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Auction archive: Lot number 1012•

The ex-Julian Eccles, 1950 and 1951 Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance 1936 Ford Model 68 DeLuxe Phaeton Chassis no. 182338697

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$56,350
Auction archive: Lot number 1012•

The ex-Julian Eccles, 1950 and 1951 Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance 1936 Ford Model 68 DeLuxe Phaeton Chassis no. 182338697

Estimate
US$0
Price realised:
US$56,350
Beschreibung:

The automobile market was changing rapidly in the late 'Thirties. All steel closed bodywork was becoming the standard and the open 5- and 6-passenger bodies that had been common even a few years before were rapidly losing favor. However, their style and rarity has made them among the most appreciated cars of the era – practical family-oriented cars for tours and events that also are much sought after by serious collectors. The 1936 Ford was subtly redesigned from 1935 with a broad veed grille composed of vertical chrome elements, redesigned rear fenders, pressed steel artillery-style wheels and the twin horns of the DeLuxe model recessed behind grilles set in the fender catwalks. It has come to be regarded as one of the high points of Ford’s Thirties’ styling, handsomely shaped, streamlined and gracefully proportioned. In 1936 the Phaeton body style had only two more years in Ford’s catalog. It would be discontinued after 1938 and a glance at the production numbers, 5,555 in 1936, 3,723 in 1937 and only 1,169 in 1938, shows why. Phaetons were among the most expensive to build, relying on the traditional coachbuilding methods of the past rather than the high volume stamping and welding techniques that were employed to build all-steel closed bodies. The combination of rarity and open air fun, however, has brought these few phaetons to the forefront of today’s collector car market which values open cars much more highly than their more practical but mundane closed counterparts. The 1936 Ford Model 68 DeLuxe Phaeton offered here is a wonderful example which has had only two owners from new, sixty-nine years ago. It was bought new by one of the important figures in the early history of car collecting, Julian Eccles. Eccles, from a prominent Salt Lake City family, was a car dealer in Klamath Falls, Oregon his whole life and took up car collecting with some of the pioneers. A personal friend of Bill Harrah and J.B. Nethercutt, Eccles’ cars included a Packard 734 stagger-seat boattail speedster (loaned to Harrah’s as the guide to restoring the collection’s 734 and subsequently a long term holding in the collection of one of the Bay Area’s most diverse and discerning collectors) and a 1931 Packard Derham convertible coupe. He acquired this Ford new in 1936. While on his honeymoon in 1941 Eccles and his bride Peggy had a problem with the Ford’s V8, took it to a Ford dealer on their route and had the engine replaced with a 1941 90hp flathead. It’s still in the Ford. After World War II Eccles displayed his 1936 Ford Phaeton at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in both 1950 and 1951. The present owner, an experienced collector and new car dealer who has been around long enough to know, believes that, except for the top and perhaps the paint (which is so old and carefully preserved he’s reluctant to commit one way or the other), the Ford is original, even its interior. He observed that the seats are in excellent condition without even a broken seat spring. The odometer displays 32,821 miles, which may be the mileage since the engine was replaced in 1941 – not that it makes much difference … this is an amazingly original and well-preserved Ford in the most desirable of all the body styles offered in 1936. Finished in Black, the Phaeton has an Apple Green pinstripe and matching Apple Green wheels with `Spider’ hubcaps. The interior is Tan leather. The single spare tire is rear-mounted. Weather equipment is complete, with the original side curtains still inside their original container behind the back seat. Eccles also had a special tonneau cover made to fit over the rear seats when touring to protect his luggage. It comes with the car. Even the rearview mirror-mounted clock still works. The present owner says this 1936 Ford drives “better than any of the many pre-war Ford V8s I’ve driven. It doesn’t rattle or shake, all the gauges work and appears never to have been damaged or had any rust…. I went to the Forest Grove Concours with it last

Auction archive: Lot number 1012•
Auction:
Datum:
19 Aug 2005
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

The automobile market was changing rapidly in the late 'Thirties. All steel closed bodywork was becoming the standard and the open 5- and 6-passenger bodies that had been common even a few years before were rapidly losing favor. However, their style and rarity has made them among the most appreciated cars of the era – practical family-oriented cars for tours and events that also are much sought after by serious collectors. The 1936 Ford was subtly redesigned from 1935 with a broad veed grille composed of vertical chrome elements, redesigned rear fenders, pressed steel artillery-style wheels and the twin horns of the DeLuxe model recessed behind grilles set in the fender catwalks. It has come to be regarded as one of the high points of Ford’s Thirties’ styling, handsomely shaped, streamlined and gracefully proportioned. In 1936 the Phaeton body style had only two more years in Ford’s catalog. It would be discontinued after 1938 and a glance at the production numbers, 5,555 in 1936, 3,723 in 1937 and only 1,169 in 1938, shows why. Phaetons were among the most expensive to build, relying on the traditional coachbuilding methods of the past rather than the high volume stamping and welding techniques that were employed to build all-steel closed bodies. The combination of rarity and open air fun, however, has brought these few phaetons to the forefront of today’s collector car market which values open cars much more highly than their more practical but mundane closed counterparts. The 1936 Ford Model 68 DeLuxe Phaeton offered here is a wonderful example which has had only two owners from new, sixty-nine years ago. It was bought new by one of the important figures in the early history of car collecting, Julian Eccles. Eccles, from a prominent Salt Lake City family, was a car dealer in Klamath Falls, Oregon his whole life and took up car collecting with some of the pioneers. A personal friend of Bill Harrah and J.B. Nethercutt, Eccles’ cars included a Packard 734 stagger-seat boattail speedster (loaned to Harrah’s as the guide to restoring the collection’s 734 and subsequently a long term holding in the collection of one of the Bay Area’s most diverse and discerning collectors) and a 1931 Packard Derham convertible coupe. He acquired this Ford new in 1936. While on his honeymoon in 1941 Eccles and his bride Peggy had a problem with the Ford’s V8, took it to a Ford dealer on their route and had the engine replaced with a 1941 90hp flathead. It’s still in the Ford. After World War II Eccles displayed his 1936 Ford Phaeton at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in both 1950 and 1951. The present owner, an experienced collector and new car dealer who has been around long enough to know, believes that, except for the top and perhaps the paint (which is so old and carefully preserved he’s reluctant to commit one way or the other), the Ford is original, even its interior. He observed that the seats are in excellent condition without even a broken seat spring. The odometer displays 32,821 miles, which may be the mileage since the engine was replaced in 1941 – not that it makes much difference … this is an amazingly original and well-preserved Ford in the most desirable of all the body styles offered in 1936. Finished in Black, the Phaeton has an Apple Green pinstripe and matching Apple Green wheels with `Spider’ hubcaps. The interior is Tan leather. The single spare tire is rear-mounted. Weather equipment is complete, with the original side curtains still inside their original container behind the back seat. Eccles also had a special tonneau cover made to fit over the rear seats when touring to protect his luggage. It comes with the car. Even the rearview mirror-mounted clock still works. The present owner says this 1936 Ford drives “better than any of the many pre-war Ford V8s I’ve driven. It doesn’t rattle or shake, all the gauges work and appears never to have been damaged or had any rust…. I went to the Forest Grove Concours with it last

Auction archive: Lot number 1012•
Auction:
Datum:
19 Aug 2005
Auction house:
Bonhams London
San Francisco 220 San Bruno Avenue San Francisco CA 94103 Tel: +1 415 861 7500 Fax : +1 415 861 8951 info.us@bonhams.com
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