A handsome polished, stainless steel 1936 Ford Coupe, one of only 6 made, that was made as a collaboration between Ford and The Allegheny Ludlum Steel. Excerpted from The New York Times.
Photo by Richard S. Chang for the NY TImes.
One of the standouts was a 1936 Ford coupe that was made out of stainless steel and looked like an apparition on the lush green field. Its owner, Leo Gephart of Scottsdale, Ariz., stood proudly at its front bumper fielding questions from the crowd.
“They only made six of them,” he said. “Ford did it as a publicity deal for Allegheny Ludlum Steel. They were going to use the cars for promotion. They were going to make 10. Henry Ford ran six, and the seventh ruined the dies.”
Mr. Gephart said only one of the stainless steel Fords was delivered to a private owner, a dentist who had introduced stainless steel in dentistry.
Mr. Gephart first came across the car 40 years ago. “I told the owner to give me a call if he ever wanted to sell it,” he said. “He gave it to his son. Twenty years later, it was at a restoration shop. The guy at the shop was dressed up. He was going to a cruise. He told me he was going to give it to his grandson. I bought it from the grandson 20 years later.”
Photo by Richard S. Chang for the NY TImes.
One of the standouts was a 1936 Ford coupe that was made out of stainless steel and looked like an apparition on the lush green field. Its owner, Leo Gephart of Scottsdale, Ariz., stood proudly at its front bumper fielding questions from the crowd.
“They only made six of them,” he said. “Ford did it as a publicity deal for Allegheny Ludlum Steel. They were going to use the cars for promotion. They were going to make 10. Henry Ford ran six, and the seventh ruined the dies.”
Mr. Gephart said only one of the stainless steel Fords was delivered to a private owner, a dentist who had introduced stainless steel in dentistry.
Mr. Gephart first came across the car 40 years ago. “I told the owner to give me a call if he ever wanted to sell it,” he said. “He gave it to his son. Twenty years later, it was at a restoration shop. The guy at the shop was dressed up. He was going to a cruise. He told me he was going to give it to his grandson. I bought it from the grandson 20 years later.”
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