History Lou Bingham 1932 Ford Coupe

****... seeing those photos also makes me feel sick.



Malcolm

 

Nice car and a shame about the damage. Not to piss on everything that's happened, but was there not another venue to move the auction to? Or maybe even pospone it? Just curious.

 

The only way this could be worse is if [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Doyle Gammell 3-window was parked next to it,... Well, this just ruined my day.
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Damn, all the other pictures I had seen were muscle cars, I can deal with those. This just ****s.

 

what a shame .....

 

Sad to see the damage to the coupe. Its fortunate it does,nt look like unrepairable damage,but I would be upset If it was mine. Someone asked about the fenders and paint. The car has a St Louis connection that is left out of the articles I,ve seen. A fellow brought it to town pretty much intact,and had it rebuilt to its current condition ,They changed the fenders,paint,detail and mechanically by Dave Conrad . Then it went to Texas.

 

Someone told me today that part of the auction paperwork is a waiver that states that Russo and Steele is not responsible for property damage that occurs during the auction. That means if the owner didn't bother to put insurance on their car, they are **** out of luck. ****s all around.

Dave

 

That is terrible! For what these auction companies are making maybe it's time to step up to a convention center or enclosed stadium.

 

Wow, I did not see the pics of the damage on this one

 

Here's some more pics of the 'Bingham Coupe' (culled from the Internet):

 

... and some more shots of the tent pole damage :

 

I did work on the Bingham coupe in the the mid '90's. Put on new front fenders, removed trailer light, and installed '39s,rebuilt steering box and front end and painted the fenders, gas tank etc. It was owned by Fred and Dave Weber in St.Louis. I think the orig. welled fenders went with the car. Dave Conrad