a 400 on BAT went for 22k

Brent in 10-uh-C
I am familiar with this car.



While I don't have the information on everything we did, I can tell you that I rebuilt, when the car was in for service in 2017 (actually may have been earlier than the date listed in the ad, I would have to check); rear end, drag link, tie rod, service brake cross shaft, carburetor, cleaned and lubraplated the springs, replaced the shackles, new king pins, relined the all the brakes, installed cast iron drum, rebuilt or replaced associated hardware, repaired or replaced all brake rods as needed, installed correct sockets in head lights.



The man that owned the car, his father bought it, was not looking for a points car, just one he could drive, keeping as much we could what was on the car when his Dad got it. At the time he was not planing to sell it, something to drive around town.



I know that Tom had a time with the window regulators! I would have to talk to Tom to refresh my memory what other work we did re the engine, transmission and steering box.



Except for maybe engine, is the car safe to drive, yes I would say it is.
 
if you thought a 400s were rare..............


on the bay


1932 Ford B400 OR 400B

1932 RARE FORD B400 OR 400B CONVERTIBLE SEDAN
 
What is sad when boyd Coddington had his show you could see in the background a 400b that was a nice restored car that the took apart and turned into a street rod. I don't normally get to concerned about what people do to their cars but that one did.
 
Exactly,
There is a guy here that is building a 63 split window Corvette for a client. They started out with a numbers matching barn find they spent 70k on. They took the body off and sold the chassis I know they will have well over 500k in work in it conservatively. They are finishing is for sema competition in the fall if it isn't cancelled.
 
I think the real surprise was the freshly restored A400 selling for $30K, 8/16/21 on BAT. I think that would have been a very fair price for that car.
 
Did a little more checking, the engine was rebuilt by a guy in Molalla Oregon after the car first came up. Tom did also replace the right-hand drive bell housing with a proper left hand one and installed correct pedals.
 
I think the real surprise was the freshly restored A400 selling for $30K, 8/16/21 on BAT. I think that would have been a very fair price for that car.





shows how weak the mkt is for A's..................
 
It is typical the guys in their fifties and early sixties buy what was popular when they were kids. Bandit trans ams fox body mustangs and about any sports car you can think of they are not to interested in a 90 year old restored car. Of all the people in my age group of car guys I'm the only one interested ina restored a and the reason is I grew up with them because of my father. My son wants my roadster but he is also interested in many other cars but he grew up with mine. I saw this with the brass era cars and the a has been floundering for 30 years. Just a fact of life, there are outliers but the days of mainstream are far behind.
 
If I could afford $22k for a Model, I could afford to spend what it would take make it a $40k car, or to correct the things that really bother me about it, even if not get to show quality. But since I’m just an ol’ po boy, all I have is my humble Tudor and 54-A.
 
People get discouraged.



the avg joe isnt buying that car........... try to find another.


the rarity far outweighs all else.
 
todd3131 said:
What is sad when boyd Coddington had his show you could see in the background a 400b that was a nice restored car that the took apart and turned into a street rod. I don't normally get to concerned about what people do to their cars but that one did.
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Boyd Coddington was a scoundrel. Not an easy person to get along with and filed bankruptcy what, twice?? The guy was a jerk. Didn't like to pay his bills. Treated his help like crap.

I agree with Todd, certain cars should not be screwed around with like they did to THAT car.
 
As to Boyd Coddington’s rod…
At one time there was someone making/modifying (sedans?) B400 bodies. Maybe Canada?
I partnered with Superior in making top assemblies for them; I assembled 3 tops.
So not every modified B400 is original steel.
Obviously the one being auctioned is original steel
 
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Oldbluoval said:
As to Boyd Coddington’s rod…
At one time there was someone making/modifying (sedans?) B400 bodies. Maybe Canada?
I partnered with Superior in making top assemblies for them; I assembled 3 tops.
So not every modified B400 is original steel.
Obviously the one being auctioned is original steel
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I didn't know that. The one I. The show was original you could see it was a nicley restored car they started with. As for Coddington filing for bankruptcy I invested in Boyds wheels and lost some money when they defaulted fortunately I only had a few shares.
 
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That is one neat looking Model A Ford A400.
 
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