Sold my porsche to buy a 35 ford. Did I do the right thing?

For a small fee I'd be more than happy to drive your new Ford around for you. That way your Porche buddies will never know.

 

For 18 years I had a boat, loved to fish, ski and just enjoy being on the lake. Of course I hopped up the motor and did other things that I thought made it cool. I sold that boat and bought my '35 sedan in 1998. At first I had some real reservations, I really missed the boat throughout the summer. As time wore on and I was getting closer to getting the '35 on the road......I never gave much more thought about that boat. I still wish I had it from time to time but overall.......I'd do the same thing all over again.....maybe a few years earlier.

 

Sorry, but I woulda kept the 356. Maybe for a '36 3-window.

 

I would have kept the 356, lowered it, added some BRM's... and an Empi GT-V wheel, a set of EFI duals with a turbo and a vacuum pump, and a freeway-flyer five-speed with an aluminum spool, disc brakes... and...

 

OK............

 

Yessssssss.

 

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Now that you have sold the Panzerwagen, you may notice your manhood growing. It will be subtle and slow, but it will happen.

Enjoy!

 

Bit late now, it's gone. Enjoy the Ford. Nothing worse than looking at your car and feeling bad about buying it (I had one of those once so I sold the fucker).

I'd much rather have a car that I can drive without worrying about it's value than win a concourse.

 

I think you made the right decision depending on the condition of the Ford, but if you're seriously having second thoughts, you probably made the wrong decision. Sorry. I think the main difference other than the obvious is the fact a hot rod gives you a chance to express yourself and taste.

What I love about building '50s kustoms is the fact I choose what goes on or into the car. A restoration won't let you do that.

I'd never own a car I couldn't modifiy or drive. My brother-in-law has a rare '97 911 that he's driven less than 1,000 miles since he bought it 6 years ago. Why the hell have it? Garage art? I'd drive it as much as I could, screw the decline in value. If you can drop $100K on a toy you should be able to afford to use it. A friend's dad had a partially restored 1958 Mercedes 300 SL gullwing coupe he bought almost new that he drove everywhere in the summer to the horror of local MB enthusiasts.

I'm at a cross road as well. I've got a '49 Ford coupe that's well on it's way to being a full kustom, but in order to finish the coupe and pay a few bills now since we started a family, I have to sell my '50 Ford convertible. I spent years looking for a good one. I just tell myself, sometime in the future you can buy another stock '50 convertible, but you'll never get your old kustom back. You can get another '59 356. It won't be your car or as nice (maybe), but they're available. It's just money.

Build what you love and have fun. If you're not, it's time to find another hobby.

 

^^^ best answer yet,
what does it matter that I think you goofed.

 

Like belair said, quite your bitchin' and get to wrenching!

We all miss our rotted out high school cruiser '82 El Caminos.

 

This is starting to get into a dangerous area but I can't let a ignorant comment such as this pass.
Both GM and Ford had factories in Nazi Germany and in fact 50% of the cars sold in Germany during that era where made by GM.
Henry Ford was well known for his anti Jewish views right through the 1920's and 30's and was greatly admired by Hitler and the other leading party members. In 1939 he was actually awarded the Grand Cross of the Golden Eagle which was the top Nazi award for civilians. Despite a outcry in the States at him accepting this award Ford refused to return it.
Before making stupid statements like loudpedals people need to stop and think.

 

Everybody knows VW's gots soul.. haven't you seen Herbie? It wasn't about a 35 Ford....

 

Porsche was a designer, first and foremost. He was all about seeing his ideas materialize. The torsion bar suspension, central spine, and rear-mounted, air-cooled power plants were the most efficient, versatile designs of the day and the fact that they were so successful for so long show that he was on the right track. He didn't care about building brands or financial empires, only about tinkering with things until they were right or better. He'd fiddle with window cranks for months....

that being said, the Calori coupe is on my top five cars I'd like to own... don't get me wrong, but if it came down to it, I think trashing the Porsche would be more fun to drive. If you've owned a Porsche of any kind you know you want to drive them hard. I like driving...

 

This thread has become pointless.

 

I guess all the hairdressers and poodle owners in your neighborhood have way faster cars than most of the hot rodders.

 

Second that.

 

Third...

In fact, it always was... In retrospect.

Speaking of retrospect...

You gotta love activism... In retrospect...

Well, it's good to know where a man stands....... On Nazis.

 

Sellers remorse? It's only a car and unless it's a one of a kind or something that possesses some extraordinary sentimental value you can always replace it. Enjoy the Ford. Maybe you'll sell it someday and buy another Porsche.

 

Wow
I feel much better. I have not bought a 35-36 yet. The Porsche had to go first. When I find the one I am sure the remorse will be long gone. I have a few old fords that have been in the garage for awhile and when I had to turn lose of something the 356 got the boot.
Never did have any Porsche buddies. I don't fit in that scene to well.

416FORD I will get some pix of the Lincoln, I forgot all about posting them.

49 coupe I would love to see that convertible

 

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Where who stands on Nazis? No one has made any positive remarks on Nazis so I guess you must be talking about Henry Ford. Maybe you'd better get rid of your A seeing it was built by a Nazi sympathising, union bashing, anti workers rights bully who with his henchman Bennett ran his factories not unlike Hitler ran Germany including having his own network of spies to watch for any workers rights stirrings amongst his work force. And lets not forget the Battle of the Overpass May 26 1937 when Bennetts thugs with Fords approval beat the hell out of union organisers in what is probably one of worst examples of anti workers rights ever seen in a free country.


Ford was in a country where he could make his own choices whereas Porsche was in a country where you did as told if you didn't want a lot of grief

 

Whats ignorant about my comment? It's all FACT.

...and as a mater of fact,

Durring WW2, Chrysler made fuselages, GM made aircraft engines, guns, trucks and tanks, and at it's vast Willow Run Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY made the B-24 Liberator. One came off of the line every 63 minutes 24 hours a day. Mr. Ford may not have been simpatetic to the Jews, however his company was on the CORRECT side of the conflict.

Perhaps F. Porsche didn't play the assertive role in the VW as I first thought. However, in my mind I won't be able to divorce the VW bug from the Nazis, and I will not be able to divorce the VW from the 356.

Can I call 'em or what?

 

THIS is exactly why i loved my old 911..It was a real, REAL fun car to 'drive'..

 

I&#180;m pretty sure that an invitation to work for the Nazis was whats known as "an offer you really couldn&#180;t refuse."

 

Good move.

If it were a front engine alloy V8 928, different story, though. Here's a blown one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5EPBCyiSI4

 

I just watched a show on A&E ,Biography on Ol' Henry Ford, that documented these incidents, INCREDIBLE that he didn't locked up forever or assassinated for that!

 

And Ford of Germany,was building military vehicles for the Third Reich at the same time! Better check your history!

 

I think its strange that some people feel the need to fuck up this Thread with Rants about Nazis.


And to show that a Trad Custom Porsche is possible, here is a Pic of Jeffries Carrera.

 

And by the way...

The 356 was created by Ferry Porsche.

The son of Dr. Ferdinand Porsche who created the VW...