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I personally saw two '36 conv sedans lite on fire to burn out the wood substructure in the mid '50's. Both cars were in wrecking yards. The engine/trans had been removed from the cars, therefore nobody wanted them, myself included.
I have a friend in Idaho that found a '36 cabriolet buried in a gully, when he dug it out he found that the body was mostly rusted away from the belt-line down.
My friend acquired a 5 win cpe body, he cut the two bodies apart at the belt-line, reassembled the lower portion of the cpe body under the cabriolet portion.. Wha-la a convertible is reborn. I sold my friend a complete rumble seat assembly for the '36, he was a happy camper.