The whole story of my 1936 Ford 3 window coupe "barn Find" and how I am preserving it

Beautiful

 

Beautiful car with such a bitchin interior!!! Excellent score!

 

Now I just read the part where you called Orville and gave him a ride! Thats the best part of the story!!

 

Great story and I think the right guy got the car. The old timers deserve to be treated the way you treated them. Good luck with the car. See you at the Melt Down.

 

Way kooool!

 

That's the find of a lifetime!
As everyone else said, great car, great story,great history.
You did the right thing for Orville and his wife.
I bet they are happy they sold it to you!

 

That is so awesome. Good to see someone get her and treat her right. How has the interior cleaned up?

 

That car was waiting for you.

 

Will you paint it blue again? I like the gray better than blue and can see it with a fresh ford dove gray paint job and a factory gray mohair interior.

 

Most excellent!

 

Great story... good luck on the build

 

I love it ! Welcome to the 36 3W club... one of the best looking Fords ever made

 

Sorry Rocky, but I think pulling that bitchin interior out of that car would be a sin!!!

 

wow, great car and story. i'm glad you didn't waste any time getting it running and orville got to take another ride.

 

WOW... what a great car... you hit the lottery with that one!
Tom

 

cool update! That's awesome you took Orville for a ride! Looks like the car went to the right home-funny story about the broken axle-sounds like a big burnout is to thank for this car being in such great shape...haha.

 

Great story and a nice car to boot. What's the long term plan?

 

Cool story and car!

 

Amazing Find , Great story .. So glad a guy like you bought that beauty

Klaz

 

Good thread, great story, thanks for sharing.

 

great story,great find,good luck with it............

 

Very nice car--friend is currently building two of these 3 windows--one a 36, the other a 35--one of my favorite body styles. One is Navajo Tan, the other a little darker tan/cream like a darker Folkstone grey

 

Fantastic car, brilliant write up, thanks for posting and I look forward to hearing about your progress.

 

Wow. What a story, and what a car.

Look forward to seeing the progress!

Pete

 

What a great car - and an even better story. You are a class act in the way you've treated the po. It's incredible that you had never actually seen the car until after you bought it. Sometimes you've just got to have faith... Way to go!

 

There is simply nothing better, in the world of old cars, then a pre-war Ford in the condition yours is in....nothing. And that's coming from one of the charter members of the 54 Ford Club.

Once they're chopped all to hell....or restored, they're screwed, but nicely preserved and tastefully hotrodded....they're just divine.

It's beautiful man....just beautiful. And the story is too.

Good for you brother.

 

Great story and great car. I've had my 36 for 29 years. Part of the family...

 

This is a wonderful story and a sweet car. I'm so glad it ended up in good hands!

 

I know of a 37 slantback tudor in about the same condition....under a shed, but I don't have the coin to go liberate it.