Xander Wildeisen

With doors off, front end removed. There is no way the body can be removed in one piece, it would just fall apart. The whole front cowl is the same on the convertibles and the coupes/sedans/trucks, there is no extra braces, or heavier front door jams. All that is needed off of the front half of the car is the windshield frame, and usable bolt on parts. Not wanting to lay on the interior floor to strip the dash of parts. It was easier to cut the cowl in half, and set it aside for now. Remove lower part and front floors, set them in the scrap pile. Upper part of the cowl can be moved around by myself set on the firewall, and bolt on parts removed. This is where the wife (ex) walks in, and really questions what you have bought.

Here you can see how the convertible front bow/header sat on the windshield frame. The convertible top frame took a hit at some point. When looking at a few 46-47 Hudson convertibles with the top up. It looks like they are missing the metal piece in the center, on top of the wooden bow. It would support the top material in the center. You can see on some of them the convertible top material sagging as it comes over the front bow in the middle. Top fits good now, wooden bow has seen better days.

Why would a Delorean be in high demand? Have prices of original ones hit Hemi Cuda values? I just do not follow their values.

Is a Delorean in high demand?

I had a white one just like it. Fun to drive, float down the road.

I had a 28 Hudson RS coupe, that had those same bumpers on it. An original car, was told they were shipped with out bumpers? And the dealer installed the bumpers. Car was sold to the Elingsberge Museum? Not sure I spelled that name right. Anybody know if the car is still there. Mark was the guys name.

Mother nature in the Pacific Northwest can be hard on cars. This area might even have the market cornered for moss growing on cars. The convertible was owned by a guys family going back into the late 50's early 60's? Was stored in a building that the roof leaked for years. Stuff was stacked around the car. Roof of building must have come down on the car. I had to straighten one of the back curved pieces on the top above the rear quarter window. You can see it was lifting the convertible wooden header off of the windshield frame, on the passenger side. Guessing that is what broke the front bow. Easy fix, did not damage the window. Owner of the car was getting hit by the city. Neighbor, who could not see the cars, turned him in. City came out and put 76 tow tags on his cars, on his property. Had to have them inside buildings, or they would be towed. When I took this picture, he was moving some cars into a building, this was one of them. Car is nice now, a coupe just had to give it's life, to save another. The automotive organ donor. I do not think very many people would have taken on the car. The conversion is easy, but you need a solid coupe. Took it to a two day show. First day in the truck, people talked to me. Second day in the convertible, people stayed away from me. No pretty smiles from the girls on day two.

Help me on this one. The Pierce Arrow had the same body? But was a longer wheelbase? I was looking and thinking pretty hard years ago at a Pierce Arrow in this body style. Was a good looking car. Had a few beers, and came to my senses.

As the convertible comes apart, chunks are just taken to the scrap yard. Looking at the bottom of the hood, it was like looking up at the stars. You could grab the grill and just pull/twist it off the car. Whole front end was stripped of stainless trim and scrapped. Doors bottoms were gone, and inner structure behind door panels was rusted out about 14 inches up the doors. Doors are set aside, the top part of the doors, latches and window assemblies will be removed. You can start to see what would be involved in replacing rusted areas on this car. The entire floor, front to back would need to be replaced. All of the bolt on sheet metal was scrapped, except for the rear fenders. Some how those are not in bad shape, still have them. What is left of any insulation/carpet is just covering rotten floors. You can see the rear door pillar, and how it bolts to the floor/frame. And you can see how the flare on the outside of the body spot welds to this. This is a power top car, I have all of the power top parts. Rear bottom seat frame was just thrown out it was toast. Back seat frame was used as a pattern, and a new one was made from a seat frame out of the coupe, same with the bottom seat frame. With out all of these parts from coupes and sedans, this convertible would be the biggest money pit a person could ever get involved with. So many things on Hudson's are the same, or slightly different. Only did this because of the extra parts, and a long history with these two cars. Any parts badly rusted could be used as a pattern to modify a part from a coupe or sedan. The convertible body, and the coupe body are the same. You will see it in coming pictures. I could not guess how much a customer would be into this car. Paying to have all of the repairs done, and replacing all of the parts on this car? Do not take on a project like this unless you have a parts car, or you are building a full blown custom. Where you would be removing the entire floors, and cutting away the rear wheel wells for larger tires/suspensions. A lot of parts for these cars are getting hard to find.

Here is another one. https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/d/sandy-1967-azam-citron-2cv/7260682917.html

When you translate 88, from French into English. The translation is 66.🤔

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The motor is a big chunk of the value. A few pictures showing the complete engine bay would help. Great car, one sat in a field in Boise for years. Had old racing stickers on the windows. Was told the motor was in a guys basement in Twin Falls. Then the car was gone. Maybe it was put back together?

Growth and development do not bother me. I was in construction for 15 years. I think it is neat seeing things built. That is why I loved doing the cars, could just go in the shop, turn on the radio and go to work. Have a beer at the end of the day. Spent a lot of time trying to find others trades that did quality work. Found people around my age, and we were building nice cars. Then it all went south. Not sure how your State treats home based businesses. Will have to move somewhere in the county, and work out of a small garage again. And try and build a customer base again. Very sad that none of them will stand up for me. Some of them carry a lot of weight in the Boise area. Does show where people really stand when the sh*t hits the fan. Here you can see the convertible starting to come apart. It was a roach.

Every year I had a party, and invited neighbors and customers. Would park their cars around the property. It was a lot of fun. It was done at a time when you would have to get ready to have stuff done for the coming show. People could go in the shop, had a keg of beer on tap. Everyone could see what was being worked on, have good food, beers and BS. The first three pictures are of the back yard. Everything you see in the background is part of the conspiracy you asked about. All of the land, and homes in the distance, including mine. Was faced with annexation into the city of Star. While on a committee I exposed fraud and racketeering. It stopped a city from doubling in size. In one of the pictures you will see a tan Mustang. About where the front tire is, is where I was on my hands and knees dry heaving with my air way collapsing. Wondering if I could drive to the hospital faster than help could get there. Once emails went out to the local news, it got worse. Here is a news clip on the issue. I have watched a few times, Missed the part about bankrupted fire stations, well reports, buried pipe lines, water systems, threats, intimidation, harassment, gun fire and attempted murder. I do like when the mayor talks about the concern for roads, schools and fire protection. Can go into detail about all of the stories in this conspiracy if you like. Not on any ones side. I ended up in the middle of a very ugly issue. That just about got me killed. This issue is still on going, and I can tell you there are no rights for a person in the State of Idaho when you expose stuff like this. You will have your life destroyed. And nobody stood next to me, nobody. I stood up for my friends and neighbors. Who to this day, are still being lied to. The State I was born and raised in will drive you out. You could not find a customer that has a bad thing to say about me. Busted my ass to build a business. And doing the right thing, cost me everything. Just trying to find a spot for my business, and start all over again. Love the car industry, stood up for business in it. Making sure they were highlighted for the things they did. Always went the extra mile for people. https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/growing-idaho/company-backs-out-of-major-star-housing-development-project/277-0f303726-ca40-4d44-9d92-08607fdefa4a#:~:text=STAR%2C Idaho — A proposed housing,Star by nearly 40 percent.

Once the roof was removed from the coupe being used to repair the convertible. It was used on my truck, to do the stretch. Almost everything from the parts cars were used in repairing/building the cars customers wanted. Want a car restored, that would be done. As a business you can only do what comes in the door. You can see Jaguars in the background, wiring/restoration done on them. Not promoting customs here, just telling a story. This truck was sold. That wraps up the parts cars and trucks. Spread out over a few years.

Just more car pictures, getting out convertible pictures.

It looks like a shortened 48 Ford two door sedan. With a different front end.

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https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/d/sacramento-4sale-51-german-ford-taunus/7265978155.html

My new truck with parts from donor cars.

Front half moved to truck frame, two door sedan doors installed. Back half of truck cab cut to fit. Stretch done, repairs avoided. New bed made, truck fitted with nice parts from the parts cars. You can see my new truck in the corner after it has been fitted with parts from all of these cars. So this truck, is now this truck. Stretched in a different way. My truck will get the coupe roof. Stretched in a different way again.

The next truck, and the first parts car to be brought to the shop is this one. This truck is to be stretched, not chopped and have a new bed made seven inches shorter. So no frame stretch on this one. This truck is getting a set of 47 two door sedan doors. Same size as coupe doors, but shaped different on the top. Coupe doors have a curve to the door top, two door sedan doors are straight across the top. This gets a drip rail, like the last one did. Trucks did not have drip rails on them. This truck has rust in the floors, kick panels and damaged on the passenger side. Dash is also cut up, with holes drilled into it. With the work to do the stretch, and the repairs. A person can use the front half of the sedan parts car, to take care of all of this. The trucks are a sedan cut off behind the front door. Four door sedan doors will fit the trucks. It is all the same on these cars/trucks. Because some of this stuff is personal, I have to bring out one parts car at a time. And still keep up with the cars you see in the background, 1940 Ford coupe and truck and 59 truck. Those are going in the show. Parts car comes in, pulled apart, cut in half. Unusable chunks off to scrap. Pick up next car. The coupe had been sitting there for about 30+ years. About this same time, My new truck was purchased. Came off of a hog farm in Harper KS. It was a real piece of junk. But I had lots of parts, so I could buy a cheap truck nobody wanted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTZ1bgOIaAY

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