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Grant

09-17-2013 @ 5:29 AM

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Photos sent this a.m. Let us know how you make out.

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09-16-2013 @ 10:30 AM

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Thanks for the info. My E-mail address is kls50kevin@aol.com. A picture would be helpful and thanks again.

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Thanks for the info. My E-mail address is kls50kevin@aol.com. A picture would be helpful and thanks again.

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09-14-2013 @ 4:35 PM

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To kls50........

A pair of those oddball chrome tail fins showed up on Ebay last winter.

If I remember correctly, they sold for something like $100.00.

You could keep an eye on Ebay. Or maybe post a Wanted ad on a site like HAMB.

I can send you a photo of the back end of our coupe, if that would be helpful......just post your email address.

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09-14-2013 @ 12:32 PM

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My 50 Custom has rear windows that roll down and the quarter windows behind the division bar also open (swing out like the front quarter windows).

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09-13-2013 @ 7:52 PM

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I am the proud owner of my 1950 ford coupe as of Mar. 2013. I have just now seen the chrome tail fins and I would like to know where I could perhaps find a pair of them. Please help!

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07-25-2013 @ 6:41 AM

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Thanks for your reply. Curiosity got me so i sent a message to the seller of the car. They verified that it has been modified to a solid glass. Why would anyone do it? Trying to fake a coupe? It looks odd to me.

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07-24-2013 @ 5:57 PM

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The 50 shown on Ebay is a Tudor sedan. It would not have come from the factory with a solid rear glass. It would have had a division bar separating the window glass and a rear vent glass. I've seen the conversion process in a rod magazine. Nice but not factory.

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07-23-2013 @ 2:15 PM

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This is an older thread, but I just saw another picture of a '50 tu-door with the one-piece rear side windows. This particular car has been mildly customized, but no other body work has been done (that I can see) so I believe it came this way from the factory. Any help to clear my mind of this is appreciated.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1950-CUSTOM-COUPE-/121147751282?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item1c34f7fb72#ht_500wt_1182

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05-28-2013 @ 7:10 AM

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Those chrome plated tail fin ornaments are an aftermarket accessory......definitely not a genuine FoMoCo part.

They were on the car when it came out of the original owner's estate, so I left them there.

Why he parked the car in 1958 and then never drove it again, nobody knows.

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