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Yes , and no. Westfield 11 . Lotus 11. Not an exact replica with the Westfield. But in some ways better. Stiffer torsional strength with the Westfield. And you don't have to check it every month for cracked chassis tubes like on a Lotus built car. All that and a good chunk of $100,000.00 cheaper. Some people just like the driving experience and don't worry about the historic / investment value.

Is that a taper bore in the hub ? I have seen quite similar wheels on the better GM cars of the teens, early 20's.

Many wood rim wheels use a very similar joint. I don't see anything particularly distinctive about yours to help with an I.D.

I don't think there was really a North American equivalent to the English " Showman " engines like the one above. They were used to haul wagons of traveling amusement fairs , and once on site provide electrical power for all the rides and lighting. Very highly decorated, and often used right up to the 1960's. Long after steam power was obsolete in North America. They are considered to be extremely desirable machines in the U.K. steam hobby.

Still looking for this fork.

Looks like a Jacox steering box. They were also used in many Buick and a few other cars / GM trucks in the later teens and twenties. They are a decent unit in my experience. Large bearing surfaces and lots of surface area on the main screw / sliding nuts.

I can't help but think the body from the firewall / windshield back is the rear of a 4 door sedan . No manufacturer would use a door like this on a production vehicle. The rear wheel well has been nicely filled in but I highly doubt this is anything like a factory truck cab. The perfect vehicle for back seat drivers.

If you call a 1960's Land Rover 88 station Wagon a SUV then I really liked the one I owned years ago. Poor fuel economy led me to sell it, but looking at todays prices I sure should have hung on to it. But otherwise I really don't care for them much. A 4 Runner or similar perhaps. But more to haul my Formula Ford { small } trailer and tools etc. than regular use. 2 WD version would work fine for me. I currently use a 2009 Ranger 2 WD, but a secure rear compartment might be handy. I actually wouldn't mind having my fathers old 1972 Suburban back. 292 , 6 , 4 speed, 2 WD. A Forrest Co. crew truck trade in at the GMC dealership he worked at. Very versatile. Not 100% sure it would be considered a Sport UV , but definitely utility vehicle.

I agree with all said above. But these days collector cars in general are very high priced in Western Canada. Better condition , ready to use pre war cars that 5 years ago would have been on the market a long time in the low 20's are now mid 40's. { Canadian $, subtract 20 % for a U.S. dollar buyer } And seem to be selling. So many Western Canadian cars went South over the last decade, they are now seen as quite a rare thing. Pre war in particular. And costs of bringing a U.S. car into Canada seem to get higher each year. I probably only want to buy one additional , pre war car in my lifetime. A better quality , Nickle era car in decent usable condition. Roadster or Sport Touring. But if prices continue like they currently seem to be it's not going to happen. Still a good assortment of Model A's and similar .But I decided they were not for me last year and sold the two projects I had for several years. Just kept my AA truck and even that may go.

Just a gut feeling, but I think cars like this Buick are probably seen as being more desirable : and more likely to bring a premium price, in Europe than back in North America. It's a nice example. But only a Special. Quite a few survivors. I may be mistaken , but that looks more to me like a Century price than a Special. On the other hand an Arnot Bristol probably has a bigger following in the U.S. than Europe or the U.K. But I expect you already know all of this.

Says it comes with a Title. Very hard to get in WA. State. Might be a big chunk of the price right there.

Accessory or O.E.M. ? Weed was big in accessory bumpers I believe.

Very similar around here. But 99.9 % very ordinary cars. Definitely no Full Classics, just bread and butter sedans in most cases. And all in that 5K - 10K price range. Condition mostly poor , with some very poor. Street rod material at best for the most part. Some seem to stay for sale for a long time , but quite a few do seem to sell. Cars I personally would have thought would have a hard time in the $1000.00 - $1500.00 range, but people do seem to be buying .

Alfa Romeo made trucks for the Italian military during WW2. Post war they made a similar but lighter duty truck . This is one of the post war trucks restored.

Canada has a program to attract Investor Immigrants. It has been a roaring success. Tens of thousands of wealthy newcomers have bought up or invested in pretty much every business opportunity you can imagine. It's a pretty simple concept. Make a minimum required investment and put a few Canadians to work for several years. In return the Investor gets a Canadian Passport. Then sell the business to the next fellow countryman in line, rinse repeat. In the mean time the older generation , wife and children become Canadians, have no declared income , and put family money to work in the incredible bubble that is the Canadian real estate market. Head of household goes back home to a very low tax environment and resumes previous career. Canadian tax man gets diddley. Local properties are sold off one by one when the price goes up enough. As they are all owned by the extended family , only one property at a time , by each individual family member at the time of sale it is considered their principal residence and exempt from any tax on the profit from the transaction. Millions upon Millions , all tax free. Revenue Canada { our IRS } even went so far as to release a report where they found it very irregular that Vancouver's West side had some of the most expensive property in North America , but when income declarations were examined one could conclude that you were talking about the Downtown East Side , where a huge number of residents are either mental health suffers , drug addicts or as often as not both. Average earners never get beyond just making ends meet in this sort of situation.

That's true to a point Craig. But the reality is that although the land itself is worth a reasonable amount of money, the house is , despite a decade of hard work and expense, a tear down. In fact the agent we have been recently working with stated we could sell for $100,000.00 more if the house was gone and we were just talking about an empty lot. And in the context of South Western B.C. our place is actually worth a very ho hum amount of money. Just barely more than rock bottom for a SFD. Yes , if we packed up and moved what would have to be a LONG WAY away we might end up with money in the bank. It's a nice lot, but really needs a new house. A built by Farmers, Farm house after 80 + years in the rain forest isn't too much to write home about. For us to build even a very modest new house is going to be something like $500,000.00 or more these days. Just not in the cards. Nor is a move outside of S.W. British Columbia. And every week a place in my area sells for 1, 2, 3, million and well up, more than my place is worth. So someone is buying. Just not generally people who earn their living in Canada.

I don't generally disparage rich, old car guys. Often there are things I would do differently if I was in their shoes, but that isn't the important point. In fact I am sometimes jealous of the wealthy. Not so much because of their wealth / trappings of the rich, but rather for the ability to get down and get things done. I have a few friends that are by anyone's measure quite well off. And they make that fact work for them. Basic building blocks that I have literally been pouring blood , sweat and tears into for decades now, were put in place within a period of a couple of years. And on with their program in whatever direction they choose. AJ, things might be a bit different in Canada. The wealthy people I know definitely do work hard, and always have as far as I can remember. But nearly every one in my circle started out with quite a bit of a advantage . A self made fortune is in theory possible, but man , there is so much capital from outside the country in this area that anyone of even significantly than better means is just submerged . It's not necessarily the cars that are the big cost to this hobby. It's all the other stuff that stop many of us in our tracks, and reduce progress to a glacial pace.

Couldn't have said it better. I think the biggest torment is the time scale that becomes necessary for those of us who don't have much disposable income in these modern times. Those of us with deeper pockets get all the background items { property , shop, storage building , tools , equipment etc. } dealt with early on. Those resources allow them to just get on with the cars themselves without the time sinks the rest of us face in getting to square one of the cars themselves. Old cars are a process, but at times it seems a slow motion process.

Actually , I believe 314's are full classics. It seems to me Cadillac from 1925 and up make the approved list unless something has recently changed .

I worked with several of them out here in the Colonies. The marine industry here in British Columbia was one of the last havens they took refuge in as Industrial Great Britain crumbled in the 1970's and early 80's. The training they received as young lads back home was second to none. Pretty much everything in Canada's marine industry was based on U.K. practice including our Marine Colleges { including quite a few of the instructors } and standards of licenses and certifications { plus many of the Transport Canada inspectors }. They definitely knew their stuff , and passed as much as possible on to my generation of Canadians.

I agree about setting goals when you are young. I did so myself. And I thought reasonably practical ones. Reality is many / most of the vehicle goals over time grew in value { cost } at a rate far greater than my income grew. My self esteem is largely attributed to my progress measured against my goals, plus my abilities as I become an older, more experienced person. But lacking involvement with the cars I consider { or considered when younger } important does at times wear thin. It's all well and good to be thoroughly versed in 52 Plymouth's, and probably for most of us a very achievable goal. But for me at least not quite what I had in mind over the decades. Add in all the aspects of middle class standards of living vs cost of living over the last 40 years it becomes obvious the size of your wallet does indeed matter in the world of hobby vehicles. Sometimes the decision of when and where to stop is less in your own hands than is comfortable for many of us. Personal responsibility only goes so far. When the factors surrounding and defining your life make such radical changes as we have seen in many parts of North America over the last 40 years all bets are off. Case in point, just the basic factor of housing has become so expensive in some areas as to vastly outstrip nearly every career gains. In 25 years average house prices have gone from the $200,000.00 's to $1.8 million in my area. And you would probably be shocked what many of these $1.8 million places actually look like. Largely tear downs and development holding properties. The nicer places are 2.5 and up, the ones you actually might not mind living in. Virtually no ones income has kept pace with such rampant speculation, so hard to apply self responsibility to such an absurd situation.

I keep saying this to my wife. She just looks back with a stare that I understand to mean I am going to be quite lonely at my funeral.

One of my two friends has already considered a GT. But he prefers the late 1960's early 70's product. Has his eye out for a GT 350 R. Last one sold for something like $800.000.00 . He wasn't aware it was for sale at the time , but after the fact thought that was a reasonable price. Most importantly he has the means to be involved with cars at this price { I sure don't ! }.

Just goes to prove , there is a butt for every seat. A couple of friends and I were having a get together the other day. Both Friends are arch Mustang guy's , several Shelby's GT 350's and 500's, 60's , 70's Boss's { including a 429 } , A C.S. continuation car etc. Plus an original TA series 70 Boss and a SCCA B sedan, 66 Fastback in previous ownership { my old car }. No doubt 7 figures of Ford vehicles currently owned between us [ Mine are mainly Ford of England these days }. We all agreed the new " E " Mustang was essentially a electric mini van, regardless of any " impressive attributes " or speed. Hard to see a E Mustang ending up in any of our ownership.

A friend bought a very decent , very long term storage { sleeping since about 1967 }, 1958 Pacer convert. last year for around the same $. It needs work. But really not very much, original black paint is quite usable as is for HPOF, very little rust ( almost 0 , I have had a close look all over the car } Interior needs some work but still quite presentable. Top really needs replacing. But overall a much better longer term value. He looked for a long time before finding this one, owned and sold a couple like the one you are looking at in between. I know which one I would want to own.