Ryan submitted a new blog post: Featured Cl***ifieds: 1933 Ford Coupe Continue reading the Original Blog Post
Thanks for this, Ryan! Granted it needs some work to be totally street friendly, but a bare bones coupe is not far away. Follow the build thread, it has come quite a ways to get to this point, hope the right person nabs it! Always shootin' for the underdog, Carp.
The intro is priceless. A whole lotta sins perpetrated on that body but I don't think the price is outa line. Sure needs some love but has huge potential. I prefer chopped as well but it already looks good the way it is.
If you replaced coupe with sedan in your description it would be my project exactly. I've got a 265ci mated to a 39 trans and 33 rear axle. Its got a 56 Ford steering box and 40 Ford brakes all around. I also have 40 Ford steelies to replace the polished rocket wheels. I'm in it for less than $14K right now.
Wow, never thought I’d have a post featured on here, even if it is a cl***ified! The answer to your friends question, is yes it can be done. But you have to be willing to put in the work. Unfortunately most people seem afraid of putting in the effort. To those that think it’s rough now… this is where it started: I really should just keep it, tuck it away somewhere, and save it for later. But alas, I’ve upgraded to a coupe just a little newer:
This one has been for sale a while But at 13k with a the stockish ch***is, the one the bossman posted would be the way to go
Funny thing is when your building one of these cars its all about the parts and how "finished" the car will be when done. If that sedan has a good original floor thats valuable. The grill shell pictured is like 1600 in good but not perfect shape. Garnish moldings are valuable. That hood is 6 to 800 bucks. A straight solid uncut original frame is 2 to 2.5k and on and on. Coupes are more valuable. So its like a big pros and cons list thing. But yes without looking at either one closely I would tend to agree with you.
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