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Friend of mine, an antique car dealer, was approached by a fellow wanting to sell a mid 1950,s Cadillac. My friend bought the car. Some months later the seller regretted selling the car and asked about buying it back. My friend said "Sure, as long as you let me make a small profit" and the deal was consummated. The buyer proceeded to dismantle the car for "restoration" but lost interest after a few years and sold it to my friend a second time. He sent it to us for reassembly and paint. The car looked great. Now the seller saw it and fell in love again and bought the car back for substantially more than he originally sold it for. My friend bought the car twice and sold it twice, always to the same fellow.

Art is 93 or so and doing well. One of the real "characters" in our hobby.

Nah, 'twas a Dues. Art Brummer bought it. 1970 or so.

A Duesenberg Limo was "discovered" in a machine shop about 3 miles from our shop. Unfortunately I didn't have the $10 grand asking price.

Likely this weekend. New enclosed 28 ft trailer, experienced restorer.

Tough tough car to find parts for. Is The Handleman still around? Contact info?

Friend of mine found a 1919 International on the 4th floor of a toilet paper factory in Philadelphia many years ago. We found a '28 Model AA boarded up inside the screen of a local drive-in movie theatre.

Try Michelin for gray tires. We used them on a 1908 Pullman restoration we completed many years ago.

Pics of irons installed in car would likely suffice.

Pics of irons installed in car would suffice.

Please explain why it would cost $1 million to cosmetically restore this car.

Client of ours was one of "Nader's Raiders" after he graduated from law school. He was not impressed by Ralph.

Have seen no interest whatsoever, guess I'll burn it.

Call Ross Racing pistons. They have heled us out several times .

Thanks West. Looks like your basic 3 bow roadster top. Getting accurate measurements would be the hard part. We've made many roadster and phaeton tops in stainless but never one for a boat. Sounds fun.

I've told you all I know. The owner says Dietrich also designed tops for boats. West, did you ever actually speak with Mr Dietrich? Just curious. He passed in 1980.

Anyone familiar with these? We have been asked to fabricate a Dietrich style top for a 1930 Triple Cockpit boat.

Thanks but we found one and managed to get it hand carried to our client in Paris. Because these bulbs contain about 4 ounces of liquid mercury it is illegal to ship them via Fed Ex, UPS, USPS or other carriers without a major hastle . FYI our client paid $5500 for the one we found him.

If you can find old bows for patterns we can steam bend and shape new ones for you.

And No, I do not actually need the part in question. Sorry, fat fingers.

Assume I need a part, smaller than my hand, that goes on a car of which only one exists so there is no market for additional pieces. Also assume I have the original but it is not salvageable but is good for a pattern. The part is not critical to the operation of the vehicle so breakage is not a concern. What would be the total cost for a one off part in bronze? Surely someone can give a rough estimate for the cad cam part. And No, I do not need

My point is, at this stage of the game, while 3D printing is fascinating technology and is the wave of the future, in many instances there are less expensive ways to produce the part you need, be it sand casting or lost wax.

We have used Hildebrand for lost wax castings and have been very happy with their work.

Once again we can't get an accurate estimate for the cad file if we had to pay an outfit to produce it. No offense to Gary. What would a company that does cad files charge to make a file for an obscure part using an original for which no prints exist?

Very nice but what did the cad file cost? Noone ever seems to include that.