History Picked up a 38 Ford Coupe Survivor of sorts.

I just got this home. 38 coupe, 283 with a 39 trans. No rust they anywhere. From what I can tell it has original paint. It was finished with interior and drivetrain in 62. I have a log that he kept from 62 thru 73 with miles and and it is currently at 28k! I am thinking that it's original miles on the car. It has been parked since 1991 till this month. From what I can tell it was in Kansas City to Dallas / Ft Worth to Sunnyvale CA till I got it and brought it to Salt Lake City. Unfortunately the owner has Dementia and can't give proper history and his kids could care less. It is missing the seat back, radiator and fan. The rest is as found. I have only had time to clean the inside so far. Going to refresh the 283 and get it back on the road. If anyone has leads on a seat please let me know. I would love one that lands forward, possibly a split bench.

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How do you loose a seat back?

 

THAT BABY LOOKS HIGH AN DRY ! Sombody had some love in there heart ,back in the day ..LOVE IT

 

When the car was pulled out of the garage, the kids had already started cleaning stuff up and throwing stuff away.. Including the seat, and radiator. Bummer!

 

Beautiful car.

 

Great looking project.
Glad you got it before the kids decided to throw that away.
Look at Ryan’s 38 for inspiration.

 

Looks like a good solid car. Have fun with it.

 

Way cool. You will be styling asap.

 

Absolutely! I will post a pic of his log, it's awesome. He loved this car! It has juice brakes too!

 

Living the dream! Will watch for a thread as you get it rolling down the road.

 

Congrats

 

Neat!

 

Dang gas at $3.30....? Oh nice car........

 

Haha, that was Sacramento, CA... Brutal! We are at 2.60ish in SLC.

Thanks, it will be a fun project!

 

I think you should be able to find the seat back springs at one of the aftermarket early v8 parts dealers. The original seat would match the rest of the car.

 

Wow....nice preservation...

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The crank out air conditioner is a good feature!
Solid car, glad you saved it.

 

Nice car, I'd get another spare tire though.

 

The seat back would not be that difficult to simply make.

 

Wow, great find. I love it.

 

The spare is era-correct. They were always smooth

 

How you gonna wash it ?

 

Cool find, looking forward to seeing the progress.

 

“My father’s spare tires were only technically tires- they were round, black and had once held air”

 

Nice score, Congrats from your neighbor to the North! Hope you will keep on posting with your progress, my uncle had a '38 deluxe like that way back when (albeit with a modified flathead). He traded it in on a new '50 Ford right before he went to Korea.

 

Wall Art including the Rim...Bald can be beautiful...... @JayK nice score...such a nice building block...

 

Nice project, keep us posted!

 

Very cool deluxe.. Wish my avatar 38 barn find was a coupe...

 

My Dad used "Maypop" tires too.
@JayK - nice coupe!!

 

Very nice, 38 Ford coupes are cool!