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The 55er

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  1. Trash it. Mother Nature takes a terrible toll on vehicles left outside for 40 years. That engine is shot, it's a cracked and rusted-together pile of scrap metal now. The car has had all the useable parts removed from it a long time ago. The rear bumper is most likely rusted thru on the bottom and there's no rubber left on the harmonic balancer. Not worth fooling with. I'd just leave it right where it is, the earth will reclaim it eventually. 

  2. Everything you bring has to fit on your two assigned spaces. You don't HAVE to have a car corral space, you can sell a car on one of your flea market spots. Tuesday is vendor set up day. I make several trips in & out Tuesday at will. 

  3. It's a V8. The 76 series in 1950 didn't have the horizontal fender & door side trim extending back from the headlights. Also the rear fender taillight extension crown mouldings on 88's are larger with 88 on the sides, the 76 series used the plain smaller extensions like the 1949's,  not really visible in the picture but that's another way to tell. 

  4. 7 hours ago, Edwin The Kid said:

    I looked past this post at first as at the top it said no motor, but thanks for leading me to this. I'm also located not too far from cedar rapids so getting the engine wouldn't be too much of a drive.

    From what I see on wikipedia at least, pre 1950 cars either had the 320 or a 248. Would using one of these different size engines be a problem? 

    Scott Farrington stated that these cars were left out in the woods 40 years ago. Do you really think one of those engines from Cedar Rapids is gonna be any better than the stuck rusty engine you have now?

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