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Here is my 1939 Ford Coupe. This is a really cool car that runs and drives great for under 30 grand.  How often can you say that about a 1939 ford coupe ? Not often. This is a older street rod restoration, but still presents well. I bought this from a older couple, they built the car. It was one of those scenarios were they had a garage full of old cars and this was the one they drove the least, so they decided to sell it. Since I'm looking at the car and your not, I'll pretend I don't own the car I'll do a walk around and tell you what I see.

Alot of people throw the term " its a 20 footer around", as in from 20 feet away the car looks perfect.  This is not a 20 footer, I would call this a 10 footer or possibly even a 5 footer.  So its pretty nice.  When you look at the body I don't see any waves, I don't see any bondo cracks, and I don't see any rust, but it does have some flaws.  Where the top rear corner of the doors meet the the roof there are two bumps on each side. Almost exactly in the same spot on both sides. Just because both sides are identical, and in the identical spots, honestly i would say someone screwed a bolt/screw in to hold the trim around the door opening for the headliner and the screws/bolts were too long and pushed into the outside skin creating the bump.  Not super noticeable, but there. Fords of this era, unless you use a bra always get rock chips on the front of the fenders, so yes it has those.  Rocks are everywhere, in parking lots, on streets, well its inevitable that eventually a rock will get stuck in the tread of your tires, and when those rocks come loose you can imagine the momentum they have. It those rocks going  say 100 miles per hour hit the bottom of the fender just perfectly they can cause a little star which appears on the top side of the fenders. So yes, the fenders do have some stars. There is a small area between the headlights and the grill, on both sides this area isn't quite as shiny as the rest of the fender.  I would guess the guy used to wax the car with a electric waxer rather then by hand, and the waxer was too physically large to fit.  If it bothered you it should be a easy fix, just some waxing.  Towards the rear of the hood mostly on the drivers side are some little chips that were touched up, unsure what happened, probably a great story behind them. Not obnoxious, but there.   On the front fender going behind the tires are fender braces. These just bolt in. For some reason these are not there, I just noticed they were missing yesterday. They are cheap and easy to find, within minutes you can install them, so no big deal there either. The running board covers look new, the doors open and close nice, trunk opens and closes nice.  The one thing you've got to admire, regret, cringe, however you want to put it is the trends or styles of building cars throughout the years. When this was built it was thought to be cool to remove the door handles and install barrel key locks in their place.  Yes they work and honestly don't look horrible, but if it was me I'd remove them and install the stock door handles. It doesn't appear that the doors were modified to install the barrel key locks, so it should be as simple as unbolting the barrel key locks and just installing the stock door handles in their place. The trunk lid had the stock latch removed, however the guy intentionally left little dimples (not obviouse unless your looking for them) where the holes were at so if he ever wanted to change it back to stock it would be super easy to do. Just redrilling holes rather then grinding off all the paint to find where the holes used to be. So yeah if you ever wanted to put it back to stock, it would be really easy to do.  Do you remember when those california car dusters were the craze ? I mean everyone had to have one. Sure they worked great in the beginning, but what used to happen is you'd wipe your car, then at the next show wipe it again, and again, and again and eventually the dirt would build up on the california car duster.  You were supposed to wash them, but what if you were at a car show and had dust on your car and you forgot to wash it, and you haven't washed it for has it been 5 years ?  I think you know where I'm going, eventually those california car dusters would cause fine little scratches in your paint.  Yes this is one of those cars.  If you wax and wax and wax, yeah they might come up, but it does have them. Thats all I noticed, you have to admit I've been really hard on the body, overall it does look pretty nice, if you drive it to a car show people will come and check it out, but if your after perfection you'd want to repaint it. 

As far as shiny stuff, the bumpers look pretty new. The backsides where they bolt on and in the tight crevices where the bumper brackets attach they do have minor corrsion, stuff that would easily come off with a SOS pad if it bothered you. The grill doesn't look bad, the chrome parts do have minor things here and there, but again its in the front of the car, its constantly being attacked with road debri. Windshield trim and headlight rings look pretty good as well. Honestly all the chrome/stainless I'd leave alone except for the hood latch. The hood latch isn't horrible, it functions, but I'd rechrome it or replace it.

 This is a business coupe, however the previous owner had grandkids, so he pulled out the rear shelf and installed some seats in the back. I'm assuming this was designed to be a temporary thing and the seats eventually pulled back out and the shelf reinstalled, but that never happened. Because the rear seat was designed to be temporary it was never upholstered to match the rest of the car, it looks good, just doesn't match anything. The interior itself showed some use, the carpet had marks, headliner had a seem coming apart, etc, so I was planning on updating/refreshing it, and since I'm updating I was going to make it black.  I have new carpet for the car (needs to be fitted) and new kick panels for the car ( needs to be fitted). The seats are super comfortable, you sit at the perfect height, you don't have to bend over to see street lights, your arm hangs out the window just right, I mean they are perfect. They make upholstery paint and since they are so perfect for the car  I was going to paint them black and reuse them. I hadn't decided whether to keep the rear seats or not. If  you do decide to keep the rear seats,  they make vinyl paint, so it would be easy to make them black or whatever color you choose. If you do decide to keep the rear seats you'll also want to do some vinyl repair to the tops, they have some small cracks, walmart sells the vinyl repair kits, they are cheap and easy to use. The door panels I was also going to reuse and paint black.  The drivers door glass is cracked, but it is just flat glass, any glass shop can replace it. I do not have a new headliner, but many places sell them. The windshield trim and rear window trim was removed to remove the headliner, I have them somewhere, but they aren't where I remember them being. If I find them they come with the car, if I don't find them you'll need some. The car has electric windows, they work good, but if you'd rather have window cranks it should be easy to put them back in. The dash has stewart warner guages, they all appear to work except for the speedo. It needs a new cable. I never bothered to hook up the dash lights, but it isn't hard to do if you wanted to.  The steering column is a tilt column. I was told its from a chevelle. It doesn't look fancy like a ididit column but does the job just the same. The column was originally in a column shift automatic car, so it has the collar for a column shift, however you can buy a manual shift column collar and then that extra hole would disappear. Right now the interior is several colors, missing carpet, missing headliner, missing kick panels, etc and you could certainly drive it as is as , but it wouldn't take much to complete the interior and make it look new again.  If I have some free weekends I might start doing some of what I mentioned.

As far as the trunk it had those cardboard panels on the sides, a cardboard divider behind the rear seat, and carpet on the floor. I pulled it all out and was going to install new stuff. I have new carpet and the new cardboard panels, they just need to be fitted and installed.  So yeah I didn't post pictures because its just plain looking, just the factory sheetmetal with the factory blackish paint/undercoating they used, but I can send you pictures if you want to see it.

The engine is a 1971 chevy LT1, I didn't run any numbers to verify, but the previous owner said it was. All old cars develop leaks, they are rarely driven, seals dry up, it happens to them all. I hate leaks, so the motor was just pulled, taken apart and thoroughly looked over.  Everything was in great shape so it was just regasketed and put back together. just because its such a pain to install a clutch/pressure plate and it was already apart a new clutch/pressure plate were also installed.  The transmission also was looked over and needed nothing.  The car runs like a top, shifts smooth, shouldn't need a thing.  The rearend is from a nova. I don't remember the gearing, but its probably in that 3.23 range.  Steering is stock 1939 ford and it steers nice, I wouldn't change it. As far as the brakes out back it has the Nova brakes, up front is a disc brake kit.  The master cylinder is from a Mustang. It stops great.    

The tires have lots of tread, I don't see any cracks, but age wise they are older.  If your driving across town they'll last you a long time. If you live in Los Angeles and driving in rush hour traffic, buy new tires.  The Cragars are not new, they look really good walking around the car, but when you bent over to polish them you notice the flaws and corrosion on them. Too nice to change in my opinion, but I just figured I'd mention it. 

I have been completely honest and upfront about everything I know about the car, but this car is almost 90 years old. Classis cars need upkeep. How many 90 year old people haven't had a hip replacement, surgery for this, or that. Probably none. Well a car is the same, as you own it, you will have to do upkeep. Radiators need to be flushed, engines develop leaks, brake hoses get cracks, etc. So please assume that this will/may need upkeep.

I really hate to sell the car, but I'm loosing storage, so I don't have a choice. 

I will take cash when you pick it up or a bank wire transfer. I will expect to be paid in full within 48 hours after the auction ends.

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If you have any questions don't hesitate to call me 701-471-3376