Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:20 pm
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Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:13 pm
Classic wrote:Cool fire truck but not my thing. The re-chrome on the Caddy would be enough to break ya!
Friggin cool cars but buy one restored for 50 cents on the dollar because people can never recoup their investment on these...
Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:28 pm
foothills wrote:Classic wrote:Cool fire truck but not my thing. The re-chrome on the Caddy would be enough to break ya!
Friggin cool cars but buy one restored for 50 cents on the dollar because people can never recoup their investment on these...
Yeah...well most people don't do the resto for the "investment"...but for the pride and sense of accomplishment that go in bringing something back to nice condition.
The Fire truck will likely be taken back to U.S. Army OD green and get a repro stake/flatbed body and maybe troop benches on it.
Gonna leave the flathead in it though...as long as it will come back to life.
Gary I understand your position...but to me (and many others) this is way cooler than a Camaro behind velvet ropes.
Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:10 am
Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:29 am
glockgirl wrote:Do you ever find books (like, boxes of books) or old (pre-1945) newspapers? If you do, please let me know. I'll pay a flat amount of $50-$1000, cash, depending on the quantity.
I collect first edition, first run (first printing), signed books--the newspapers are just kind of a sideline. I don't resell. It's extremely difficult to find anything pre-1900 up here, primarily because books were one of the first things tossed when settlers were hauling their stuff over here, by land or by sea. I tend to have to go to auctions in the Midwest and South twice a year (or as often as I can), to find the real pearls amongst the rocks. I do have a proxy bidder/buyer in TN, but much prefer to do my own buying.
Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:06 am
foothills wrote: Better cooling and exhaust flow I guess.
Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:11 am
foothills wrote:Classic wrote:
Yeah...well most people don't do the resto for the "investment"...but for the pride and sense of accomplishment that go in bringing something back to nice condition.
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Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:43 am
wklink wrote:They are expensive to restore, that is for sure. My 65 Fairlane cost me probably twice what it is worth, my 62 T-bird almost as much. Neither car had any rust issues thank God.
Not sure I wouldn't keep it in the 'survivor' category. I have no idea how pitted the chrome is but as long as it is serviceable I'd leave it along. Interior probably will be much more work.
It is true that anyone that restores a car probably is doing it more for love than to make money. I hate these 'flipping cars' shows because I can just see the shoddy work being done. They take some basket case and 'magically' fix it up to sell it for 5grand. I call BS on most of this.
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