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I actually talked about this car in a thread yesterday. Seems like a steal to me, knowing what she needs. Probably some cool local rock n roll history too if you chat with the sellers. I'd buy it but I just bought something else, and if I buy anything else, wife says I'd better be able to live in it.... Somebody snatch this beauty up!
Nice little car. The biggest draw back I see will be all of the holes left after you de-crapify the outside, but you will have a great car if you get to the level of this one.
I bet you could recoup a bunch of coin off those chrome scallops. Some of that gingerbread stuff is going for crazy money.
I do admire the business coupes. That looks like a pretty nice one. This '50 in Iowa for $1,800 Less money. More work. Details https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/415014119507464/
This is the truth. With some time spent, you might get a couple grand back from the add-on pieces if you weren't going to use them. Interior looks really nice, and engine looks pretty decked out and recent, it might not take that much to get the engine freed up again. Might be worth the gamble. But it says in the listing it needs inner rockers and some body mounts. I did that work on my '52, it's a lot of work to fix, especially if you're trying to preserve the paint that's on the car. Overall though, not bad, I've seen a lot less car with a much higher asking price.
I LOVE all those accessories. Makes it stand out from the hundreds of "smoothed" ones out there One of the most fun builds I ever did was my wife's Panel. Ridiculously OVER accessorized (J C Whitney poster child) but people loved it. Spent a small fortune on those accessories though..they aren't cheap
I really enjoy this type of content when you share it @Ryan. It's neat to see a ride for sale and get your, and then everyone else's thoughts and perspective on it. They are usually great examples as well. This one... near and dear, as my grandpa built a 49 Business Coupe as a custom back in the late 50's. He talked fondly about it often during my childhood, especially the "dozens of coats of maroon lacquer" he shot on it in his dirt floor shed. He had three B&W deckle edge photos of it that always appeared when he told the stories. Unfortunately the photos did not surface after his death... I really wanted to have them in case I ever built one, and just to memorialize that piece of his life. His car had the look in those little square snapshots. This one looks like an easy start to a fun summer driver. Perfect!
Not everyones cup of tea, but it is the way it was done back in the day. Very few hot rodders had the skill or money to customize their cars . The next best thing was the bolt on stuff. I would leave it the way it is. Its a piece of history.
Goggle photo Hello, Despite the present look of the Ford coupe, it is a starting point. The Ford in the ad, it is/or could be the basis for a good build with different parts to satisfy anyone’s idea of a cool 50s car. If someone likes that for sale look, then that is their choice. At least it is not a rusted-out hunk sitting on the side of a road. My wife and I were on the lookout for a 50 Ford coupe. Since we were 20 somethings, no kids, living in a small apartment with our little dog, we wanted a cool car to drive around and become our 2nd daily driver. My wife’s 1962 Corvair was biting the dust and we were in the process of giving it to her uncle for $100. Now, we needed two cars, so we looked at a 1946 woody, another hot rod truck, a sporty car and finally drove to Santa Ana to look at this old Ford coupe for us. It was black, had a Flathead and looked clean. But something told my wife to walk away from the sale. She did not like the seller and the way he was showing the Ford Coupe. So, knowing her and her instincts, we walked away from the sale, with the guy offering to discount the price. We did not make the sale. But on the way to another search in the same general area a couple of weeks later, found a nice 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery that impressed both of us. Jnaki The custom Ford coupe in the above photo was typical of a custom car from the late 50s into the early 60s in So Cal. Usually, it was not a teenage car, but one build for someone with a good paying job and/or had stacks of money for the custom build. The thing that stands out is the custom “goldish” scallop design to highlight the cool blue whole car paint. With the whitewall tires and hubcaps, it was typical of a custom car from that time period in So Cal. This car show photo was part of a display in a So Cal commercial outdoor area. Those were the popular things, as it was more home grown hot rods in their environment, without the fancy “wispy glass spider web-type” strands covering the wheels inside of an auditorium car show. It was drive right up and park, with the wiping off of the street grime to present itself to the wandering public. So, old cars can be a starting point. For some, the better shape it is in at the start, the less time spent on repairs. The AD car has the look/accessories, but can easily be modified to anyone’s choices in the upcoming modification stage, prior to driving around with a smile on your face.
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