Leif in Calif

You forgot one other part of this supporting infrastructure: You have to have room to park it all! You need a place out of town on at least a half acre! I thought about getting a "T" at one point, it would be fun and doesn't have a big foot print. But...the T club mostly trailers to events and I'm not interested in getting a truck and trailer that will be used 6 or 7 times a year. Plus I live in town and although I have two garages, they aren't huge and are (naturally) full.

This car looks really familiar, but searching this forum didn't turn it up. Perhaps another red Dodge roadster with disc wheels and white walls.

I believe Renault out sold VW in '59....where are they today?

looks sharp!

It looked great until we got to the engine compartment. That picture and "no key" doesn't speak well for mechanical condition. I hope we can find out what the final price is...

Not a very good ad for what looks like an interesting car! I know many people have migrated to Facebook because craigslist now has a small fee, but I really think they are making a poor decision to do that.

The head on the Olds was swaped on Chevys in period because it has 3 exhaust ports. There is (or maybe was) a guy in Norther California that made an adapter to put it on a T block as well. This is a fun car, but limited in its fan group.

I like it a lot!

When I was a high school student (in the 60s), a few of my friends each put in $5 and we bought an old (1952?) Chevy for $25. Toward the end of our ownership, one of the guys thought it would be fun to add patina (actually that wasn't a word then) by shooting holes in it. Unfortunately, while the cops mostly ignored us before, now they were quite interested....

Seems like this price would be "in the ball park" if it ran, (but it doesn't) https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/martinez-1931-model-67-buick/7744665296.html Selling our 1931 Model 8-67 Buick. 4 door with luggage compartment on back. As is sale. Vehicle ran years back but have not worked on it since. Price is $20,000 or best offer.

Looks like a great car to be a "first classic" .... https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/emeryville-1949-plymouth-special-deluxe/7745062870.html I had planned a more lengthy restoration, but a move is forcing the sale of my very-complete, clean-titled, 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe club coupe. It has a flat-head Chrysler 318 straight 6 and three speed manual transmission. It runs, drives and stops like a champ. Currently fully registered and valid until May of '25. It's not going to win any concours awards, but it's a cool, drivable classic that garners a lot of smiles and attention. It does have some rust and could someday use a new floor pan. (Someone before me successfully patched it, albeit not super professionally). New parts: - Remanufactured carburetor (not just rebuilt) - New fuel pump - New 6v battery - New aluminum radiator - New gas cap - Fuel system flush - Fresh oil change/filter - Brake master cylinder rebuild - New front/rear brake hoses - New brake cylinders and shoes - New rear brake hard lines Needs: - Rear window seal (I have the parts) - Pinion seal (I have the parts) - Driveshaft u-joint boots (I have the parts) - New fuel level sender email: 815c10a1107f39b9b88fba730ae1e521@sale.craigslist.org

'52 was 72 years ago...

I realize this is a problem not many have had to deal with…does anyone have a suggestion on who might offer advice?

Looks like a very nice one, but is any '33 Plymouth worth $53K? I don't think so. I they reversed the digits it would be closer. https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/d/corona-1933-plymouth-deluxe/7744054495.html This Plymouth Deluxe has been garaged in the family since 1959, with 5 Original Wire Wheels and 1950's 6 Truespoke Buick Wheels 15x5.5 on 5 by 4.5. Must see to appreciate. Pink in hand $53,000.00 OBO (951) 888-0525

No real information in ad, but it looks like a nice car. I had a friend with on, it was fun to be in if you weren't on the freeway. They have a big following in the UK. Is that starter fluid on the seat? https://slo.craigslist.org/cto/d/templeton-1950-austin-a40/7742463120.html Austin A40 Devon email: f673ffd28ea73a9081a874ae91594e92@sale.craigslist.org

Here's the new ad: https://slo.craigslist.org/cto/d/paso-robles-1931-chevrolet/7743659087.html (805) 440-9853

Very neat to see! The Standard Catalog says 11,000 were built in 1921...where have they all gone? Also, '21 was the first year they used their own engine (previously Continental) so good job that this one has been rebuilt (if correct).

I like that VW a lot better than the Monte Carlo Corniche!

The "eco" crowd loves these< and runs them on used cooking oil from restaurants. Smells like french fries when they drive by.

Always interesting to see these coachbuilt cars from across the pond! No pictures of interior or engine. https://www.prewarcar.com/335442-1929-stutz-type-m-vertical-eight-lancefield-saloon This Stutz was displayed on the Stutz stand at Olympia in 1929. The body is fabric covered in the weyman manner but was built by Lancefield & differentiates from Weymann in having four door hinges as opposed to two. A full photographic record of the restoration comes with the car. It has been owned for the last few decades by a noted Stutz expert who had no less then 4 of these magnificant beasts in his stable & is now moving the last one on due to his advancing years. Having had the pleasure of driving this wonderful car I can say that it reeks of quality & performs in a manner more befitting of a post war rather then a pre war car. Call Richard Biddulph. Mobile ++44 (0) 7967 260673

$ 98,500, seems pretty high, but an amazing example for sure! Much more text in the ad... https://www.prewarcar.com/565590-1912-rambler-country-club-touring A marvelous, very original 50-hp Brass Era touring car, ex-Barney Pollard, in fine running order. In the 1950s Mr. Pollard loaned it for display in the Temrowski Museum in Michigan, but has never been truly ‘restored’ nor the body off the chassis, and retains to this day the original leather interior. All the wood is original and very solid. During his nearly forty years of ownership, the present caretaker has sorted the car meticulously, including fitting aluminum pistons. Veteran of numerous tours in the Midwest and up and down the East Coast, the car starts instantly on the original hand-crank system; it is such an easy automobile to fire up that no self-starter is needed! Its owner describes it as “a real woofer that will run with anything.”

I have this area where the steel roof meets the aluminum body at the base of the windshield. It looks like they used lead to bridge the two when the car was built in 1951. This “wound” was there when I found the car in a field 4 years ago. What do you think I should do to fix it? thanks!

I had forgotten about that one! If memory serves, (and it often doesn't) they had a Corvair drivetrain and were made of some miracle plastic. I haven't seen one in decades...I wonder if the plastic body didn't hold up.

Apparently they are actually plated brass! Seems a strange application for this metal, but I suppose in France in 1950, it made sense.

I can't see this without thinking of Jack Benny