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Former Stock Car: 1933 Ford Five-Window Coupe

 

So many of the cars that we feature on Barn Finds have lived a tough life, but few have lived a life like this 1933 Ford. While part of its life was spent gracing the wide open roads, part of its life was spent as a stock car. Now it’s up for sale, and hopefully it will face a brighter future. You will find it listed for sale here on eBay. Located in Council Bluffs, Iowa, it is offered for sale with a clear title. The seller has set an opening bid of $3,500, but there is also a BIN option of $7,500. Barn Finder Peter R located this one for us, so a big thanks to Peter for that.

A speedway life is rarely kind to a car, and this little Ford is no exception. It looks like the car has probably been upside down more than once, so there is a lot of damage to that Ford metal. There is also a fair amount of rust to be dealt with. However, included in the sale is a reasonable collection of body panels and pieces that may help the project get up and moving. These include a ’34 cowl and floor section, a ’34 hood top, two left-hand quarters, and sundry other items. The frame appears to be solid as well.

There is no interior to speak of, and as is the case with speedway cars, much of the original structure and steel is removed to save weight. The body has also undergone its own weight reduction program imposed upon it by rust. As well as replacing the floors, the rockers are also really bad and will require replacement.

The only part of the drive-train that is intact is the rear end. This is an early ’50s Mercury Dana rear with ’36 Ford wishbones. The rest of the car is quite simply a blank canvas.

This ’33 Ford is less a car than it is a pile of components. The seller describes it as a major restoration project, and that is no understatement. No matter what path the new owner pursues, they are faced with a major undertaking. My own personal belief is that this car won’t be restored, but it may become the basis for a rod project. What do our Barn Finders think?

Comments

  1. HoA Howard A Member

    Um, can someone get this car off my head??

    Like 11
  2. Avatar Chtis

    Wall art.

    Like 2
  3. Avatar Ophelia Dickey

    With the ultra-rare plaid flannel tire option.

    Like 28
  4. Avatar Bob C.

    I think she’s a goner.

    Like 6
  5. Avatar RedBaran

    What a complete POS… What my parents told me is true, “a fool and his money are easily parted”…

    Like 15
  6. Avatar bobk

    Uh, Charlie? Aren’t you a bit too close to the glue pot to be playing on the internet thingie?

    Like 3
  7. Avatar Uncle Bob

    Hmmmmmm, …………………………………….

    Like 2
  8. Avatar Mark

    The question really is: how much would you pay for a twisted frame, a shiny diff cover, and some scrap metal?

    Like 11
  9. Avatar Thomas Price

    Am I missing the “Ran when parked” comment?

    Like 6
    • Avatar Mike

      Yup….and the HOLY GRAIL, one of one, numbers matching, be all end all……I’ve scrapped better looking steel, than this…

      Like 1
  10. Avatar hhaleblian

    Not only did I scroll the pictures, I took the time to comment. Now there was 5 minutes of my life I’ll never get back.

    Like 13
  11. Avatar Vance

    Saw something resembling this thing in the hold of the Titanic except it was in better shape.

    Like 13
    • Avatar George

      The Titanic is in better shape…

      Like 2
      • Avatar regg

        A piece of the Titanic this size would have historic and monetary value.
        If in fact this was an authentic stock car of the period it would have historic and monetary value as well. Whatever value is arrived at it would be preserved as an authentic artifact.
        Someone saved it all these years for some reason. I think it has merit as an artifact per se. If the actual history could be determined all the more interesting.

        Like 1
  12. Avatar Will Fox

    Sorry; not enough left to even consider. Probably a stock car back in 1952-54, when early 30s Ford coupes dominated the dirt tracks. This one’s far too abused, there isn’t enough left to work with–not even to make a chop-top out of. A BIN of $7500.? This seller’s a tweaker to think he could get anything even close. I wish him luck.

    Like 8
    • Avatar Jett

      But maybe Junior Johnson or Fireball Roberts raced it…?

      Like 2
  13. Avatar Jeff

    If all the parts are included someone with good tig welding skills will snap this deal up.

    Like 5
    • Avatar B.J.

      Yeah Jeff, and a 50 gallon bucket of Bondo !

      Like 1
  14. Avatar Jack. Quantrill

    These things are still lying around the high desert in Bodie, CA. Do I see a lady with windblown scarf on that right door?

    Like 1
  15. bobhess Bob Hess Member

    Call Welderup….

    Like 2
    • Avatar healeydays

      I don’t even think those boys would be able to make something out of it.

      Like 3
  16. Avatar cyclemikey

    Seriously?

    Like 1
  17. Avatar Mark

    I agree with the other Mark!! Wheels are also not included! WOW

    Like 0
  18. Avatar Fla finn

    Just use some JB Weld and it’s fine.

    BIN sounds insane for what you are getting…

    Like 4
  19. Avatar ruxvette

    “The rest of the car is quite simply a blank canvas”…no, actually a ripped, wrinkled, stained, wadded up, blank canvas.

    Like 6
  20. Avatar Steve A

    JUNK! Pure JUNK! I’m not sure what is more pathetic, that the seller thinks it’s worth what he’s asking or the fact that someone with more money than brains will probably fork it over. Sad. Just plain sad.

    Like 12
  21. Avatar Classic Steel

    Looks like it will buff out and drive off a cliff with a slight push

    Like 5
  22. Avatar Chuck Cobb

    REALLY!!!!!! someone wants $7500 for this piece of JUNK???!!! I think there was a Porsche 356 back awhile ago, in similar condition. How dumb do they think people are?

    Like 3
  23. Avatar John C

    Yikes! It took two minutes for my brain to explain to my eyes what I was looking at.

    I suspect the meth capital is no longer in Victorville but somewhere in Council Bluffs Iowa. Asking $7,500 for this rust bucket, someone’s judgement is impaired.

    Like 5
  24. Avatar Brent

    Red heater hoses would do wonders for it.

    Like 8
    • Avatar Jett

      And yellow spark plug wires.

      Like 6
      • Avatar Farhvergnugen Member

        And AC needs a recharge.

        Like 3
  25. Avatar JimmyJ

    It’ll buff right out!
    Seriously it’s gotta be a joke.

    Like 4
  26. Avatar Ralph

    5 window scrap…….

    Like 1
  27. Avatar AMXBrian

    Cars like these would be perfect for a real restoration show. Granted it probably wouldn’t be profitable or last long, but I would enjoy it. Just get a few great automotive body-men and piece together what ever hunk of metal is dragged in. Then at the end of the episode show of the amazing car it became.

    Like 1
  28. Avatar Chris

    It’s wall art. A conversation piece.

    Like 0
  29. Avatar MARK F

    The Chrome rear-end cover is the only part of the car that is worth a crap

    Like 0
  30. Avatar Madmatt

    Boy what a deal…!..lol..I think you can
    buy them in running condition for less.
    This guy is really out of touch…and clearly
    in need of some meds..!Hard to know how they figured out
    what this even was.This would look great as yard art at the local circle track.

    Like 0
  31. Avatar George

    Twisted frame. Twisted body. No problem! The only value is the rear end and the spare parts. Although I don’t understand the value of the sedan parts as an element of the collection for a coupe.

    Like 0
  32. Avatar Bing

    I have one word to say about this car… “PATINA”

    Like 3
  33. Avatar Frank fitzgerald

    Plaid shirt that magically jumps on opposite back tires, depending on photo is not a shirt , but a kilt as this coupe was ‘kilt’ a long time ago

    Like 0
  34. Avatar Tort Member

    It would need documentation that it belonged to a famous Nascar driver for a collector to be worth anything but scrap. I watched many, mostly coupes, like this one racing every summer Saturday night at quarter mile oval when I was a kid in the fifties. Every week a plane would fly over and drop a Timex watch with a ribbon attached to be given to the lucky winner of a drawing. Good times!

    Like 0
  35. Avatar Rick McKee

    I would take it. I drove my first stock car at 16 and driving dirt cars was my hobby for the next 50 years. I have a soft spot for old race cars no matter who drove them and yes it would take a lot of work but sheet metal is something most racers like me are pretty good at.

    Like 1
  36. Avatar regg

    This relic belongs in a Museum…or someones attic / rafters.

    Like 0
  37. Avatar regg

    This relic belongs in a Museum…or someones attic / rafters.

    Amazing someone kept it around.

    Like 0
  38. Avatar Falstaff TR

    It appears 2 people are hitting the crack pipe, the one that listed a BIN of $7500 and the chap that bid $3500 on it. Most likely the same guy

    Like 1
  39. Avatar Joe Haska

    If possible this car is worth less than nothing, maybe some one would haul it away for beer money.

    Like 0
  40. Avatar The One

    Stock car? How about tournament of thrills! Any of y’all remember those? They would come to the fairgrounds every year with new fords and a few old beaters. T-bone crash! The Head On collision! Wall of ice! Roll over competition etc. Those drivers had big brass ones. Great memories.

    Like 1

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