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carcrazy

06-19-2024 @ 11:50 AM

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As those of us who have sold cars in the past realize, the only bad sale is a "no sale".

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06-19-2024 @ 5:44 AM

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Sadly, one of my coupes, a rare factory-built car with a (documented) mercury engine was hot rodded after I sold it. This was a 999-point restoration.
Was I upset? No.
Would I have liked to have seen that car sold to a person that would have cared for it as it was? Yes.

And by the way, I tried for over a year to donate it to the Ford Foundation with no success. The last straw was when I was told they had so many cars they were not interested in another '40 coupe.

Mike "Kube" Kubarth

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06-17-2024 @ 10:19 AM

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How do you know that car is destined for street rodding? It makes no economic sense to build a rod today.

I bought a pro-built '37 flatrod from an estate sale. It's show quality, probably cost $80,000 or more to build. I have to sell it now. I'll be lucky to get $40,000.

That '40 looks like it has good value as it sits. Would be a waste of money to street rod it when so many rods are available on the market at much less than cost.

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06-15-2024 @ 7:26 PM

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TonyM,

Please don't apologize for the rant-I agree with you.

There are plenty of cars out there that have already been modified or are hot rod projects that were never finished-it does not make sense to me for anyone to take a perfectly good surviving stock one and modify it.

Personally, if someone tries to modify mine after I am gone, I am planning on haunting them mercilessly... :D

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06-10-2024 @ 12:07 PM

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Agreed TRJford8. The cars are not "ours", we are just holding them for the next owner.

Sorry for the rant everybody.

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trjford8

06-10-2024 @ 10:39 AM

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Tony, in the real world we don't own anything. We are just borrowing it. The next owner can do what they want with it. Just go have fun with what you have and enjoy it.
Life is short.

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06-10-2024 @ 4:38 AM

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Yeah 51504bat, but this is not some rusted hulk.

It is sad when a nice car like this is made into another street rod.

I own my car because the owner refused to sell to a street rodder.

And yeah, it is their "right" to sell to whomever, but it's not right for the new owner to rape nice original cars for their "build", which they will sell anyways. Such great artists. Yep, it's their right to keep building the same boring car.

They brag "all Henry Steel". Yeah, all Henry steel but all non Ford everything else.

Thanks for the feedback. Take care.

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06-09-2024 @ 6:57 PM

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Sorry you feel that way but an owner has the right to sell to whomever they want. If you're so concerned about your car going to a hot rodder than you might want to consider donating it to a museum when the time comes. I'm sure many will disagree with me but the way I see it hot rodders have resurrected many rusted out hulks that many feel aren't worth saving. JMO

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06-09-2024 @ 2:28 PM

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Another nice original being turned into a street rod.

It even has our club sticker in the window.

Please don't sell your cars to these vandals.

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