Recent content by lio45

I like them all, but prefer the '51-'52.

I'm from Canada and have brought an American car here in the past without problem, and I've also "exported" things to the U.S. without trouble (you just need the right paperwork). I cross the border very often and I was actually going to ask the U.S. customs guys about doing exactly the same...

Oh, and... does anyone have the best possible source for '39 production info? I have the Standard Catalog of Chrysler (used to be a big Mopar fan back in the day) but I don't have the FoMoCo equivalent yet, and I'm pretty sure they're the top source for such information, right?

Hehe, this argument could go both ways: am I really sure I want to spend so much of my limited time on this Earth painstakingly restoring this carcass? :P (... the answer may still be 'yes', BTW)

Money, or mostly time...? It's quite different. I'm looking at it as a hobby. I know your advice is sound, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't always apply to people who are do-it-yourselfers. FWIW, I've been in real estate for nearly 15 years now, have built a sizable portfolio over the years, and...

$2,200 USD. But, as is usually the case from what I've gathered, even with a free car you'd probably be upside down in terms of equity in the end if you were to do a perfect restoration. I would want to keep it as original as possible, but I'm really not aiming for perfect or anywhere like it...

I was actually thinking about your logic, and I believe I have an irrefutable argument to offer to counter it: your own example! Out of the more than one million buyers who bought Fords in 1951, it's entirely plausible that there were a few frugal war vets with knee problems and/or a bad left...

I have a question for you guys regarding those production numbers. From this source (VanPelt Sales, which from what I've seen is kind of a reference here), http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_serialnumbers.htm we have this note: (note (d) pertaining to model year 1939) Those are the...

Nice '41 business coupe! Which one of the three (the other one being your son) has priority? :P

In any case, with your custom bellhousing you will truly have an unique yet period-correct '51 coupe... whether or not FoMoCo made a handful of them or zero, you'll probably have the only one in existence at the moment!

Also, random bit of info I learned while googling, it seems that the guy who won both the very first NASCAR race and first season (in 1948) was driving a '39 Standard. The car is on display in the Hall of Fame in Charlotte. Vintage pics of the race from 1948...

Hi Ron, first off, happy birthday! But are you sure you want to apply your statement to both cars and trucks? '40 and '41 trucks are the same, while '39 trucks are identical (or pretty damn near identical, as far as I can tell) to older models. Also, I did follow swoopNZ's advice and looked at...

One thing that's interesting, given that Ford made about 150,000 V8-60s for 1939 and only 190,000 Standards in total, this 91A Standard Coupe has got to be a fairly rare car (with less than 8,000 made if the take rate for the bigger engine was the same on coupes as sedans, and even less if it...

Or this: https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2012/11/08/deuce-coupe-barn-find-shows-up-at-hershey/

I wouldn't say no to something like this: http://www.americandreamcars.com/1933ford3wcp091914.htm