Re: Considering a 1937 Super Eight

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2012/10/19 12:27:39

There is a lot to like about a 37 Super Eight. First year for hydraulic brakes and independent front suspension on a "senior" car to name two. A bit on the downside is that the 37 Super 8 is really the old 1936 and prior Eight motor, the "true" Super 8 of 36 and back had 65 more cubic inches a a lot more torque so some would say that in the heavier body styles the 37 Super is a bit sluggish. The combination of car weight and power dictated a fairly numerically high rear axle ratio so without modification it would be abusive to make a 70 mph Interstate cruiser - it's more like a 60-65 mph car for highway driving. If that suits your intent, they are are truly fine driving car.

Seems like an attractive price if the car is roadworthy and as good as the photos show. Two things I'd evaluate carefully, the soundness of the wood structure of the body, and the engine - it's an expensive one to rebuild and if it was recently rebuilt, you'd like to know more about who did and and what they did. If the wood structure is bad, fixing it in a closed car would cost far more than you could ever recover.