Harold

One other thing I do for Facebook Marketplace is to use the 'Buyer Info' button when someone inquires about an item. If their history looks shady they don't get a reply.

I've passed on a sale several times because the buyer didn't look right. I look for background info on a potential buyer before providing my name and address to receive a check or money order. I also check to see how long the buyer has been associated with the forum. If the potential buyer has been enrolled in the forum for a short time, it's a red flag for me.

Back around 1970 my cousin was selling new Dodges and was very proud to have the first Dodge Demon in Brooklyn as his demo. The car had a 'Duster' nameplate on its right front fender instead of the 'Demon' it should have had (came that way from the factory)!

Long gone

Thanks for the heads-up. Will edit the ad.

A factory parts manual would be a worthwhile purchase. You could use it to search by part number and broaden your search to other vehicles that use the part you need.

Ben, I'm unrealistically optimistic about selling off brochures and manuals. I realize it's an uphill battle with a narrow audience, but I keep trying. Harold

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Good used red glass taillight lens marked '301 or 302'. According to what I saw online, this should fit 1932 Ford cars, and 1928-1941 Ford trucks. The lens is about 3-1/2" in diameter. Check the photos to be sure this is what you're looking for (sorry for the glare...). $15.00 postpaid in the lower 48 States. Please add $1.00 to cover PayPal fee if needed.

Good used red glass taillight lens marked '301 or 302'. According to what I saw online, this should fit 1932 Ford cars, and 1928-1941 Ford trucks. The lens is about 3-1/2" in diameter. Check the photos to be sure this is what you're looking for. $15.00 postpaid in the lower 48 States. Please add $1.00 to cover PayPal fee if needed.

Here are 2 original Ford alternator training manuals for dealer technicians, one from 1962 and the other from 1967. These were provided to Ford dealer technicians so they could learn all about alternators and how they operate. The '62 manual is titled 'Alternator System Operation and Trouble Shooting', and the '67 manual is titled 'Alternators Principals of Operation'. The covers have some soilage but the inside pages are clean. The material is very well-presented and there are illustrations and diagrams to help you learn. If you want to know about alternators these handbooks will give you a solid knowledge base. $20.00 postpaid by Media Mail in the lower 48 States. Add $1.00 to cover PayPal if needed.

I've had a number of cars in the $0-->$100 price range. These are the ones that stand out in my memory: 1971 Ford Pinto A local gas station told the owner that the car needed both an engine and transmission. I bought it from him for $25.00, the same as a junk yard would pay. I found the culprit was a missing 3" piece of vacuum hose that connected the intake manifold to the transmission modulator. Replaced hose, drove for several years, sold for (I think) $675.00 1978 Toyota Corolla Free. Needed alternator. Replaced it then sold car for a modest profit. 1968 Pontiac Catalina convertible with factory red paint. Got it at a Federal sealed bid sale for $41.50, beating the second highest bidder by 54 cents. Sold it to a guy who swore he was going to restore it. I later found it stripped and abandoned in a vacant lot. Sad. 1951-1952 Plymouth several cars over the years, varying conditions but all under $100.00 1976 Chevy Chevelle bought to flip for $50.00 1967 Olds Delmont 88 convertible My friend's uncle's car. Bought it for $25.00. The car needed left front hub/drum. Bought one at a junkyard, installed in his driveway, drove home. I bumped into the buyer about 10 years after I sold it to him. He fully restored the car, dismantled and stored a parts car for it, and moved from Staten Island, NY to Florida, then north again to New Jersey. He told his wife that if he had to choose between keeping her or the Olds, he'd keep the car because it was around longer!

I've heard that the Powell Brothers built them in California.

I've been a lifelong fan of '51-'52 Plymouths and saw this car at Harrah's in 1982. I even took some photos of it at that time. As I recall, it went for about $6,500.00 when auctioned in 1984.

On Plymouths I've used a pump oiler with a long, skinny flex nozzle. I go in through the spark plug hole and aim the nozzle towards the driver's side of the engine to get the lubricant above the piston where it has to go.

My daughter moved to Chicago in 2016 and there was a nice '59 Ford parked curbside on her street. She left in 2020 and is back there visiting this weekend. The Ford is still living on her old block looking somewhat worse but not terrible. I wouldn't have subjected the car to all those Chicago winters.