Advertising:

This coupe was traded in on a recently completed 1957 fairlane. It has 32k miles on a 14 year old build. The following is what has been completed recently to bring the coupe up to date.

New PRO chrome front shocks, front splash apron, Edelebrock 3 deuce intake with 3 fresh rochester carbs (all function), New tilt steering column, 40 ford deluxe steering wheel, New Lokar 23" floor shifter, all new heat shield through out the car, new interior, new custom flame paint on headliner, 18 gallon fuel tank, Completly refurbished trunk, new steel trunk lid with gas shocks, electric trunk lock, 1950 Pontiac tail lights, rear roll pan, Completely rewired the car.

The car has a complete Pete & Jakes suspension installed buy a professional and very reputable builder. Ken Stek of Stek Lo Rodz shop.

The car handles and drives excellent, It has a 1962 283 ci with a power glide transmission both function excellent. For an older buid the car ranks up there with todays standards.

It is equiped with manual front disc brakes a rear drum. It has power windows and winshield wiper. i do have a cd player for the car. Includes matching trailer with hitch. I can sell with or with out the trailer.

While i had the car on the lift i replaced the body pads with new rubber, new fuel line, and new exhaust. This car is clean underneath no issues. The coker tires have about 10k miles on them there half or better on the tread. It has an MSD ignition with a new MSD distributer.

The fire wall was smoothed up and painted metalic gray. There is a nice hood that goes with the car but no side panels. The car is all steel except for the fenders. If you want steel fenders its an additional 3k. Theres probably something i'm missing in the description but basically its a turn key Hot Rod ready to go, i have put about 500 miles on it over the last couple weeks and its a joy to drive. Both doors shut great and remain that way going down the road. I own a hot rod shop and buy and sell cars along with doing complete restorations so I do except trades of vintage autos let me know what you have. I do reserve the right to end the auction early so bid with cofidence and bid to own a very nice 31 coupe. Call Craig at 641-660-9837 with your questions. Dig's Rod Shop

Auto Services in Iowa

Scotty`s Body Shop ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Body Repairing & Painting, Dent Removal

Address: 59 University Ave, Boone

Phone: (515) 421-8105

Professional Automotive Svc ★★★★★

Automobile Body Repairing & Painting, Automobile Parts & Supplies, Automobile Accessories

Address: 10105 S 23rd St, Council-Bluffs

Phone: (402) 293-1154

Premier Automotive ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Parts & Supplies, Auto Oil & Lube

Address: 6815 Hickman Rd, Windsor-Heights

Phone: (515) 276-3838

Midas Auto Service Experts ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Parts & Supplies, Brake Repair

Address: 4529 N Brady St, Blue-Grass

Phone: (563) 388-7866

L & M Transmission & Towing ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service, Gas Stations, Auto Transmission

Address: Janesville

Phone: (888) 994-0849

Helleur Auto ★★★★★

Auto Repair & Service

Address: 215 E Jackson St, Mystic

Phone: (641) 437-7161

Auto blog

Child cobalt miners: Automakers pledge ethical minerals sourcing for EVs

Wed, Nov 29 2017

BERLIN - Leading carmakers including Volkswagen and Toyota pledged on Wednesday to uphold ethical and socially responsible standards in their purchases of minerals for an expected boom in electric vehicle production. Demand for minerals such as cobalt, graphite and lithium is forecast to soar in the coming years as governments crack down on vehicle pollution and carmakers step up their investments in electric models. To cover its plans for more than 80 new models by 2025, Volkswagen alone is looking for partners in China, Europe and North America to provide battery cells and related technology worth more than 50 billion euros ($59 billion). Talks with major cobalt producers, including Glencore, at VW's Wolfsburg headquarters last week ended without a deal. More than half of the world's cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country racked by political instability and legal opacity, and where child labor is used in mines. On Wednesday, a group of 10 leading passenger-car and truck manufacturers announced an initiative to jointly identify and address ethical, environmental, human and labor rights issues in raw materials sourcing. The partnership dubbed "Drive Sustainability" consists of VW, Toyota Motor Europe, Ford, Daimler, BMW, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo Cars and truckmakers Scania and Volvo. The alliance "will assess the risks posed by the top raw materials (such as mica, cobalt, rubber and leather) in the automotive sector," said Stefan Crets of the CSR Europe business network. "This will allow Drive Sustainability to identify the most impactful activities to pursue" to address issues within the supply chain.Reporting by Andreas Cremer.Related Video: Image Credit: Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images Green BMW Ford Honda Jaguar Land Rover Mercedes-Benz Automakers Toyota Volkswagen Volvo Green Automakers Green Culture Electric Scania ethics mining

This unique '64 Mustang was Edsel Ford II's first car

Thu, 02 Jan 2014

You probably had the same dream when you were a teenager. Your sixteenth birthday is coming up, or Christmas, or maybe both, and all you want is a muscle car to call your own. That dream has come true for some, and one of them was none other than Edsel Ford II.
Henry Ford's great grandson turned 16 on December 27, 1964 - two days after Christmas and eight months after the original Mustang went on sale. And that's just what was waiting for him in the driveway, courtesy of his father (and reigning chief executive) Henry Ford II.
The specially-prepared pony car had a pearlescent cream paintjob with narrow blue racing stripes, functional hood scoop, chrome trim, Euro-spec fender-mounted mirrors, a blue leather and aluminum interior, a monogrammed fuel cap... and a 289-cubic-inch V8 under the hood.

Ford hiring 2,200 salaried US workers this year

Fri, 11 Jan 2013

With its influx of popular new products made in the US, Ford Motor Company has announced that it intends to hire 2,200 new salaried workers domestically this year. This is the biggest increase of salaried workers for Ford in the last 10 years, and it is all a part of Ford's contract commitment to the United Auto Workers union to bring 12,000 new jobs to the US by 2015.
There were no specifics as to where in the US these job openings will be, but Ford did reiterate that it will be spending $773 million on equipment upgrades and capacity expansion at six plants located in southeast Michigan; as a whole, Ford is investing a total of $6.2 billion to its US assembly plants over the next couple years. According to recently appointed president of the Americas Joe Hinrichs, the new jobs will be focused on areas such as engineering, manufacturing and computer software. Ford will post its job openings online at careers.ford.com, and it will also use social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to recruit new workers, including military veterans.
Scroll down for more about Ford's planned job growth as well as how to go about applying for said openings.

1931 Model A Ford 5 Window Coupe on 2040-cars

Ford Model A for Sale