1912Staver

Even as far back as 40 years ago the 427 cars were on the radar of all the guys I knew out here in Bring Cash. I was much more into CJ Cyclone's and Torino's but I had { and have } a very healthy respect for GM' s rat motor. I would say this one is still savable { just } , but you won't make money on it. Just do it for the satisfaction of saving a legend . A sub set of Chevy guy's go nut's over these. Not quite a COPO , but as close as most will get. Notice on the paperwork it is one of 9 Canadian 1968 427 Biscayne's built. 9, 427 ! If that doesn't resonate with you perhaps you should be reading the 1960's 6 Cyl. thread. If this once fine Biscayne wasn't 3/4 of the way across Canada from me , and if I didn't still have a R code Cyclone CJ tucked away just in case I ever happen to find my self at a loss for a project I would be seriously interested in this Chevy. One of those once or twice in a life time opportunities.

What makes you think this is a Marmon Herrington ? The engine swap is very possible, but the possibility of someone swapping a true Marmon Herrington back to 2 WD is very remote indeed. I expect it is just a standard panel that someone installed side windows into. Quite common. Are any of the Marmon Herrington I.D. tags still on the truck ?

Mustangs with a 6 ? When I was in high school that would be an instant target for ridicule. It meant your mother had bought a new Pinto or Vega and handed the previous grocery getter / mom's taxi on down to you. I still have a dislike for early Mustang 6's. Inferior to even a lowly C code in every way possible. Small brakes and 4 stud wheels even though they still have 98% of the weight of a V8 to deal with. A very weak 4 speed if that appealed to you. { the 3 speed was stronger , but only a 3 speed } And truly pathetic if an auto was chosen. Much harder to work on rear end compared to the very robust 8 inch in a V8 car { or the even better 9 inch , but only on factory Hi-po's } Thanks but no, even a early 260 is a far better car.

What did the Aston go for ? $ 100,000 + like all its brothers .

I personally don't get too excited over later TA's. But that barn is something I would sell my soul for.

A couple of times recently this has happened in my area. Both times it involved 1960's Morgan's. A car I would really like to own one day. Both times the listers were son's of elderly people and were not ignorant of their parents Morgan's ,just did not want to keep them. Both were listed locally on the local British FB page and one at least on marketplace . At what was a reasonable price considering they had both been sitting at least 10 years as the owners got too old to use them. In the one case the son had become a successful professional , and a car person. But his vintage machine of choice had become 1960's and 70's Porsche's , way upmarket from his fathers tattered old Morgan. So far from ready to drive, really a complete mechanical go through would be prudent. Inboxes went wild in both cases, and the bids started coming in hot and heavy. Both cars ended up selling for very , very strong prices, close to double the original ask and at least full retail plus some. People just get irrational about this " barn find " , long term storage stuff. I did it myself 40 years ago when it made sense, you know, a $3000 - $4000 MGA { when tidied up and sorted mechanically } dusty and neglected that needs at the very least a complete brake system and who knows what else for say $750 and the seller will lend a hand loading it on to your trailer. But why would you pay 85 - 90 % of what a running , driving example goes for for a car that needs $5000.00 worth of parts , 3 -6 months of spare time attention, and may have something more serious lurking that took it off the road in the first place ? I just don't get it.

If I had a water pump with a shaft that looked that corroded I would figure that probably more than just packing is needed.

But in order to get that price you have to take all 5 off his hands at once . There is always a catch.

Like it a lot as well. And it is almost next door to me just over the mountains in Alberta. But 85K is way out of my reach. Seems like a lot of money for a post Brass Era Stutz with incorrect fenders. It does look like a pretty decent , long term preservation car with lots of history in the hobby. The bright red may or may not be your thing. I wonder what color it was back in 1918 ?

What does the red and black tag say on the middle one. Looks identical to the relatively common { very good quality } Kennedy machinists tool box. The Cornwell is in very good condition, and probably quite old. But only of middle quality compared to top notch tool boxes. I expect its value is relatively modest. I personally stay away from the wood boxes. Too damp around here { Pacific North west rain forest } , they tend to pick up water vapor and rust the tools inside . Good boxes however if you live in a very dry part of North America.

I agree, probably aftermarket replacement for Kelsey C-17. I have a number of genuine Kelsey examples and they are a little more nicely cast than these aftermarket ones appear to be.

Ivan is a U.K. National Treasure ! See some of his other video's !

Unfortunately for your mom, this engine isn't going to be worth very much. Way too big and heavy { not to mention too much trouble } to ship. You are left with hoping someone local needs one. The smaller, later teens - early 20's Overland's like this engine is for don't exactly set the collectors market on fire. Even a complete, unrestored car usually changes hands for pretty modest money. If someone local REALLY needs one, possibly as much as $750.00. But more often engines like this sell for a few hundred dollars at best ,if you can even find someone interested.

Here in the Pacific North West it's Blackberries. Left on their own they really take over. Probably not as fast as Kudzu from what I have heard, but very sharp thorns. This time of year is best. If you just cut off the vines they grow back quickly, you need to yank out the roots. Big root system. This time of year the ground is soft enough that with a lot of hard work you can pull out enough of the root the plant usually won't grow back. Either that or a small cat with a root ripper blade.

That would be a great archive. If you can at least group them with regards to Make, year and model and then post them in a publicly accessible place I am sure owners of those cars would be very interested { and many of us on here who may not own that particular car but are just generally interested in seeing under the skin } . Flickr is still free { for the most basic uses } and publicly accessible. You could create a basic entry here in the projects forum and then link to your Flicker account where the body of photos are stored. A bit time consuming for thousands of photos, but if you spread the project out over a few winters it won't be too tedious.

In some ways it is. These are popular cars, and I can certainly see how a Galaxy fan in the rust belt would see something like this. You can either work on a local , say Michigan example and spend that $5000.00 on getting one rear 1/4 panel repaired. And still have a vast amount of rust repair remaining before the car hits the road again. Or buy something like this Galaxy. A Texas car that has a good chance of being a far more viable candidate for restoration than any North Eastern car despite its rough , sun baked appearance. Not every Texas or Arizona car has rust free sheet metal, but a substantial number do. You just need to do a careful in person inspection before purchase. When you look at the cost of rust repair these days, a rust free or largely rust free body is worth its weight in gold.

The thing that I find amazing about these cars and the other cars in this market segment is how quickly they became an important part of peoples lives. Within a period of 4 or 5 years starting in about 1905 automobiles went from simple , small, and not really a practical device except for short , local trips to very large , very expensive , somewhat capable machines. Just think of all the cars marketed at this time { say about 1907 - about 1912 } in the $5,000.00 - $10,000.00 market class. Pierce Arrow, these Oldsmobile's, Locomobile , Sterns, Alco, Simplex , Stevens Duryea and many others. In most cases the number produced by any individual maker is not all that large for a given production year, but when you total up the number of cars sold by all makers combined { plus the high quality / high price range imports } it is actually a significant yearly number. All this in an industry barely beyond the stuttering , buy your fuel in gallon tins at the local drug store days. Even more amazing when you consider that most people rich or poor still most of the time used trains for transportation of any real distance. I wonder what these cars , with their towering price tags were generally used for ? Weekend commutes between the country estates where the wife and kids would live and the businessman head of the household would stay at a in town Apt. or Hotel suite during the business week. Formal events where the Wealthy were expected to arrive in the latest and greatest fashion. Remember it is mainly the touring bodied versions of these great cars that have survived, but when new a substantial number of cars in this price range had formal , closed bodies. It's just that very few of the formal body cars have survived. But WW1 era , big city junk yard photo's are full of 10 year or old or so formal body cars being salvaged. What an amazing era. Pity so few of the great cars of this era survived . WW1 - The Great Depression- WW2, and just general ravage of time and obsolescence, all of these events took their toll.

The Sept 2022 car was local to me for many years. A very well know car in my area. I would see it on the road from time to time. Belonged to a friend of a friend. Nutty prices on the 427's these days.

Actually the 427 cars are usually quite a bit more expensive than this GTA. 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 Hardtop R-Code 4-Speed for sale on BaT Auctions - sold for $267,000 on March 15, 2024 (Lot #139,303) | Bring a Trailer1966 Ford Fairlane 500 Hardtop R-Code 4-Speed for sale on BaT Auctions - sold for $296,000 on September 23, 2022 (Lot #85,328) | Bring a Trailer

2 million ? , waterfront on White Rock beach, you wish ! There's one for sale at the moment, a block up the hill from the beach . 3 Mill. and one further West on a bigger lot than most of the places along the beach proper. Waterfront , but high bank, 6 Mill.

Remarkable front fenders !

You guys are really depressing me. I used to think that I just had to win any old lottery to own an old car. Now it looks like a Powerball win is needed.

Yes there is. Just East of me by about 40 miles. Mostly a farming area, but suburban housing is starting to build up. I always wondered if lonesome Mary lives in Chilliwack.

Yes, the 4 speeds had staggered shocks. Take a close look at one one day and you will be amazed at how crudely the staggered shock mounts are installed into the trunk floor. It looks like something a high school kid did on his own. But I have seen several and they are all the same sort of workmanship. Just torch a opening in the trunk floor. Drop the extra piece in and weld -er up.

I was trying to get a frame shipped a month or so ago. Actually a frame plus a bunch of parts packaged up inside, but a LOT smaller { like 1/2 the footprint } and no heavier than one from one of these full sized Fords. A very small sports car chassis. New York State to Washington State. All the quotes were $3500 +. More than the frame and parts were going to cost. The shipping cost made the whole deal uneconomical by a good margin.