VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND EARLIER 1929-1932 1929 4 door Sedan clean-up

So I recently was put in charge of cleaning up and selling a 1929 4 door coupe for my aunts mother in law (also my 3rd grade teacher, which is kinda weird) Anywho, after looking for info on the car online i finally found this site and after reading through the older posts figured this would be the best place to get questions answered and a huge wealth of knowledge with the old posts.

So to get to my point, I am currently just cleaning up the car. It has been sitting in a workshop for god knows how long and is semi covered in sawdust. The exterior of the car is in amazing shape, no rust and excellent paint job. The interior leaves a lot more to be desired. And as far as I know the engine is in running condition. My question is what kind of time commitment/cost is fixing up the interior of the vehicle? I have all the seats, they need to be fixed a bit (just fabric wise) and there is all the wood for the roof but thats all thats there is just the wood.

Also would be curious as to what you all think would the best option before selling the vehicle, should I just clean it up and sell as-is or should I go all in and fix it up? I've never really worked on cars before but after reading all the repair manuals that were in the workshop as well it doesn't seem like it would be that difficult. I'm a very fast learner and can usually figure how things work on my own... also kinda interested/excited to fix it up.

Anyway if you would like to check out the pre-cleaned out car the rest of the pictures are Here More pictures should be up tomorrow when I can get better shots and get it cleaned up a bit.

Also any idea what it would be worth?

I will start by saying it is a sedan not a coupe and a very nice looking one also.

If I were looking to buy a car like that I would rather it just be cleaned up and have the engine running. I would rather do the fixing up myself in order to know exactly what was done and how it was done.

It all depends on the mind set of the person that is a potential buyer.

I can remember several years past that a region purchased a vehicle to chance it off. They did a lot of work on the car and fixed it up. The first thing the winner of the vehicle asked was did they have the original parts that were replaced with repo parts.

I guess in your mind you need to ask yourself if you were going to purchase the car how would you want it.

I hope this helps more than confuses you.

See you down the Back Roads

Brianjose;

To start off with you have a great looking car there. It appears that someone was in the process of restoring the car.

It sounds like you may enjoy restoring the rest of the car, and if so, I hope you stay in-touch with us here.

If you put a little more work into the car, I don't think it will effect the price that much. Like backroads says, most guys that buy a car in this stage of restoration want to do most of the work themselves or have someone do it for them. Mostly they want to know what's been done.

The car looks like a good example of a 1929 and should remain as stock as possible. (four doors make ugly rods anyway)

Good luck! I wish we can talk you into restoring it yourself!

Thanks for your thoughts. and yes the car was in the process of being restored but the owner of it passed away a few months ago. It appears that he has most if not all of the parts for it (original parts) that he had picked up at car shows over the years. Its just kinda in a stage where it all needs to be put back together and cleaned up.

I know he has quite a few extra parts as well. I know there are about 3 extra radiators for it and 3 extra sets of the spoke wheels among other things. So if anyone is in need of anything let me know and I will check and see what is there.

I am just about to go out and do some more cleaning on it so more pictures should be up later today. Again thank you guys fro all your help so far!

Also quick opinion on getting an appraisal from Kruse. Is it worth it or no?

http://kruseinternational.com/valet/appraisal.asp

Hi Brianjose,
Are they wood spoke wheels you have extra of? If so could you e-mail me a picture of them
jvwoodworking@verizon.net
Thanks
John :) :)

Great car to restore...looks like all of the wood is in good condition.

Is the seat material rotten or could that material be cleaned?

If you are interested in restoring the car all of the help you could ever need is available on this site and thru the VCCA.

Would suggest you go ahead and join the VCCA even if you decide to not keep the car... with membership you may advertise for free in the G&D (VCCA magazine) and find people who are into older Chevys.

Good luck...

There are many VCCA members close to Muskegan, Mi, such as the Technical Advisor for 1929 in Kalamazoo, Mi.

Also joining the VCCA, and an active region, would give an outlet to use the car when finished in both judging and touring.

Regards, Gary,
Lower Michigan Region.
Southern Ontario Region.