1928 Ford Modified Roadster, Former Isce 60's Showcar T A Bucket Radical Class on 2040-cars

History: No decent street rod comes without a back story and this one is amazing.  The year is 1962.  Don (the builder of the car) is hunting in the back woods of Kentucky where he finds a cowl resting by a creekbed.  Well even in 62' you don't leave a cowl out by a creek so Don brought it home.  The rest of the body was hand formed by Don during the construction of the car.  I have receipts for the motor that confirm the 1962 timeline. The car was shown in the Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio and Tenn. areas until around the 68-69 show season.  Word from Don's widow was that by this time the car was showing its age and he had his fun with it.  It was rolled into a barn beside his house and there it sat. Don continued to build cars during this time and in the mid 1970's  he decided it was time to ready the ol' 28 for street duty.  This is when the wheels and tires were added, the grill and headlights were changed and he unchannelled the body from it's original (and now current) 9".  At some point a "freind" of Don's stole a part from him. He never finished this car, (in fact 30+ years later, when I first saw the car, it looked as if he had left it, tools still out, as if he were going in to get a snack.) Anyway, after this Don relocked up all his stuff, withdrew from everyone and became almost a hermit for many years.  Everyone forgot about him and his car, even a mutual frind of ours who had known him for decades had no idea Don still had this tucked away. 

Anyway, back to '62.  The aftermarket was nothing like it is now so Don set off to find the parts to build his dream car.  The frame has been completely smoothed and is suspended by Ford springs at both ends with split wishbones front and rear.  Rear end is '56 Olds. Front end is assorted Ford, to include 46-48 Ford front brakes, and what looks to be a heavy Ford axle. Stearing is through what looks like an early Ford truck box and the flat 3 spoke steering wheel is one of the only aftermarket items on the whole car.  After sending pictures of it to a fellow hot rodder, it is believed to be a "bell" wheel, which is quite a find.  The transmission is a Ford F1 truck 3 speed box with, according to the show sheets, Zephyr gears.  The great thing kids today forget about these trannys is they are internally shifted, with a floor shifter.  They also allow for an open driveshaft.  The brass radiator that currently is with the car was hand made by another fellow. I have letters (no email back then) about the many delays Don put up with while waiting for his radiator to be built.  Engin is a 331 Cadillac with according to the same tech sheets, 365 internals.  When I first got this car I pulled off a valve cover and it looked brand new.  Considering the car was only driven on and off the trailer (and according to local stories, late at night) you could almost say it's a new, 50 year old motor.  The milage I listed up top was a requirement and also a guess. The carb on it had every seal dried out on it so it will need to be rebuilt but when I first got it I sprayed down the cylinders, changed the oil, turned it by hand and with a loaner carb I had it running.  I did have to replace the fuel pump due to a dried out diaphram.

The body as mentioned earlier is a 28? with hand formed doors and rear panel.  Show cars of the early to mid 1960's did not have the same levels of quality we see on todays million dollar rides.  The body has no rust but it does have a layer of filler that smoothes out the rough edges.  Mostly the rear panel and the lower sides of the cowl.  Also the firewall and floor are typical build quality for the time, which you would never get if trying to replicate a car like this.  Top is in good shape with no rips, no damage to snaps, etc, just a lot of dust from storage.  The interior was completely out when I found her, but I was able to find most of it in the barn.  I have the diamond tufted door panels, bottom seat cushion and top seat cushion fabric.  The floor is a cardboard mockup, excellent as a template for a wood floor to be cut from.

The title is clean, and in my name.  It is titled as a 1928 Ford.  No B.S. "replica" or whatever, so no hoops to jump through.  Last time I looked, folks were getting around $400 just for an original title.

As far as what it needs to be driven. If it was made out of rubber or covered in plastic, it needs to be replaced.  That barn got pretty hot and cold so brake lines, wiring, fuel lines are dryrotted and in need of replacement.  The dash has disappeared so it would need to be replaced. Other than that, this car is very complete, I have owned it for a long time but just haven't done anything with it.  My son has started to build his first car so I could use the room.

Other parts not shown but included in the sale: I have a generator with chrome sleeve, chrome voltage regulator, some brackets, chrome pullys, chrome fan, Don's ISCA belt buckle, a box of letters and receipts from the build of the car, ans some original showcar plackards.

You couldn't build a car like this anymore.  We as a group have lost the knowledge, as well as the parts to build a car this period correct.  If you wanted to gather up all the parts on this car, you would spend years just to find it all.  This car would be an attention grabber anywhere it went, and as it is such a light little car, with a big ol' Caddy engine, it must run like the Devil himself.  I will help with any shipping needed, and could even deliver it up to around 200 miles for an extra fee if need be.