This has been sitting on a concrete slab at my friend's farm for who knows how many decades (generations?). Not much to go by, but I'm curious if anyone has any idea what it used to be? No, I don't have a clue, I just know it's old.
:idea2: Could be most anything. Can you get a close-up of the door handle? That seems to be the best clue.
Looks a whole lot like a Ford Model T, except I think they all had opera windows in the back. This looks like it was a cabriolet or something. The rear body shape behind the seat sure looks like this 1924:
I agree - Ford Model T. Nicely done, Dave. [Notice the big spot of oil underneath the engine :Brow: ]
Last model T was a 1927, 1928 was a Model A. The cowls were very similar, but that's about it. Radically different power train, especially the transmission. There's a few on ebay right now. ebay #260330082275 is one of them. Only $16,500 with no reserve. Two of my neighbors had 28's. Both were show quality, but they drove them to events, etc. Think the cabriolet like this ebay one was in Woodward one year. A friend in Western Ky. started collecting them way back in the late 50's early 60's. His dad owned a drive in theater where I worked so there lots of them around. I think he had about 25 complete cars and a pole barn full of parts. People used to drag them in to the theater with a chain or in some cases they went out and got it. A few were mostly buried in creek beds, had to be dug out, most in old barns. When the word got out that they were buying these up, all kinds of cars in all kinds of condition came in. Some were driven in and bought on the spot. Lotta fun growing up around with all that stuff around. We used to race them around the drive in during the day time after cleaning it up. They built a museum in 1964 and it was jammed with nice cars. Think the collection was broken up when Steve' dad died. Still a bunch of stuff there.
You're all wrong. That's a 2010 Street Rod with Roots blower and 20" meats in back. Just needs a little torch and a little paint, that's all. :Brow:
:Brow: That's likely the plan. I have no idea if the old man will sell it, but if he will, I have several friends that want it bad.
How silly of me to miss that, Brian. These cars have been collector cars since the 50's, but don't seem to have gone up in value too much. Think they levelled off about 20 or 25 years ago, even though it's more expensive than ever to restore one. In high school in the Philadelphia suburbs, one of our neighbors was really into the old cars and was President of the Delaware Valley Model A club. He had a meeting/party(?) at his houose one Sunday afternoon and both sides of the street were lines with Model A's of all flavors. I only have a black and white mini photo of that. He got into it by restoring his 1930 Touring car after WWII. He then got into big cars like Lincolns, Packards, Caddies, etc. Had a 29 Lincoln touring car with an aluminum body, and a 1932 KB limousine that still had bullet holes in the back from some getaway years ago. 31 Caddy and 28 Packard dual cowls, bunch of early V8 Fords, etc. Still had most of them when I visited him last about 10 years ago.
I had a '31 Model "A", which I recently sold. It was a sweet car but it literally left a trail wherever I went. I'd park in the grass whenever possible to avoid that embarassing oil spot. One other story: I had a HUGE drip pan that I kept underneath the car. This pan was/is probably 3 ft x 4 ft. Stamped in the pan it says: "Caution - do not use for baking". Like I have an oven big enough to put that into.... :laugh:
Nice car, Keith. You know I'm as old as coal, but when I was growing up you could still buy nice Model A's for $200, one like this may get $500. To put it in perspective, this is when we were making 50 cents an hour after school. Big Bucks then. I recall a funny story about a cruise/show somewhere where the various car makes was like a high school dance with all the Mustangs in one area, Chev's another, etc. Apparently the Mustang crowd was a bunch of snobby, "elite" (we all know the type), and had some beautiful cars and some nice displays. Seems to me this was in an indoor mall, so they had drip pans under them not because they leaked, but more to show that they didn't. Mustang guys told whoever it was, think it was a bunch of Pontiac guys, they'd better check to see if their cars would start after sitting there and walked away laughing to have another latte, or quiche, or whatever. One of the Pontiac guys got a quart of oil out of his trunk, opened it and poured some in a few of the Mustang drip pans. Laughed their asses off as they started their cars to drive off and the Mustang guys were going nuts crawling all over the undersides of their cars looking for the leak (s)..........
Now that's funny! BTW, anyone have any suggestions as to a reasonable offer for this shell? I figure it's worth about $4 in scrap iron, so we'll start there.
My friend John used to come over to my house and tease me about that big drip pan. "Seymore..." he'd say, smugly: "I don't remember seeing a drip pan under any of MY stuff..." I tried to convince him they were ALL like that but he would hear none of it. Some time later I found this photo and I laughed out loud. Take a look under these brand new 1931 Fords, still in the showroom: :Brow: PS - Those guys are looking very stylish, wearing those hats...
If it's a Ford, it has to be an early to mid 20's cabriolet. 1927 was the last year for the "T", and the body behind the cab changed quite a bit with the 1928 model "A". It might be worth something to a Ford guy, but considering the amount of work required to bring this one back from the dead, I wouldn't give more than $250 for it, unless the seller has a title to go with it.
