1912Staver

A long out of date perspective, but when I was a young mechanic and MG fanatic I tried our local MG / Jaguar club. Total fish out of water. The club membership was in general a lot older , had really nice / restored cars. It was clear that most were on a whole different socioeconomic level than where I was with a at best very modest income, and a very rough around the edges { and most other parts as well } MGA. It didn't take long to realize the whole picture just wasn't a good fit. I expect many young people today see things like Packard , Cadillac, CCCA , clubs etc through much the same eyes. Once again something that is more of a factor in my area than perhaps many other locations in North America. But around here virtually any young couple is looking at a $750,000.00 realistic price tag for a 2 bedroom townhouse / condo. Houses are an easy million and up. In a cost enviroment like this a hobby car / car club participation is 99.999 % of the time just not going to happen . Even if the young person is very interested. Younger people around here are so financially stressed that no other period in history has a parallel. Frills like hobby cars are the first to go. Possibly an older Miata for the weekends , but even that will be a stretch in this area.

It's practically in my back yard. If that's 45K Canadian I would say a reasonable price compared to my often way over priced local market. Clearly they really want it to sell. Looks like a great car. The Canadian version of the Impala is reasonably rare even here in Canada.

Wow ! Where were cars like this 30 years ago when I could have devoted the rest of my life to bringing it back to life . { Like my friends father did with his Model J I mentioned to you a couple of weeks ago Ed. } Out of money and starting to run out of time as well. But what a grand car !

So White trucks only. Limited market but very nice trucks. I wonder how many survive ?

Interesting that a Power Glide was a somewhat expensive option. Three speed manual standard on an Impala ?

If it really is 30 K that seems like quite a reasonable price.

Hundreds ? Thousands ! The Standard Catalog { B.R. Kimes, Henry Austin Clark } is a good place to start.

Great video. Very inspirational.

Some of the Deemer cars have sold in recent years I believe. What sort of prices did they fetch ? P.S. , just found the recent sale for the Roadster. $1.4 million. Your one million would have been seriously short of securing a purchase.

Seems to me " The California Kid "was a TV movie even when first released.

Sad , but all too true. Much the same as my history. Really liked / loved car restoration, but I just couldn't make a reasonable living at it. Mid 1980's here in British Columbia. The province was in a very serious economic slump and restoration work was drying up, shop owners were cutting every cost possible just to keep the doors open. The pay was poor, fringe benefits non - existent. Ended up as an Engineer on our Provincial Gov's ships to Vancouver island for the rest of my working life except a year teaching Auto Mechanics in a Northern British Columbia High School. Big jump in pay initally, but that sort of petered out as the Provincial debt piled up and budgets tightened, the year 2000 onward. Very few wealthy patrons up here in the rainforest.

There are some real characters in this hobby, but 80 Nash Healeys ?? That has to border on a true disorder. It also means that 50 or more people who might become holders of knowledge about these cars are locked out of participation. And the price of those left in general ownership rises beyond all but the few's reach. It's not like owning 80 Corvettes, there are tens of thousands more out there.

Buffalowed Bill, I guess it's just perspective. But from my home in the Vancouver area 100 mile House seems a fair little distance. The Portland Swap meet is about the same undertaking, just South rather than North. Around 5 - 5 1/2 hours in either case. Not a major trip , but between gas cost and time something I need to have a very good reason to travel. Up here in the Pacific NW it seems that almost anything to do with the car hobby is a long way away. The Hershey meet might as well be on the moon.

Value really depends on condition. Main concern is rust. You can't really tell anything until the tire is removed and a good assesment of the degree of rust is undertaken. The best practice is to sand blast the wheel and then assess the condition. But that's a lot of work for what is probably a $100.00 - $150.00 wheel even if in very good condition. Any serious buyer is going to factor in the cost of sand blasting and the posibility the rim is junk before making an offer. With todays high shipping costs buyers want to have a very good idea of the condition of things like wheels before buying. Impossible with the tire still on the wheel.

Has something of a Buick look. 1915, perhaps 1916.

Never owned a Corvair, but I do sort of like them. I always thought both the Porsche 911 and the Corvair were a flawed design due to the rear engine. Both should have been mid engine { like the V8 Corvair conversions }. But the story goes that even though Porsche engineering wanted mid engine , marketing demanded a rear seat. All the Porsche, clean sheet design ,racing cars had mid engines. Also 914 , Boxter , Cayman. Suprised someone thinks a " new " Corvair would have much of a market.

They all seem to be more or less identical in design. But they vary in size to suit the application. My 1918 Packard truck used them as well on the shaft that ran from the trans to the rear end. The shorter shaft from the clutch to the trans used rag joints. I suspect the ones for the GMC are going to be larger than the automotive Kissel ones. I am not sure how many different sizes were made .

In that case the V8 conversion seems like a reasonable choice. Looking forward to your updates. Too bad they are so expensive these days, yet another one I would like to own but can't possibly afford.

Nash Healey's can command some pretty high prices. Would the V8 swap effect the price in a similar way to what happens to Austin Healey's with V8's ? I know you are doing it for yourself, but sooner or later they all get sold. Is the V8 swap easily reversible ? It looks like a great project !

Nice car, but 100 Mile House is about 5 hours NORTH East of Vancouver. The location shown on the map in the CL ad is way off. Use Google maps to see where 100 Mile House actually is. Nice enough place, my sister lives there.

Did you see what the 5000 orig mile one sold for ? " Just " $75,000.00, and two other sold at the 60 K mark. Cheap wheels indeed.

Tr 6's have several problem points. I have owned a number of them starting with a TR 250 in 1975, same car as a TR 6 except some of the sheetmetal. The frames frequently fail where the lower control arm attaches { front } and where the rear trailing arm attaches. The mounts for the rear diff. assy tear out of the frame. Brand new , thicker material and re - inforced frames are available. Ratco, great product , BUT ! $6,500.00 plus $350 for the pallet plus shipping . Rear diffs break , fix is a Nissan R 200 rear diff and preferably the CV joint axle upgrade. Goodparts, axles are around $1,200 / pair. Much improved stub axles and axle bearings are part of the package. Diff kit is around $650. Engines spin their thrust bearings, Gearboxes break and O.E.M. parts are getting rare. 5 speed conversions cost a bomb. Decent cars, but a good one is getting very pricy.

Just a word of warning. I am pretty sure they came in both his and hers versions.

Same feeling here. Curious about the car. It's beyond my reach, but I like Locomobiles and would like to know more about this example. But I am not going to create some sort of account just to have a look.

Music to set your brain at ease while you ponder a problem out in the shop. { Substantlal sound system needed }