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1935 CHRYSLER AIRFLOW COUPE RARE - $24500 (20 MILES EAST OF FRESNO)Not Mine


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Dave

That is rare, and you being a Mopar guy I know you know it's rare. But, I am not sure I like the lines of the 2 door, I thought I would a little more. I owned a 36 Airflow 4 door, I want to say it was a C9? And I loved it, the extra length was needed for the Airflow BUT no sure about this car, it looks "stubby" and appears to have a 6 cylinder. I guess it's not a DeSoto because it does have the Chrysler Airflow grille not the "Chrysler Building" DeSoto Airflow.

I have seen some of these Airflow 2 doors in a longer wheelbase and they look awesome. But this one not so much.

You and I disagree on price because I don't have the nest egg for these expensive projects BUT it would take in my opinion $65,000 or so to do a proper restoration on this car even with that straight body and then anybody is going to be upside down. An Airflow specialist would probably charge $100,000 plus to do it. So, it does not make economic sense to me to buy any project for $24500. I bought my 1936 Airflow for $1000 I think, complete.

I just spoke with someone who has 4 1937 C10's for sale and he said he saw a custom Airflow sell on Barrett Jackson for $300,000.

Thanks for the complement.

#1-not an expert for Mopar. I just started helping the widow of the company, the expert passed away.

#2-I now even less for the Chry and Desoto.

Prices are all over the board for sure.

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I agree, a real ugly duckling only a mother could love. American manufacturers were notorious over the years for carefully designing a car model, taking into consideration its proportions from all angles, using clay or other medium, and once into production using 60% of the same sheet metal on a completely different model, which from a styling point fell flat on its nose! This is just one. The country was strewn with poorly styled station wagons, achieved by chopping the roof at door post and adding a longer roof with a poorly designed rear deck, and many coupes like this one which started as 4 door exercises. I think today with computer aided design, they can take a lot more care in ensuring all models that share the same sheetmetal have at least some level of tasteful design. But there is a buyer/lover for all beauties, and some like the quirky ones!

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