1930 Ford Model A

RUST FREE ALL STEEL RUMBLE SEAT COUPE Coupe

4 Cylinder Banger

Manual

LB4536

Clear

Gasoline

Today we have listed for sale a 1930 Ford Model A Coupe. This has been a nearly always garaged car that is adult owned and nice weather only driven - Don't let the Texas plates throw you, the Model A is located currently in McMinnville Oregon, where the owners also currently reside. It belongs to a friend of mine who is selling this to help pay for long term Alzheimer's care for her father, who served in the Air Force, and he's entrusted his collection of classic vehicles to her to sell to the right homes. I'm here to help them do that. Before asking questions please read all the way through, everything should be pretty well answered, but if not feel free to ask. This is also the first time on the market for this car, so it's definitely not something you've seen, and seen again!. I will do my best to describe it so that you feel you know it. It's hard to show the total story of this car in the words I use, but I have added as many pictures as possible - I tried to use pictures that covered the overall feel and look of the car. Please use the scroll feature to get to all of the pictures, sometimes they don't all come up without that scrolling and on a cell phone they may be harder to get to. We'd rather have you see more pictures than 'needed' than too few - but they are all there, many of the interior, engine and undercarraige - I promise! Normally my pics are all taken at Evergreen Air Museum - I usually take them in front of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain that was part of the Normandy invasion in 1944. You will also note the Spruce Goose, a Saturn rocket and other planes in the background of some of the pictures. Evergreen is gracious in letting us use their planes and facility as a backdrop for these pictures. If you're ever in the McMinnville are please stop and see them - they have not only the air museum but an aerospace museum and an indoor water park! But this time, due to shorter hours I didn't have the time to get out there, so used a local small park. I use lower resolution so that anyone in the world can download them with relative ease. Please be aware that this Coupe is advertised and for sale locally, nationally and globally, and we do reserve the right to end this auction at any time if the vehicle sells before auction ends. This very cool, collectible, stylish and solid piece of American traditional automotive history is definitely for sale and definitely on the money price wise. If you are SERIOUS about the car - please call my cell # 503.580.6225 if I don't answer the first time - try again later - if I am at work I may not be able to answer your call. Please be considerate of the time. This is an amazingly honest, umolested vehicle and overall is simply a great rig - one you can drive, show off mess around with and show with pride.. Someone is going to get an enjoyable, fun and great collectible vehicle here. Buy it today and be the envy of those who hesitated and missed. . Model A's - one of the most important vehicles that Ford ever made, and did they ever sell a bunch. Edsel Ford had been telling his father Henry that what they needed to perk up sales was a new car, and that's what they got - Edsel was right on the money. It was a pretty rakish and sporty car for the day, Edsel had a great knack for style and he was able to slip some colors and flash here and there, while still keeping the prices affordable for the average he or she, and it still looks great - just a timeless and stylish car. There's been so many modified, crunched, parted and messed up that it always amazes me that there are still stockers around. To me a Coupe is the coolest of them all - yes, Roadsters are awesome, but there's something about the body style of the Coupes that I personally just love. I own 4 Model A's myself, so I am no stranger to the allure of the A. It really is about the oldest car that's easy as well as fun to drive. True the Model T is older, but one just about needs 3 feet to drive one in stock trim and at least to me not ery fun, where the Model A is very versatile and fun to drive, putt or tour around in. This is a nice dry Texas car that is available to you today and let's go through it so you know it. Please Please Please use the scroll feature before asking if there are interior, engine and undercarraige pics, they are there! Let's dig into what we know about this car: It's a 1930 Coupe, and it obviously, to me anyhow, was either a restoration of a super clean older car, or a redo of an earlier (60's maybe? resto. It's really very stock, with few if any modifications so really easy to go through - it appears to be a standard model (no cowl lights and one tailight) and the right rear steel fender shows no sign of having a light mounted to it. The rumble seat is functional, and adds a really cool fun factor to the car, as it makes the car a couple passenger, or a 4 passenger with the flip of a trunk lid - kids, and adults alike love that rumble seat, and will be jumping for a chance to climb in and go for a ride. The engine appears all stock, right down to the exhaust system. The water pump doesn't leak, and I don't see signs of water having been flung around as often happens. There was an accesory or maize air filter at one time, the base is still present, but we don't have the rest of it, it functions fine and as stock though even without it. The carb is a Zenith, and seems to work just fine. I always shut off the fuel and let the car run til it dies when parking for any length - as well as not having fuel sit in the bowl for extended periods, and thats how I have treated this one too, gets any gunk out of the tank/line/carb/fuel bowl if present and so far haven't noticed any. The car starts easily with just a pull on the choke when cold and not even that once warmed up. It's a joy to tool around in, and these cars can be finicky, and hard to start, and when they are that way - aren't any fun at all (I know I own one like that!) The car cools well, and the radiator looks either new or nicely redone, not leaky as some are. No excessive smoke, and the car has that oh so recognizeable Model A sound. The Motor number - LB4536 is stamped on the block, and is also the VIN on the title - I don't recognize that number sequence, and it's not typical Model a production # sequence, but my guess is at some time the engine was rebuilt and stamped with that. I always think of an LB as the later insert bearing V8 flathead upgrade in '36, could the motor have been done inserted instead of babbitted? I don't know, maybe you do.....clue me in if so please. Electrical system is still 6 volt, and the car charges well, and all that is like it should be. Model A electrical systems are pretty simple, they either work, or they don't for the most part. The battery is a nice one and new. Points have been replaced recently to just make sure they were good, junk points can be problems in an A. The car was a daily driver for putting around the small town the owner lived in for years, and he loved to drive it to his shop - the way the car appears to have been maintained is indicative of the way he kept all his cars, and maintained them faithfully until he couldn't drive anymore, which wasn't all that long ago. The transmission is as it should be - you're not gonna speed shift and 1/4 mile it, at least not quickly, but it's all functional, as is the driveline and rear end - no funny noises and everything works as it should. On all four corners are Firestone Gum dipped 475/500x19 wide whitewall tires with lots of tread, and though they are older, I see no signs of age cracking on the sidewalls or tread as often happens. All 5 wheels are factory 19 inch wires and all appear to be in good condition. The spare tire itself doesn't match though wheel does - it's an older blackwall, but it holds air and has tread, so is great as a spare - you wouldn't ever rotate these tires anyhow, would you? The brakes are still mechanical as OEM and they work great. If you don't drive a lot, mechanical is pretty cool as you don't have to ever worry about fluid - and if they are adjusted well, they stop just fine, not like discs or ABS or anything, just drive at a respectable speed, and keep in mind it's an old car, and you will be just fine - well adjusted mechanical brakes work well, period. The car starts, runs, drives well. It's a stock Model A, no mistaking that, but it works just like an A should. The more I drive it, the happier she is (yes, it's a she - once you get to know her you can call her Daisy, but that's another story.....!) and sitting is the worst thing on a car, so the more she is driven the happier she will be. Inside we have a nice and redone interior, most likely Lebaron and Bonney - I am not sure when this was done, not super long ago, but not last year either. The cloth is nice, and fits the car well. Check the pic of the seat underneath and you will see that the wood is either cherry condition original or nicely redone. The seat adjusts forward and back like it should, and often that part is gone or inop on a coupe. This is very functional and complete. The mat on the floor is vinyl, as OEM and nice. Everything seems to work fine, even the dome light, which rarely is functional in my experience. The glass is all nice, and has been replaced, though the passenger door window has a crack in it - this happened from the Texas heat I am told. The windshield hinges out like it should and all there is functional and nice. The wiper is vacuum, as OEM and it functions, like vacuum, which is not really well, but it works. We are spoiled by electric accessories! Top insert is long grain vinyl, and is nice, the retaining strips for the top insert have pulled up a little, but it's nicer than the one on my own car - I consider the top part of the upholstery, sorry if this appears out of order to you. Garnish moldings are all there and nice, my guess is they were painted gray, but have turned a slight greenish color over the years. Horn is the Sparton type, ahooga variety, though it doesn't have a Sparton tag that I see - it works great, and I used it often on my drives in the car (I think one is supposed to, right?) The mileage of 00357 is something I am not sure of, maybe when the speedo was rebuilt they set to 0? But the speedo, odo work, I have put a few miles on the car. Headlights work fine, though one high beam bulb is out - we'd rather be honest with you, and not tell you things are perfect that aren't. The headlights themselves appear to be renickled or chromed original buckets, that say Ford Two Light as they should with either nice repro lenses or the nicest originals I have seen. One of the really cool things about a Model A is the availability of repro parts, at affordable prices. It makes owning one - or more - really fun, as well as really affordable. The interior doesn't have a smoke smell, so i'm assuming non smoker owned (To confirm this the owner's daughter just told me her Dad never allowed smoking in any of his vehicles). The whole interior is really nice and tidy and pretty darned clean. Outside we have an all steel car - no fiberglass, nothing rusty or rotten. The worst thing on the car was most likely the litte time the car spent sitting outside in the heat - someone did a great job of paint, and the two tone between the blue and black. I can't tell you if there was a prep issue (maybe?) or just the heat but over time there's been a couple spots that the paint has done some delamination or paint bubbling - this isn't from rust, but from either paint pull back, improper prep, heat or maybe even paint to primer adhesion. This paint has been on a long long time, my guess is 20 years-ish, so it's not like it's fresh - you can see any and all issues with it, clear as day. On the left body corner top of the 1/4 near the roof/trunk header panel, right fender top towards the running board, the left door top where there's a reveal molding, by the left drip rail and a spot on the right corner that makes me think it had a patch panel at some time there, which is pretty common on an A. The paint is shiny, not dry or orange peeled and had to be drop dead gorgeous when first done, as it's still stunning today, but, needless to say, the paint isn't perfect, so the price is adjusted accordingly - we are trying to be really really picky for you in describing and photographing this car so you know what you are getting and there are no surprises or disappointments. In fact this isn't so much of an apology for the paint as an explanation - I personally love the patina the car has, and so will you and the people who see it. The car shows really well, and I have done my best to show you what is at issue. It's a very honest car, with nothing hidden, nothing phoney, the car hasn't even been washed, which is why the black of the tires is a bit 'white'. I know, I know - 'look - they were too lazy to detail the car"! Not the case at all - we wanted you to see EXACTLY what the car is, nothing more, nothing less - it would sure look dandy all detailed up. The fenders are all steel, as mentioned earlier, the left doesn't appear to have ever been drilled for a tail light, and the left front is the only one that seems to have been repaired, stock A fenders are notorious for cracking from use, damage and or vibration. These fenders are all really nice. The running boards have to be near new and are really nice. Bumpers are nice, straight, and have to have been rechromed or nickeled at some point. Drip rails are nice, and attached well. Grille is nice, hood is nice, but has some minor paint flaking at the hinge points towards the rear, not altogether uncommon. There is a small bubble on the right side of the windshield frame, again, not untypical of a Model A. Doors shut well and rumble functions well. Overall the car is as straight as it appears, doesn't have any rust or rot that I can find, and represents the A's very well. It's sad to say, but it would be a great basis for a mild hop-up, especially with the slight patina it has - really this is a car that could do anything, and stand tall - or leave it alone, your choice. It hasn't been detailed, buffed, fluffed or phoneyed a bit, nor is it a car that has been bought to sell, this is a car that has been well loved and is ONLY for sale due to medical reasons and to pay for an urgent and long term care situation. We are not looking for sympathy here, but a mutual understanding that this is being sold for a really great reason and not being 'flipped' to make a buck.clean and clear title without any brands or liens that matches to clearly visible engine # is in hand and available for the new buyer after clear funds have been recieved and are in place. We are hoping that someone who digs what the car IS will be able to purchase and continue to love on and appreciate it. If I had room and didn't already own a '31 Coupe, I'd love to have it, I'd play around with a few accessories, reverse eye spring the nose,16 inch Kelsey wheel and stagger tire it, clean it up, have a set of twice pipes made, wouldn't touch the paint, drive it around and call it done - a keeper for sure. It will be the source of many smiles, waves, envious stares and enjoyment that we know for sure, certainly not for the shy. Is the car perfect? No - it wasn't when new, but it is a nice, solid and very driveable 85 year old automobile that's had years of love and care - and needs/deserves a new caretaker - will that be you? Show it, store it, restore it, daily drive it - any or all of these makes sense - just take care of it. Buy it, drive it and enjoy it - it's a better investment than stocks, bonds or money in the bank and one heck of a lot more fun! If you have questions please feel free to ask, we will do our best to answer you back in a reasonable amount of time" Now for the nitty gritty: PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO PAY! If you have zero or negative feedback - please contact us first. We reserve the right to cancel bids to those who don't adhere to this request. If you need to get permission of any sort to buy - PLEASE GET IT FIRST. Excuses such as - I had the money now I dont, My spouse doesn't like the color, Gee I got sick as soon as I won the bid in the last 30 seconds of the auction, Oops I hit buy it now by mistake, My kid bid not me, My attorney says etc etc will not be tolerated or excused. PLEASE think before you bid! A 500.00 partial payment is required within 48 hours of auction close, the balance in full due within 7 days of auction close. Paypal will not be accepted on any part of the auction unless agreed upon in advance. Payment is by bankwire, cashiers check or cash. No overpayment situations please. If paid by any form of check - check will clear bank before vehicle leaves it's present location. Winning this auction does not qualify you to fly in and inspect the vehicle then decide IF you want it, or to renegotiate. The vehicle is available for inspection by appointment, so if you aren't sure - please come see it first! Shipping is at the expense of the winning bidder. Vehicle is located in and must be picked up in McMinnvile, Oregon. Vehicle is a used one that is 85 plus years old and therefore sold as is and without warranty of any kind. Vehicle is being purchased from the current owner, not Houseofhotrod, and the bill of sale will be from that owner. We do guarantee the availability and posession of a title with no leins or encumberances at time of sale, and that title is a clean and clear 1930 Texas title with no brands. We will help you arrange shipping any way we can, and will help facilitate a truck picking it up etc., but winning bidder pays for all shipping charges. Sorry if we sound short or demanding here - we just want to communicate that we take our eBay seriously - all we really ask is that you do the same!! This makes it much easier for those of YOU who are also serious about bidding and buying. I have bought many vehicles here and understand your concerns - we've been there! PLEASE ask questions if you have them - I will do my best to answer honestly and quickly. Thank you for looking and bidding!