Leif in Calif

Looks like a nice example if the price were right (it's sure not) and the lowering was easily reversible. located in Manteca. I've always wondered what the Spanish were thinking when the named it (manteca is an important cooking ingredient: lard). Turns out they didn't name it. The early settlers named it Monteca but when then railroad came through, they miss spelled it on the schedule and it stuck! https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/cto/d/manteca-1948-chevy-fleetline/7701491127.html 48 Chevy fleetline ........216 engine with a 12 volt conversion....brand new wiring harness...Lowered 3 inches all the way around ....15 inch artillery wheels Firestone 560 new tires .Interior is beautiful no rips,chrome is very good ..Has a 700 Fulton visor ,pull down ,wrap arounds,grill guard,spot lights,fog lights,vent shades, banjo steering wheel..This car has too many accessories...look at the car all the way around... Lots of original goodies ...This car drives beautiful...Floors are solid NO CANCER.... Only serious inquiries ... NO TRADES AT ALL .....PINK SLIP READY... LOCATED IN NORTHERN CALI.... 42K OBO LETS MAKE A DEAL DRIVE IT HOME email: dae0d62a822f35db9690a5baea533332@sale.craigslist.org

Looks to be a VERY nice example, but $40K? (more pics in ad) https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/d/redding-1953-olds-super-holiday-88-hard/7701425482.html Show winner, None nicer, 53 Olds Super 88 Holiday Hard Top, completely bone stock factory correct, Rocket 165 hp. eng. power steering, power brakes, 3 spd automatic transmission shifts perfectly, all lights and dash gauges work correctly incl. e-brake light and all courtesy lights, factory interior with chrome headliner bows, padded red dash with grey glove box etc., seat belts front and rear, perfect factory interior throughout. All chrome and stainless is flawless as are all dash knobs, Kick panels, door panels and hardware all flawless. Body is Lotus cream with Baltic Blue roof. bumpers stainless trim hood emblem are perfect. sway bars front and rear., dual exhaust, correct carpeted trunk, new Kuhmo radial tires with trim rings and correct Olds Super 88 hub caps with matching fender skirts. CA. built in South Gate, CA. Top of Preservation Class right down to the correct hose clamps etc. Drives and rides better than new!! Better than back in the day with new radial tires. As nice as it gets! Like new!! I don't text ph call preferred.!! (530) 228-9055

I absolutely agree Marty, that's why there are no flatheads today. I'm just saying that those benefits didn't really show themselves until compression ratios and RPMs went up. I'm very familiar with the 4 cylinder Chevy, and adding that second exhaust port in '28 made a BIG improvement, but it was still a couple of hp down from the then new model A, and it had to be more expensive to manufacture.

Exactly right! I wonder if the OHVs of early Chevys and Buicks was as much a marketing ploy as a performance enhancer. The disadvantages of the flathead did not show themselves until advancements in fuel and metals allowed higher RPMs and higher compression. At 5 or 6 to one compression and a max of 3,000 RPM, there is no advantage to OHVs, only higher production and maintenance costs.

Great to see. As someone who's spent a lot of time in factories, the thing that stands out is lack of attention to safety. The places I've worked, if there was an injury, it was investigated and often the procedure was changed so it couldn't happen again. Safety was number one, and was discussed every day. Still, I can remember two fatalities. Those guys spraying gasoline on the unpainted car bodies had to have serious health affects!

I think the prices have been pretty flat, which means in real terms they are slowly declining. There are still many A owners who see the car as a connection to their father. These owners are in their 70s and 80s now so it seems likely ten years from now, there may be more supply than demand. I do admit that we've been saying this for a very long time and prices have only sagged, not plummeted.

I reckon it's about $25K high! Maybe that's a Bristol on the rack.

For sure on the wheels. I had a '46 Chevy years ago that the previous owner had swapped to 15" Chrome reversed (remember those?) Going to correct 16 inch changed everything! Steering and brakes suddenly worked as designed!

Interesting cylinder heads. Looks like they were machined instead of cast.

What appears to be a nice example offered at a totally ridiculous price ($38,000) with poor pictures and little info. Looks like it got half way out of the garage and then died. Is that a BMW "Baroque Angel" up on the rack? https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/d/san-jose-1925-essex-2dr-sedan/7700216237.html 100 years old, Rare all original condition runs and drives great. 6 cly 3 speed transmission. interior is original, perfect like new. (408) 205-1041

I have seen a couple of Fiat 500's with a VW transplant. I would think at some point, depending on the state of the VW, you'd need to add wheelie bars.

I think the limiting factor would probably be the driver's tolerance for risk. What would be a reasonable cruising speed on a motorcycle of similar vintage with no helmet? Similar number for this car.

Bombs Away LeMay! Quite a colorful character...didn't do his legacy any favors by being George Wallace's running mate. A certifiable "car guy" he was responsible for opening up air bases for use in auto racing after WWII, which fueled the sports car boom.

I bought a (Police spec) 9C-1 Chevy about 1980 when I owned a business and had a history with the local dealer's fleet department. I have always had a hard time leaving cars alone so one day I thought I'd see about changing out the factory carb and intake. I was just looking but I took the carb off to examine the intake and when I put it back on, I managed to get something wrong so that the linkage would bind at full throttle and at the same time the line to the brake booster didn't get reconnected. My wife was the next person to drive the car....she wasn't pleased!

Hudson was the only major manufacturer that fielded a racing team in the board track era. They were fast cars!

$48,000 seems steep to me, but it sure looks like fun. The seller (Ed Archer) is a fixture of the pre-war class at Monterey. More pics in ad https://www.prewarcar.com/521889-1913-hudson-6-54 An ultimate early speedcar. Low, sleek, sporty and fast. 1913 Hudson 6 54 speedster. First year of the Hudson Super Six. Plenty of power and plenty of good looks. Great road car. The car was probably first restored sometime in the early 1950s. I saw a picture of it on a horseless carriage tour back in 1953 or 4. Currently, it’s a “barn find”, been in good dry storage on jack stands for 40 or 50 years. Before the owner died a few years ago he used to routinely start it up and let it run awhile. With Hudson’s introduction of their six cylinder engine in 1913, they proclaimed that they were “The largest producers of six cylinder automobiles in the world” The transmission type is a 3 speed selective gear. Even though there’s still a hand crank handle in front, original equipment includes a Delco electrical system complete with self starter. The wheelbase is 127 inches. The colors of this car are dark burgundy and black, with black leather upholstery, and varnished natural wood spoke wheels. It is equipped with a monocle windshield, running board spot light, Firestone Non Skid tires and a great exhaust whistle. It could be cleaned up and driven as is with the great patina, or is worthy of re-restoration. Price is negotiable as it has to be sold.

Great that you can get replacement for that acrylic top! Given the special nature and the size, two grand seems a bargain! Also, it's hardly surprising 60 year old plastic in a location that gets a lot of sun would have problems!

That Liberty V12 is such a neat engine. Over 20,000 were produced for WWI. It was sketched out in a 5 days at the New Willard Hotel in Washington D.C. by Jesse G. Vincent of Packard and Elbert J. Hall‎ of Hall Scott. Vincent tends to get more credit but the design is closer to the engines previously produced by Hall-Scott. Hall-Scott made large gasoline engines for busses and trucks in Berkeley California, up through the 1950's. They were always overhead cam, and their downfall was that they never developed a diesel.

I don't know about the price, but it certainly is a nice example of an interesting car! As a college student, the paper boy drove one of these. I bet not many college students get a newspaper these days.... more pics in ad https://bend.craigslist.org/cto/d/smith-river-1954-mercury-sun-valley/7696818723.html This restored 1954 Mercury Monterey Sun Valley is a numbers matching vehicle with excellent paint and like new interior. It has the 256 cu in V8 with Merc-0-Matic auto transmission. It has just under 4000 miles since the restoration. It has power brakes and standard steering. It runs, drives and stops like a new car. No disappointments here. More information and pictures on request. Asking $35,500 (541) 661-5182

Great video! In the 70's I lived in the small mountain community of Truckee CA, which did not have addresses or mail delivery. Utilities need a service address, so mine was "the blue house on Valley Rd". We used to get a lot of directions like this!

Over in the "Not Mine" Forum there's a discussion about a Horch that included mention of Christmas Carols. It made me think of a road test of the then new Triumph Herald I read in one of those cheap car magazines that were printed on newsprint paper way back when. It was titled "Hark, The Herald's Axels Swing".

It was one of the companies that merged to form Auto Union...later became Audi.

"Only 94,000 miles" That was a lot in 1954! Need the history of maintenance and rebuilds!

Looks very nice! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1811701822593299/?referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aa5022869-8243-46bf-91af-c6822052126f Runs good, looks great. 6 cylinder automatic. Automatic convertible top. New tires.

So nice to see a relatively unmolested example! Wish there was more information in the ad. https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/d/la-canada-flintridge-sell-or-trade-1939/7698862544.html 1939 WILLYS 39 older restoration. $19,950 or MAKE OFFER. SELL for cash or TRADE for ? What have you got to offer ? email b754fea1ad9e3a7293db2e26f96166cb@sale.craigslist.org