francis wiring, Mustang II front end and a Granada rear axle (no, he’s not a hardcore traditionalist, obviously) in place. Here’s where the problem comes in- The body is a stock Fordor ‘humpback’ trunk sedan with rear-mounted spare. In terms of retail desire, this particular model is pretty low on the ’36 list (although some were customized in the 50s). He could prime the body up and drop it on said chassis, but it’s gonna look like a pretty sad package. I thought he would be better off buying a decent ‘slantback’ Tudor body shell, or even better if he can swing it, a nice 5 window coupe body and dropping that on the frame instead. His front sheet metal is cherry and has multiple sets of fender, bumpers, etc.

So what would you do to sell it?

A. Leave it in pieces and let the next chump figure it out.

B. Put the time in to get the body looking decent and mock the car up for sale.

C. Get a nice Tudor or Coupe body and do the swap, more money goes in but brings the price up.