Leave It To Beaver...'36 Coupe'

[flatford8]

Saw an episode of this old show the other day. His brother Wally bought a '36 Coupe' (thruout the show they pronounced it "Coo-pay", which I know is the proper pronounciation.) for $25. His father wanted it out of the driveway and he couldn't get it running, so he started selling parts off it. It looked like he sold about half of it for $37.50. Then paid a guy with a tow truck to haul off the rest for $15.
During the parts sale they showed a lot of flathead parts. At one point the fathers car was shown and I think it was a '61 Plymouth.
Does anyone remember if parts and complete cars were actually those prices at that time?..........Thanks, Mark