[Cool Kat with Hot Car]

My hypothesis is that 36 roadsters should have the highest survival rate of the open 35-36's. This is simply a result of the fact that they were the most popular with the hot rodders and customizers. While the open top cars with four doors sat in the fields and wrecking yards until they were disposed of, the roadsters were saved to start a new life. Many if not most of the roadsters that were restored in the early 1970s through the 1980s had been modified before being brought back to original. The 36 roadsters were considered more attractive and valuable than their 35 brothers. Many 35s were restored (or hot rodded) as 36 roadsters. This increased the "survival" rate of 36s and of course diminished the rate of 35s. The biggest threat to the roadsters and phaetons was the wooden frame work type of construction of the doors.