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RAK402 |
07-26-2024 @ 11:15 PM
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Tom, My apologies sir-I just saw your message.
My Fordor is doing fine sir. I last drove it a couple of weeks ago. 49 years and change since I first got it.
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DMMuir |
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07-23-2024 @ 9:03 AM
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Personally, what someone owns is theirs to do with as they see fit.
Do I like the modded/rodded cars? Some, the ones that are done in what I consider tasteful ways. But that's always a personal opinion.
I can appreciate the work and vision someone else has while not truly liking the result.
So many people tell me I should take my survivor 40 tudor and rod it. or restomod it. all their opinions.
My plan? What I think many of you would do. Put back the things someone else has changed. get the right wheels back on, get the right materials to fix the windows, seals, upholstery.
Think about fixing the little rust and few dings, and painting possibly in the future, but only back to the original look!
If I had come into a rust sh*ll. or a broken down frame and body maybe I would do different, but since I have an original un-restored car the real way "Henry built it" I am definitely going to keep it exactly that way!
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07-13-2024 @ 8:11 AM
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Good morning---
Thanks for the compliment! You started my weekend off on a high note.
How is YOUR 4 door Sedan doing?
Tom
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07-12-2024 @ 4:42 PM
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1940 Tom,
You are a very, very wise man!
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1940 Tom |
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07-11-2024 @ 7:31 PM
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Good evening, everyone--
I enjoyed reading this thread and can appreciate everyone's opinions. Now, please let me express my thoughts on the subject.
I am the proud owner of a restored 1940 Ford Deluxe 4dr. Sedan. I have owned it over 20 years. When I bought the car (unrestored, but complete), it was always my intention to restore it to the condition and appearance that it was in when it rolled off the showroom floor 84 years ago.
Why?
Think about it, my friends and Club members. When you complete an all-original restoration on these cars....
YOU ARE RESTORING A PIECE OF HISTORY.
Our cars were being built during the tail end of the God-Awful Great Depression, continued through the years of the God-Awful Second World War, and ended up finishing their run as the United States emerged as a world power. Think about the changes that came about during those 21 years - 1932 to 1953. Not only in world history, but the advances in technology in the automotive industry too. Amazing!
I took a lot of kidding during my car's restoration. Friends would say "C'mon Tom, just put a Hemi in it and don't forget the mag wheels". No thanks guys.
Are our cars works of art? I think mine is. To our "hot rodders", I bet they think their cars are too. Nothing wrong with that. Remember - "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
Finally - I think there must be some of our children and grandchildren - 4 or 5 at last count, - who are interested in learning about History in their schools. Park a fully restored pre-war Ford car next to a new electric Mustang and see what you get. Yeah, the Mustang will grab their attention, but then show them...suicide doors---tube-type AM radios...roll up windows...brakes with no power assist...no GPS systems....and the biggie, a 3 speed standard transmission! "Grandpa, what's a clutch"?
Enjoy your cars everyone - restored or hot-rodded. Me? I'll keep driving my rolling antique as long as I can.
Tom
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07-11-2024 @ 12:16 PM
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HI Folks, I am in agreement with most all of you. We are only caretakers, lose any rights to them when sold, and it is sad to see a nicely restored car rodded when it is done without concern for the beauty of the car (my opinion, they probably like it that way). But, Tony, there was an easy way to have "saved" this car. Buy it yourself. I would have. (if my wife reads this, it was only for effect) Enjoy the hobby and enjoy your cars. One more thought: Which is better, a beautifully restored Ford hidden away in a garage somewhere or a street rodded car with upgraded mechanicals that is driven regularly for the delight of owner and public? I liked the topic discussion. 42OINK
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07-01-2024 @ 5:25 AM
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Mike as we both know the Hobbie as we knew it is no more. But I am now mentoring a couple of "kids" both around 40 years old and they are having a ball. They actually pester me about working on flatheads, one has a 49 tudor turned into a hot rod but with one of my built engines, 2 carb, aluminum heads, the other just about finished a jeep with a ford 4 banger in it, and is already talking about a flathead V8. so maybe there is hope but not for full correct restorations but still flatheads.
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06-30-2024 @ 8:38 AM
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Alan, as you and I have been around this hobby for decades, we both fully realize that investment has very little to do with ultimate value.
I have restored seventeen cars to date, all very high point. Each one has been a six-figure investment even though I do nearly all of the work myself.
Some I was able to profit from, others I was not. As I'd never done any of this with profit as a motive, I have never been upset in regard to any sale.
With the exception of the one I know was turned into a hot rod. Even that one, well, once it's sold, I no longer maintain control over its destiny.
I am a firm believer that our cars will continue to decline in value as they age. I'd started "preaching" that about ten years ago and believe I was pretty much spot on.
There are the exceptions of course but they are few and far between.
The old supply and demand rule of simple economics is at play here.
The supply to market continues to increase as "we" age while the demand decreases as quite simply, younger folks don't desire what we had coveted.
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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06-30-2024 @ 8:36 AM
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I've got a NICE 40 coupe, yes it's "rodded". 59AB, Almquist intake, chrome 97's, Pertronix, all new wiring, KOGEL hi-comp heads (rare), Red's headers, Smitty's, black turn n roll, jump seats, spotlights, fog lights, signal lights, bumper guards and wings.
Yes, it's rodded but also preserved.
Paul in CT
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06-30-2024 @ 8:25 AM
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Fortyford,
Yep, the museum in Auburn.
Long story short... it should never be made so very difficult to donate a car to a museum. I put up with the ineptitude for nearly a year before moving on.
The next museum had the paperwork, travel arrangements, etc. done within one week.
That particular car is now sitting in a fine display area built just for it.
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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