AK Troutbum
WKR
Hello all, I thought I'd post this question here before attempting futile searches on the internet. I recently inherited a fully restored (ground up), 1936 Ford 3 window coupe, and as much as it pains me to do it, I think the best thing for me to do is put it into the hands of someone who can truly appreciate it. A little history first. My dad purchased this from a local barn find in Northern California back in 1985. I was with him when we went to pick it up and it was basically a rolling chassis with multiple misc. parts and pieces, all steel, but a pile of shit IMO (at the ripe old age of 17). He paid the farmer $5500 and we loaded everything up on a flatbed trailer and hauled it away. Over the course of the next 20 years (give or take), my dad proceeded to build the car of his dreams, and his favorite year/model as a kid growing up in the 1940's. He did most of the work himself, short of the paint (7 coats of black lacquer professionally done), and the motor/transmission which is a professionally built, balanced and blueprinted 350 with a B&M blower and a 350 auto tranny that he had done at a racing shop in Los Angles. He put a Ford 9" rear end under it, disc brakes all the way around, stainless steel brake lines, headers, and exhaust/pipe. He installed tilt/telescoping Cadillac steering, air conditioning, wood grained the dash, window trim, etc., and reupholstered the interior using new original Moher. To look at it from the outside, it looks totally stock with the exception of the wheels/tires, but obviously far from stock. He only put 74 miles on it once it was completed, and it has literally sat in his garage (collecting dust), in Southern Oregon for the last 21-22 years and hadn't been moved. Since it's restoration it hasn't seen a drop of water or any effects from the outdoor environment. My dad passed on Dec. 1,2024 and after getting his placed cleaned up and just recently put on the market, I had a buddy of mine come up from California and haul the car down there to get it detailed, all the fluids changed, and any other work that may need to be done on it prior to it being started/run. I'd love to keep the coupe, but it's just not practical to ship up to Alaska and store it, to maybe drive it a couple times/year. It's only been in CA now for about a week and I've had multiple low ball cash offers from folks that are hoping to get a screaming deal from someone that inherited a car and knows nothing about what they have. They are correct to a certain extent, in that I don't know the true value of the vehicle, but I do know that it's worth quite a bit more than $25K. The last time I talked to my dad about it, he seemed to think it was worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $100K+, but he was probably biased as well. So, all that said, I'm looking for pointers on where to go/look, to find out the value and best places to advertise it. I'll post up a few pics, but they're not very good and they were taken after 20+ years of collecting dust. Thanks for any and all help.
