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Auction history

1940 Ford Custom California

VIN 185668852

This 1940 Ford Custom California sold for $61,500 on Bring a Trailer in December 2025 and was bid to $46,000 there in August 2026 without selling, as of October 17, 2026.

1940 Ford Custom CaliforniaPhoto: Bring a Trailer

Every time it’s been to auction

2 appearances. Oldest first.

  1. Dec 2025Sold $61,500Bring a Trailer19,000 miles
  2. Ended August 2026 on Bring a Trailer. Bidding reached $46,000. Did not sell.

What Custom Californias sell for

8 sales in the past two years.

$24,000$47,500

Most sold between $26,000 and $43,000

What this spec has sold for, last 2 years

What the listing said

SamWhen it sold in December 2025, the listing gave 19,000 miles.

Custom Californias that sold

The 8 sales behind the range above, in the past two years. Newest first.

Questions

What did this car last sell for?
$61,500 ($64,575 with buyer's fee) on Bring a Trailer in December 2025.
How many times has it been to auction?
Twice: one sale and one unsold attempt.
How does its last sale compare with others?
Its 2025 sale was $61,500. Most Custom Californias sold in the past two years went for $26,000 to $43,000.

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Why it looks like this

No chart and no score. Every figure on this page is a hammer price from a real auction, matched to the car’s trim, body and gearbox, converted at the rate on the day it sold, with the replicas, projects and odd sales set aside. The range is where most of those sales landed. Where there aren’t enough sales to say something, the page says so instead.

GoAskSam links to every sale. Bidding happens on the auction site.