In our Corvette Summer post-session happy hour, Izzy from Everything I Learned from Movies asks the GTM panel for some help selling her family’s 1936 Ford Cabrio. Check out the episode for details, and if you can help please don’t hesitate to reach out to her at: izzycreates@gmail.com – thanks!
Some Pre-war Ford History (thanks Wikipedia!)
Starting in 1935 Ford was a thorough refresh on the popular V8-powered Ford. The four-cylinder Model A engine was no longer offered, leaving just the 221 CID (3.6 L) V8 to power every Ford car and truck. The transverse leaf spring suspension remained, but the front spring was relocated ahead of the axle to allow more interior volume. The body was lowered and new “Center-Poise” seating improved comfort.
Visually, the 1935 Ford was much more modern with the grille pushed forward and made more prominent by de-emphasized and more-integrated fenders, reflecting modern Art Deco influences. A major advance was a true integrated trunk on “trunkback” sedans, though the traditional “flatback” was also offered.
Two trim lines were offered, standard and DeLuxe, across a number of body styles including a base roadster, five-window coupe, three-window coupe, Tudor and Fordor sedans in flatback or trunkback versions, a convertible sedan, a woody station wagon, and new Model 51 truck. Rumble seats were optional on coupe model.
In 1936 the look was updated with an inverted pentagonal grille with all-vertical bars beneath a prominent hood and three horizontal chrome side strips (on DeLuxe models). The V8 DeLuxe was called Model 68. A concealed horn, long a prominent part of the Ford’s design, also brought the car into modern times. The new trucks continued with the old grille. Other major changes for 1936 were the use of pressed steel “artillery” solid wheels instead of wire wheels.
Izzy gives us all the details on her ’36, in this minisode.
TL:DR, “It’s a 1936 Ford Cabriolet with the rumble seat, Not modified except for an engine upgrade to to a 1942 Mercury flat head V8. 4 owners, one family, has been garaged since about 1995, but was running when it was garaged.” ~Izzy.
