Vintage Rod: 1936 Ford 5-Window Coupe

In it’s prime, this 1936 Ford five-window coupe hot rod pictured above must have been one of the coolest cars around. With deep-dish aluminum slotted mag wheels, a “Corvette” V-8 and “big-n-little” tires it carried some serious street cred! We’re told the picture above was taken over 30 years ago. Now, after being owned by only two families all its life, the seemingly well-preserved car is up for sale here on craigslist in Santa Barbara, California with an asking price of $16,995. Thanks to Ikey H. for steering us to this vintage find!

We’re not told exactly when the car was first turned into a hot rod, but the seller does state that the current engine was first installed in June of 1966. Wow! The body looks remarkably solid, but strangely the seller provides few details and they “haven’t put in the time to check out the vehicle’s condition.” I think that’s a lot of money to be asking for a car you can’t be bothered to check out further.

I’m guessing the color on the bottom of the trunk lid was the color of the completed hot rod, but it looks like the paint has been partially sanded off at some point. I was trying to decide if the body had been chopped or channeled at all and I couldn’t decide. Can any of you tell? If so, it’s pretty subtle.

Using this shot as a gude, it appears that the body is in pretty nice shape; again, take a look before proceeding (which the seller says they will let you do if you send them an email). I wonder if the chrome is just dirty or pitted?

Obviously a custom job, the pleated interior is presumably vinyl. While it was nicely done for the time, it’s starting to show it’s age near the edges of panels. Would you leave it alone or start over?

The dash is another area where the age of the work done to the car is showing. It looks fine from a distance, but if you look at the close-up shots, the paint finish has many cracks and flaws. Again, this becomes a question of preservation of history versus state of appearance. It’s one thing if the car were remaining in the family, or had some great historical significance, but how do you feel about preserving someone else’s history? As a side note, I found out through research that Hawk tachometers from the 60s were well-thought of

The seller states that they are sure the car no longer runs, and since it’s been stored for at least 20 years, whoever ends up with it will have to be careful with their preparation before starting it. Perhaps the selling family knows why it was taken off the road in the first place? There are many questions to be answered about this car – do you think they are worth exploring?

1940 Ford Standard Coupe specs sheet specifications

1940 Ford Standard Coupe specs sheet specifications

Year: 1940

Make: Ford Standard Coupe

Paint Color: Gray 

Paint Type: Single stage 

Engine : 239 1949-53 block, engine rebuilt by Flathead Jack CA, Offenhouser heads, high amp alternator

Radiator: Griffith Aluminum Radiator

Transmission:  C4 automatic 

Intake & Carburetors:  Manifold 2x2 all polished with 2 x 97's carburetors

Ignition: After market distributor and coil

Exhaust: Chrome Fulton headers, straight pipes.

Rear End: Ford 9” with 308 gears

Suspension Front: Mustang ll with rack and pinion, tubular control arms, Ridetech air bags, disk breaks

Suspension Rear: Triangulated 4 Link with Ridetech air bags.

Brakes Front: Discs ,  All New

Brakes Rear:  Drums , With New Axles, New Booster and Master

Wheels/Size: 15x5 and 15x6 Red painted smoothies with stainless rings.

Tires/Size: 5.60 Firestone's white walls in front and 670 Firestone's in back

Seats: Stock 40 ford with Gray cloth Upholstery

Steering Column: Chrome Ididit Tilt ,

Steering Wheel: New Banjo type V8

Interior Extras: Gray cloth and black carpet, Chromed window garnisheeing

Windows: Electric power windows. BMW 740i -94 motors

Taillights: Stock 1940 with led lights

Gauges: VDO in dash with working fuel gauge, oil pressure, voltage, temp, speedo not hooked up

Floors and Trunk: Stock rust free

Lights: Headlights, Taillights and High beams all Work,

Fuse box: Painless wiring 28 gauges New complete wiring harness headlight to taillights.

Battery: Optima behind driver seat

Air ride: Ridetech and Firestone components and two small tanks in trunk, 4 push button style ride height control and front and rear double needles psi gauges 

Parking breaks: New Chrome floor handle and new cables to rear drums.

Chassis: New TCI frame set up for Ridetech, front sway bar, setup for Flathead and ford C4 automatic.

1935-40 Ford Car Custom IFS and 4-Link Chassis                $13619.00

Show Package                                                                    $1956.00

Power Rack Upgrade                                                             $135.00

C-notched Rear Frame Rail                                                    $144.00

Upgraded Engine Mounts                                                     $1080.00

Power rack and pinion                                                           $129.00

Stainless Brake Lines                                                           $269.00

Rear Sway Bar                                                                     $319.00

Upgrade to Shockwaves and Air Lines                                  $2500.00

TOTAL:                                                                           $20,151.00

Div/Nuts Bolts/Rubber/Steering                                           $2000.00

Wheels/tires                                                                     $1600.00

Engine/Transmission                                                         $5200.00

Body/Fender/Bumper/Glass/Running Board                      $15,000.00

TOTAL:                                                                         $23,800.00

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TOTAL ALL:                                                                  $43,951.00

NOTE: The car is a driver, just returned from Car Show and if flows with the traffic 65 mph ie right rear end ratio and automatic transmission make it a ease to drive with regular traffic. It was over 100F this weekend and the car doesn't over heat.

The RideTech suspension make it a nice and comfortable ride and you can adjust if any bumps is ahead of the road.

I have the Original hood as well in the same paint scheme that comes with the car, but I prefer to drive w/o a hood cause you don't see many people who do it on this 40's Ford and the Flathead it chromed and polished so there is nothing to be ashamed off.

The numbers on the side (34) is a Vinyl Sticker and do come off easy as well of the other stickers on the car.

Vent windows are removed in the doors and now have One Piece Glass + electric operated.

No Radio or heat in the car, Front /rear / break Lights all work fine (new fuze block and wires through out the car).

I have too many cars and consider down sizing and I am willing to part with it, if not I don't mind keeping it around.

The suspension and chassis alone is 20K and then you need a good body and a engine and all bits and pieces you do the math.....

The hood is included as well, see one picture showing it on, same color as the car.

All doors and hood and truck close fine.

This car have a great stance and attitude that is loved where ever I go.

The car is sold AS-IS and where is (zip 95124 / San Jose, CA)

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1934 Ford Tudor Sedan Hot Rod / Street Rod

Chopped Top

Beautiful Army Green Paint Job.

Suicide Doors

Flathead Motor

T5 Trans Standard

Banjo Rear end

Kelsey-Hayes Vintage Wire Wheels

Super Low Miles - Less then 1000 Miles

Red Leather Interior

 

 

1933 Ford 5 Window Coupe Traditional Hot Rod Rat Rod Chopped

1933 Ford 5 Window Coupe Traditional Hot Rod Chopped  

$28.000 or BO

Up for grabs is a Real Deal Steel 1933 Ford 5 Window Coupe Traditional Hot Rod! Has 34 grill. What makes this coupe so cool is its traditional style and it's sweet running olds rocket 324 engine! This Hot Rod turns heads and is an absolute blast to drive! Clean Nevada Title. Has a great running and sounding 1956 Oldsmobile rocket 324 with #10 heads backed by a smooth shifting manual T-5 Trans and s10 3:42 geared rear end! Car is 12 Volt with Power Master Generator/Alternator. Body is all steel. Sports some brand new Firestone bias ply tires to give it that period look mounted on 16" ford steelies! New Seat that is very comfortable made out of Italian leather. All lights work great, has high and low beams, running, brake and turn signals. Dropped I beam front axle with split wishbones, ladder bars out back and buggy spring, Original frame partially boxed. Doors open and close as they should. Windshield cranks in and out. Body is solid with a few rusted spots as noted in pictures has some dings but all very workable steel. All in all a great solid little hot rod! She runs, drives and stops well also and stays cool, has an electric fan in front of the radiator also for those really hot days. Comes with nice hood as well. Ready to go as is or take her to the next level! Will ship anywhere, overseas buyers welcome. Sold as is where is. No Trades. No refunds or partials. If you have questions please ask. Thanks for looking! :)