Peter S

You remember "Beep, Beep" and The Playmates

Joe nailed it. It was the Detroit Tigers' :Mechanical Man."

Ok, who's the greatest major league baseball player from Fowlerville, Michigan?

Might just be my imagination but is there missing sheet metal along the lower edge of the trunk lid?

What a great looking car! What an opportunity!

Wow - I think the answer is "so i can be the first!" I love originality but this one is bizarre!

I dunno. This isn't a $4500 car but at $2500=3K this would be a driveable old car the folks I know would buy to mess around with. It's unlikely that anyone would "restore" it but it' looks like a good car to cruise, and the paint and interior are not so bad that it would be unpresentable.

Good advice but Rockne's have such a cool and unique look that perhaps there is a chance someone will take on the travails of reassembling it as an original

here's a question - were many car;s actually two=tone in the 1930s? My dsense from watching old movies is no, but I wasn't around to observe them personally.

Sounding better and better!

I have a Montana stepdown. As is typical of cars from the dry high plains, it is unbelievably solid. In fact, it was rare to find a stuck screw, nut, or bolt anyplace.

Gotta wonder whether the ultimate outcome will be a few connoisseurs appreciating each others' perfect, high-dollar show cars while the rest of the world admires the imperfect more populist cars they can own, drive, and fool around with. If I owned this car it would be the pole car in our fourth of July parade and I'd drive it the rest of the way across NY State and park it in front of the Pierce factory. Why not? It's unique and I'd be proud of it!

Bought new at Paul Brothers Oldsmobile at 5220 Wisconsin Ave NW in DC. Not my pic! Peter S.

But that is a wonderfully moody, wistful photograph!

Given all the recent interest in prewar Cadillacs, here are two Massachusetts and one Finger Lakes NY cars that could certainly be companion-donors s to a restoration. The 1941 coupe might even be restorable if you accept that any car from this part of the country will be rusty. The hood suggests a fire but there are no obvious traces in the engine bay shots. The 1941 sedan looks close to fair price for what it is. The LaSalle from the Finger Lakes seems a bit far gone for the asked price. peter s. 1941 fastbacl: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/362285025256000/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A37186160-1b9c-4ca5-aedd-3bfef0a537b0 1941 Coupe https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/237006781575839/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Afdd7e954-33fa-469b-a104-d860ef240348 1940 LaSalle https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4206572659395151/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A37186160-1b9c-4ca5-aedd-3bfef0a537b0

but what a car!

Not seeing all the gloomy mists. Hudson parts are not hard to find and even good sheet metal is not difficult to come by. The HET Club is very active and several specialized parts reproducers are continually expanding their catalogs. Expect to pay significant sums for small trim parts or chrome and stainless, but what's unique about that? Jets have a very enthusiastic sub-club whose newsletter is "The Jet Set." A great many Jet owners have dropped in 308s with the Twin H set up and don't describe their performance as "stodgy," The tale here is the frame rails. If solid, this car is likely a decent deal. If rotting, strip it and crush the hulk! Peter S. Alexandria, VA and Northville, NY

Rulebreaker! An ad that doesn't show the product...

Yeah, it is hard to know the real selling price of most cars. I'd guess that a $7000 to $9500 range is typical for asked prices running Mopar coupes of the just-pre to just post-war vintage. And street rodders will spend big bucks to rod them! In the next body shop bay to my Hudson is a 40 DeSoto coupe that' needed tons of floor and panel work. It's being fitted for an SBC and will have so little DeSoto left that the owner jokes about not remounting the nameplate. Can't help thinking it would have saved money to have started with this one...

Yes, the pictures are dim and there are no claims made for an uncorroded body or floor, but this looks like a substantial, running car for $8K. It would be such a shame if people came to believe that all these came from the factory as street rods. Not mine and I haven't seen it. Seller says car's in the Pittsburgh area. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/216163900148109/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Ab8a60fb3-6ecd-4d93-93b9-09872b0b167d

You should found it. Build it and they will come!

Electrification is going to become an increasingly important preservation option for those who street drive older cars. And less than 25 years from now, the early Teslas will have the status of full classics and design milestones.

cool for a modern car!

No need now but may have in future. Do you do this run periodically? My base is No VA DC suburbs/

they don't always find favor with the commentators here (it's a tough room!} but this guy in Clarence Center comes up with some unique cars!