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My 39 DeLuxe tudor came from North Georgia where it was supposedly a moonshine car, as supposedly was every other black 39-40 Ford I've ever seen from the Appalachians. It was sold sometime in the early 60's to a man in North Alabama who hotrodded it. When I got it the car still had the white tuck and roll from the era. It also came with a spare trans as evidently the trans suffered at the hands of the hotrodder. Certainly the engine did, as it was blown and removed. A man in South Georgia bought the car in the mid-70's, almost immediately sold it to a man around Hilliard, Fla. who built a 46 engine for it and drove it around for a couple of years. The South Georgia man bought it back, then soon thereafter sold it to another man in the same town. Then the car sat, undriven since 1978 and with the same trans in the trunk as when found in North Alabama. I bought it two years ago. It's in the paint shop now and the car is coming along nicely as a resto-rod; dropped axle, built 50 engine, 5 speed, all original paint and trim.
In the past I had an original 427 1964 Mercury, a very rare car. I had the original title in the owner's name, plus mileage. It has appeared in a couple of magazines and the high dollar auctions since leaving my hands. Surprisingly, the origin of the car has changed, as has the story of it's original owners. Better yet, the mileage has dropped to half what it had when I used to drive it. And someone thinks they're buying a car with provenance when they bid on this car.........