Rusted Automotive

It's hard to believe this next statement, but in a few years it'll be 90 years since the decade of the 1930s. The 1930s were a rough time for the United States with the Great Depression and Prohibition era taking place, but I will say the automobiles during that time were fine. Though I usually don't prefer products from the Blue Oval, this 1938 Ford sedan is definitely a car I would drive, and this car is said to be a largely original survivor. Find it here on eBay in Pellham, Alabama, with reserve not met. After a minor facelift in 1937, Ford's passenger-car line continued with very little changes. The Deluxe models of the passenger-car lineup gained a new heart-shaped grille, which this 1938 Ford suicide-door four-door sedan has. One of 92,020 Deluxe Fordor sedans built for 1938, this Deluxe Fordor is said to be mostly in original condition. Resplendent in black, the car was bought by the seller from the

Though typically Fords are not my forte of interest in terms of classic cars, I do make an exception for Lincolns. When I was a kid, my parents owned a black 1988 Town Car that a few people called "presidential". Eventually, they sold the car and upgraded to a 1996 Buick Roadmaster. Vintage Lincolns are cool, and clean, unmodified ones like this 1938 Lincoln Zephyr are a hard find today. Find it here on eBay in Redding, California, with reserve not met and a little under six hours left to bid. Originally brought about to bridge the gap between Ford's Deluxe model and Lincoln's K-series, the Zephyr was conceived by Edsel Ford and Eugene "Bob" Gregorie. Featuring cutting-edge unibody construction and a low (for its time) drag-coefficient of 0.45, the Zephyr was not a huge success, but certainly was futuristic for its time. This mildly-restyled 1938 model is a coupe model, and is one of 2,600 built f