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Angelfish

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  1. It’s also the difference between feeling you’re nuts and feeling your nuts.
  2. I assume the selection of DSs is better on your side of the pond. Is it cost effective to ship them over? I don’t want you to go out of your way looking, but I would want a driver, not a show car, with the European headlights and air conditioning. I’m not buying one immediately (chasing down a Mercedes Benz 450SLC at the moment) but it is on my list.
  3. Alfas and Citroens are on my list too. My Dad had 2 DSs but sold them long before I had a drivers' license. I'd like to find a good driver.
  4. Get it running and take the lady for a day trip. I bet she’d be happy to have one more ride in the old Model A.
  5. I did find a snapshot of the Auburn. I know I took others but this is the only one that has turned up. This would have been taken in Montana in about 1992. Under the blue cover to the right you can see the rear fender of the 1913 Mercer Runabout.
  6. Thank you, I will do a little follow up. As far as I know his family sold off all or part of his collection starting in the late 1990s.
  7. Can a car get any more British than a TD? Maybe a Morgan. I’ll have one someday.
  8. I've got a Jaguar 3.4 litre 6 with a 4 speed that needs to go into something.
  9. https://www.bismanonline.com/baker_mt/1974_cadillac_asc_conversion_station_wagon_1_of_4 Baker Montana is about as close the middle of nowhere as it's possible to get. Funny what turns up. 1974 Cadillac ASC conversion station wagon. 1 of 4. This is the only 74 Cadillac wagon available to the public! 472 th400 96000 miles. New shocks all around. New wheels and tires. I do have the stock ones as well. Fresh tune up. With rebuilt carb. New alternator. Water pump and belts. Fresh front wheel bearing pack. And seals. New valve cover gaskets. New rear coil springs. Over all a nice cruising car. Needs a few minor things addressed yet. Like the AC. Clear clean MT title. Asking 25k or 23500 on stock wheels. Car was featured in Hemmings Magazine in 2011. I have the Magazine that will go with the car. Very rare car! Load the whole family and go cruising. Motivated seller!
  10. https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/d/los-angeles-1973-citroen-sm-sd-maserati/7720034271.html Classic European sports car Grand tourer Also available 1981 Lancia Beta Zagato coupe convertible targa, injected, manual $5900 This Citroen was Motortrend Car of the Year Maserati Merak V6 3.0 3000cc engine motor manual five 5 speed Mostly complete Needs work, has rust on left rocker panel etc.. pictures tell the tale... Also trade for equal or higher value Sold as is, priced accordingly Parts are available on the web, can help locate them if needed Great for restomod electric conversion
  11. I was about 5 years and my Dad made me a shirt, a bright red t-shirt that I wore until it was falling apart. Down the front he had stenciled the words Unsafe at Any Speed.
  12. $500 is more a suggested price. Penalties are applied, somewhat arbitrarily, if they suspect your car exceeded that amount.
  13. "If you don't keep it in a heated garage, you don't deserve to own one." Ettore Bugatti
  14. “Value for money,” and “Hawaii” do not belong in the same sentence. Everything is ludicrously expensive. Streets are overrun with rental Hyundai Elantras, locals were fed up with tourists 50 years ago and their attitude hasn’t improved, traffic is worse than wherever you’re from. Sacred sites, while stunningly beautiful, are crawling with YouTubers looking for a photo shoot. A Las Vegas casino is more relaxing. But look at Kauai. No buildings taller than a palm tree. Grand Canyon of the Pacific. The west shore is a military base but can be accessed if you hunt around and purchase a pass, miles of beach and no tourists. The lighthouses are worthwhile. Pearl Harbor is absolutely worth the trip. Still has the bullet holes in the hanger windows. No bags, no purse for the lady. If she does bring a purse, they will charge you something like $15 to store it in a locker while you're on site. There are some very nice islands in the Caribbean with fewer people and better food. Although cruise ships are doing their best to destroy those as well.
  15. You may find that this is a site that likes original cars. That's not to say that you won't find people willing to help, but you will also find people, like me, who cannot understand destroying a very nice original car. The HAMB might be more helpful. But turning a nice old car into a street rod is the same as graffiting a Charlie Russell painting.
  16. I keep coming back to a Mercedes Benz 450SLC. Classy and tough, great fun to drive..
  17. Thank you. I would not specifically choose the MK VII, especially if there was a comparable MK IX available, and I'd take a MK I or II over any of the big ones. This one just happened to present itself. The condition, if a little on the low end, is about what I'm looking for. Good enough to run, bad enough that you're not destroying a nice car. I tend to feel bad for neglected machines and when I see one like this I want to give it a second life. If I don't, who else will? For a rally car, the big Jaguar really is not a good choice. Lots of style but lots of trouble. It's like the hot / crazy matrix.
  18. Not much information but there are some pictures. https://pueblo.craigslist.org/cto/d/pueblo-1955-citroen-11-normale-traction/7708397818.html Sedan Front wheel drive , 4 cylinder engine odometer 35436
  19. https://billings.craigslist.org/cto/d/custer-gremlin/7711273939.html Gremlin X, 1974, original straight six, will turn over. four speed on the floor, counting reverse. Interior dash doors have been left on molested any bond on the car. you can see from the picture there is no body rust that I’m aware of anywhere, floorboards, trunk, everything is super solid. Never has been in a wreck, straight frame. Awesome car for the for its age. $2500.
  20. Is VIIM what you meant? This car has the split windshield of the MK VII so as far as I know it would predate the disc brakes. It says 1951 on the title (so I'm told) so that's what we're going with. I have a soft spot for the ugly ducklings.
  21. No. But I have been following the hero-era rallies for some time. My son and I are in the first stages of looking for a suitable car. This is a multiyear project that will take some doing to put together. It's a fine line between something interesting (the above Jaguar), or a car that would actually be reasonably practical for the rally. One of the rallies featured a mid-sixties Chevy Nova. Comfortable, reliable, easy to fix, and as interesting as a refrigerator. We're currently half way through a frame off restoration of a 1957 Buick. We're discussing using that. I asked if he would rather inherit a pristine garage queen or bumped and bruised with great stories. He said he'd take the bruises and stories. But that first bruise is going to hurt.
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