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On 2/18/2022 at 10:08 PM, Mark Huston said:
Past experience witnessing how antique cars in a dealership showroom are treated by the public.
My 15 dodge was owned by a dealership from 1937-1967 and has been hit or hit something with every side and corner. It seems like everyone that wanted to try to drive it got a chance… I hope they kept it away from the lot in the foreword look years!
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That video or one like it comes up quite often. Although real and neat as hell, the cost of the laser greatly exceeds the value of most cars you want help removing rust from. Last number I saw was 53k for one a little smaller than you would want for heavy work.
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1 minute ago, Matt Harwood said:
Two tone fail.
You beat me to it but you needed quoted just so everyone can read it twice.
Good or bad paint quality, it needs painted.
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I am going to give a wild guess for the sake of wild guesses, because I have no knowledge and limited interest in a car like this… but beer at Hershey was mentioned and that interest me: 4.75 million.
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2 hours ago, Matt Harwood said:
As a guy that makes a living with 18v Milwaukee tools in my hands, I will say that those stupid drills are by far the weakest thing in the lineup. I use a drill the least and replace them the most. While they work they do have more guts than most corded hammer drills though.
Also, for Mike, even if building your own box to blast in you will want the TP vacuum and dust collection. The difference is amazing and allows us to sandblast frequently right next to restored cars. By the time you buy that and a few other pieces… you are likely pretty close to getting a full system.
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Phil is such an interesting guy. I throughly enjoyed a day with he and his wife many years ago. I do hope for the best for him.
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They are actually a very fun little car to putter around in. Enjoy the new toy!
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27 minutes ago, zepher said:
That Dodge Brothers has not moved in a very, very long time.
Actually, I recently got it as a complete car but the body was so rusted that no tools were required to remove the front seat, only a couple bolts to get the rear tub off (the bottom of the rear tub is somewhat still on the frame in my garage) and then a half dozen bolts between front fenders and cowl. I carried the five pieces over and placed them around the tree by myself as not a one of them exceeds 100lbs. I would have loved to have saved the car, but many others will benefit from it coming apart, and a very nice 15 dodge can be bought for a lot less money than it would take to make this one a car again.
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Mother Nature gave my yard art an assist this week. 1915 Dodge Brothers.
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1 hour ago, 1937hd45 said:
Someone has to loose money at a no reserve auction, that seller in never interviewed.
One of the shows did show this once: a very upset seller because his no reserve car brought way under his expectations… for drama sake they even had a bidder upset at the auction company ignoring his bid on the same car. I want to say it was even at BJ. -
6 hours ago, TAKerry said:
Do you have any idea WHY it was painted that way? I would think someone had a special purpose for it, business colours, etc.
It does look like what has been done was done very well, which is the shame of it.
Not sure how they even got the couch in there??
I thought maybe one of the colours could be salvage but the only thing I would use would be the top and the belt trim. That leaves about 89.9% of the rest of the car that needs corrected.
I didn’t get any specifics or speak to anyone about it, aside from perhaps some trash talk with others in the vicinity… but I sure do remember that I saw it. -
I did about 600 highway miles behind the wheel of a Pierce 12 several years ago and would not have minded driving through the night and doubling that number… but then again, I wasn’t paying for the gas.
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This car lives about three hours from me and I have seen it with my own eyes. The pictures do not do the car any justice, it is way worse in person.
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52 minutes ago, Bloo said:
Might take a bit to get that unstuck. What is it?
1915 Dodge Brothers. The body is far too rough to save, but will make decent yard art for a while as I scavenge remaining little bits off of it. It is in three easy to carry sections right now.
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I am so happy with myself right now.
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4 hours ago, J.H.Boland said:
You've got high ceilings !
Just shy of twelve and a half feet. The Maxwell is on a four post lift so I suppose in the current configuration I could get a fourth car in this two car garage!
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@J.H.Boland Please don’t show me pictures like that, my garage is too full to take on the project!
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1 hour ago, J.H.Boland said:
Only once did I try for 40 MPH ! It felt like the top and windshield were going to part company with the car at any minute. If it weren't for the fact that I had the engine balanced, I think the whole thing might have shaken apart. It's comfortable at about 25-28 MPH.
I rather thought that might be the case. The incredibly light chassis always made me think about a 490 based speedster but the 1/4 elliptical springs on each corner don’t look like enough! -
I have always wondered what an early 490 would be like on the road. The first HCCA eligible car my father had was a 1915 Chevrolet Baby Grand, which by appearances is a very similar car but in reality is a lot more car (a lot more suspension anyways!). The Baby Grand was a wonderful car with ample power and gentle handling. I have been curious if the cheaper car would feel like a cheaper car from behind the wheel or if it would behave well at speed. By speed, I am talking about something near 40mph.
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1 hour ago, Machinist_Bill said:
If you loan your car to a director, hope it's a movie worth watching, wait 76 years for the value to increase, you will be how old?????
About the age of most of the guys here now!
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A half a million. I have seen 475,000 and 522,000 so I assume the second number is after the juice from the auction company.
I need to loan my car to a director.
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6 minutes ago, JV Puleo said:
Which shows how disconnected I am from the world of (to use an oxymoron) pop culture. I wouldn't pay an extra dime for a movie car regardless of who once sat in it. I do have a question about the McFarlan. I've never seen one much less taken one apart. Was it any good? I know other expensive cars were extremely well made. I've worked on numerous Silver Ghosts and PIs and I'll take Ed's word that the top end Pierce Arrows are in the same category. I'd say the same about the FRP/Porter we've discussed simply because the original designer was so well known and respected. I'm sure Locomobile fits this description as well, at least through the early to mid-20s. What I am certain of is that none of the movie star type buyers of the McFarlan were impressed by much more than the price. A lot of people presume that more expensive means better...but that is often not the case.
until very recently a good friend of mine had a McFarlan touring car, it was an absolute muscle car for its era and a couple eras after it.-
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1 hour ago, 1912Staver said:
A McFarlan for 17K ? That seems very low, even if the body is of questionable originality.
I think the odd body made the car bring less than the chassis was worth. The flippers were asleep on that one.-
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3 hours ago, Minibago said:
I stand corrected Mark, you are quite right, my belief was through experience with current cars on the road here in OZ, my 1917 has 25 inch wheels with steel felloes so I can only think that as these cars have been restored, steel rims from later cars (or perhaps other brands) have replaced the timber felloe originally fitted.
We do more here than just “roll down the road straight” so I guess I for one am damned. 😂😂😂
that looks like so much fun.
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A heated blanket does a good job in the absence of sun. Just make sure you buy the wife a new one before taking the old one to the garage.
As for how much sun it takes, a black tire will get fairly warm to the touch on a sunny 55 degree day.