ClassicCar

You would not belive my '33. It has been parked since the early 1940's. It needs a total resto, but it is untouched!I hope to begin work on it soon.

Here's a teaser...

For those waiting for more pics,sorry to keep you in suspense! I will not be able to post any additional pics until my '33 is removed from storage,(hopefully this fall) where it has been since 1980.
The photo below is just how it looked when I "found" it, I was a Senior in High School, 1970-1971.As near as I can tell, it had been stored there sometime before WW2! At that young age,I really had the old car bug (I still haven't found a cure)This addiction was bought on by a good friend who had managed to score for himself a sweet 1932 DeSoto rumble seat Coupe from the original owner for the princely sum of $50.00! I wanted a cool pre-war car of my own so bad I could taste it!
As it turned out, I would have to wait an additional ten years. All of this because the property owner was mentally unstable, and lived in a terribly run down house (next to the barn)with no electric or water.When I would try to approach him about selling, he would say it was tied up in a Russian Estate, or come back in "May Time",etc. Lots of insane gibberish....It took me two years just to find out the make and model, as he would not let me near the car, and often appeared on the porch with a loaded shotgun.Very early one morning I became brave(foolish) enough to sneak on the property with a friend to creep in the barn with a flashlight to get a glimpse of the radiator badge/grille to ID the vehicle.I was pleasantly surprised when I read the badge (Essex Terraplane 6) to realize I had found a super rare and cool car to make my own!And it had the tough looking Griffin radiator ornament. I tried every year to approach him to buy the car, but it became more and more dangerous.
Finally in 1980, he was evicted for back taxes due, and an auction was held. I sucessfully acquired the car, and placed it in storage, to await a proper restoration.Amazingly, the tires installed from the 1930's still hold air to this day!
Well, here it is 2011, and I am nearly 60 now, with decreased energy and mobility that come with age, so I feel it is time to do this object of my teenage dreams justice.
I hope to restore this series KU LWB Six 2 dr Coach to original showroom condition. It was equipped with the optional 16" wire wheels, and was painted a very dark maroon (mahogany)with a gold pinstripe and black fenders.No wide whites, sidemounts etc for me. I want it just as the first owner saw it!
I plan to fully document its restoration here on this forum as time and money allows.
Thanks for your interest in my treasure that has been hidden away all of these years!