West Peterson Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) This is a very interesting looking 1939 Graham that, in my opinion, looks like a backyard recreation of the little-known Corbett-bodied 1939 Graham town car. The original one-off town car no longer exists. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-town-country-good-trim-1939-grahm-sharknose-supercharged-town-country-model-97-series-/171590536187?forcerrptr=true&hash=item27f397cbfb&item=171590536187&pt=US_Cars_Trucks Edited December 17, 2014 by West Peterson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomCox Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) West, I have inspected this car and it does not appear to have any of the characteristics of a coach built vehicle. The front snap moulding at the windshield appears to be of modern design. the rear quarter windows are filled in by simple blocks of wood cut and loosely fit into the holes where the windows went. There is no divider window, and the front seat is done in vinyl over a cloth upholstered seat. In my opinion even the lowest end coachbuilder would not turn out a car anything like this one. I would say buyer BEWARE. This car was owned by American on Wheels and sold for $2,500 a few years back to the most recent owner who passed away a couple of months ago. The description makes it seem as if the seller just doesnt have time to work on it and just decided to sell it...That is really odd since they just bought this car last week from the Widow of the owner for a lot less than the current bid. If I had to guess...in my opinion someone tried to recreate the 1939 Graham town car built by Corbett and Company and did a poor job. In my opinion this car is being misrepresented and I doubt the seller has any authenticating material save a photo of the original car which if you look closely had its top made differently than this car. Scary stuff West!!!Oh ,and I hardly think that the America on Wheels Museum would have sold an authentic one off coachbuilt 1939 Graham Town car for $2500.00 . Edited December 16, 2014 by TomCox (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted December 16, 2014 Author Share Posted December 16, 2014 Here's the original photo of the car being recreated:(from http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/c/corbett/corbett.htm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 The price keeps going up. I suspect that some hot rodders/customizers are into this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander160 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 The price keeps going up. I suspect that some hot rodders/customizers are into this one.I happen to be both and wouldn't touch it with someone else's money. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Poorly made, but at least it's ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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