Barn find (this one really is)

My dad got word of a '39 Ford that's been sitting for 45 years. I went with him to check it out, and here's the pictures from it. The current owner bought it 45 years ago finished, in fact it's got a plate from '56 on it still. He planned on doing some more work to it, but never really got into it. Its been nosed, decked, detrimmed and the cowl vent is filled too. The fenders are leaded in and some narrow running boards are molded into the fenders as well. The decklid is filled and the rumble seat hinges are still there too. The rear bumper looks like a '55 Chevy front bumper with some sort of license plate surround on it. I'm not sure what the taillights are, and it's got the exhaust running out of the fenders above the bumper. All of the body work looks good on the car except for a few minor dings from years of stuff being around it.

Its got a '40 dash with what looks like a '49-50 Olds cluster in it. All of the interior trim and molding is on the car. The top framework is there, just lying down behind the seat.

As for drivetrain, it's running a flathead. The block is an early block with late model heads, intake and distributor drive. The intake wasn't bolted down, and when we pulled it off it revealed a set of Johnson adjustables. The valley is pretty clean and still wet with oil, but there's no plugs in the motor, so the cylinders might not look too good. The tranny is out, but it's laying behind the seat and it is a '39 box.

I'm trying to make an offer on the car now. The guys going into a retirement home and is selling everything off.

 

WOW! you gotta get that!

 

nice find, get it and wash the dirt off, put it together and drive it

 

how cool....good luck,,hope you end up getting it,,

 

Wow that is a great find.

The front bumper is a 49 plymouth.

BB

 

yah i would wash it and drive it

good luck on getting it

 

Anyone know what those taillights are?

 

Cool, keep us posted!

 

I didn't get a lot of info from the owner, but it supposedly came out of Pennsylvania.

 

Dude,what a find!!!!!!!.Man,wish I can find an old custom that way.GOOD LUCK.If you get it keep us posted

 

Cool, man - hope you end up with it!!

Malcolm

 

Wash it up and hit the street.

 

great find . never wash it !

 

If it doesn't turn out to be a famous custom,i'd chop the windshield. But leave the rest. Cool find!!!

 

a little bird poo never hurt anyone!!!

drive the shit out of it!!!
(no pun intended...)

 

Tailights appear to be about 1950 Buick.

 

Great find! The rear bumper looks real close to a 51 mercury. The center section with the 3 ribs says it's not though.

 

Thats f@cking KOOL...I hope you score it man!!
Keep us posted!

 

Wow! Great find...I hope you get it!!!

 

no kidding! those pics do things to me my wife could never do! well, other then cover me with shit!

 

Tailites look like 50 Pontiac to me............OLDBEET

 

I think that center overider is a 53-54 Poncho piece...is the car a 40 with 39 steering wheel and tranny or a 39 with 40 headlights and dash?

 

I don't know about the taillights being '50 pontiac, at least the lenses don't look like it (6th picture)

 

Rocky - the car is a '39

 

Rite, might be Buick lites, double lens?.............OLDBEET

 

Tits. That's really kool dude.

 

Looks like solid gold to me.......... Good find, good luck.

 

Sweet car- Awesome POO-tina!!! That looks like a '55 Ford front bumper on the back- it's not a Chev.

 

Definitely a '39- they had a rumble lid (like this one)- '40 had a full trunk lid.

 

kind looks like 50 olds speedo