Bringing It Home

[Shadetree]

I have always enjoyed the pictures as they drag them out of a barn or unloading them once they get them home. I bought this `35 Cabriolet September 2006 where it had sat in dry storage for over 35 years. We had to haul it about 60 miles. It started raining just as we were loading it on a trailer. We later got stuck in traffic as the heavens opened up. It rained so hard we could hardly see. It was probably the first rain this car had seen in all those years. Yet I wanted to get it home.

Share with us your pictures of Bringing It Home or dragging it out of a barn or garage.
Shadetree

PS When my wife first saw it she called it a piece of junk. I have to admit it didn't look all that great.

 

[Walt Dupont--Me.]

At least it got a wash job. Walt

 

[jim1932]

Here is mine all loaded up. My Uncle owned it for 50 years. I thought it was long gone, but my cousin had stored it at a neighbors after they settled the estate.

 

[Dave72dt]

Looks a lot better than anything I've drug home.

 

[Gumpy]

I drug home a faded purple car one time...boy did i catch hell...good thing i had a car cover......love to own yours!

 

[flatheadfan]

Hi Bud-

Good to see you posting again! I was beginning to wonder what had happen to you!

Got a question about your '35. Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me, looking closely at your fenders there appears to be a raised lip around the wheel opening edges similar to what was on '35-'36 Chrysler products. I have never seen this before on a '35 Ford. I like the looks of it. Are these fenders original FoMoCo stock?

Tom

 

[Mart]

Hi Bud-

Good to see you posting again! I was beginning to wonder what had happen to you!

Got a question about your '35. Unless my eyes are playing tricks on me, looking closely at your fenders there appears to be a raised lip around the wheel opening edges similar to what was on '35-'36 Chrysler products. I have never seen this before on a '35 Ford. I like the looks of it. Are these fenders original FoMoCo stock?

Tom

Could it be the slight blurriness of the picture??

Great looking project by the way.

Mart.

 

[Henry Hopper]

Shadetree...show you wife this...she`ll think you got a real bargain lol

My wife never said much when we hauled this 36 home, just kind of smiled and shook her head....

btw, it was much worse than it looked....

 

[Brendan]

this was the first time i had looked at my pickup, i did not think to bring a camera when i picked it up.

 

[PeterC]

I "drug" this home near 2 years ago - obviously very lucky to have found this gem for sale - had been a 2 owner car - restored in the seventies and stored away in 1980 - pulled out of storage in 2009 - paint buffed up then I take over - the car does not technically exist at the moment as it is in a milliion pieces - undergoing a total rebuild - should re-appear again late summer 2011

 

[Kentf1003]

My wife still shutters when I drag out the photo of my 1940 pickup find. The front body parts were in a pile close by. Now, three years later, the ole girl (the pickup) is beginning to take shape. Needless to say, it's been a long way to Tipperary.

 

[Shadetree]

PS. When my wife first saw it she said it looked like a piece of junk.

Though not restored it has made a great driver. My wife now enjoys Sunday drives in it and the attention it gets. Don't you just love proving them wrong!
Shadetree

PS: Tom,
The raised ridge on the wheelwell was the blurry photo as you can see in this picture. It is all Henry steel.

 

[John Mc]

Re: Bringing It Home - My '39 PU

August 2009

and now today:

 

[296 V8]

Mine just before she got a rearend rolled under and got pulled on the trailer

 

[Ken/Alabama]

Here is my 40 Convertible after we got it loaded up . That was June 1990 and how it looks today.It took 6 years to get it on the road and I still drive it.
Also a picture of my 39 Zephyr the day I brought it home ,Feb. 2010 . Its my current project.

 

[roadster36]

It's perfect !!!

 

[roadster36]

Saving that '40 gives you extra browine points with the big man upstairs. Well done.

 

[Shadetree]

Wow! I just showed my wife what you started with and what you made out of it. This is amazing! Wish I had your talent! I like your new project too. Lincoln, the ultimate coupe! It won't be as difficult.
Shadetree

 

[FL&WVMIKE]

SHADETREE ....................
Is this yours ? What is it ?
MIKE

 

[Don Rogers]

Just brought the 35 Panel delivery home from the body shop today!! The hardest part was digging out the trailer from the snow.