1935 Ford Model 48

• The tan phaeton is photographed indoors with glossy paint, straight bodywork and a cream soft top that is raised in every photo.
• Red painted wheels with whitewall tires are fitted all round, with a matching rear-mounted spare in a body-color cover.
• The chrome grille, bumpers and headlights are bright, and a greyhound hood ornament sits on the grille shell.
• The brown leather seats look clean, with light creasing on the front bench, and the door panels match in the same leather.
• The dash and gauges are clean and complete, and the odometer photo shows 826 miles.
• The flathead V8 engine bay is highly detailed, with painted inner panels, tidy wiring and the stock oil-bath air cleaner with its decal.
• Tag and stamp photos are included: a body-number plate, a Ford patent plate and stamped numbers on engine components.
• No underside photos are in the set, and the top is never shown lowered, so the floors and frame and the top's folding operation can't be judged.

Money: At $59,900 the money buys a museum-presented, restored Deluxe Phaeton whose paint, leather, engine detailing and photographed tags all look first-rate; budget little for cosmetics on this evidence, but the underside is unphotographed — and on a car of this age and price, what the floors and frame look like is the one thing that can't be judged.