This one catches my eye, a 1950 Ford Custom convertible @ $12,900.00 but unless it`s totally rust free, in excellent condition I think it`s too over priced for my liking:
1950 Ford Rat Rod/Hot Rod Custom Convertible - Saskatoon Collector Cars For Sale - Kijiji Saskatoon

 

eye catching, but not my favorite for sure.

 

I caught my eye, if it was more so 6000 I would reply but it willl be on for less at a later date.

 

Looks similar to my first car, after I cut the roof off. It was a very rare four door convertable. I should have keep it, would be worth a ton of money these days.

 

Very neat ride

 

Its not too bad, I guess. I would like it if it was painted a little differently, maybe had some rims on it. Also doesnt the exhaust in the first pic look kinda like its aiming forward, instead of backwards?

 

I'm with Sherm on this one, nice car but not my cup of tea!

 

I think it would be a real cool car but it`s more than I what I`d want to pay for one.

 

Well I saw that car. It is not even painted. The colors are red and grey primer or the car. They also did not have that chrome trim. The chrome trim is from an Olds from mid 50's.

It still has a unique look about it with the chrome separating th color scheme.

 

What kind of shape was it in and did it look fairly rust free from what you could see?

 

I never saw the car personally. Just can tell from the pics he has posted. The chrome spears down the side are original, but the one from the door post to the spears are the bottom trim from a 53 buick or the side chrome from a 53-54 Olds. I suspect the buick.

Rust wise with all the new carpet covering the floor and door panels it is hard to say.
If you look at the pic of the trunk you can see the primer better. The spots of spray in places. Yet the pics under the hood and dash show a bright red colored car.

 

Sounds like a guy would have to get right under there, and do some deep digging when looking for rust. Carpet can easily hide some nasty, or even little problem rust.

 

Eww get that Buick trim off there lol

 

That curved moulding on the door was cut down from the front quarter panel trim of a 1954 Buick Roadmasher.

My guess is...this is a 1949 Ford....not a 1950 Ford.

The decklid on this so-called 1950 Ford is off a 1949 Ford. So is the grille.

Only 1949's used that handle. Put the key in, turn it, then twist the handle to open it.

1950 did away with all that monkey motion. The trunk lock cylinder fits into the right side of the decklid ornament. Insert key, turn it, the trunk pops open a coupla inches.

See where that straight horizontal grille bar has been cut off on the ends near the (non Ford) parking lamps?

The part cut off housed the original parklamps. 1950 parking lamps were below the grille, housed in chrome bezels, the lenses were rectangular.

When one has been in the car hobby over 55 years, one can spot this scheiss in a NY minute.

The whole thing began here: I spent many a Saturday in the early/mid 50's washing used cars at my grandpops Olds dealership.

btw: What became the 1949 Mercury was styled and designed to be the 1949 Ford.

But in midyear 1947, it was decided by FoMoCo that the car was too heavy, so a new 1949 Ford was designed and styled IN A MONTH!

The stylist (Dick Caleal) who worked on this car, did it on his own time at night, as a favor for Henry Ford II. He baked the clay model in his wife's stove.

Caleal's regular job was as a stylist for Raymond Loewy, who had a contract designing Studebakers. When Loewy found out what Caleal had done, he was fired.

 

Amazing how you can tell all the stuff just by looking at a picture.