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They were a popular project for High School auto shop classes back in the 1960's and early 1970's. When I did my teacher training back in the 1980's several school shops I was at had something similar gathering dust at the back of the shop. Usually based on something small like this Fiat. They were a great way to introduce grade 10's and 11's to basic vehicle construction. Usually some small car donated by a parent or former student. Cars today are too complicated and young people don't generally seem to have the ability to stick with a laborious task to build things like this anymore. Seems like a lot of money for something that is in reality a dust collector.

I am not saying there is a true parallel to automobiles , but for my working life re- powers were a reasonably common undertaking. Ships mostly { the last 30 years of my working life } but heavy equipment before that. As a machine got older parts became harder to obtain, but primarily the newer power plants got better fuel economy. Still the same machine { or ship } , just lower opperating costs per hour. Re- powers have been around a long time. I have a few advertising pieces talking about early truck re- power kits . Budda etc mid 1920's advertising drop in kits to update yout teens Mack, Federal ,White,Packard etc.

In the UK it would be considered quite restorable. But North America isn't the UK. It looks like a very good parts car. I think pkhammer has the right idea. I expect someone in the North West needs it. Have you tried advertising it on North West / Pacific North West , British car forums ?

E Type's and Healey 's are worlds apart from a driving point of view. The 3000 is a really great looking car that has a chassis firmly based in the early 1950's. Worm and peg steering with lots of links. The Jag is a big step forward with rack and pinion. and a well engineered , very modern for the early 1960's chassis. Good examples of either are a ton of money these days. So- So examples will send your wallet into cardiac arrest in pretty short order. SU carbs are nothing to be afraid of. Actually pretty simple once you understand them. Neither is a good choice for a non mechanic unless very deep pockets for maintenence and repair is part of the owner profile. The SL's are great cars, but hardly what I personally consider a " vintage car". A mid 1960's Vette is a pretty decent car. But lots have been through the mill over the years and may suffer from trouble beneath the shiny paint.

Leif and nzcarnerd have it right . Buick 6 -45 from 1918 - 1919. The single , lower exposed door hinge on the rear door is a give away.

Chassis is not included ? Seems like an odd thing. Still the body looks pretty decent. New wood and very solid appearing metal. If you have a 1920 WK chassis sitting around it is probably a decent deal.

I personally steer away from mig on frames unless you have access to a very good machine and are a good welder. Most workshop size migs are too small for frame work. Something like a Millermatic 300 would work fine but I have only used 3 phase , not sure if they even make a single phase version. Wire is best if you need lots of filler material, multi pass with big fillets.The old stand by 7018 on dc reverse would be my choice for stick welding a frame.

Austin's this far back in time are almost unknown here in North America. Posibly someone in the U.K. might know ?

I always think of Antiques as starting in the late 1920's and extending back to the start of cars. I only mention Brass Era and Classic to people I know that have a good knowledge of hobby cars. Vintage can be looked at as even more general and broad. The start, to about 1970.

Are you sure those are Baker ? Any I have seen use a different rim bolt set up. That is, a bolt that is inserted from the outside and screws in to a captive nut on the inside of the wood felloe. Are the felloe bands marked with Baker { or any other rim maker for that matter } ? Usually there is a maker and often a size as well stamped somewhere on the felloe band.

I think it is for repairing tires. Holds the tire wide open so hot patches can be applied to the inside. Probably for larger truck tires.

My 1918 McLaughlin uses a nearly identical front , windshield post clamp. Most of the top hardware on a McLaughlin top is plated , brass castings. The same top is used on U.S. production Buicks except all the metal parts are painted steel like on this top. Notice how much of the top extends out to the side, past the front clamps. This is much more typical of a late teens / early 20's top than a later 1920's top. The clamps will normally attach to studs at the top of the windshield posts so the space between the clamps is roughly the width of the windshield. By the later 1920's tops rarely stuck out much to the side , beyond the windshield width. You are quite close to the U.S. I expect at least a few U.S. Buicks made it into Nova Scotia over the years. I would look at photo's of 1918 - 1925 Buick tops, you might find a match.

That's a lot of stuff !

I also had a couple of Series 1 cars. Good looking , but nothing special to drive. I liked the MGB that came next quite a bit more. A Tiger style conversion is always possible , but quite a bit of work, expense. And a converted car will never be as desirable as a real Tiger. Big difference at the front is rack and pinion rather than the Alpines worm and peg steering. This price seems quite optimistic.

MGA's, Early Sprites and Midget's, XK 120, 140 roadsters, Tr 2s, early TR3's. and I am sure others. Thats a lot of late 1950's , early 1960's sports cars without outside door handles.

Jag's are already stupidly expensive. And they have a good power to weight ratio. MGA's are still a car that you sort of don't have to all that rich to be involved with. Someone with enough money to own an E Type roadster probably isn't pinching pennies to own it. Some MGA owners still are, myself included. I believe new E Type body shells are available. Not really the case with MGA's. I have done a few long distance trips in an MGA. It can be done without a trailer. Mind you usually with a male friend, not my wife. For some reason traveling with a woman usually needs more space. Many / most women seem to embrace minimalism except when packing for travel. Sorry if I sound sexist, just what I have observed over the years.

Not sure I get it. Good MGA body parts are expensive and desirable. Been a MGA owner, driver and restorer since the mid 1970's. Parts just keep getting harder to find. Also it's a lot of weight to add to a MGA tow car, you probably would not to use this behind anything other than your MGA driver. MGA's are "OK " in the power department, but really just " OK ". My Hyundai Accent is quicker in a straight line. Just my 2 cents , but it looks like a lot of time and expense for a somewhat muddled outcome.

Pre 1915 Packard. The chain drive version was built from around 1910 - 1914.

Great shot of a shaft drive Packard truck. This one has the later , bolt together, cast iron radiator. So around 1919 - the end of Packard trucks. 1923.

The push pull switches are the style made by Cole - Hersee in the late teens - early 20's. But I think there were also similar from other makers. My 1922 Packard truck used them for the factory optional, electric lights. No dim feature on that one , just the push pulls. And mounted on a small, plain rectangular, brass plate.

This one wasn't at Goodings sale. Rather at Bonhams Quail Lodge sale on Friday the 19 th. At Carmel, so part of Car Week. A bit of an underappreciated year for Cadillac , 1923. But here is a very presentable Cadillac roadster for Model A Ford money. $26,880.00 including premium. A one off, very low result ?, or is there perhaps hope yet ? https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27509/lot/137/1923-cadillac-type-61-v8-roadster-engine-no-20819/

I don't think this is a Gibson. A good friend had several over the years. None of them had chain drive that I can recall. There were several other similar makes . Generally not as successful as Gibson. But I think this one is probably home made as the owner suggests.

I mentioned this a few years ago, but in light of your comment of Million $ , "play money " situations it seems pertinent. Quote from my now deceased , reasonably wise father. " If you has spent 1/2 as much time learning about how to make money as you spent learning about cars, all your car problems would have been solved long ago."

Looks like a Bentley 8 Litre. The last of the true Bentley cars before the Rolls Royce takeover.

I am thinking something more like railway. Adlake made many non - automotive lights.