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  1. 32 minutes ago, DE SOTO said:

    If someone bought it all or even most of it, they would get an even better price !!

     

    I only bought it for the Wire Wheels & I hate junking any early parts ... but the clock is ticking & China is getting closer & closer ....

    If I wasn't going to be moving in a few months I would grab them just to hang onto them in case someone needs them down the road.

    Would be a shame to send that stuff to the scrap yard.

  2. I have always liked the Chevy Rally wheel because, to me, it is one of the best looking factory wheels produced during that time.

    Not that they belong on absolutely everything but I can see why so many people put them on just about anything that rolls.

     

    I would stay with the Rally wheels but maybe do a thin white wall this time around.

    Not that the redlines don't look good, the thin whites would just be more correct, if you care about such things.

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  3. I know prewar cars tend to be a tight fit in the driver's seat.

    I'm not a very big guy and it is a tight fit in the driver's compartment of my Pierce.

    Driving it for more than an hour means I need to get out and stretch and walk around a little so I can get the kinks out.

  4. Very nice and rare Cougar.

     

    One of the only regrets I have is passing on purchasing a '70 Torino fastback with the Cobra Jet engine and shaker hood.

    This was in 1989 or so.

    A coworker at the time was selling it and he was the original owner.

    It was green with white vinyl front bench and an automatic.

    I didn't have the space and I didn't particularly like Fords but it sure would have been a nice car to flip being as he was going to sell it to me for around $2,500.

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  5. When it comes to finding competent people to do work on 70 year old parts, sometimes you have to do some traveling or ship the part.

     

    The water pump for my Rickenbacker went across the country twice before I found someone willing to tackle the job.

    Even very well known water pump outfits didn't want to touch it.

    With all of the shipping time and sitting at shops that ultimately tuned down the job, it took two years before it was done.

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