Price estimate 1932-36 pickup

I think what I meant by bad cosmetic codition: The car should be street legal, i.e. no massive corrosion, working brakes, steering, lights, but surface rust, dents, scratches, torn upholstery would be OK.

Lucas
 
Hoop, what a beauty of a truck you have. What is the color truck ?.

Don't leave the keys in that ignition !
 
Not sure the exact green but close enough to the original tint.

Want the truck to look like a basic gas station parts runner. Served many years at the Amelia Island Concours as just that ... the official emergency service vehicle, but never as a show entrant, both of us working to earn our keep.

Thank you very much.
 
I always liked the 35 and 36 pickups. I restored this 1936 Bell Truck years back.My Farther used it. Hoop like the 35. Bet you timed it to perfection
Bob
 

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Bob, what a beatiful truck. Telephone trucks have been one of my favorites since seeing my first one at Hershey many years ago. Hope you still have it.

Timing mine? It is a tribute to how good the original design is. I tend to ignore my own distributors. I'll pay for it.
 
Running and driving but needing cosmetics? The cosmetics are where the money is spent. You can buy a good running engine or a transmission and rear end. But can't buy a used paint job or interior. I wouldn't spend more than $9000 on one. Trucks are also harder to sell and get your money out of than a desirable car of the same vintage. Paint and interior and some re-chrome/replace will almost double the investment. Need to be at $20K all in. It's rare for someone to step up and buy one for more than $25 all done.
 
I think I need to clarify I bit:

I have been active in the Ford A forum because I own a 1930 Model A. I am from Denmark and my plan is to ship the car to NYC and drive it across USA following the Lincoln Highway to SF. In SF I want to sell the car and hence not bring it back home. The trip is 100% adventure for me, riding along with a socket set and no cell phone at all. I want to make my way cross USA like in the old days by talking to people.

The thing is, I dont want to keep the Model A: I cannot see myself as having the Model A as a hobby - this is why it is purely adventure for me - I mean the trip. I cannot see myself cuddling this car for the rest of my life.

It is a different story with the early V8 flathead. I am absolutely amazed by that engine. The sound and the torque at low revs which enables the driver move the car at idle speed. Next, I only like the body styles of the early Ford Pickups. I dont like the passenger cars neither the later pickup styles. I could see myself owning such a car as a hobby mainly due to the V8 flathead.

So I have a few options:

1. Go to USA with my Model A and while driving across searching for early V8 pickups and buy one while I am there. Sell the Model A while in the US, continue in the V8 and ship it back to Denmark.

2. Sell the Model A right now, go to USA and search for a V8 driving around in a modern rental car. Then the adventure is limited because I will mainly just get a trip to the departure harbor.

3. Go to US with my Model A and believe that V8s never existed and live happily ever after.

Lucas
 
your trip sounds wonderful! why no cell phone? you said you want to talk to people...last time I heard of it you speak into one end of a cell phone and people talk back to you on the other end.

when people made these journeys 60-70-80 years ago the cars were fairly new and spare parts were in stock at every gas station along the way.

Talk to Old Henry on this forum, he does lots of traveling in his old Ford

make sure to bring:
1) cellphone
2) AAA auto club card for emergency tows
3) a trailer or chase vehicle full of spare parts, as you won't easily find spares for Model A or 35/36 v8 when on the road in the middle of no where.
 
Scott H in Wheaton said:
make sure to bring:
1) cellphone
2) AAA auto club card for emergency tows
3) a trailer or chase vehicle full of spare parts, as you won't easily find spares for Model A or 35/36 v8 when on the road in the middle of no where.
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No, I will not do that. I have trained myself in emergency repairs using whatever parts are available - even used radiators from modern cars. If the car completely brakes down I will just scrap it be it in the middle of nowhere. I will pay a local truck to pull it to the local scrap yard and then continue by foot, bicycle or hitchhiking. Or make a 3 day ebay add and wait for the winner to pick it up. My car is cosmetically in a bad condition - it will not be a total financial loss if I have to scrap it.

Lucas
 
Lucas sounds to me that you have this well thought out. It will be a lot of fun drive the A then plan on selling it over here.

Kinda hard to 'stumble' on a good stock '32-'33-'34 or '35-'36 pickup in all my travels around the U.S. they don't pop up like other antique Fords. It would be just pure luck but then again-------- the way to track this stuff down is talk to people, all kinds of people while you are over here. The kid in the gas station. A waitress. The guy behind the tool counter at Sears. Stop in the local Ford garages talk to mechanics somebody knows somebody that knows somebody.

You could probably trade that Model A towards your V-8.

Good luck to you let us know how you make out.
 
bikemaniac said:
Why are the 32-36 pickups so rare? Because most of them have been hot rodded?

Because they were "rode hard and put up wet" so many times they just became "Junkers'" and were scrapped for the war effort in WWII is probably the main reason. Remember, those were hard times. :(
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Talkwrench said:
Really depends on how bad, and just how driveable it is...??? Ok I'll go out in a limb 12 - 20,000 USD ?

I'll be honest and say I paid 18,000 USD a few years back for mine, running - driving. Cosmetically Ive barely touched it.. Still driving it daily on the same engine, but needing a fair bit of mechanical work elsewhere.
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I love the fish tails
 
bikemaniac said:
Why are the 32-36 pickups so rare? Because most of them have been hot rodded?
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They were a work vehicle. People didn't scrap work vehicles until they were completely worn out. Almost every original truck I have ever seen was close to being junk unless it had been previously restored.
Most of the survivors I see now are hot rodded. I had to hot rod mine because there was almost nothing left in usable condition. I am using the cab roof,back,cowl, one fender and two bed sides, every other part was beat to hell or rusted away.
 
And how stupid was I about 30 years ago to GIVE away a perfectly good '36 pickup cab-front fenders- and box to a friend that was going to restore his dad's '36.... I sold a pair of rear steel fenders CHEAP:eek: DUH

Even today I have offered to BUY BACK with cash the stuff I gave him he hasn't done anything with it. Kind of an odd little guy. He refuses thinks he has a gold mine in my old parts:eek:
 
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