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Reading the responses, I sure was lucky to grow up around a Father and uncles that appreciated and owned prewar cars. Cars have always been in my blood, even if I did take a slightly different approach to the ones I like. My Dad never did care for convertibles whereas I love them.

Was that a Chevy item only or did GM use that radio across all lines?

Pontiac produced a car for Wonder Woman a year before she started.

If you post pictures of the body plate there are people here that can decode most if not all of it. https://www.tpocr.com/fordbp2.html

Need some information. Location, does it run, engine size, interior condition, special options?

The guy I knew, was a legend on the 356 Registry site. He specialized in doing perfect repairs in floor pans and rockers. Sadly, he passed way too soon. He always said he loved pissing off hard core Porsche 356 folks by telling them they were glorified Volkswagens. Hopefully you have your answer on that material. PS, in the future you may try letting everyone know that you have gone to all of the dedicated clubs and haven't found an answer so you're asking the AACA knowledge base.

It always amazes me that someone will begin the restoration of a car and not join a club dedicated to that particular model or marque. Club members would have all the answers for stuff like upholstery and parts needs. Good luck with your search but the first place I would start is a Porsche club. I know there are plenty of 356 experts out there. I used to know one of the best, he even had his own 356 dedicated shop, but passed about 10 years ago.

Back in the mid 80's my brother had a '67 Camaro Sport Coupe with the 327 / Powerglide that had a column shift with the bucket seats but no console. It went to the junkyard in the sky when his girlfriend parked it outside her parent's house and it was hit hard in the rear by a drunk driver. Bent the frame and rear axle real bad so it was totaled.

As for his influence with cars, the Rickenbacker I own was his but he was a die hard Ford guy. His first car was a 1953 Ford that was sold not long after he got married to buy a 1964 Malibu SS hardtop. He eventually ended up buying another '53 Ford and restored it, driving it all over the place. At one time he had 3 1964 Galaxies, the '53 Ford Customline and his Rickenbacker. I was never a big Ford fan and I attribute that to helping him wrench on all his Fords. Fords never seemed to make much sense to me the way they were engineered so I became a GM fan. Around 1963 my Dad and my uncles talked my Grandfather into buying the Pierce Arrow I now own. They all had antique cars and they wanted him to have one, too. I was lucky enough to grow up around prewar cars and learned a lot about them helping to keep them going and driving the heck out of them. My Dad was a teacher for most of his adult life. He never intended to be a teacher since he often skipped school and did not have very good grades, in general. Unlike most kids, when he skipped school he didn't go out causing trouble, he snuck into the public library and read books. He was a voracious reader until he last days. Then, in high school, he had a teacher that changed his direction and inspired him to be a better, more productive student. Dad had every intention of taking over the family farm and he was a horticulture major in college but my grandfather never wanted to hire any other workers and never wanted to invest in modernizing the way they were doing business. That led to the farm closing since it was no longer profitable to keep it running. After that, my Dad dropped out of college, got married and started working as a parts counter guy for mostly GM dealerships. He was working at a Chevy dealer when the Corvairs were new and even on his death bed he could still tell you the part number for a Corvair oil sending unit. He said they sold them like popcorn. He could also rattle off group numbers for various parts. He was never really happy being in the parts business so he decided to go back to college and get his teacher credential. After getting his degree he started teaching but continued in college and ended up with a masters in psychology and a masters in education. Dad was the guy everyone went to for advice, family and friends alike. He even did a short stint as a therapist but disliked it so he quickly went back to the classroom. Throughout his teaching career he taught mainly 4th through 6th grades as he felt that was the last chance to make a real difference in a child's life. He soon gained a reputation for being able to handle the 'difficult' kids, the kids that other teachers did not want in their classrooms. He was also a very strict teacher and gave lots of homework, which upset many parents along the way. Despite him being a very strict teacher, he always had former students come back to visit him. Telling him that junior high was much easier than his class and that they learned more in his class than they were learning in junior high or high school. He also had former students go back and visit as they went through college, marriage and having kids. He would often attend sporting events that his students participated in so me and my siblings got dragged to countless baseball, football and soccer games to watch his 'kids' play. Often we were the only ones there to see that kid play and cheer them on. When Dad passed there were dozens of former students at his funeral with ages ranging from their 30's to their teens. Dad was an amazing parent, confidant and friend. I miss him every day.

Neat little coupe. You should definitely join the Buick club, you'll get tons of help and info there.

Very sad to hear that his family has lost him and that the hobby has lost another valuable resource.

That is one of the lowest priced first gen T-Birds I have seen in a very long time. Definitely in decent driver quality.

The ad states the radio was removed to be restored and it has not be re-installed yet, hopefully the knobs are on the radio itself.

Domain registration is still active.

Seems to be a lot of money for a project that didn't even have the new top installed properly. Makes me wonder what else was done incorrectly with the car.

Nice looking little truck. Being an Opel of that era, I bet it can't get out of its own way, though. But, after owning and loving a 1972 Datsun 521 pickup that was completely gutless, I would drive the heck out of one of those little Opels.

I'm guessing the tax would have been outrageous for a Pierce Arrow Model 66, being as the engine was 825 CI.

That will be a very handsome car when it is all back together. I surely hope it will be saved.

What a great looking color combination!

Both of my prewar cars only have a single door lock, one is in the front passenger door handle and the other is just above the front passenger door handle on the door itself. All four doors can be locked from the inside by moving the door handle in the opposite direction needed to open the door.

Many DOTs use water filled barrels in front of gore point appurtenances to help reduce damage to the vehicle and the roadway.

Interesting car, but I'm not a fan of the proportions. Hood is way too long for the rest of the body. Rear passenger compartment doesn't look any larger than a standard sedan with the large cut out area on the rear door for the rear fender. My Pierce has a very small cut area on the rear door for the rear fender.

Being as both of my prewar cars have the same shift pattern, I don't have too much of an issue. I seem to be in a different frame of mind when driving those cars, I don't miss using a seat belt like I do when I'm in a modern car. So my tendency to want to shift a certain pattern changes, as well. It was that way when I used to operate big equipment, didn't have much of an issue moving from one shift pattern to the next. But, if your car has a backup light you could rig something off of the backup light switch to alert you when it is shifted into reverse.

I used to operate something like this, but it was a model 20 years or so older than this one. It required shifting using a brownie box. Miss a shift and you had to pull over and start over because the trans was so worn you could pop the shims out of the linkage if you tried to force a gear change. Also, the turntable brakes were bad and it would not hold the upper structure when on an incline so you had to constantly feather the turntable pedal to stay in one place while operating the bucket and arm.