- Seller: Lee T
- Location: Alvin, Texas
- Mileage: 02,583 Shown
- Chassis #: 5236380
- Title Status: Clean
This is the kind of find you don’t come across often. While not as popular with the hot-rodding crowd as the 1935 Ford Coupe, there’s little doubt that a large number of 1935 Chevrolets have been built into hot rods. This example has managed to survive without being modified and it’s a rare Master De Luxe Coach. It needs some cosmetic work but is ready to drive and comes with a trailer load of extra parts. The seller has enjoyed it, but life changes necessitate finding a new home for it, so they’ve listed it as a BF Auction! It’s located in Alvin, Texas, and is ready to go.
Chevrolet offered several body styles and trim levels in 1935. This one features what Chevrolet called the Coach body and is equipped with suicide doors. This design offered both good looks and functionality, with a full-size rear seat that is comfortable for adults. There weren’t many of these built and 1935 was the only year Chevrolet offered suicide doors on a two-door, making this a truly special find.
The seller believes they are the 3rd or 4th owner, but since they purchased it from an estate sale they haven’t been able to find much history on it. It was treated to a restoration at some point in its past. The interior has been replaced and appears to have been done nicely. It could use some cleaning and the dash paint touched up. While it was being redone, the electrical system was converted to 12-volt.
Under the hood, you’ll find Chevrolet’s bullet-proof 207 cui inline-six. It’s the original drivetrain and is in good running order, but the seller admits it has a small oil leak. The seller installed a new radiator to ensure the car runs cool in the Texas heat, but the original radiator is included. While a V8 would offer more power, the Stovebolt is an incredibly smooth-running engine and provides plenty of power to get this Chevrolet up to speed.
Unfortunately, the car was repainted and wasn’t prepared properly, so the paint is flaking off in areas. Fixing it won’t be a small task, but you could enjoy it as is or have it repainted. The included spares are a nice bonus. Here’s a list of what’s included: a spare engine, a transmission, 2 front fenders, a front end, 2 rear ends, a windshield frame, a steering wheel, a hood, 3 rims, an exhaust manifold, a grill which is in good shape with the shroud, and lots of small bits. If you become it’s next owner, what direction would you take it? Would you just keep it on the road as is or would you hot rod it?
Bid On This Auction
- mike bid $9,750.00 2024-02-01 13:59:12
- Tim S 35 bid $9,500.00 2024-02-01 11:57:02
- mike bid $9,000.00 2024-02-01 11:51:40
- Tim S 35 bid $8,500.00 2024-02-01 08:18:27
- mike bid $7,500.00 2024-02-01 08:00:37
- Tim S 35 bid $7,000.00 2024-01-31 20:48:46
- mike bid $5,000.00 2024-01-31 16:53:13
- BucknerBobby bid $4,500.00 2024-01-31 12:42:05
- mike bid $4,000.00 2024-01-29 10:19:38
- PW bid $3,500.00 2024-01-27 17:48:24
- DRT bid $3,000.00 2024-01-26 19:51:50
- BigBM bid $2,250.00 2024-01-26 13:35:48
- Wards rusty nuts bid $1,000.00 2024-01-26 10:51:59
- Smokey917 bid $500.00 2024-01-25 16:25:49
Now that’s a car!!! Absolutely gorgeous piece of history. Looks like it doesn’t need much. It’s a flip out of an estate sale and seems to be well preserved. Good luck ton the seller! Whoever ends up with this one is a lucky guy (or gal)
You never know whats under a repaint. It looks like laquer from the 70s maybe and not good surface prep between coats. It might be great but it needs to be stripped to see what its like before anyone will qbuote a paint price.
What kind of brakes?
Mechanical?
mechanical last year. I have 1
If it is all original it would be a crime to hot rod it, but what a hot rod it would be!
This Chevy appears to have mechanical brakes. Chev went hydraulic in 1936. The undercarriage photos show what look like hydraulic hoses to the backing plates, but those are cables inside an outer sheath (similar to bicycle brakes).
But a nice looking car certainly worth keeping stock rather than hot rodding.
Man would I like to get this car. Alvin is a long piece from Houston but what a drive that would be taking the back roads often as possible down through the winding Farm to Market roads from North Texas down through the Hill country and small towns along the way stopping for gas and food as I travel along talking to people about the old days when these were new cars and how this one has survived all these years. Just plugging along shifting through the three speed manual transmission not letting the revs of the engine get to high always letting the old car cool its brakes and components while I sit under a tree along side the road eating a sandwich and drinking some coffee or water enjoying the cool winter weather in Texas as I go along the highways. Okay it’s time to wake up now, fantasy is over, reality comes into play now. When the hammer drops on this magnificent piece of history all I can do is remember my 35 Chevy Standard 4 door from my youth. The earth has gone around the Sun 76 times now in my life going on 77 in June. But I still have my 64 Riviera in the garage waiting for Spring when I can take her out on the F.M. highways for some fun.
God Bless America
That was great! Thanks for that road trip, Johnmloghry.
Alvin is a few miles south of Pearland on Hwy 35. Pearland is just south of Houston. It wouldn’t be hard to stay on surface streets to get to any part of Houston from there.
I guess I got confused, I thought Alvin was up North of Dallas. But then I do get confused quite a bit these days. Thanks for correcting me.
God Bless America
Awesome! Bring back suicide doors. So much easier to get in and out.
Nice old prewar car. Too bad about the flaking paint. Like other have said I like the “suicide” doors.
My Dad drove his 36 Chevy to Florida and back to Flint Michigan to pick up my Grandfather who was in failing health. He told me it never missed a beat. We still had it when I was three years old and I am old now and have some old rides but this car would be a gem. I would just like a ride in one.
My first car was a 39 chevy sedan master delux. My cousin who is a week older than me taught me how to operate the clutch. It had vaccum assist shift. We dated sisters and of course i did all the driving on the backroads at 15. These motors had babbit rods and were hard to tighten up when they got loose, it was by shimming the rod caps, I was not very good at it. Mine ended up with a 261 chev 6 bus motor and packard threespeed with overdrive, the packard od had 4 planatary gears instead of the three chev had with a 390 ratio merc rearend that i built scoops in the backing plates for cooling.
I would leave it completely. I remember my Mom and Dad driving one even after I started grade school in 1953. The hard part would be finding acrylic lacquer for a repaint.
Laquer is easy to find but hard to take care of but very easy to paint or correct mistakes. I learned on laquer. Laquer will e b entually crack. All paint is always drying out over time just like concrete. The different types just dry in different time spans. My favorite best paint is single stage basecoat with singlestage clear over it.
Now that’s a car !
I’d hot rod the sh*t out of this. Lot’s of great parts to sell to help finance this project.
Is there a clear title to this car? Or doesn’t Texas require a title? Thanks
It has a clear title.
Hi Lee, can you give me a ring? Or email? This is the exact model my great grandfather had, and for all I know, may even be the car. I’m in MI now, but will come down to Houston to pick it up.
johnmloghry, what a great fantasy I was looking out the window as you were driving.
At 77, I can visualize the local roads of my youth here in New England, the first car I ever had was my Great-grandfathers 35 Chevy, not old enough for a licence but plenty of woods to drive it around. Wish I still had it now.
Thanks for the memories
BW
BW you’re quite welcome. I love to tell stories about road trips and other such things. I’m currently attempting to write a book about Ghosts of the old Quartz Hill Mine in Shasta county, California. Don’t know if I’ll ever finish it but it does contain some old car memorabilia. My favorite road trip was in a 59 Ford one ton cattle truck pulling a 5’x8′ covered trailer from Seattle, Washington to Miami Florida. True story.
God Bless America
would love to own it, but too far from south west missouri for me to go after. super sweet car.
Not a coupe, it’s a 2 door sedan.