This 1928 Ford Hot Rod is a vehicle that has consumed plenty of hours in construction by the owner and is ready for a new owner to buy and enjoy. You will find it listed for sale here on Craigslist. The car is located around Coffeyville, Kansas, and is being offered for sale with a clean title. The owner has set a price of $36,500 for this car.
The seller states that he has spent some 1500 hours constructing this car, and the standard of finish and the detail involved certainly seems to back this claim. The body is an all-steel Brookville Roadster body coupled to a custom frame. The car is finished in Ford Monsoon Maroon. The level of finish in the trunk is indicative of the standard across the whole car and makes for a very attractive vehicle.
The finish of the interior is also of a high standard, and the new owner will have little to do but to climb aboard and enjoy the vehicle. The interior is custom trimmed in leather, and the instruments are the right blend of modern instruments with an antique look. These are set off nicely against the machine finished instrument panel. I think that the period correct steering wheel is a nice touch.
This Ford is powered by a 276ci Ford flat-head engine with a .125 over-bore. The seller states that the engine produces approximately 200hp. Power is then fed through a T5 manual transmission to a 9″ rear end. Once again, the detail work here is clean and understated. The car rolls on 16′ wheels and features 4-wheel drum brakes.
If you are looking to buy a classic car, but you either aren’t taken with the idea of taking on a project, or you feel that a project car is beyond your abilities, then a car like this one might be exactly the sort of thing that you are looking for. I know that it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but you can’t help but admire the work that has gone into this car.
You figure that by putting that kind of time and effort into a project that disc brakes, at least on the front, would be a given. Otherwise, nice looking car!
Personally I would rather drive the one Jonathan W on youtube just picked up. This one here is nice but I would be like pyloning it off with a plastic chain. It’s too pretty with nothing left to do. I guess if 36k is nothing to you, by all means enjoy it. Would it really take that much to build this car out of a catalog
“Would it really take that much to build this car out of a catalog”
Easily.
Very nice. Looks like it’s a turn key car. Guy did a nice job in 6 months. Nice to see a flat head motor on board instead of the standard SBC. Buy and drive.
The flathead definitely adds to the appeal of this machine.
No doubt this is a nice ride, however when you build something like this It’s going to take a person who has the same dream to buy it
You sir get it.
This is one of those cars that could end up with the seller exclaiming, “…but, you can’t build it for that!”. While a true statement, it’s also an irrelevant statement. If the “same dream” guy happens to see and want this, he might get his ask. Odds are he’s going to have to work down to the closest interested party’s offer.
And the market for this vintage of vehicle is dwindling as the age group that primarily bought these ages. The law of supply and demand would suggest that even though this is very well done, it may take substantial time or price reduction (or both) to move it. Offering a topless roadster just as the weather turns cold won’t help.
I have 2 problems with this car. First, he kept track of his hours. That tells me he only built it to try and turn a profit. Second, why would you want to sell something that you built from scratch.
I restored an old Camaro to better than new, plus i built 2 Harleys from total scratch. I have no idea of how many hours I have into any one of them. It didn’t matter. I had no intention of selling them nor do I want to now. I’ve been offered some serious money for each of them but I have no interest in parting with any of them. I did it for the love of doing it. Not to turn a profit. Maybe I’m a dieing breed. Oh well! I’m a HAPPY dieing breed!
I don’t think you’re as much a “dying breed” as a different breed among many. For some the build process is a fulfillment of the objective, even if at the sale it’s a money loser. When the owner decides it’s time to move on to the next whatever, it’s time. We each have our own value system. They too end up happy, more so with the creative process than the possession over time.
Uncle Bob, you sound like somebody I’d buy a car from!
When I built my Caterham I tracked my hours simply because I wanted to know how long it took me to complete the build. Turning a profit was never a consideration.
When I completed the car I also thought that I would keep it forever, however after nearly 30 years with that incredible car my life and goals had changed significantly and I sold my “forever” car. I’m glad I had the experience and I’ll always have the memories, but I have no regrets at all by moving on.
I’m like you Steve A, having pieced together bikes and working on cars my time has never been an issue in considering a selling price. There are those who live highly ordered and well disciplined lives, in those cases their “time” IS their passion. I’m not going to question their motives, some of us relate differently to the world than others.
The year given is by style ONLY modern parts recreated tub = modern not vintage
I would call this a recreation of 50’s hot rod. It checks all the correct boxes, including drum brakes all around.
Why the World Was Better When We All Had Drum Brakes
When one drove down the road and had to “hit” the brakes, many things could happen. The brakes could pull to one side or the other, they could fade, or, if you had just passed through deep water, they might not work at all! When you used the brakes you undertook a responsibility for your own welfare and that of others.
But then … disc brakes came along, drivers now only had to jab the pedal to achieve a quick, straight stop almost regardless of conditions. No more personal involvement, no need to prepare yourself for unpredictable events. And, no need to be preoccupied about the safety of yourself or others.
This attitude spread to other parts of society, leading to the mess we are in today!
Drum vs disc as a commentary on societal ills? That’s really a stretch.
@Dennis M – You see… THIS is why I hang around BF. The sociological insight. That’s my thumbs up. Now it’s yours, too.
Don’t pay any attention to the Mike B’s of the world. They just come here for the car-talk. They’ve never given any thought to the concept of the “butterfly effect”… and no, I’m not talking about the birdcatcher scoop on a blower.
Yum Yum!
There should be a picture of this car, in the dictionary, under “Hotrod”.
Love the flathead, wheels and tires but the low stance takes away all the positives.
Since Uncle Bob and I seem to always comment on the Ford Hot Rods, I guess I will throw in my 2 cents. It appears to be a very clean build and a recreation of a car, that could have been built in the 50’s , probably on the east coast. This is because of it being channeled. If you don’t know what that means, you probably shouldn’t be looking at this car. For you Tort “low stance”
I think the seller’s price is based on the cost of the parts and about 10K for his labor. In other words a little high, unless your vision is the same as his, and you can’t or don’t want to do any of the work.
I love this car. I just don’t have the 50K it would take to buy it. Yeah, I know…the other 14K would be the addition needed, for my garage
Dual Stromberg 97s = +97
Hmmmmm…I usually don’t comment, but I must chime in on this one. I niow have a 1950 Chevy fastback coopa (long a at the end). It originally, came out of North Dakota and when we took it down to bare metal, the body was RUST FREE and UNDENTED ANYWHERE. It now sports a semi-gloss black paint with all trim being GLOSS POWDER-COAT. Under the hood it has a 350/350 combo and inside, vintage air and cruise and other creature comforts. A bit of time yes, but not like the 1967 GTO where I spent over 70K in GM replacement parts and countless (although I did) hours rebuilding is over a 2 year period. I think I made 63 cents an hour on the GTO, but it was a beauty. I have spent 1/10th the time on my 50 Chevy and enjoy it ten times more. I am a custom Harley builder (hobby or garage wrench by admission) and usually am so anal that everything is perfect so they (each one) have more hours in fabricating, etc. than a car from a catalogue, hand-built or rat rodded. Point being, there always seems to be a buyer for each genre of auto and the price reflects what any will or does pay. You never seen to recoup passions!