Chevrolet, affectionately known as "Chevy" by Americans, has long become the pride and love of Americans.
When it comes to Chevrolet cars, the word change is always inseparable. As "the world's most innovative car brand", Chevrolet has been a path of change since its inception.
In 1911, Billy Durant, who was forced to leave Buick, founded the Chevrolet Motor Company with Louis Chevrolet, who had just retired. In an attic on the outskirts of Detroit, their first prototype, the Chevrolet Blueprint, was born, which would become Chevrolet's first production model, the Classic Six.
The car is equipped with a 4The 9-liter inline-six engine mated to a 3-speed manual gearbox can reach a top speed of 105 km/h. However, this car did not get much sales because it was expensive.
In 1913, the styling features of the Chevrolet Classic Six were carried over to the cheaper Baby Grand model. Because the baby grand model has reliable quality, good safety and affordable **, it has been well received as soon as it is launched. It is worth mentioning that the baby grand was the first Chevrolet model to use the "gold bow tie" logo, and since then Chevrolet has opened the "gold bow tie era".
In 1928, when Ford fell into a production capacity crisis, Chevrolet became even more courageous. This time, in the Chevrolet National and Ford Model A competition, Ford once again relinquished the throne of the first-selling model. It can be said that compared to Ford, Chevrolet at this time already has a better influence in all aspects.
When the time entered the Great Depression stage in the United States, the pace of Chevrolet's development did not slow down due to the ongoing economic recession, and even at this stage, the gold paint sign of the Chevrolet American national car was even more shiny. As the Great Depression dragged on, car production fell from more than 600,000 to 323,100 units, but even this car kept Chevrolet in the number one car sales in the United States.
In 1932, when Ford's V8 continued to sell well, Chevrolet introduced the Confederate, a luxury car with beautiful styling and huge body size. Chevrolet confederate offers a variety of body styles, including sedans, sports cars, coupes, and trucks. The power is equipped with Chevrolet's mature "stovebolt six" 3Powered by a 2L inline-six engine, the car was produced for only one year in 1932.
It is worth noting that the Chevrolet Confederate Roadster coupe, with its eye-catching design and full-toned tail curve, is very much in line with its sporty appearance and excellent performance characteristics. Because of this, the car is also known as "one of the most beautiful cars before World War II".
The car introduced today is a Chevrolet confederate sedan from 1932, which was found by car enthusiasts in a collapsed abandoned barn in Colorado, USA. It was very fortunate that it was found by car enthusiasts, after all, with the passage of time, it is difficult to find a Chevrolet in the early 30s in the car market.
* shows that the car was crushed under a large amount of debris from the collapse. We can also see that the car is missing the left rear door, and the ** is also quite explosive, and it is as high as $10,000!
Okay, let's take a look at why this car is worth 10,000.
The description of the car is very brief, and the seller said that the owner bought it when he returned from the war in the 30s of the 20th century and has been owning it ever since. According to the family, the car was last started in the 80s of the 20th century. Through the license plate registration information, it can be seen that the last annual inspection information of the car stayed in 1955. One more thing you have to be clear about is that the car was in the collapsed barn for more than 40 years.
First of all, the First World War lasted from 1914 to 1918. The United States was involved at the end of the war; The Second World War lasted from 1941 to 1945. The only "war" waged by the United States in the 30s of the 20th century was the so-called "banana wars". A series of cyclic conflicts in Central America and the Caribbean, which lasted from 1898 to 1934, were fought by the United States for economic protection. So, which war did the original owner participate in? We don't know that.
In addition to this, the last time the car was labeled for an annual inspection was in 1955, and the last time it was driven was in the 80s of the 20th century?
After all, the 80s are not too far away, and many people will think that the mechanical state may not be so bad. We suspect that the purpose of this introduction may be to bring some hope to the new owner, a kind of hope to return to the road.
In other words, if the car was abandoned for 80 years, 40 of which were still buried in the rubble, would you dare to buy it?
One thing you need to pay attention to is that the Chevrolet models of that era used a lot of wood in the body structure. Collapsed barn debris on the car body may not have much of an impact, but we are concerned about rodent damage and the damp environment accelerating the decay or shrinkage of the wood structure. After all, today in 2024, it is a very, very troublesome thing to replace the wood on a car of this vintage.
Another big problem is that the door behind the driver is now missing. You might say that finding a dismantled door doesn't seem like a difficult task, but you know, you're not looking for a mass-produced Ford, but a relatively rare Chevrolet.
For some reason, car collectors have never been as fond of collecting early Chevrolet models as they are obsessed with early Fords, and because of this, there are very few early Chevrolet models that survive today, making it difficult to find parts. If the door is really missing and not somewhere in the barn, then this will be a big problem for new car owners.
Finally, there is the ** problem. I don't know why, the seller will mark $10,000 **!
Looking at the classic car market as a whole, collectors are less and less interested in restoring pre-war cars, and this car is not a particularly classic model. In our opinion, the new owner can not be repaired, in the current state of the direct display, by the way to tell the story behind this car in the 30s of the 20th century, I hope the audience will not be like us, after reading the story carefully scrutinized.
For reference, the Chevrolet confederate reached a maximum selling price of $1.8 million, with a minimum selling price of just $5,500 and an average selling price of $36,000