The 55er

You did a pretty good job. But those big iconic 59 Caddy fins & taillights are in a class all by themselves.

The white Cadillac convert on top (with the brown fender) is a 1960 model. Also that's a white 1965 Impala coupe on the bottom.

This is actual windshield glass information from a period Hollander Interchange Manual. The windshield interchange for a 1962 Invicta 2-dr. HT is number 2212. Please read it carefully.

I must be missing something here. What's the difference between a $6500 restorable project and a $800 non-running piece of yard art? This entry-level Plaza looks like it should be parked down at the beach somewhere in front of a restaurant or seafood place. With the customary surfboard on the roof of course.

I'm surprised it has any brakes at all after sitting for 33 years. I'll bet this one looks a lot better in the little computer pictures than it does in person. After 3 decades of use on PA roads way back when that no rust statement would have to proven to me. Also if the seller claims the $16.5K car he's selling is reasonably priced then it must be so.

Buyer beware, there's almost always a reason why vehicles have low initial purchase prices. That seemingly cheap price should never be the prime consideration for buying anything. Unfortunately, it was to some of the people I know. None of these projects were ever finished and they end up being sold dirt cheap, scrapped, parked in the backyard under the customary blue tarp that's falling apart or stashed in a shed somewhere waiting to be a dusty barn find all over again ten years from now.

Silly me, I was thinking that snazzy bright blue velvet interior was the reason for the $1000 price increase. As per the seller, this car draws a crowd everywhere it goes.

It's a 2-door. I don't know if it's worth 19 grand ( I have my doubts) but it's in remarkably good condition. These have a lot of die-cast trim everywhere especially on the front clip and there are very few around with trim this nice. It says original EVERYTHING and if that's true this Windsor is extremely well preserved.

There's always the possibility someone took advantage of this opportunity right away and everything was sold in short order.

That's gonna be a really tough sell at 6 grand. I can see why the kiddo doesn't want it. Unless the floor's rotted away, I'm wondering why someone would put the headlight dimmer switch up on the dash.

Is there any way some pictures of this 3000 car collection can be posted in the photo gallery?

Or a bronze or beige car that was painted resale red. Maroon or red with a brown interior just just looks off to me. I once owned a beige 1964 Olds Dynamic 88 sedan that had this same color "saddle" brown interior.

John's advice is spot on, never spray up to a hard tape edge like in the first picture because you will never be able to sand that crisp line flat without damaging the surrounding area. Back-tape the paper around the surrounding area like shown in the second picture and avoid spraying heavy coats under the paper. Try to leave a little "grainy overspray" under that backtaped paper edge and let the paint completely dry. That way it will be much easier to color sand smooth, compound, buff, and blend in. I might add that experienced painters never use newspaper to mask! (it's full of lint). Use masking paper from a body shop supply store and quality tape.

Overspray on a relatively small partial fender scratch touchup repair like this would be negligible to almost nonexistent and IMO shouldn't be a deciding factor in what kind of spray equipment you use for the repair. You'll only be applying a few light coats to a very small area. Tape off the surrounding areas well and throw a car cover or some clean blankets/sheets over most of the rest of the car. I wouldn't be afraid to do a tiny minor repair like this outdoors on a calm day if I had to. The single most important part of this whole repair as I see it is how talented the mixing person is that's color-matching the paint. How do you know the existing paint on the car is lacquer? The paint on your Buick looks fairly recent and I haven't seen any cars of that vintage that were done in acrylic lacquer for a very long time (decades). If it were me, I'd get the new paint mixed in single stage acrylic enamel and blend it in as best I can. If you're unsure of your preparation & painting abilities have a professional handle the repair.

The interior is far from original and those are later hubcaps. I wonder if the trunk closes all the way. The general rule of thumb is if there's no price posted, it's way too high so people move on and check out the thousands of other vehicle listings that contain a number of appropriate pictures and have asking prices posted right in the ad.

The item on the far right is a 1947-1948 Chevrolet passenger car hood ornament.

The 1868760 armature goes with Delco generator 1100006 which has some 1939 GMC Truck applications. I had no luck with the other 816933 armature in my parts books.

Here's the lower spring UNDER the starter..........

1967 Pontiac Grand Prix.

Night Train's location is correct, my spring is attached to that exact same post.

Those red wires attach to what might be a non-original horn relay(?) someone added next to the voltage regulator.

The ones pictured are for all the 1950 models and all the 1951 & 1952 full sized cars. The 1951 & 1952 Special models had thicker bezels.

The frugal interior restorer.

I owned a (same color) Crest Blue 1949 Olds 88 sedan for many years. Seller states he's never seen another 98 Futuramic at car shows but according to the BaT ad he's only owned the car for 18 months. The BaT ad also states the odometer was reset and the car's actual mileage is unknown. This 98 Deluxe 4-door sedan was the most popular Olds model produced in 1949 with a production of 49,001 so it's not really a rare vehicle. It does look like a fairly nice car but being a 4-door sedan maybe it's just not collectible enough.

This is excellent advice. Never attempt to start & run a car on old gas.