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The going rate for 500k/540k cars the late 50s - early 60s was anywhere between 2k-7k. The high number being a nice special roadster with the low number being for cars that needed work. Perhaps a few went for less but most prices I have seen were in that range.

You probably know this but the 32 Cycle fender cars are very rare and expensive. The only public sale in recent history of one of these coupes (there are only few known) was 75k.

Looks like it is worth 14k

+1 on the hell no!

The general rule has always been that mechanical work is preferable to cosmetic. But your point is well taken. A full rebuild on a straight 8 Auburn will run you north of 10k these days. The more exotic stuff climbs fast. 20k or more for a Stutz, V12 Packard is 30k plus., etc.

There is a 31 8 cylinder Hupp on eBay now that looks very interesting.

I believe the litigation is on going.

Wow that is ugly.

Ok, I remember now. I saw that picture and started laughing and purged it from my brain.

Can you clearly get in front of it? That will definitely make it much easier. I was going to suggest the slide idea but I see you are arrived at the same conclusion.

West, do you have a picture of this "600k" you could link to or post?

I sat in a trophy line one year next to Chris Charlton driving the Blue Goose. My only issue is the bullet proof windows seem higher than standard and give it a bit of the Rollson high hat look.

The 500k Cab C with English Body looks to be the one that came from the Rolf Meyer collection. The 540k with the 500k Cab A body was for sale 10 years ago.

This.

Honestly. yes. That car could be free and you would be under the ocean the day he signed the title over to you. If you want a 4 door, find the best one in the world and pay the 5k.

It looks great with the blackwalls and poverty caps on it. Nice patina too.

Steve, there is a whole thread in the Packard forum on the tach as my dad has one in his Darrin and we have another sitting on the shelf. I posted pictures of the mechanical drive coming out of the generator. I think it is harder to find the generator drive than to find a tach.

There are other forums that limit post responses to the for sale forums, but they also have super strict posting rules for the ad. Since I have been looking at 49-51 Mopar business coupes for the last year I can tell you that a really really nice, drive on the AACA show field 3 window of the same variety advertised on this thread would only bring a bit more. You can't give away the 4 doors, and the 2 doors can bring anywhere from nothing to 5k depending on condition. A convertible may bring as much as 20k if it is really really nice.

The ones I have seen in cars are dead ringers for the clock only they are tachs.

Wes, are you saying if was a dealer installed option? I have seen 3 installed in cars and another 2 sitting on shelves. Would the dealer only install in a demonstrator? This could be true as they are rare as hens teeth.

You keep picking niche cars to make your point. The wildfire is neat, but basically a kit car which trades in a small small market. I like Kaisers, but they also trade in a small market. Prices across the board (with the exception of the 1/10 of 1 percent stuff) pulled back in the last 5 years but I wouldn't call the market soft, unless I was trying to sell a 4 door Kaiser or a kit car.

I don't smoke, never have, but smoke nazis annoy me. The same thing is going on with this discussion. I always wear a seat belt unless I'm putting around the back-roads in a car that was not designed to have them. I'm looking for a project to do with my son. If it is in the 40s and 50s I'll put lap belts in for him, and in some crash situations they will probably help. But the attitude that a Duesenberg must have belts or the owner is negligent is just really really annoying.

I don't believe a tach was offered until 1938.

Nobody is arguing that belts in a modern car designed by real engineers will improve your survival probability. What I find funny is the certainty that belts installed in a car not designed for them by somebody who is not an engineer is absolutely a no brainer. Sometimes simply feeling safer is enough but they doesn't mean you are actually safer.

This is the smartest post in this thread. That real probability that a backyard installation of belts into a wood framed prewar car will help vs. hurt is completely unknown. They could very well cause more harm then good in many collisions. Also, when some jackass on his phone in a modern car barrels into some poor guy in his Model T you get people whose first response is "Was the guy in the Model T wearing a belt?" it drives me crazy.