Suedes Car Club
General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Eyeball on October 29, 2008 2:20 pm
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Got this in an email from Rocky.
This is the 1936 Ford Coupe built for and owned by Allegheny Ludlum Steel. It was attending our open house and then was featured in a local parade with over 100 of our salaried, hourly and retired employees walking alongside. This is 1 of only 4 in existence and is the only one currently in running & in roadworthy condition. The car is in exceptional
condition, with the interior and even the frame looking great.
All 4 cars each had over 200,000 miles on them before they removed them
from service. These cars were built for Allegheny as promotional and marketing
projects. The top salesmen each year were given the honor of being able to drive
them for one year. The v-8 engine (max 85 hp) ran like a sewing machine and was
surprisingly smooth and quite. I thought this was a much better looking automobile than the Ford Thunderbird that visited us last year.
FYI, the car was insured (we were told) for the trip to Louisville via covered trailer for
1.5 million dollars. We were also told that the dies were ruined by stamping the stainless
car parts, making these the last of these cars ever produced.
More information of the history on these automobiles can be found at Allegheny Ludlum's website
http://www.alleghenyludlum.com/pages/companyinfo/stainlesscars.asp <http://www.alleghenyludlum.com/pages/companyinfo/stainlesscars.asp>
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thats cool, never heard of that before. that would be a nice company car to drive.
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I had not heard of that before, some car guy I am. :roll:
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Since I picked up the '35 and have been searching for info on it, I have come across alot of info on the stainless '36.
Quite a car. Wish I had one to sell! :)
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WOW!!! Holy crap....thanks
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There was a thread on the HAMB about this thing. So damn cool.