Vehicle Description
1936 Chevrolet Sedan
"Mamma always said life is like a box of chocolates, you never know
what you are going to get!" In a way Classic Auto Mall works on
this same theory, in that one never knows what is coming through
the door, but most times it's sweet!
For consignment, a real sweet treat and a maroon bodied and maroon
fender colored morsel. Very tasty looking and tastefully crafted
from all steel and custom with a hand fashioned tail of this car
complete with custom taillights, a shaved bumper and of course
those custom chromed wire wheels wrapped in good all season rubber.
It is just dripping with visual flavor and all packaged up ready to
be gifted to its new owner. All in hot rod form, this 36 is a head
turner and a neck snapper!
Exterior
Already starting with a gorgeous design, the builder of this car
took a few liberties in the original design with a custom shaved
bumper tail end and some modern day up-dated turn signals lights
flanking the original vertical ribbed curvaceous grille. The
radiator surround is bathed in maroon which rises to the hood where
the maroon takes over the top of the car from the beltline upward.
Here a thin blue airbrushed pinstripe is seen running on the sides
of this streeter. Beautifully applied maroon also covers the
curvaceous fenders, running board and lower doors. Slightly tinted
glass is reserved for the rear and side glass, and custom chromed
round rear view side mirrors are attached to both doors. To further
sugar coat this car, 14 inch for the front and 15 inch for the rear
chromed wire wheels 195/70R14's in front, and 235/70R15's on the
back. Even more foil wrapping is provided by dual tailpipes peeking
out from under the rear custom roll pan. Cherry!
Interior
Digging a bit deeper into our box we swing the doors and find
padded gray tweed door panels, with custom molded armrests and
shiny billet handles and cranks. Moving inside we see high backed
buckets adorned with more gray tweed and stitched with a vertical
pattern on the inserts. Smooth gray vinyl headrests are on top of
these chairs. In back is a custom stitched tweed covered bench, and
more tweed in gray for the side panels and headliner. A tasty
maroon painted dash front houses a gaggle of round chromed bezeled
white faced vintage style gauges which sit within a brushed
stainless-steel panel. Below this panel is an aftermarket
tachometer hanging from the bottom of the dash. In the dash center
are the controls for the Vintage Air, a few billet pulls, and
hanging below the passenger's side is a Road Gear AM/FM/Cassette
Radio. Dark gray carpeting butts up to the tweed covering the sides
of the toe kicks. A Genie shifter reaches for the driver's hand.
Suh-weeeet!
Drivetrain
With some cars we need to sugar coat the description to make it
sound better, but this car is fully enjoyable right out of the box.
Some of that enjoyment comes from the 350ci V8 engine now stuffed
under the cowled hood. It is all shiny and polished with neatly
organized wiring, coated headers, and electronic fuel injection. On
the back is a turbo 350 3-speed automatic transmission. Power goes
to the rear wheels via a 10-bolt rear. All beautifully appointed
with polished bolt ons aplenty!
Undercarriage
No rust, just a perfectly painted and restored undercarriage
consisting of straight steel. Up front a Mustang II suspension is
now on and on back a leaf spring setup installed. Disk brakes are
on all 4 corners, and a stock exhaust is noted ending in dual pipes
out the rear.
Drive-Ability
Not unlike its candy references I've given it, this car is
difficult to only have 1 lap around the test track so I took
several and enjoyed the flavor of plenty of power, smooth as silk
shifting, and tasty handling. Driving this car is definitely a
sugar rush! I did notice that unless I started this car in neutral
this car may throw sparks from the shifter area!
A beautiful job with all stones turned over on the restoration,
interior and power train. Excellent color combo, some yummy
shaving, and custom interior with ice cold Vintage Air. Just reach
in and sample all of it right here in the hallowed halls of Classic
Auto Mall. MMMM...MMMM Good!
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 600 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
vehicle in person.
