This my 1931 Pontiac 4 dr. sedan that I bought 3 yrs ago. It was a display car for Ed Schimdt Pontiac in Perrysburg ,Ohio. It was restored and placed in the showroom for a number of years, then it was moved to a storage "barn" on the back of the property where is sat for along time before the barn was torn down and the car was moved into the back of the body shop, where it sat again for a long time(total of more than 25 years). I was able to buy it thru my son who works there. The motor was stuck and the door handles and radiator cap where missing. The cylinders where soaked with penetrating fluid , and after 3 weeks the motor turned over and after cleaning the radiator and gas tank I was able to fire it up and drive it!. A lot of people ask what am I going to do with it? well its just to nice a car to mess with so I'm going to leave as it is and just enjoy it. Thanks for looking Mel
BEAUTIFUL car!!! There is a guy who calls himself "thehandleman" on the AACA forum who probably has those door handles. http://forums.aaca.org/topic/282509-fs-lots-of-parts/
Now, that's a NICE older restoration! Amazing it 'kicked around' outside for all that time! Sounds like Dodger has a good source for those handles...hard to find. They're starting to call ME the 'Handleman'...time to tighten up that diet...
Very not bad! Tires look a little "skimpy", since it has been sitting for so long you might think about putting a little more gams under those skirts. But very, very cool car!
Thanks for the comments. If you look close I did find some door handles at a swap meet ( they are for a Chevy,but most people won't know that!. YES the tires were small ,I had to replace them(dry rot,tubes leaked) the replacements are larger(not in the pictures shown). The car was always stored inside, note the dust in the first set of photos, and YES it did clean up NICE!. A few more pictures. I did find a replacement radiator cap(model A ford worked) and ornament, the Indian head caps go for LARGE money!!! . .
Right move, other than minor improvments that's one you rock as-is. The only thing I would do besides the cleaning and tuning you did is black out that rear wheel house, where the blue shows under the fender. What's it's best cruising speed? I'd guess about 45-50, yes? Is there any back story with it like where it was sold new, who owned it, etc...?
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