Barn finds are still out there!

[MarcDeSoto]

I was driving south on the I-5 freeway about 60 miles north of San Diego when I saw what was obviously an old car being towed on an open car trailer.  I was anxious to see what it was.  So as I got closer I could see louvers coming back from the top of the grille back toward the firewall.  It looked complete and very straight.  At first I thought, is this a 1937 DeSoto?  I could see it was a sedan, but as I looked closer and moved to the front of the car trailer, I could see it was a 38 Ford.  It looked like a fresh barn find!  I'll admit it looked like a time machine to the late 30s.  It was nice to see a car of that vintage, and especially a Ford, that had escaped the street rodders for so long.  I guess the barn finds are still out there if you can find them! 

[pflaming]

38 two door sedan, my first car, paid $45.00 for it, had mechanical brakes.

[Andydodge]

My 1st car was a 1938 Ford Standard 4dr Sedan........not many standards were made in Oz and a few people weren't sure what it actually was, as I was not either..........paid $30.00 for it in 1969, realised that being a ford was not a good idea and as a budding hotrodder I should have a coupe..........so I sold the ford and bought the 1st coupe I saw.....a 1940 Dodge Coupe........which led onto the 4dr dodge I still have............lol............andyd  

[pflaming]

Wow! a jump from a 38 ford with mechanical brakes to a 4O Dodge with hydralifc brakes and et.al was a quantum leap. I had a college friend whose grandfather gave him his 38 Plymouth to drive to college. That was a sweet car.

[plymouthcranbrook]

I can only hope that it wasn't on the way to the Hot Rod Shop.

[Frank Elder]

Or the scrapper........

[BobT-47P15]

I look in old garages that are open in my travels around town........I think all the old cars have pretty much disappeared

here.  I have driven up and down alleys sometimes.......and.......nothing.    There is probably some goody somewhere

I can't see in.    

 

This late 30s or early 40s Caddy limo and a GTO were sitting dust covered in an open attached garage for years,

but I never stopped to inquire.   Then one day 5 or 6 years ago........they were gone.   No idea where to.  Almost

every old 50s Mopar I sold in the 1970s left town.....haven't seen a one of them since.  

 

 

I think this one is still around...........

 

 

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

and if you lucky Bob that silver looking whatever they call that things will be gone also...maybe get city beautification credits when it leaves..

[pflaming]

What, and throe away a great paint job?

[Plymouthy Adams]

pflaming, on 10 Jan 2015 - 09:56 AM, said:pflaming, on 10 Jan 2015 - 09:56 AM, said:

What, and throe away a great paint job?

while the word throe does define an act of "violent spasm"...maybe the very manner in which the car was built or painted, I do not know or care to surmise...but to throe away...is this a new form of art that is sweeping the nation...

Edited January 10, 2015 by Plymouthy Adams