Leif in Calif

These have lots of style! I could live with the trans swap...just the more modern solution to overdrive. Sure could use better pictures! https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/d/galt-1935-plymouth-touring-sedan/7720747544.html# 1935 sedan un-restored original, with about 90 % original paint, front fenders repainted in the 60's, all gauges work, motor rebuilt at 65000 mi. rebuilt all brakes (hydraulic) like new goodyears 6:50X16 with new spare never on the ground. New 6 volt battery. Non stock item is the adaptor and T-5 5speed, go's down the road real well. 209-745-2690 do not text, prefer Phone calls

I do love those wheels! Probably a bit high for a sedan but it certainly looks nice! https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/d/elk-grove-chevrolet-universal/7721233300.html 1930 Chevrolet Sedan, runs great, clean 6 cylinder, repainted fenders to original black, just reupholstered. Great for parades, picnics or cruise in country. (916) 612-5777

I have a friend who had a couple of Grey Market Benzes form this vintage. They were mostly will used (+50K miles) but he got several years of mostly trouble free motoring from them and no issues with parts. This seems like a very nice car, and the Euro look is really a lot better!

What a mess! This is just the situation most of us are trying to avoid!

At one point in the 90s, I operated an Auto Glass distribution warehouse that had been around for years. Checking the inventory I discovered a windshield for both an Isabella and a Goliath (same manufacturer). I tracked down someone who had one and sold them to him cheap. Otherwise they were headed for the crusher.

Looks very nice, but $70K? What do the Buick Boys say? (more pics in ad, but none of engine) https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/union-city-1938-buick-special/7721118795.html 1938 Buick Special Convertible Straight 8 runs great!! Older restoration but always stores in climate controlled storage New tires All original Everything works as it should Have full documentation of restoration Asking $70000 email: 982fa993bc5c36e9bd15a4f9a3203263@sale.craigslist.org

Neat car, I always chuckled at the idea of seeing one in Paris.

Moles have very short hair so it would take more than a few!

I like it, but doubt $12K is anywhere near correct.

Well said! I think as far as this forum goes, it's a matter of degrees. Juice brakes on a Model A is Ok, but probably not on a '27 Packard. A later engine is OK if it's very similar to what was there (and not a 350 Chevy crate motor). We are adverse to custom colors, but if they moved next door, we wouldn't put our own house up for sale.

Looks very nice but is ANY '37 Chevy worth $40K? https://monterey.craigslist.org/cto/d/salinas-1937-chevrolet-coupe/7720185768.html All original 1937 Chevrolet Business Coupe. 41k documented original miles. 216/3 speed on the floor. 6 volt. Repainted in the early 2000’s, shows well. Original bright work and interior. Has re-pop skirts, correct fog lights. I have a recast banjo steering wheel, dash waterfalls, brake lever, original radio, and correct fender lights (original owner added 40’ lights after the war). Registered in my name with original 37’ California license plates. I had blinkers professionally installed. New “red top” battery. One family owned for over 80 years, ALWAYS stored indoors. Uncut, only original once. Forty thousand or close to it. email: 72bcb244481f3661bd0fc67d560fd19b@sale.craigslist.org

Makes me think of a couple of species of deep ocean fish.

An Imperial Coupe would be very nice...just depends how much is needed! (no interior pics!) https://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/d/hickman-1938-chrysler/7719773198.html For Sale. 1938 Chrysler Imperial C19 2 door. Yellow. All original body/paint and interior. Straight 8 motor 298 displacement. 3 speed tranny w/ overdrive. Does not run. $10,000 obo. (209) 620-1884

Years ago I had a 31 Chrysler CG Imperial in only slightly better condition! It's lovely to dream....

Neat to see but they could have said something about condition (runs? Turns over?) Missing floor boards, but the probably were just boards! I think 1914 is the first year for California license plates. I believe before that you were supposed to register the car, but furnish your own plates! No gas stations so you got your gas at the hardware store or pharmacy. (Hope the Horseless Carriage crew will correct me if I'm wrong)

I spent a good portion of my career dealing with color, and you are completely correct about lighting. You can get florescent lights or LEDs that are spectrally the color of daylight, but most people find that color harsh as indoor lighting. In North America and Europe we prefer the color of indoor light that used to be produced by the open flame of candles and later gas. BUT...even if you get that part right, the camera rarely reproduces color with complete accuracy (that's why it's one of the things you adjust) and even more, we are looking at these pictures on a monitor or screen, and they vary even more! One more thing: our perception of color is greatly influenced by the colors of surrounding objects, which not only reflect colored light on what we are viewing, but cause our eyes to process the color differently than if they weren't present. So to sum up...you have to go see for yourself!

I do remember that. Especially the Tiny Tim. In my memory it was up by the Cliff House and there was an area where you could look down into a portion of the long abandoned baths that still existed. About 1956

I wanted the big tach on the dash look, so I glued an alarm clock up there.

I think it's pretty common. Even facts by authors you respect can be overturned by more research. I'm involved with my town's history museum and have done a lot of research on local people who were prominent in the town's history. Many of their "stories" turn out to be just that. Same with family stories. My family's story was totally debunked when I had my DNA tested.

I heard that as well, but I have seen a few with license plates in veteran's day parades so at least some escaped into the civilian market. They do have a swing axle rear suspension and a high center of gravity: is far worse than a Corvair or early VW. I was in the Army at the time when the M151 accounted for 25% of the total inventory of vehicles, mostly driven by teen age boys. There were incidents, but not nearly as many as you might imagine.

If you have the rear plate and it matches your paperwork you are in pretty good shape! That's the important one! California requires a front plate but enforcement is very lax. I bought a new Chevy Volt in 2018 and the dealer didn't include the front plate bracket. I didn't realize it until I got the new plates in the mail. I went back to the dealer and they gave me the bracket but said "so many cars don't look good with a front plate that it's sort of a no cost option. We almost never give them to people buying Corvettes". I think you can buy a "reproduction" license plate that matches the rear one...no one will ever check it.

So many mufflers! Is it the Midas touch?

The pinstriping adds a lot, but I have a "thing" about these: Post WWI, this style would have been very out of date. After the war, we see all those inexpensive speedster bodies. Of course, someone of limited means could have done something like this in '29 or '30 when the chassis was getting cheap, but then they probably wouldn't have nice paint and pinstripes...it would have been a "jalopy." Or to sum up...Harumph!

If it had a stock carb and air cleaner, the engine swap would be much less of an issue.

I imagine a new one could be fabricated ($$$). If the interior was good (very unlikely) you could get it painted and only be several grand under water.