Have a thirties era Ford car (junker)

[raisinhel]

pull it around to the front yard and build a nice landscape around it. yard art.

[ThirtiesFord]

Originally Posted by Tinker

I agree. What I meant was they pull or load it from the area. Every piece you take off the less likely you will get rid of it.

Advice is appreciated, Tinker. Will sell it as a unit, no pulling parts off of it.

Thanks,

Eric

[Tinker]

1946 ford 2door sedan. The more I look at it, be prepared for less. The drums are half in the dirt.

Good luck.

[Seth Swoboda]

Not that anyone asked but I would pull the engine and trans, maybe remove the front and rear axle, take off any good trim and take the rest to the scrap yard.

[Marv]

I agree with Seth. Save all stainless trim and door handles and comlete frame, drivetrain, and steering gearbox. Junk the body. Marv

[bugsiegel]

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[ford35lh]

Eric, I have seen a lot of cars in the woods, over the years.
How did yours escape the bullet holes that the others
seem to have acquired.

lynn

[ThirtiesFord]

Originally Posted by ford35lh

Eric, I have seen a lot of cars in the woods, over the years.
How did yours escape the bullet holes that the others
seem to have acquired.

lynn

LOL that made me laugh. Good question, actually. The answer? Honestly, nobody in my family until recent times was ever into guns much, beyond a few deer hunting rifles. Ive got a second cousin who is a local cop and he does target practice not too far from the old car, but he has set up his own range.

Im into guns, but I just never was into shooting into old junked cars. Although, I honestly have thought about it before. Glad I did not do it now.

It is just on a piece of property that it is kind of hidden, we get hardly any trespassers, etc.

Good question though...even if made in kind of jest.


Eric

[ThirtiesFord]

Originally Posted by Seth Swoboda

Not that anyone asked but I would pull the engine and trans, maybe remove the front and rear axle, take off any good trim and take the rest to the scrap yard.

I raked the leaves away from the edges so I and others could see the condition of the bottom edges of the junker. There is one spot on the right hand door that is indeed real rusted down.

My Dad looked at it, he says that many parts of the body, despite being rusty as heck, are actually still solid. I wonder what one of these experts could do if the rust was removed and it was repainted?

Another thing about it, the front bumper is dented. The story behind that is this: one of my second Uncles, when he was a kid back in the thirties or the early forties, took a joy ride in that thing. It was a working tobacco farm back then here. He crashed it into a tree (nobody was hurt). And left it there. On property that was my Grandfather's. And they never bothered to reclaim it, they just let it sitting there. My family has asked them if they wanted it, "no" is the answer and we own it by squatter's rights now. And it has been there since.


Eric

[Wily Kyote]

Could it be that ol' second Uncle (named Christopher Loyd?), in the 1930's, parked that '46 Ford in that patch of trees when he had finished filming the little-known first of the "Back to the Future" films?

[elwood]

every thing about that engine looks stuck.

[ThirtiesFord]

Originally Posted by Wily Kyote

Could it be that ol' second Uncle (named Christopher Loyd?), in the 1930's, parked that '46 Ford in that patch of trees when he had finished filming the little-known first of the "Back to the Future" films?

Actually, the patch of trees there used to be minimal. Like I said, most of those trees grew up around it since. I'd say it was field there mostly, until maybe forty years ago.

And yeah, you can fantasize. But my second Uncle (who was a little kid when he crashed it there), is not named Christopher Loyd. Sorry to dispel your Ford car fantasy. But, heck I have lots of fantasies that never come true!


Eric

[ford38v8]

Wily, I wish I'd thought of that! Maybe the stainless trim is all that's left of the DeLorean!

[JM 35 Sedan]

Eric, after receiving all of this helpful input from Fordbarners.... what is your asking price for this car?

[ThirtiesFord]

Originally Posted by JM 35 Sedan

Eric, after receiving all of this helpful input from Fordbarners.... what is your asking price for this car?

I listed it yesterday in the sales forum, $200. The conditions of the sale are in the sales forum.


Eric

[Tinker]

Eric these fords can be addictive. You might be pulling it into your garage next, not knowing why. The history draws you in, then you find yourself staring at it imagining it running, next you start wrenching on it. :]

[V8 Bob]

This is an interesting (?) post, Eric. You just join the Barn on Christmas day, you state you have a '30s era Ford and you're pretty sure it's a '36-'39, then you ask what year it is, then you're told by me and others it's a '46, then you "were pretty sure it is a '46" (?), then you talk about your uncle crashing the car into a tree in the '30s or early '40s (that would be before the car was built!), then you post a very demanding ad again stating it's a '30s era Ford, when you're now pretty sure it's a '46. What's with the '30s, when you now know it's a 'fourty-six, and the fact you were born about '70?, according to your profile. That "crash" probably didn't happen until in the '50s, '60s or later, as no one in there right mind would abandon a fairly new car, just after the war, because of vehicle shortages, after a very minor accident. Just wondering.
The car could be worth hundreds of dollars, IF you spent lots of time completely disassembling it, along with cleaning everything to be as presentable as possible, for sale and over a several month/year time frame. Been there/done that. By the looks of things (and your attitude), the car is in very bad shape, and you'll be lucky to find anybody that will want to mess with it (or you) for much, if any money. Sadly, it's probably worth more as scrap than what parting it out can bring. JMO.

[ThirtiesFord]

Originally Posted by V8 Bob

This is an interesting (?) post. You just join the Barn on Christmas day, you state you have a '30s era Ford and you're pretty sure it's a '36-'39, then you ask what year it is, then you're told by me and others it's a '46, then you "were pretty sure it is a '46" (?), then you talk about your uncle crashing the car into a tree in the '30s or early '40s (that would be before the car was built!), then you post a very demanding add again stating it's a '30s era Ford, when you're now pretty sure it's a '46. What's with the '30s, when you were born about '72?, according to your profile. That "crash" probably happened in the '50s or '60s, as no one in there right mind would leave a fairly new car, just after the war, because of vehicle shortages, after a very minor accident. Just wondering.
The car could be worth several hundred dollars, IF you spent lots of time completely disassembling it, along with cleaning everything to be as presentable as possible, for sale and over a several month/year time frame. Been there/done that. By the looks of things (and your attitude), the car is in very bad shape, and you'll be lucky to find anybody that will want to mess with it (you) for much, if any money. JMO.

Ive already been offered $150 for it. I dont have an attitude, Im a very nice guy and I am 42. I just know absolutely nothing about old vintage cars and want to sell it. Simple.

I wrote that sale ad because it is a contract and I wanted to cover myself as much as possible. It is really not strict and I thought, hey, I help you collectors out a little. And I get some spending money. Just being upfront.

Yeah, I did join and post this to sell that ole junker, I aint lying about that.


Eric

[ThirtiesFord]

Originally Posted by Tinker

Eric these fords can be addictive. You might be pulling it into your garage next, not knowing why. The history draws you in, then you find yourself staring at it imagining it running, next you start wrenching on it. :]

LOL hehehe

Yeah, I bet they are. Honest though, I am already addicted to guns, Im already trying to avoid a strong temptation to become an M1 Garand collector. I just want to sell the thing and help you guys out with some old vintage Ford car.

I can read this forum and see that fixing up old Fords could get addicting.

Eric

[Mike51Merc]

Isn't anybody wondering how a '46 Ford has been sitting there since the 1930s?