The Ford Barn

tiger.1000 · 05-19-2014, 02:03 PM

This morning decided to take the 32 out for a spin. On the way home I parked it on the forecourt of the local Ford Dealership.

The sales manager came out and asked me to move it, saying it was inappropriate for their forecourt !

The mind boggles !

4tford · 05-19-2014, 02:05 PM

Thats when you tell him to stick it and you will by your new vehicle elsewhere.

V8COOPMAN · 05-19-2014, 02:07 PM

Looks like you parked in a "handicapped" slot. DD

19Fordy · 05-19-2014, 02:12 PM

Should have told him you were going to trade it in for a new Ford. I remember a dealer offered me a brand new 1964 Ford for my 40 many years ago. I declined.

Richard · 05-19-2014, 02:14 PM

that would not happen in the United States of America.

dumb person · 05-19-2014, 02:17 PM

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But why were you parked there? i have had someone tell me to get my car towed away while parking normally in town, as if they think i towed it in to town. Or at the gas station "Does that car go?", why else would i be putting fuel in it?

FRANK PKNY · 05-19-2014, 02:17 PM

He most likely did not even know it was a ford. Nitwit I would say.

Motorhead6 · 05-19-2014, 02:36 PM

I think it may have taken me an hour or so to get it started.

Most new car sales people are not car people; they are more like scavenger for the most part. Now before a lot of car sales people call me on this, I was in sales for several years and very successfully. Most of the people I worked with should have been in a traveling carinval hawking money grabbing fake games. There are exceptions.

Vic Piano · 05-19-2014, 02:40 PM

It has been my experience that most new car dealers sales people know little or nothing about the lineage of the brand they are selling.

Most of them can't even tell you specific things, you might ask, when inquiring about a new model on the showroom floor...

Sad but true.

Lanny · 05-19-2014, 02:52 PM

The sales manager came out and asked me to move it, saying it was inappropriate for their forecourt !
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You should have said,
"ya it kinda makes that New Cookie Cutter Crap look bad,,,Don't It"

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Lawrie · 05-19-2014, 03:27 PM

A few years back we went down to the local Ford dealership in the 33 to have a look at a new feisia for the wife Carol,we parked it in the dealer park,as the salesman came out to show us the new car and saw the 33 ,he went over and had a look, then said what type of car is that,I told him he should be shot,we bought the new car from another ford dealer.
Lawrie

tiger.1000 · 05-19-2014, 03:32 PM

38 Ford Pickup....as it happens I am handicapped and that's why I parked there.

Thank the lord I don't live in Ontario

32BBflathead · 05-19-2014, 04:03 PM

I went into a dealership a couple months ago to look at the new one tons and asked the salesman if you could get a PTO on the truck. He said he didn't know what a PTO was but you could get one on it.

tiger.1000 · 05-19-2014, 04:07 PM

He's a real salesman. No "can't be done" there !

HOTRODPRIMER · 05-19-2014, 04:20 PM

Best looking car on the lot,he knew he wasn't going to sell any of those ugly cars on the lot as long as your Deuce was out front. HRP

1942deluxe · 05-19-2014, 04:22 PM

Your 32 would be quite welcome at our little Ford dealership in the coal region of Pennsylvania! Then again I have a 1949 Ford 8N sitting in my one car showroom and two 59AB engines sitting in the shop. Vic, I can identify every year of Ford from 1932-72 so I'm probably an exception. I have lots of old signs, pictures, KRW tools,
parts books going back to 1928. I've found that many of the company people aren't really versed on the history either. There used to be a lot of little guys like me but I can see a day coming when there won't be any...

Mart · 05-19-2014, 04:43 PM

What a dick.

Gary in La. · 05-19-2014, 04:57 PM

In 2005 when Ford had just released the new GT our local Ford dealer had one delivered in the morning. They told me it would be on the floor by afternoon. Only a select few Ford dealers were given the opportunity to display the new GT. In fact they could,nt even sell one for a specific time period. I went back that afternoon in my '46 convertible and parked in front of the showroom. I went in to look over the GT and glanced out front where all the sales staff was looking at the '46. I was alone with the $269,000 car.

Charlie Stephens · 05-19-2014, 05:23 PM

I would of thought he would have offered you money to park it there and attract customers. I bet he didn't realize it was a Ford. They could have pointed out that it is almost impossible to find a Chevrolet that old.

Charlie Stephens

i'maquadriplegic · 05-19-2014, 06:12 PM

fantastic car, and if you are handicap then where is your mirror tag for when you park in handicap only parking spots so you can shut that ass of a salesman up? what a jerk that guy was anyway, probable worried that buyers would look at your car and not at all his new cars he had parked on his lot.

05-19-2014, 02:05 PM	#2
4tford Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Regina Canada Posts: 1,335	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... Thats when you tell him to stick it and you will by your new vehicle elsewhere.

05-19-2014, 02:07 PM	#3
V8COOPMAN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: East Shore of LAKE HOUSTON Posts: 11,111	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... Looks like you parked in a "handicapped" slot. DD __________________ *Click Links Below* __ ▼ *'35-'36 W/8BA & MECHANICAL FAN* *T5 W/TORQUE TUBE*

05-19-2014, 02:12 PM	#4
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,936	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... Should have told him you were going to trade it in for a new Ford. I remember a dealer offered me a brand new 1964 Ford for my 40 many years ago. I declined.

05-19-2014, 02:14 PM	#5
Richard Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Santa Fe Springs, California Posts: 280	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... that would not happen in the United States of America. __________________ I am a believer

05-19-2014, 02:17 PM	#6
dumb person Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: South pacific island Posts: 1,724	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) But why were you parked there? i have had someone tell me to get my car towed away while parking normally in town, as if they think i towed it in to town. Or at the gas station "Does that car go?", why else would i be putting fuel in it? __________________ <Link> This is how we roll<Link> "I'm Convinced that no one really reads posts anymore; they just fabricate what they think the post says then ramble on about red herrings."--Bob Outcasts rules of old cars #1 Fun is imperative, mainstream is overrated #2 If they think it is impossible, prove them wrong #3 If the science says it impossible you are not being creative enough. #4 No shame in recreating something you never had #5 If it were not for the law & physics you would be unstoppable

05-19-2014, 02:17 PM	#7
FRANK PKNY Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: POUGHKEEPSIE NY 12601 Posts: 1,016	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... He most likely did not even know it was a ford. Nitwit I would say. __________________ [email protected]

05-19-2014, 02:36 PM	#8
Motorhead6 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Orange Park, Fl Posts: 406	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... I think it may have taken me an hour or so to get it started. Most new car sales people are not car people; they are more like scavenger for the most part. Now before a lot of car sales people call me on this, I was in sales for several years and very successfully. Most of the people I worked with should have been in a traveling carinval hawking money grabbing fake games. There are exceptions.

05-19-2014, 02:40 PM	#9
Vic Piano Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 7,611	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... It has been my experience that most new car dealers sales people know little or nothing about the lineage of the brand they are selling. Most of them can't even tell you specific things, you might ask, when inquiring about a new model on the showroom floor... Sad but true. __________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge.

05-19-2014, 02:52 PM	#10
Lanny Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mn Posts: 2,411	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... The sales manager came out and asked me to move it, saying it was inappropriate for their forecourt ! ================================================== == You should have said, "ya it kinda makes that New Cookie Cutter Crap look bad,,,Don't It" . __________________ If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. But if daddy ain't happy...RUN

05-19-2014, 03:27 PM	#11
Lawrie Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Qld, Australia Posts: 4,215	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... A few years back we went down to the local Ford dealership in the 33 to have a look at a new feisia for the wife Carol,we parked it in the dealer park,as the salesman came out to show us the new car and saw the 33 ,he went over and had a look, then said what type of car is that,I told him he should be shot,we bought the new car from another ford dealer. Lawrie

05-19-2014, 03:32 PM	#12
tiger.1000 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hertford (UK) Posts: 905	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... 38 Ford Pickup....as it happens I am handicapped and that's why I parked there. Thank the lord I don't live in Ontario

05-19-2014, 04:03 PM	#13
32BBflathead Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Deberry, Tx Posts: 24	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... I went into a dealership a couple months ago to look at the new one tons and asked the salesman if you could get a PTO on the truck. He said he didn't know what a PTO was but you could get one on it.

05-19-2014, 04:07 PM	#14
tiger.1000 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Hertford (UK) Posts: 905	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... He's a real salesman. No "can't be done" there !

05-19-2014, 04:20 PM	#15
HOTRODPRIMER Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Upstate,South Carolina Posts: 500	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... Best looking car on the lot,he knew he wasn't going to sell any of those ugly cars on the lot as long as your Deuce was out front. HRP __________________ ‘When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don’t see the one which has opened for us.’ Alexander Graham Bell

05-19-2014, 04:22 PM	#16
1942deluxe Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Albion, PA Posts: 710	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... Your 32 would be quite welcome at our little Ford dealership in the coal region of Pennsylvania! Then again I have a 1949 Ford 8N sitting in my one car showroom and two 59AB engines sitting in the shop. Vic, I can identify every year of Ford from 1932-72 so I'm probably an exception. I have lots of old signs, pictures, KRW tools, parts books going back to 1928. I've found that many of the company people aren't really versed on the history either. There used to be a lot of little guys like me but I can see a day coming when there won't be any...

05-19-2014, 04:43 PM	#17
Mart Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Solihull, England. Posts: 8,749	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... What a dick.

05-19-2014, 04:57 PM	#18
Gary in La. Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 866	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... In 2005 when Ford had just released the new GT our local Ford dealer had one delivered in the morning. They told me it would be on the floor by afternoon. Only a select few Ford dealers were given the opportunity to display the new GT. In fact they could,nt even sell one for a specific time period. I went back that afternoon in my '46 convertible and parked in front of the showroom. I went in to look over the GT and glanced out front where all the sales staff was looking at the '46. I was alone with the $269,000 car.

05-19-2014, 05:23 PM	#19
Charlie Stephens Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,031	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... I would of thought he would have offered you money to park it there and attract customers. I bet he didn't realize it was a Ford. They could have pointed out that it is almost impossible to find a Chevrolet that old. Charlie Stephens

05-19-2014, 06:12 PM	#20
i'maquadriplegic Junior Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: modesto california Posts: 2	Re: Not everyone likes old Fords....... fantastic car, and if you are handicap then where is your mirror tag for when you park in handicap only parking spots so you can shut that ass of a salesman up? what a jerk that guy was anyway, probable worried that buyers would look at your car and not at all his new cars he had parked on his lot.