>>> I remember seeing the S.S. Ford at the Crawford Auto Museum in Cleveland, Ohio somewhere around 35 years ago That car might have been one of many cars that was auctioned off to the general public by the Board of Directors to cover operating expenses somewhere around 25 years ago. Many people who donated their cars were outraged that the cars that they donated, were sold off. There were sidewalk protests and plenty of newspaper / television coverage on this selling off of these cars. The wife of the Founder of this museum who was in her nineties was one of the protetors. Truly a sad day for those who donated valuable cars, and for car people in general. .................................... Jim.

The skills required to restore this car would be so hard to find. The body work would be so difficult, truly an art. Think about it, no paint and no body fillers to cover the flaws. Just metal worked to absolute perfection and then polished to a mirror finish. Very impressive.

My husband took care of these cars when he was head of security for Allegheny Ludlum Steel (ALS). They had two of the cars in the company's possession - one at the Brackenridge Works in Brackenrige, PA, and one in their Ohio Sales Office. A third car had been donated to the Crawford Air & Auto Museum in Cleveland or Columbus, OH. The car in the video was probably one that ALS had given or sold to the dentist who pioneered the use of stainless in dental work, Dr. VLK in Chicago. My husband spoke to Dr. VLK's wife in the 1980's and she said the car was still in her possession but was going to their son. My husband spoke to her son who insisted it was the only car like it in the world - wrong! My husband also had possession (stored at ALS) enough spare body parts - fenders, doors, hoods, trunks, etc. - for two more cars, or actually for replacements in the event of damage. My guess is that the fellow who restored the car in the video, got it from Dr. VLK's son. There WAS also a 5th car, melted down during WW2 for one of many scrape drives in Tarentum, Brackenrdige and Natrona and Natrona Heights, PA. ALS also had a 1931 Ford Model A that was located in a barn in a Southern State. One of the ALS salesmen went to see it, but it was in terrible condition. The guy that had it wanted $1 MILLION for it, but it was in such bad shape, my husband said the then President, Bob Bozzone, declined to buy it for even $10 THOUSAND. The guy that had it had even taken a grinder to the left front fender, "... to see if it was really stainless." Originally, there were TWO Model A Stainlss Fords, but during WW2, the company used it and another '36 Tudor Ford to lead scrape drives during WW2. On two seaparate drives, they drove each one into Open Hearth Furnaces to be melted down for the war effort. (Neither furnace was lit or hot, and they took them back out to dismantle them before melting. I'm not certain they drove them IN to the furnaces, or just outside of them which seems more likely. My husband had one each of the Stainless Cars - the '36, a 1960 Ford T-Bird ("Square Bird") and a 1967 Lincoln convertible, all of which he had fully restore to factory condition. I used to accompany him to verious car shows - Williamsburg, VA, Baltimore, MD, Carlise and York, PA, Jamestown, NY, Cleveland and Columbus, OH, Hartford, and Wallingford, CN and Toronto, Canada. Sadly, ALS didn't care one bit about their, or the car's history and sold them for greed. Chicago had one of the Lincolns that the Sales Office there let deteriorate from pure neglect; and Wallingford, CN had another T-Bird that an employee vandalized, breaking all the glass and hitting the hoot, trunk & body with a large fire extinguisher.

I had heard about stainless fords and never thought I would see one like I was there. That is got to be one of the coolest things in the world. DeLorean eat your heart out.

I worked for Allegheny Ludlum Steel back in the late 70's. I accidentally ran across this car while looking for a 1930's Buick . The guy I talked to was baby sitting it for a time. Later on in Leechburg Pennsylvania at a car show I saw the stainless T-bird. I have yet to see the stainless Lincoln. Each vehicle is absolutely a work of art . The 36 turned up again at a car show in Butler , Pa. as I recall.

This car is a peace of ART So beautiful because it's so original. Wow 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅💯

I'm amazed at the straightness of the body. Keep in mind no block sanding .An no filler or primer. Just straight polished to a mirror finish SS. Absolutely Amazing....

Beautiful automobile! It’s taken a lot of work to get this car in the condition it’s in now! Wow!

What an amazing vehicle, outstanding informational vid Lou. Thanks You!

This car is amazing!! The stainless steel is so beautiful!! The only thing I can think of that would have made this car even MORE beautiful is if they would have made SOME of the body panels (like the SIDES of the hood), the grille, the bumpers, the trunk lid, and the hubcaps out of BRASS to give the car a TWO-TONES look!!

If I remember rightly, they wrecked the dies making these 6 cars. S/S was not your ordinary panel steel. Beautiful to look at.

Absolutely amazing!

Can you imagine being stuck in traffic behind this car on a sunny day?

Wow, that is an incredible car. The garbage that is put out today makes you just shake your head when you see these beauties of days gone by.

I think the 1936 Ford is one of the best looking low priced cars ever made. If Ford started making one of these, I'd buy one for me and one for my wife.

A true work of Art. More people should get to know about this car. Amazing, thank you.

I was born in 1936, My Dad had 1936 which he used as family car and delivery vehicle for his food store. By taking out the back seat there was all kinds of room for delivering groceries to customers and would haul produce and meats from wholesale markets . He sold it 1950, wish I had kept it.

Amazing! I never knew that anyone made a car with stainless steel panels. Thank you for sharing. :)

Thanks for uploading this Lou, I remember reading an article on the stainless '36s in an Aussie hot rod magazine, Custom Rodder, about forty years ago and have loved them ever since. The '36 model is among my favourite Fords. The only early (by my reckoning anything older than me) Ford I've had so far was a channelled '32 roadster, I'd like one day to build an off road mid thirties sedan, or maybe pick up.

Wow! That is such a unique and beautiful car! 👍

LOU I HAVEN'T SEEN A CAR LIKE THIS BEFORE GREAT CAR. SPECIAL. THANKS LOU

You picked the right word….Unbelievable! The 1936’s were the best looking Fords of that era!

There are no compliments good enough to describe this piece of automotive art.

Someone call Jay Leno to help find the other missing cars. Lol

Lou you been pulling some serious looks at some wow cars lately amazing this is striking man o man

UNREAL. THIS IS ART

I had a beautiful 1936 5 window wish had it back.

THANKS LOU ,JOSH AND RON WE APPRECIATE THIS BRILLIANT STORY 😎 most likely we just now have got to see this (with all the beautiful details ) beautiful 🤩🤩 story 🤗💚💚💚

Stunning example of pride in craftsmanship. Truly a lost art these days…

Great story, Lou! I think this is an innovative old car! Was built long before the Delorean of the eighties!😁😁👍👍🛠️🔧 A true work of automotive art!😁🛠️

Superb craftsmanship too make it in stainless

what an absolute beauty, wish one day to go and see that amazing piece of driving art, thanks for sharing Lou, Olivier

Not only were there six 1936 stainless steel Fords, there were two 1960 Thunderbirds and three 1967 Lincoln Continental Convertibles. Of the eleven cars, nine remain. In 2010 one of the owners of the 1936 Fords sent it to auction and turned down a $550,000 bid.

This is truly amazing, never heard of these SS Fords, really stunning!

Anyone notice the little speedo inline gearbox on the firewall? A cable operated gear change device for the Columbia overdrive, so the speedometer would read correctly in direct or overdrive.

Beautiful, wonder what it was like to meet it on the road with sun out. During this time period Ford also built a car from hemp.

A work of art, I am blown away by its beauty. Thanks for sharing

One of the most beautiful man-made objects I have ever seen !

100% amazing

Amazing and Beautiful

Directing instead of listening again, 'Do this, do that..blah-blah...', please Lou, go over this video with a critical eye and try to understand why you don't have a million subs eh. I have mentioned this before on more recent vids, let the people show you and talk about it without your fussiness, the whole show, this one, came off as cold and brittle, keep workin' on it man! Superb car

Seems as though stainless steel cars would be traffic hazards. Their reflectivity blinding people when the sun hit it just right. A building in the St. Louis, Mo. area had to have all the windows on one side of the building replaced with deeply tinted window because the sun from 4 until 6 p.m. blinded summer traffic.

Just WOW!!

Lou, here's a tip. Turn off "Image Stabilization" in your camera or phone. It causes the warping and odd image distortion seen throughout the video. Aside from that, man, what an amazing car!!!

Pretty cool

BACK MANY EARS AGO I SAW A PICTURE OF A 1936 FORD ROADSTER BUILT AT THE LONG BEACH CAL PLANT IN ALL ALUMINUM INCLUDING THE ENGINE. I DO NOT REMEMBER IF IT WAS POLISHED ALUMINUM . THE PICTURE WAS IN A BOOK CALLED THE '''20TH CENTURY''' AND THE DATE I SAW IT WAS BACK IN 1954.

Great card great collection good congratulations ❤😂.

Lou, this car reminds me of a thunderbird that was also made of stainless steel. It was claimed that because the stainless was heavier, bigger springs had to be installed.

Thanks for the great video upload guys

Wow! Would never get out of grocery store parking lot! Too many people around aweing that car!! Fantastic!!

My dad used to bring these cars home all the time. I bet I've ridden in that one. We would take them to car shows. Windex would make them shine like crazy.

If they wanna get serious with cleaning and polishing, Stainless steel cleaner in pressurized spray can actually do exist. It's an awesome car !

Nice!

That is a very rare and shiny car and i love it

They have one of those in the Crawford Auto Museum in Cleveland. It's been there for 40 years.

This 36 Ford model is one of the best looking cars of the 30s, if that's not convincing, try placing a similar black 36 model next to it, convincingly a great aesthetic pleasure.

Looks awesome that is a dream car totally incredible jaw dropping. Nice to see the original Ford engine that car should have feet it kicks so much ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW! Totally unbelievably gorgeous!

You never show for one split second the entire dashboard of ANY of your cars Lou ... please consider that people don't walk around with a microscope and in ALL of your cars it would be so nice to know what it looks like to stand next to it and look at the entire dashboard ... please! You pick out the most fabulous cars, you're extremely personable to your hosts ... now please consider the guys who give you the likes on YT, thanks :)

The Budd Company (was to Ford as Fisher Body is to GM) had an aluminum WWI plane and an aluminum T Bird prototype similar to this car.. The plane is in front of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

Masterpiece

Lou, you have the best job!

This car was talked about in the chapter introduction about corrosion in my materials book. Amazing that this car is 80 years old. Looks great.

A nice chop

That interior was very luxurious!!

just about need white cloth gloves - wow what a great car = thanks lou .

wow beautiful car.

I believe they did some Model A's as well with stainless. Don't know if it's accurate, but I read somewhere that the dies were ruined in the stamping of the stainless since it's so much "tougher" than mild steel. Simply "gorgeous" car. The inside as much as the outside!!

Thx for sharing. I've seen at least one of these cars on a couple occasions. But NEVER to this mirror finish condition -- Wow!!

Another beautiful find Lou. Simply stunning. Word of advise for those handling the outer surface of the car: Cotton or Nitrile gloves should always be worn.

I'm not much for this era of cars, but this is freaking cool.

I got to see one of these at a Museum in Ohio.....They not only had one of these, but two other Stainless cars! Something I am happy I got to see!

Ooooh shiny. 😮

never heard of this car beautiful on a sunny day must blind everyone

Super cool. I have a 36 ford but it's just standard steel and crusty old paint. Thanks for sharing. Viva la 36ford.

well played lou. Thanks

Lou, you're a car guy..how do you not know what a mohair interior is?

A work of art

Cool

Amazing mirror car. Excellent work

AWESOME video Lou Costabile, for an AWESOME Ford. I've seen some stainless steel/chrome wrapped cars before, but they DO NOT compare to the real thing, it's like they took a high quality kitchen knife set and turned it into a beautiful 36 Ford! I think it would also look epic if some or all of the panels were BRUSHED stainless steel, so your not distracted by the reflection of it's surroundings. WOW WOW WOW.

On a sunny day, a stainless steel car would have blinded other motorists.

Very special 👍🌏🇦🇺🐨

I have to assume, cause the narrator never thought to ask, that all the chrome parts are simply restored/re-chromed as on any other vintage restoration. That means they will pit and deteriorate if exposed to the elements.

There was also a stainless steel Thunderbird made by Allegheny Ludlum. My home town Natrona, Pennsylvania.

WOW....amazing vehicle. I never knew it existed, thanks for sharing. Did it have a heater?

Wow , beautiful.

thank you for sharing this beauty with us Lou. please try to do a video researching the"LOST" one

just stunning......

Beautiful car. If they had been mass produced there would still be at least the bodys left today. Wouldnt mind finding the missing one.

Dangerous to drive on a Sunny day?

Ford should resurrect this ideal car. It would excite the world.

Excelente trabajo en ese veiculo... los felicito.

Ford made an aluminum bodied '36. I don't know if more than one, just remember reading about it in ?Hot Rod mag??

Beautiful

Lou, you got mad skills and I thankyou for the reply back sir. Your friend, Hy kaio🤙👍

Que HERMOSURA Es uno de los modelos Ford mas bonitos Papa tenia un fordoor; increiblemente con Philco radio y funcionaba , Lo unico que le modifique fueron los frenos Le adapte frenos hidraulicos y se le terminaron los problemas del poco freno .

I remember car in illinois in a shopping center and the other is a t bird . I think it was in shopping center called Randhearest, it could be misspelled name !

Oh about 30 years ago I was in my 20s and I was talking to this older guy that fixes old cars and he was telling me that we went to a junk yard and was trying to cut off part of a 36 Ford so he to repair the other car and he said it just wouldn’t cut with the torch’s and he said it was very odd .then down the road he said he found out that ford made some stainless steel cars and he explained it to me that stainless steel don’t cut with torch’s . I didn’t know to believe him or not back then about the stainless car but after seeing this video I guess he was right. Wow .. and they said there’s a few cars missing. Well sounds like one is in that junk yard

Um carro totalmente cromado como esse deve chamar muita atenção nas ruas .