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    No, you should not cut into the crossmember. Instead get a stock type radiator that will fit rather than that Aluminum thing. Or have your old radiator recored.
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    That is just the thing for the center of my living room!
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    Wow, a 57 T-bird at beater price. I'd love driving it just like a beater!
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    I am heading down the same road....
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    Very nice original!
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    The rust free part is really important with these cars. Another very poor sales effort, wash the dust off and take more than four pictures.
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    Your displays are fabulous. I had such ideas at one time but most of my emblems are still loose and hidden! I started a list years ago but it is so far out of date I will have to start from scratch...
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    Sounds like a cool car, please repost your picture in a larger format.
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    Many of these auctions end tomorrow night, thanks for looking.
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    That is a really rare car, if it's not too rusty it's worth some time and paint.
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    Thanks for mentioning the American Auto Emblems site, I use it constantly for identification and verification of emblems that I buy and sell. I did not know it was british based which makes it all the more impressive. They are constantly updating and expanding the information listed unlike some past efforts that just died on the vine. This is the model that I would love to see used for threaded hubcaps (Per Hubcap Collector's previous thread), and also for auto data plates. One of the biggest potential projects for me is cataloging and identifying all the stuff in my personal collection, I'll post some more pictures later.
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    Looks like a good deal but you need more than 4 pictures.
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    I LOVE this car! Says 389 but has 421 badges. Many years ago a guy I worked with who drove a VW bug traded it for one of these, same color, with a 421 tri-power. Coolest cruiser ever, but between the engine and transmission he lost about 3 quarts of oil daily. Look at all the Craigslist pics plus video, this is how you advertise a car for sale.
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    Nice job! What did you do under the hood, I did think the nailhead with Webers was imaginative...
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    The Premier Motor Company built cars in Indianapolis from 1903 to 1926 under many corporate organizations, they were always considered a high quality product. I was fortunate recently to find a Premier enamel emblem for cars built from 1915-23. I almost didn't buy it because I already had one but I went ahead because it was in better shape. When I got it I compared it to the one I had and it was smaller, 2 1/8" diameter versus 2 3/8". Around the same time I saw photos of a Premiere threaded hubcap with an enamel emblem - turns out the smaller one I bought was from a hubcap. The size of the actual logo on both emblems is the same but the radiator emblem is larger due to a finished bevel edge. We keep learning every day. Also pictured is a data plate from the same company.
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    Hang on to that one it is a rare bird.
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    1920s aftermarket replacement for a Pontiac. An original third row from the top in the photo.
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    Buy two modules and keep the spare in your glovebox.
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    I have a number of automobilia items for sale on Ebay right now and have posted a description and photos on the Parts for Sale forum:
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    I'm not an expert but "West Seattle" would indicate right on the seacoast. Salt water and sea air can rust a car from the inside out just like salted streets in the midwest unless the car is protected. I bought an Ebay car from there and it was one of the most rusted cars I ever owned.
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    Happy New Year! Thank you to all who viewed and purchased our humble Automobilia items in 2023. Here is our current batch of Ebay parts auctions, these are available right now and many will end on Friday, January 26. These include Prewar enamel radiator and other emblems, threaded hubcaps, very rare 1929-30 Peerless, 1924-30 Auburn radiator emblems and a 1941-42 Buick Limited rear door emblem, a Durant branded Deluxe Boyce Motometer, a very nice nickel brass dogbone radiator cap and other Automobilia. Makes included are AAA, Auburn, Boyce, Buick, Cadillac, Chandler 8, Chrysler Imperial, DeSoto, Dodge Brothers, Durant, Essex, Ford, Graham, Graham - Paige, Hupmobile, Mercedes Benz, Nash, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Overland, Packard, Peerless, PMF, Saxon, and Star. Please take a look: https://www.ebay.com/sch/rusty_packard/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
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    I love the bullet birds although I prefer the 61-62 style. Seems like a very good deal but there is no mention of how the car runs and drives. With a west Seattle location the underside of that unit body needs a good look.
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    A bucket is too small...
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    My Dad definitely influenced me to be interested in cars in general and in working on cars. He was born in 1915 and directly experienced most of the prewar car period, starting to drive in late 20s and learned to keep cars running on the cheap during the depression. Later, when I was growing up I watched him work on older cars and just assumed that was what everyone did. He never had the time or the money to collect or restore cars but he would take me to car shows and drool over mid 30s Packards. I dived into working on and flipping cars at age 16 and never looked back, he thought I was a little nuts to spend so much time and money.
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    Thanks, a lot of my old cars badly need some repairs!
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