auburnseeker

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.

Probably referring to the same book that every dealer uses when you trade your car in. It doesn't matter how special it is to you or those other one or two guys you are hoping still have a pulse. It's all just numbers. If auction results are what you want, run it on eBay. If those buyers are out there, they will bid and where the top 2 run it is what market is for that car on that day. Good luck. I know a guy that buys original low mileage cars like this, but I would bet he is going to want a number up front before he pursues it any further, and yes he has bought cars much older with similar or less mileage that were also very desirable models with the right options for his museum. Often paying much more than I would have thought they were worth.

Since it's a pole barn you can side it any way you want, but by the time you take away the metal, you don't really have a Typical Morton type building and the price goes up because you would need to sheath the whole thing. That's why I went stick built. I wanted wood siding and a shingled roof so the whole thing needs to be sheathed. That and I didn't want any poles in the ground and planned to heat it, all led me away from the Morton or similar style building. I think I have around 100G in my shell with frost walls stick built, shingled roof and all the board and batten siding purchased and stained. No windows doors or floor. That's 60 by 72 foot though clear span with a 16 foot finished ceiling height. I'll try top get a current photo tomorrow. Though the roof got covered with snow as soon as they finished putting it on. Atlas I have all the labor costs to this point and can do most the rest of the labor myself as time and money permit.

There was a convertible for sale within the last month in CT that was as nice. Had even won some concourse trophies recently I believe. I think that was priced under 50. Somewhere in the 45 range. I did some head scratching as it was close enough and very attractive but just couldn't come up with the green to purchase it. With similar choices on the market, other cars can be harder sales. I agree on a sedan that the 25G range seems right. If you really want top dollar for low mileage, you will have to auction it and hope. (of course if it's an auction house you need to figure in the fees and transportation costs. That's the only way guys seem to roll the bank for originality.

You will want to list which cable you are looking for. Choke, Throttle, Overdrive, brake.

Ebay did kill the small swap meets. Used to be every car show had a few parts vendors and many had 50 - 100. Most of those shows, still put on today, have one guy selling die cast and another selling t Shirts, maybe another with something for the ladies and that's pretty much it. On the other hand, it has probably also increased sales for many at the larger meets. I go to Hershey every year to buy for my business and hopefully find a trinket for my own cars. I must say. 2 years at Hershey and not a single part that was worth buying for my 47 Hudson Pickup. I usually dump 2 - 3,000 on random parts and literature to resell. In many cases, probably stuff the vendor would have carried home. Matt; I did notice your purchase, but having my laptop hard drive go out, I was running on limp mode with my wife's and unable to send my customary email that I received your payment and your item was shipping out that day. I couldn't even reply to emails, which was pretty painful. Fortunately I got my new machine, so I'm back up and running at full capacity. Thanks for the purchase by the way.

Most bidders want there items. I know I would. After a few weeks any normal person would want to wrap things up. Then again, maybe that's just me. I paid the guy the labor on my garage weekly at my request and took 2 weeks to pay the final week because I was short, but made it clear he would be paid up. When someone is extending you a benefit as I was being extended a deal on my garage I made sure to get things taken care of. Much like in this guys case. I will block him from future auctions, to avoid the hassle. When the guy building my garage finished it and the roofer came in, we had trouble with my lift on the last day. I called the guy back up and asked him if the guy that ran my lift could come up for a few minutes and take a look at it because it wasn't working right, he sent him right up. I when making the final payment, made sure I added 1 hours extra labor in to cover that. I guess that's just the way I was brought up. As I posted the auction clearly states that after 30 days the items may be relisted. Ebay will only let you run a 30 day tab anyway so there is actually no way to invoice on items through eBay that are over 30 days.

Here is my customers response this morning. I refer you to my email/message dated 9th November 2017 and your subsequent reply [same day] in which you consented to combining my items for postage purposes. Unfortunately I was not successful in winning any items after that date even though I participated in several of your sales until I [re won] the wiper tower. I did what I was granted by you to do. There was nothing in your message to make me aware of your 30 day time requirement even for combined postage. I guess he never read the part clearly marked at the bottom of the auction that says "***Payment is expected in a reasonable amount of time. Any items not paid for within 30 days of the auctions end, will be relisted and you will be SOL. ***** I guess reading and comprehending isn't a lot of peoples strong points. Whenever I have a question about a listing I always search the text to see if it's already answered. Nothing more annoying that having to answer questions like how big is the item when the size is clearly posted in the description. or this only fits this model then someone asks if it will fit something totally unrelated.

Sometimes you just scratch your head and wonder what buyer's expect. I let customers run tabs to build piles of parts or literature to save them money on shipping. This is often quite significant especially on large lots of literature which can be shipped Media mail or orders going over seas. Most customers are good and many international buyer's are the best I have had, buying several orders. I specify in all my listings that I will do this as a service for you, but payment needs to be made in under 30 days. (that's more than reasonable and very generous when compared to most sellers policies. ) Today I had 2 that made me want to just switch to immediate payment and be done with it. The first a buyer took the full 30 days and bought 52 brochures. I've never had an order that big before, though 20-30 is not uncommon. After much messing around, I invoiced him but part of the order was missing from the invoice according to him. After more research I finally figured out eBay limits invoices to 40 items. I think it took over an hour just to pull the order. Many of these were 2.99 sales so I'm not talking much of a sale here for the effort, especially figuring I had to buy all of these in the first place then pay all the fees. I eventually got it all figured out invoiced as 2 separate orders in separate boxes because I wasn't going to tear that first package all apart to save the guy 6.00 in shipping on 52 items. I think the total shipping on the 2 is still around 15.00. He was good about it though and has bought a bit from me in the past so I'll let it slide and chalk it up as a learning experience. The second was an international buyer that won 2 items 6 weeks ago. After 30 days and no word, I just relisted the better of the 2 items which only sold for 20.oo the first time anyways just so I could get the inventory moved out off my shelf. Wouldn't you know that same bidder bid on it again and won, now he contacts me and wants a total for the 3 items. I told him, my policy clearly stated in the listings is "***Payment is expected in a reasonable amount of time. Any items not paid for within 30 days of the auctions end, will be relisted and you will be SOL. ***** He's mad at me for relisting the item on him. I wouldn't be surprised if he nails me with a negative, but at this point I could care less. He also wants to buy the item at the lower price it sold for and was never paid for 6 weeks ago. I told him I would let him have it for the lesser, though it means I actually sell it for half of what it's worth and actually at or below what I paid for it, before I figure in the fees and 15 percent eBay charge on the international shipping which will again be more than the 20.00 sale price. I think I've been more than fair. What more would you expect as a buyer? Thankfully most customers are good, just the occasional one that get's your blood pressure up. The taste of the bad transactions, though not many, make it easier to walk away from parts lots to purchase and even easier to clean the shop out into a dumpster when the time comes. Most of this stuff is really just junk to 99.9% of the population until it's properly marketed identified and prepared so they can buy the one or two pieces they want and not have to deal with all the crap left over.

I've used eastwards cast iron gray on mine and it holds up fine with silicone fluid and looks right to me as I believe most were cast iron and not painted from the factory. One thing that bothers me is all the people who take the time to do a frame off restoration to what looks like a very nice quality then use unfinished iron parts that rust almost right away, especially in the suspension. Tie rods and ends etc. Why wouldn't you spray them with a cast gray steel finish. Nothing worse than looking under a car that looks really nice and seeing all the surface/ flash rust starting on all the parts. All it takes is one rain storm if you have it out to start the process, even if you normally keep it in a climate controlled facility.

I'm usually pretty good as well at figuring out what stuff fits and could have sworn I looked at 59 Pontiac License plate pockets , but with the plate on it looks like that recess is just staged in the bumper and not actual separate pieces.

I wanted to follow up on this incase someone finds it in a search some day. The Mystery has been solved. I ran them through eBay and a member contacted me to tell me they fit 1959 Pontiac Rear License plate pocket end cap moldings.

That chevy pickup is an easy sell especially if he really needs to sell it. Even at $500 that's a lot better than scrap. You might get more out of it. That would be one down.