auburnseeker

I'm with John in part on this. I have some "store items" these are the worst thing one can have. My original thought was a good way to move auction items that didn't seem to sell at auction. Well the problem is those items have been in that store for 10 years now. Since that time I have sold and moved both my house and my shop. I hate to say it, but I should terminate every store item and close my store. Every once in a while, someone will buy something from it. Maybe once every 2 months. Almost everything in it is a 10.00 item with the occasional pain in the butt to ship piece of trim at 20.00. I haven't had my hand on most of these items since I moved plus a relisting glitch that has let me relist items that sold (I know it exists because it has happened about 2-3 times a year just about every year since I started selling and research has shown the exact same listing sold to someone else months earlier ). Sometimes things do get lost or broke. If the seller refunds your money within a day of payment with an apology of why, I'm perfectly fine with that. It's happened to me as a buyer as well. It has never been something rare or valuable though. I've never left negative feedback for this, and fortunately I don't think anyone has for me. Think about the number of times even recently you went to a retailer that was suppose to have something in stock that they didn't. I've even checked online inventory before going to the dealer and they showed the same at the store scratching their head as to why the number was off. I would be sure to follow up on the negative feedback. I always do, especially if you have a legitimate reason why the sale couldn't be completed.

It is starting to get to be a bit trying as I'm listing 30 items a night to generate funds to pay money off and buy supplies for my shop, expecting them to sell in 7 days, then a couple days to ship, but some of the bulk buyers, snag those and they sit on the shelf for up to 30 days, so that's 37 days before they may get paid for. Hopefully the robbing Peter to pay Paul at the end of my project doesn't come back to bite me too hard. To add insult to injury, my computer died right at the end of the job and the batteries went with the bitter cold in my diesel. So an extra $1500 I wasn't planning in my budget which was already over. When it rains it pours, right?

We actually bottomed out at -21. Should mean 2 days records fell, but they are saying the low for today is -6. It was -21 at 2 AM I guess someone needs to go back to school to figure that one out.

It's -18 right now according to Accuweather which also has the projected low at -9. I find it interesting that they never change the projected low, even when the current temp is way above or below it. Should also set a record as the old one was -8 for what is now yesterday and -11 for today. They are saying it's going to get colder as well. -23. We seem to be running 30 + degrees colder than last year.

Geeze I just built the big barn. What are the dimensions again? LOL

That's a 46-48 Olds horn ring I believe they used for the steering wheel.

It all depends on what make and model boat it is. A utility is harder to sell than a runabout and a race type boat is like a Corvette. There are buyers, but they are getting few and far between and most want repliboats, because like cars, fewer people know how to keep them running with the original power plants. They also get used so little that if left in the water, usually have a dead battery or no fuel because it dried up. Many are merely beautiful to look at because they were freshly refurbished, but no one ever touched the engine which is a 70-80 year old flathead that needs atlas a valve job if not a full rebuild and has crappy compression so it won't run with the updraft carburetor because there isn't enough suction to pull the fuel up to the cylinders from the carburetor. No different than many of the pretty cars we see, except they are harder to work on, because the engine is usually stuffed down in a hole that requires a lot of agility to access. Gee you would think I actually worked on one at one time or another.

I wonder if Alsancle's boat started life to be as he mentioned then got sold before it was actually finished and the next buyer turned it into an outboard? Does it have 2 substantial stringers that could support an inboard? They would have been installed as the foundation so even if reworked into an outboard they would still be there. Even as an outboard I like it. How tender is the bottom?

It's getting to be the dead of winter and below zero in the Northern part of most of the country with daytime highs struggling to hit the single digits. I think this thread is just the right dose of medicine to help ease the blues. Besides they share a lot with cars especially woodies, they just don't have wheels. Just about everything else. I would welcome discussions on vintage planes as well to which I know very little. If you are a real gear head, you have oil in your veins. That same oil that flows through anything that floats flies or drives with the help of internal combustion. Those of us aforementioned like it all with atleast a passing interest.

Do you have any other pictures of the transom?

I think the biggest vintage outboard (pre WWII) I have is an 18HP Johnson. From what I see from here, that looks like an inboard. Is there a prop shaft or strut or spots where one was mounted? I have seen several this style and one were outboards. My guess is you would need atleast 35 HP just to move it at any speed besides trolling. and more like a minimum of 50 to actually look like a speed boat.

My tractor has chains on all 4. 3rd, year and I finally figured out the easy way to get them over the AG tires. The big marks are the tractor tires. Good thing for the chains, as right before this snow storm about 8 inches, We had 1/4 inch of ice after it rained at 22-28 degrees all day. I could even feel the tractor spinning once in a while, Mostly sliding sideways on it even with the chains. The smaller tracks were from the wife's truck. Being so Cold I parked, my diesel till it warms up a bit. I had to get her Christmas present out of my truck. A shiny new pair of 100 lb Propane cylinders. Her expression wasn't quite the same as a nice sparkly something in a little box. Last year it was a new set of snow tires. Boy do I know how to treat the women.

Out of curiosity does it have a powertrain in it? Good thing, I'm out of money. I would be just interested enough to get myself in trouble. Especially with the wife. How long is it? I'm guessing 18 foot? Looks like they used some very wide planks on those curves. Someone knew what they were doing when they made it.

I could probably put a hitch on the Hudson and tow it around with that. I'm pretty sure the 3.0 gearing wouldn't like my driveway though towing a boat up it.

You are going to laugh when I Tell you this, but the business I gave up on and sold my shop drifting into my first passion of old cars was a wooden boat restoration shop. My grandfather used to build and restore wooden boats. I spent many summers at his shop when I was young, sanding and varnishing not to mention making paddles and oars. I put a new transom on a 1937 Dodge Watercar in my driveway before I bought the shop. The owner's only complaint was I didn't refinish the whole boat because once he saw how nice the varnish work turned out, the rest didn't look nearly as good. I actually still have a Chrysler Crown 6 from the 50's in my father's garage and some other cool vintage boat trinkets I didn't liquidate yet. That thing that catbird posted looks like a boat that Buck Rogers had commissioned. It is cool, but I still like yours Alsancle. Don't get me to thinking. The last thing I need is a whole in the water to throw money in. They do have an antique boat rendezvous here every year and one year even had vintage Hydros Racing. One had an Allison in it, but it wasn't running right. A few had nailheads.

Ha Ha very funny. You and my wife think alike. LOL I'm starting to learn to not drag crap home I don't use and get rid of stuff I have that needs to be disposed of. I actually plan on selling that car trailer at some point once my floor is in. I never take my cars anywhere and 6G will go nicely toward wiring or insulating or? I will eventually end up with a dump trailer but I think that is the last piece of equipment I need besides maybe an inside small man scissor lift, but I won't buy one of those until I have my floor poured. There is always a 2nd floor loft option down atleast one wall. Thus the reason for a 16 foot finished ceiling height.

Price and location might get you a little more action. Looks to be some place in the south by the palm trees.

That's a 24 foot car trailer parked across the back and it's 8 foot from the side wall so I can open the gate door with it in the garage.

It's 60 by 72. I'm going to use board and batten. My wife stained all the siding last summer so it should have a finished look pretty quick when I can finally afford the windows so I can start siding it.

It's not about what you have now but what you might get in the future. I have overdone everything in my garage just in case. I really hate regrets. I did get some photos of the shop today before I plasticed up the other windows. I have door ways to work on next. I showed a few inside shots. It's half full already. Of course nothing is organized except the excavator. I have a pile siding all refinished inside, so that takes up quite a bit of space. I didn't get a dead on shoot from the door but you get an idea of space. No heat and the wind howls through it, but it's better than buried in the snow bank. The difference in Floor I think was 14000. for 4 inches of concrete or 20,000. for 6 inches. Yes that's a lot but then again in retrospect not that ridiculous for that size building. I figured the floor at 20 and I was right, but I was hoping that would include the insulation and tubing. Which it doesn't.

Send it our way. High today was 4 with an overnight low of -13. It wasn't too bad plasticing up the rest of the windows I the garage, but it was on the sunny side. A little breeze picked up so I'm glad I did the shady side yesterday. Photos were taken before that. It's suppose to be about -10 every night here for the next week. Some nights down to -15 with highs of single digits. Good thing the regular shop has heat.

As much as I hate the cold I don't think I want to relocate to CA. Lots of fire and brimstone there as of late.

I hadn't planned on any for a 2 post. I figured the extra reinforced floor for my 30,000 pound man lift and excavator would accommodate a 4 post OK, though I was thinking of one heavy enough to pickup my 7,500 lb truck. I don't know where I would want them at this point anyways, but probably out of the way if I do, as it never fails, get something on the lift and have to wait for parts. It's going to be atleast a year before I have to worry about that though.

You are right he probably won't be happy. You will get a negative and it will go away in 365 days. You will probably have a 99.9 percent rating then. It hurts the first time, but after that it gets a little easier as you realize some people will never be happy and you have no repercussion as a seller except to say with a smile thank you , may I have another. I have a guy that's 12 .00 purchase was just returned. When I wrote him and told him, he said oh, that was my old address, please ship it to this address. Umm there is a matter of 4.50 in postage I will have to eat for a 12.00 purchase? They come in 3's right? this would be 3. All well I was just getting ready to drop the 2 negative feedback I got last year and return my rating to 100 percent. They were in relation to feedback for an item the person never bought from me and when I questioned, they said, there was no problem with their purchase. They were happy with it.

It's suppose to be 7 above today with a -2 windchill so I will be out putting plastic up over my windows. (it's -13 right now) I did the shaded side yesterday, because there was blue sky, the sun never shown here on the garage because of a band of clouds on that side of the sky all day. It wasn't bad so I should be able to do the sunny side today. I have to save up for the windows, so I wanted to keep the weather out until I can afford them. They are going to be around 6,000. dollars. I just got a quote for the concrete floor at 6 inches thick with extra steel to support my equipment at 20G. I think the infloor will probably add another 10, or hopefully a little less to just get the insulation and tubes in. It's going to be a 200G building before I get it done. (don't tell the wife). I guess no Auburns in my future.