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In the fall of 1959 (my senior year in high school), I bought an absolutely beautiful '36 flatback Deluxe 2 DR sedan for the princely fee of $100. Why the high price you ask? The car had 39,000 miles and drove perfectly. It had belonged to the aunt of a neighbor who had gotten to old to drive who bought it new. The neighbor was going to remove the rear seat, cut out the rear floor and use it for an "ice-fishing car" (strictly a Minnesota concept). The high $100 offer convinced him to sit out in the cold that winter.

Two weeks later I ran into the rear of a '55 Olds that had stalled in the traffic lane after dark. The driver had turned the lights out trying to get it started. I hit him dead square in the rear end. Totaled the Olds and wiped out the front sheet metal on the Ford. I was able to buy the complete front sheet metal from a '35 (including the radiator) for $35, installed it, and got the car running and driving.

How nice was the car? I sold it in that condition for $350.

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Someone needs to post the "Leave It To Beaver" episode where they chain the rearend of Lumpy's 40 Ford to a tree and he takes off, tearing the rear end off the car.

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Mike,,,,,,,I love that joke!! I was thinking of posting it myself.:D

1962 I bought a 39 deluxe coupe for $35. Wound up selling it to the stock car guys for $50. Made $15 on that deal......

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I was reading you could buy a Duesenberg cheap in the 60's although it might be something like a new car then but that would have been a good investment if you had hung onto to now .

GB

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Dad bought 'Old Henry" ('47 Fordor) in 1959 for $100.00 and we still have it and drive it. Lots of history and stories over the years.

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Here's the Wally's Car episode you can watch for $1.99. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpx0RNyg-Q

And here's the one where they yanked the axle off of Lumpy's '40 Deluxe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw6JIwv62qQ

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Here's another shot of Wally in his '36 Standard

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Bought my first car in 1959 for $35.00. Never got it to run. Then drove a 50 Chevy Hardtop off the Chevy dealers lot for $50. It could burn oil with the best of them. My favorite was a customized 51 Chevy Coupe (nosed, decked, 2 carbs) that I paid $18 for. The front fenders had "The Duke" professionally stenciled on (from the song The Duke of Earl). The reason I got it so cheap was that the seller needed $18 to buy paint for his 54 Ford Convertible. In 1962/3 I paid the outrageous sum of $495 to our local Buick dealer for a 55 Ford Sunliner with manual transmission. Parts were also cheap. I bought a 392 Chrysler Hemi engine from a junk yard for $88. Put it in a 56 Dodge Hardtop and drove it in early 1966 to my Army Advanced Training in GA. Blew out the transmission and had nowhere to work on it so I sold the car to a dealer for $50.

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Paid $100 in 1973 for my 49 F1. Still have it but have spent a bit more since ... At the same time a local wrecker wanted an outrageous $800 for a complete 47 coupe. My mate paid $30 for a 47 panel van in 76 without an engine or any brakes to speak of. We towed it the 60 miles home with my F1 arriving an hour after dark. It didn't have lights either - some things are best not repeated ...

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Old Henry, Thanks for posting! gotta love some beaver!

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My Uncle bought the 32 tudor ford (that I now have) in 1959 for $50.00. I still have that Bill of Sale...

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While in high school. bought my first car, a 39 Standard coupe for $75. Drove it for two years. BTW. my dad loaned me the money to buy it from a local fireman. and I was working in a "fillin station." and was supposed to repay him $5.00 per week. After I was an adult, Dad would sometimes remind me that I still owed him $70.

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I paid $400 for my coupe in '62 and I have a Hot Rod mag somewhere that has a '40 convert for $750. The add was sometime in '63 I think. You would think that the convert was a better deal, but it was almost double the cost of the coupe and I had to borrow money from my sister to come up with $400. We both had paper routes, but she saved every dime.

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A old guy at church has a ton of cars. A bunch of model a's. A 35 coupe and Tudor. And a few 41 coupes. He said the a's he gave 40 dollars for the most expensive one. And a bunch were free. He has a 41 mercury coupe that he gave 200 dollars for. He said he wanted it for the motor and the Columbia rear in it for a hot rod model a. But never got around to using it. It still sit where he parked it when he bought it in the early 60's.

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I bought my 39 DeLuxe coupe for $85 in 1962. Still have it.

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Kinda related...I bought my 50 Merc in 1981 for $1,500.00 with a bank loan. The Merc came with a ivory colored accessory steering wheel. Now I see them on Flea-pay for thousands unrestored...just for the wheel.
Also in high school my Dad let his friend drive his hot rodded 36 ford 5w and he blew up the engine. So the friends mom gave my dad 35 bucks for the car. and then borrowed it back to buy some shoes for the little brother
Randy