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Extremely Rare Stainless Steel Car ...

Snuffy

Snuffy

Happiness Consultant
1936 Stainless Steel Ford

This is a 1936 Ford Tudor Sedan built for and owned by Allegheny Ludlum Steel. This is 1 of only 4 in existence and is the only one currently in running & in road worthy condition. The car is in exceptional condition, with the interior and even the frame looking great. All 4 cars each had over 200,000 miles on them before they removed them from service.

These cars were built for Allegheny as promotional and marketing projects. The top salesmen each year were given the honor of being able to drive them for one year. The V-8 engine (max 85 hp) ran like a sewing machine and was surprisingly smooth and quite. The car was insured for a trip to Louisville via covered trailer for 1.5 million dollars.

The dies were ruined by stamping the stainless car parts, making these the last of these cars ever produced. More information of the history on these automobiles can be found at Allegheny Ludlum's website http://www.alleghenyludlum.com/pages/companyinfo/stainlesscars.asp
 
There is/was one in Mississippi, a coupe with a rumble seat. A friend had it and was making a street rod back in the 60's. I know it was Stainless because he put paint stripper on it in his back yard and it rained that night. There was NO suntan what-so-ever on it the next morning. He called me to come look. I put a magnet on the body and it would not stick. I saw it in the 80's with a 84 or 85 Olds engine and trannie.
I wouldn't mind having one of the Vickies that you talk about above. Looks great.
 
stainless is very "hard". i don't doubt that it ruined the dies quickly.
i've worked with enough stainless to see what it can do.
it can be tough to work with, but the results are worth the effort.
 
I owned a Lincoln Blue 85 HP 1936 Deluxe Ford V-8 2-door just like it. It had a factory installed radio and a heater and chrome rings on the white walled wheels. That's what made it a Deluxe. There were some 60 horse power standard versions that had a motor life of 20,000 miles. Some of the standard Fords had replacement gasoline heaters that would burn the rubbers off your feet. They all had mechanical brakes. They were not very good and you anticipated when you might have to stop. No one in a Ford ever tail-gated. Of course you never drove above 50 MPH. This was before superhighways. The Merritt Parkway was the only one then. You could repair the whole car with nothing but a 9/16th - 1/2 inch wrench. Rear seal bearings always leaked and you'd put the front bumper up against a telephone pole and slip the clutch to burn off the oil. All cars had spring steel bumpers and there was no need for collision bags or safety belts. You could drive one car into another and the spring steel bumpers would protect you.
You always carried a spare vibrator for the radio and a spare set of points and a condenser in the glove compartment. I always kept a extra starter in the trunk - just in case. If you got 10,000 miles out of a tire that really was something. Flat tires were commonplace. Ah, those were the good old days.
 
I swear I remember my dad had one of these, not stainless steel though. It was black and worn out. Mom called it the Jollopy. I think my dad loved it though.

Thanks for the heads up Snuffy. Cool to know about these. Too bad it destroyed the dies.


Bill
 
Helldiver said:
You could repair the whole car with nothing but a 9/16th - 1/2 inch wrench.
You always carried a spare set of points and a condenser in the glove compartment. If you got 10,000 miles out of a tire that really was something. Flat tires were commonplace. Ah, those were the good old days.
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i loved this part.

otoh, i never got 10,000 miles out of a tire in my whole life! on any car i ever had! lol
 
Reading the link, I found the one of the stainless steel Fords that I want, the 1960 Thunderbird

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I've liked the older T-birds since I was a kid.

Edit: the last stainless steel cars I can remember were the DeLoreans.
 
I've liked the older T-birds since I was a kid.

Edit: the last stainless steel cars I can remember were the DeLoreans.
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Ya know you can always use a DeLorean to go back in time and get yourself one of those T-Birds....:wavey:<!-- / message --><!-- edit note -->
 
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