Automotive miracles still happen...

[Mr.Woolery]

So yesterday after getting home from work, I hear the doorbell ring.  It's Ruby, my next door neighbor.  She's a nice little old lady who's been living next door to me ever since I was a little tyke.  She tells me that she has been waiting for her son to try to sell her old car, but he'd been dropping the ball on selling it for months...

...and that she didn't want him to have it...

...and that she wanted to sell it to me.

I told her that I couldn't possibly afford her car and wasn't really looking for one, but after she told me how much she wanted for it, I HAD to jump on her offer.  She knew the car was worth much more than her offered price, but she knew that I'd provide her old car with a good home.

This is what she sold me.  An original, survivor, 1950 Ford Fordor with a flathead V8, three on the tree and A/C!  Body is straight, no rust, no dings, dents, or scratches...just a little oxidized paint and worn front seat upholstery.  Here are a few pics of the car immediately taken after pushing it (it had a dead battery) from her garage to my back yard.  She and her son tell me it runs fine, just needs a battery to get it started.






The agreed price?  $1000!  Yep, that's ONE thousand dollars!  Amazing. 

I have no idea how much this car is worth, but I'm sure it's worth a pretty penny more than what I paid for it.

[Brock Samson]

That Is FANTASTIC!! 
Coincidentally just a few mins. ago on FB my buddy put his custom chopped '50 Flathead V-8 Ford up for sale.. if you or anyone has an interest in it I'll hook ya' up.. i might try to get Mike to put an ad on here...
we'll see.. 

[ChgrSteve67]

Nice score!

Fire it up and drive it.

[zoecube]

 

[moparstuart]

 

[charge69]

I am not sure what it actually is worth but,   You got a great deal on a well-preserved old car !! Congrats.

[moparguy01]

Nice car!

[bull]

Wow. That's a huge score.

[NYCMille]

Out-FRICKIN-standing!!!

[tan top]

    good deal 

[resq302]

Nice deal.  I would try and keep that baby as unrestored as possible!

[Kern Dog]

This is a nice story. It would be very tempting to clean it up and put it up for sale. The problem with that is..... I'd feel guilty making a big profit and keeping it. I'm no bleeding heart type, but I have a soft spot for the elderly and their cars. If an opportunity came up to make a buttload of cash, I'd feel obligated to give the lady a cut of the take.

[68X426]

Nice deal.  I would try and keep that baby as unrestored as possible!

Agree X2. Good karma to clean it and preserve it. 

[FlatbackFanatic]

Great score!!!

[Darkman]

Nice deal.  I would try and keep that baby as unrestored as possible!

Agree X2. Good karma to clean it and preserve it. 

[bakerhillpins]

That is sooooo friggin cool.   

[Daytona R/T SE]

Nice looking car.

I'd keep it stock and cruise it around on nice days.

I'm thinking you might be disappointed in the performance of

the a/c, though....

That's not an a/c compressor on top of the engine...

That's the generator...

[bajaherbie]

  dang, it has the ultra mega rare dual upper radiator hose option........

[aussiemuscle]

nice deal. just don't tell me you're going to chop it up into a hot rod   

[Charger_Fan]

Holy crap, that is one cool stroke of luck!
And yeah, unless it was a Caddy or Lincoln, the A/C option in those days was more of a swamp cooler thing hanging off a passenger window. Man, are we spoiled these days.

[Finn]

Wow! 

[Tilar]

Wow, that's a pretty good deal. You drive it to Ohio, and I'll give ya 2500 and a plane ticket back to wherever you live. 

Seriously, they are not big money cars but restored they seem to run anywhere from 10-15k. With the condition and the way it looks, you could stand to make a pretty good penny off of her.

  dang, it has the ultra mega rare dual upper radiator hose option........

Yeah, you could only get that with the dual water pump option.   

[Mr.Woolery]

Thanks for the ribbing about the A/C, guys...
Next time I'll do more in depth research before posting anything, lest I get flamed/assumed to be an idiot on all other aspects of the car for not being an expert beforehand.

I looked again at the under dash unit and it was labled "Magic Air"...I mistook that to mean it was an AC unit, but a little research revealed it to be a heater instead.  So, no AC (which was a mystery to me in itself because the earliest AC that I know of in production cars happened a few years later).

[Old Tired Rebel]

 That car is a keeper.

[68pplcharger]

that's sweet