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v8fordman

04-19-2024 @ 7:15 PM

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It is with regret that I have to report that this car and its story have now faded into streetrod history. I tried to buy it, and contemplated one day too long after I looked at it. I didn’t need another project (don’t many of us have that problem) but my wife finally convinced me to go ahead and buy it. I called the owner (not the original poster. He had sold it) to purchase it and as luck would have it…the newest owner was leaving with it on a trailer while I was on the phone. Oh well. Good news though!!! I was able to buy the bed with all the brackets. My plan is to put it in an unrestored, original coupe and drive it while telling the story of the bed. BTW-I am now the proud owner of two of these beds. I would say I have the market cornered. Lol

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Tl51

05-09-2021 @ 12:49 PM

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Does anyone have any more information on this type of car? is it a production or an option?

TomO

08-22-2020 @ 8:15 AM

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You can go to the Old Cars Weekly web site and look at their price guide to get an idea of what you want to pay for the car. At the end of the transaction a car is worth what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller at a certain time.

An example is that I want $50,000 for my car and you want to pay $25,000. After negotiations we agree on $38,000. Two day after the transaction is completed, I receive an offer for $40,000. The car is still worth $38,000 because I don't have it for sale and cannot complete the transaction.

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08-21-2020 @ 7:30 PM

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I too have ended up being told I did the same thing on another forum but using a lousy old smart phone which in my case is a Crapple diePhone 5C and posting on forums with this POC is like sending a text message LOL!
Paragraph number two(LMAO):
The story was more than a great contribution to this forum and I never even knew these pickup box accessories existed along with the fact I am looking at a 1938 Ford Deluxe Coupe that is for sale in my area!
It has a poorer quality older restoration including improper upholstery material but still has the original mechanical brakes, is very stock and totally unmolested or modified!
Given this now I'm pondering on the value as it's on an online auction.

v8teditor

08-21-2020 @ 9:09 AM

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can you send me your email address.i have a member with info about the pickup bed accessory.

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v8fordman

08-13-2020 @ 5:12 PM

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Cherokeeman34, I am truly amazed with your story and the history of your pickup be for a coupe. If you look back at V8 Times, you will find an article that I did concerning my coupe bed. At the time, I asked for any knowledge of another existing one and never heard from anyone. I am glad another one exists. I have the factory blueprints from The Henry Ford archives. I would be interested in seeing the documentation that only 14 were produced. That in itself is truly amazing, but as you have probably noticed, the bed itself was made from bits and pieces of a factory bed that were reduced to meet the needs of such a low production number. The true distinguishing features are the special covers that allow the bed to slide into the trunk area. Anyway, you have a great story with your bed while mine just came from an auction sale in Colorado.

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06-02-2020 @ 12:56 PM

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I have been following the comments here about your 1937 Coupe and the rare Pickup box accessory. Hopefully you'll find the paperwork and photos to verify the car's history and I definitely would be interested in it for the V-8 TIMES. Keep me posted.

TomO

06-02-2020 @ 7:46 AM

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My condolences on losing your wife.

With the documentation that you have, the car would appeal to Ford collectors, WWII memorabilia collectors, and general history collectors. This is a much wider audience than a restored car would have.

Another option is to bring it back to the "as found" condition and then donate it with the documentation to a museum, where it could educate and be enjoyed by many people.

The story of the car does belong in the V-8 Times. It is too important to lose.

Tom

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06-01-2020 @ 8:59 PM

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I would like to recommend that when you find the pictures, letters and other paperwork, that you spend a night and write down the story and send it to our editor of our award winning magazine, The V-8 TIMES.
These are stories that will be lost over time and being that this one is interesting and has documentation it is all the more important.
You can contact the V-8 TIMES editor at v8time@cox.net

Thank you for sharing the story -- and condolenses on the loss of your wife.

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cherokeeman34

06-01-2020 @ 7:28 PM

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well I'm looking for the letter and pictures Commander Bowman gave me, my wife died from Leukemia and I'm still going through stuff and finding things, I have the letter he wrote to me and also the pictures of the car at Pearl Harbor in the aftermath, its got some very good history and I just don't know if I should restore it or put the engine back in it and put the front end back on as is like I got it and like it was at Pearl Harbor. I've got pictures of Commander Bowman standing next to it at Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the bombing. So I really don't know which way to go and what its really worth.

Thanks, Jimmy

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