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Old 03-13-2021, 06:07 AM   #21
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Old 03-26-2021, 02:19 AM   #22
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I would like people, that are interested in these cars, to know that one is available, the only one one I've seen in decades, in my area.

I have no connection to it and haven't even contacted the seller. I only found it while searching for '54 Ford stuff but, if it had come up, while I was looking for my '54, I would have tried to get it. I'm to invested in my '54 now, to even think of doing anything with it.

It needs a little bit of most everything but, I'd like to see it go to a good home:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8-64c2ede050d9

If nothing else, you'll enjoy the pictures!
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Eight grand is a steal for a pretty complete car like that one.
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Old 03-26-2021, 09:18 AM   #24
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The previous owner had asked $5K for it several years ago. It needed a lot of work then. Looks all the current owner did was clean it up a little. The engine wasn't stuck then either. I'm just suspicious why the current owner didn't get it running.


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The previous owner had asked $5K for it several years ago. It needed a lot of work then. Looks all the current owner did was clean it up a little. The engine wasn't stuck then either. I'm just suspicious why the current owner didn't get it running.


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Good question. Cost maybe? LYB parts are available but not cheap. Mk II body parts are pretty much made of unobtainium but the body looks to be in pretty good shape needing only rust repair in the usual spots.
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The floors were in bad shape when I saw them and there were signs of front end damage that wasn't repaired too well. Zapato said the car had sat for many years in a barn before he got it and someone had stolen the original air cleaner then.

I would have probably bought it if it wasn't for all the rust. I'm wondering if the original frame is shot since the seller is including another one? It was hard to get a good look at the car back then. It was in a very tight garage.
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The original frame may have been bent in the accident that caused the front end damage. Just speculating...
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Good speculation but a frame would have to really badly bent for me to replace it.
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Old 03-26-2021, 12:24 PM   #29
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The last date, in Zapato's add was 11/16. Someone said that he has passed so, this guy may have bought it from his estate?

I'm guessing that he is trying to double his money and may take a bit less.

My '54 is in similar shape, as this car and I paid 4K for it, in Jan. I think 6K would be a good deal on this.

Remember, they only made 2556 (I think about 400 more '57's) of these cars and that's both good and bad. The bad part, is that it will be very difficult to find many replacement parts.

For those that don't know where Corvallis is, it's mid point in OR and only about 15 miles, off I-5. About 180 miles above me.
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Old 03-26-2021, 02:16 PM   #30
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Yes, Zapato did pass away a few years ago. He had a few projects that he had been working on that included a shoebox and a 57 Ford 2dr post. I don't doubt they were sold off.

I passed on his MKII because it would have cost too much to make it even a driver compared the others that were driver quality.
I'll never forget a nice original that was for sale in my home town. The owner wanted only $10000 for it but that was in 1980.
It was this exact color. Maybe it's the same car?
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It's something Jay Leno may be interested in if somebody knows how to get ahold of him. He did a segment on a MK II on Jay Leno's Garage recently but it wasn't his car.
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