What's it worth 32 tudor
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Charlie Stephens
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Sounds ok based on the pictures but you really need to see it and drive it. Just looking at the pictures you can't tell if the fenders are fiberglass and the engine is on its last legs. Don't buy it without seeing it in person. How come there aren't any pictures of the engine and undercarriage? If you get it start by getting rid of those headlights.
Charlie Stephens
Charlie Stephens
Charlie Stephens
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I passed on a nice Fordor in about the same condition and price. It was a '70's "restoration" that had been done with Model A colors. The cost of a good paint job pushed the price too high.
Charlie Stephens
Tudor of your dreams. No roadsters or 3/5 windows without issues for $35K.
There is nothing wrong with the fender mtd spare, it was a option. Thats a very nice car and if it is a good as it looks, could be a fun tour car. Thing about 32's, 20K and below, the butchers will gobble them up to ruin them. All in all, east of CA, they are just not out there for sale unless they have already been ruined with garbage truck engines and easter egg colors. What I am saying, 20K might buy a unrestored car and it would be hard to do the rest for 15K. It all depends on what you really want.
TJ
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Just saw a real nice one sell in Portland, Oregon for $34,500. Much nicer than the one in your photos. Check this site; www.memorylaneclassiccars.com. for the one that sold.
Charlie Stephens
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I have a slightly different opinion. The spare mount in the fender just makes it for me. Now you can add a trunk and luggage rack to carry the stuff that belongs in the trunk and carry people in the back seat.
Charlie Stephens
(mikeburch)Are we all talking about the one of the site that is black and has Halibrand-style wheels on it? Well, that car appeals to a different market for it seems like it has been hot rodded a bit.
The car the OP is looking at it is closer to stock, albeit a 4 cly. car.
This topic is near and dear to me for my father has a '32 Tudor that is "stock looking" except a 59 AB and '39 trans, 16" wire wheels and the battery on the fire wall (never understood this). My father's car has some neat options on it like the dual gauge, locking spare tire hub cap and gas cap. All the parts on the car are Ford and no repop parts were used.
45+ year old black lacquer paint with red pin stripes that his father laid down on the car.
Looking forward to the day it will be mine.
The car the OP is looking at it is closer to stock, albeit a 4 cly. car.
This topic is near and dear to me for my father has a '32 Tudor that is "stock looking" except a 59 AB and '39 trans, 16" wire wheels and the battery on the fire wall (never understood this). My father's car has some neat options on it like the dual gauge, locking spare tire hub cap and gas cap. All the parts on the car are Ford and no repop parts were used.
45+ year old black lacquer paint with red pin stripes that his father laid down on the car.
Looking forward to the day it will be mine.
It's all about what it is worth to YOU. I always look at what I would be willing to pay for a car versus what the asking price is. if I can negotiate the price down....closer to what I am willing to pay.... then....it's just a matter of whether I am willing to walk away from it for XX$..... or... is owning/enjoying the car worth that extra cost. Also, cars are beginning to appreciate right now ...in a few short years the $32K may seem like a bargain. As a matter of fact,.... "parking" $32K in a 32 Tudor, that will probably be worth more down the road, is a better return on investment than leaving it in the bank for the same amount of time at 1% interest.... Just sayin'
rockfla
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I couldn't resist
Bottom line....it's worth whatever offer the seller accepts!
Everything else is just opinions and we all know what is said about opinions!!
That said....MY OPINION
In the scheme of the 32 kingdom either based on the "GENERAL" desirability scale or just pure production numbers and availability numbers the 2 door sedans is near the bottom. We could start with the B400's, sedan Delivery, 3 window coupes, roadster's etc etc and work your way down and argue over what is "MORE" desirable, so strike one. with that said, next it is a 4 cyl, (which I don't mind as much) but "MOST" want the V8, strike two. Third, for me would be the color, strike three (unless it was a really sweet deal for me in the $15,000 range, I couldn't stand it nor paying that kind of money for a car that I would practically have to pull a part to repaint and really at that point RESTORE! Because the interior doesn't look right either). Next is the number of "OTHER" qualified candidates that are interested in an original 32 two door that have 30+ thousand dollars to drop on a car. I would think that it would be a great day if this car brought $25,000. FOR ME... at $15,000 to $18,000 I'd be game, leave it alone and tour and enjoy it, anymore and I'd have to REALLY want it for some reason, any thing less than that number and I'd consider the "REPAINT" and restore as much as $10,000 more than the purchase would get me.....and judging by the cost of a quality paint job that doesn't leave much for the call to LeBaron Bonney for the interior redo....
Bottom line....it's worth whatever offer the seller accepts!
Everything else is just opinions and we all know what is said about opinions!!
That said....MY OPINION
In the scheme of the 32 kingdom either based on the "GENERAL" desirability scale or just pure production numbers and availability numbers the 2 door sedans is near the bottom. We could start with the B400's, sedan Delivery, 3 window coupes, roadster's etc etc and work your way down and argue over what is "MORE" desirable, so strike one. with that said, next it is a 4 cyl, (which I don't mind as much) but "MOST" want the V8, strike two. Third, for me would be the color, strike three (unless it was a really sweet deal for me in the $15,000 range, I couldn't stand it nor paying that kind of money for a car that I would practically have to pull a part to repaint and really at that point RESTORE! Because the interior doesn't look right either). Next is the number of "OTHER" qualified candidates that are interested in an original 32 two door that have 30+ thousand dollars to drop on a car. I would think that it would be a great day if this car brought $25,000. FOR ME... at $15,000 to $18,000 I'd be game, leave it alone and tour and enjoy it, anymore and I'd have to REALLY want it for some reason, any thing less than that number and I'd consider the "REPAINT" and restore as much as $10,000 more than the purchase would get me.....and judging by the cost of a quality paint job that doesn't leave much for the call to LeBaron Bonney for the interior redo....
I may have missed something cause the car I saw on that Oregon state site was truly butchered, garbage truck engine, wrong axles steering and so on, not an original car and one that will have a price based on current style which may not be what it is. Price I saw was 47K also. A streetrod that is out of style looses a lot of premium price.
