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28 Lincoln?

Jay didn't exactly say it, but the inference was that the chassis they used originally carried that style body. Very well done. Nice job Randy!

I'm doing Ed a favor. This is getting picked up Thursday and I got it running so we don't have to push it on to the trailer.

yes.

Wonder if Walt ever rode in this?

This. BAT seems to be bringing out all the checkbooks lately. No reserve auctions really cause the money to fly.

I have a buddy with a Cal Tech engineering degree. Those guys are a riot because they think that you go to MIT if you can't get in to Cal Tech. They are serious.

The Citi Car just highlights why Elon Musk is such a genius. Build an electric car that doesn't make the driver look like an idiot or someone that got lost looking for the 18th hole. The Corvair is cool. This is from December 1966.

Good luck Steve. My only thought is that the engine looks great from that top view.

Both the yellow and blue look great without those tires.

No. Scam.

We don't give the coachbuilders of the era enough credit.

The reason you are getting the advice to "get the car running" is that most buyers will assume the worst with a non running car and offer accordingly. Cars that have not been run in 10 years typically need a LOT of mechanical sorting. Just to set your expectations, unless the 76 Eldo is a Bicentennial edition with 9k original miles and perfect, don't expect a lot of money. Nice shape and decent miles running 10k-20k. On the T-Bird, same thing. If the cars are not running, divide by 2.

Vintage child seat.

Btw, I'm not trying to disparage anyone. I know if I was restoring a car in the 70s I probably would have fallen in the same trap. 30 years ago my White Shelby would have been red if it wasn't for build sheet staring at me saying otherwise. I think the biggest sin with paint wasn't the color changes but the heavy use of metallic on cars that had flat paint. You should see the battles I've had with my dad over the last 20 years over paint colors. I love him, but you would think he owned the patent to metallic.

There are very few Duesenberg 3 window coupes. The only two I can think of is the red Judkins and the aluminum topped Murphy that sold for $10,000,000. I'll have to watch the video tonight but I'm sure Jay/Randy didn't destroy anything to make the coupe. It is not "real" but it is certainly cool and it will never be passed of as something it is not.

Agreed. That is pretty neat. Here is another one from a 59 Rolls Silver Cloud that was listed for sale on the forum here:

Wayne, it does look like that first picture shows the roof sagging around a roof bow?

The Buick guys are probably the most active "marque" specific posters on the forum. But since you had a Roadmaster you probably already know that. Cool car, resist the urge to take it apart the first day it is in your garage.

Ed, he posted under replicas.

I don't want to ruin Walt's thread, but you made my point. None of those cars look anything like the period picture.

It is. My point was you can't find that car anymore. It was restored out of existence in the 70s and 80s. I think I'm going to start a thread challenge for someone to find me a picture of basically the same car but taken now.

In the period picture thread I posted this color photo of an Olds taken in the 50s. My point was that if the car survived, it has been restored out of existence. Can someone find me a picture of a 1947ish Olds convertible that is not red? Doesn't have whitewalls, curb feelers, spot lights, etc? Is there a current day Olds restored to look like this picture? My joke was that the car most likely looks like this:

Attractive Model A in in not seen often white. Note the rear seat.

What is the fabrication (to some extent) rate on a brass car these days? 75% of all existing cars?