REAL STEEL

If you’re quite young, the mention of a stainless steel car conjures images of the Tesla Cybertruck. If you’re older, thoughts immediately turn to the Delorean. Older still and you may recall the stainless steel roof on the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham from the late 1950s. But no matter how old you are, it’s unlikely you’ve heard of the stainless steel Fords that were produced in very small numbers from the 1930s through to the 1960s.

Recently, a trio of these factory-styled but uniquely finished cars went to auction in the US.

STAINLESS STARTERS

Stainless steel’s resistance to corrosion was already well known before it first started to be used on trim parts for automobiles in the late 1920s.

Unlike regular steel that’s formed from the addition of carbon to iron, stainless steel was produced by adding chromium to the mix. The addition of different metals