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01-07-2017 @ 10:35 AM
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If you ever get the chance look for and watch a 1949 movie titled "The sun comes up" It stars Jeanette McDonald and Lassie but more importantly a beautiful yellow '47 or 48 Ford Sportsman that Lassie probably left her mark on the wood. Beautifull color movie.
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01-06-2017 @ 1:58 PM
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You have expensive taste carguy, but you sound like me!
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01-06-2017 @ 11:39 AM
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Thanks to all who responded. It looks like the original Sportsman is going to have to be added to the long list of cars that I would like to own like, for example an original Shelby Cobra and a boat tail Auburn, that are now priced beyond what I can afford.
Bill Brown '34 Cabriolet
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01-05-2017 @ 3:13 AM
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Carguy That car on Ebay is a clone. Reportedly wood applied to a convertible body. If you compare the Ebay pictures to Lorin Sorenson's book you will see the differences. Look especially at the rear fenders and tail lights. Also I believe the price on Ebay is a starting price and the seller has some other figure in mind because he says "reserve not met" The prices bid at Nick Alexander's auction are real and are in the stratosphere as far as us mere mortals are concerned. 42 Wagon
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01-04-2017 @ 3:06 PM
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A few years ago a gentleman named Nick Alexander had an auction of his "Woodie" collection. Nick had one of the finest collections of these cars ever. His '46 Merc, Sportsman went for $368,000 and his '48 Ford went for $275, ooo. Rare = $.
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01-04-2017 @ 12:45 PM
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OK, I'm learning. I did see the nice looking Sportsman from California on E-Bay with the '51? Merc flathead for somewhere around $48-49,000. And then I see the 1946 Sportsman in the Cars For Sale section of the November-December 2016 issue of V8 Times for $265,000. And these 2 cars prompted me to learn more about the Sportsman cars. The E-Bay car would be a bit of a stretch for me but possibly doable, but if the $265,000 car is typical for a very nice original then I will have to admire them from afar and I can stop looking for one to have in my garage.
Bill Brown '34 Cabriolet
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01-02-2017 @ 12:22 PM
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42, I would think they did. As you mention, Iron Mountain did stamp the body number on the firewall above the steering column. My '46 wagon is an August built car.
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01-02-2017 @ 12:09 PM
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The Iron Mountain station wagon bodies were stamped with a consecutive by year body number on the firewall near the voltage regulator. Perhaps the Sportsman bodies had a similar stamping?
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01-02-2017 @ 8:24 AM
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If you look closely at the car now on E-Bay, it looks like they applied a veneer right over the convertible sheet metal. They did a very nice job and you can tell from a mile away that it's not a real Sportsman, but I wouldn't mind owning it.
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01-02-2017 @ 6:56 AM
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There is currently a faux Sportsman on e-Bay. It looks real good , but the owner describes how they made it out of a convertible.
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