George Smolinski

The photos I posted are of the car Han is asking about. I apologize for not making this clear when I posted. He emailed the photos to me & I posted them. So, all of you had good guesses, but all of you were incorrect. Check out the photos in my previous post.

1938 or 39 Graham Sharknose

Send them to me in a private message & I'll post them if you can figure out how to post them.

Send them to me in a private message & I'll post them if you can figure out how to post them. To send a message, click on my name & a new page will come up. Click Message & attach the photos & send it.

I think I like your paint scheme better.

Nice car. How about trunk, rear seat, & engine bay photos? Also, any documentation on the restoration?

Johnny Cash wrote & sung a song about a car like this. "One Piece at a Time."

Two answers: Answer to #1 question: How the hell should I know. I'm not from Mass. & it's not my car. Answer to #2 question: How the hell should I know. I'm not from Mass. & it's not my car.😁

Saw this on Facebook. Not mine. I know Auburns get discussed here a lot, so have at it & pick away. I don't give a crap what you say about it - it ain't mine. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/112851948728196/?notif_t=group_highlights&multi_permalinks=2810294085742173&gid=140885462683062&ref=notif&fb_dtsg_ag=AQz7njorlo0Sqda23uezXuC55H1IAPKQe-pcTHGknH2fPA%3AAQwSvo_fqF_CeO0wGfLX4wJ2823yztEsc3CMOCA4iGGjmQ&jazoest=27864 Steve Montagna Classic Cars For Sale 12 hours ago 1935 Auburn 851 Phaeton Feeding Hills, Massachusetts $79,000 1935 Auburn Model 851 Roadster. This car is stunning, it has had a frame off restoration and is in excellent condition. The book on this car is $120,000. Car needs convertible top installed but top bows are restored. Price is $79,000. Serious inquiries only please. Call 204-6179 in the 413 area code. Thanks.

Still looking for someone in or around South Bend, Indiana to finish up a long overdue project. Anyone interested? Do you know of a shop that may take it on?

I was in Jim Graham's barns numerous times. He never wanted to sell anything - liked to look at them, he said. 1 barn was all project cars. Dirt floor so there was plenty of rust on the undersides. They call it a collection. It wasn't/isn't. It is a hoard. He didn't collect he hoarded. For him it was all about getting the car & preventing the other guy from getting it. Once he got it, his interest soon faded. A second barn had all cars that were excellent originals or nicely restored. This one had concrete floors, but unfortunately, it was never closed up. Doors were left open & various other openings let the pigeons & raccoons come and go as they pleased. There was pigeon & raccoon crap all over every car. Worse yet, some of the convertibles had the tops left down so the crap was inside the car. The '59 Caddy convert was really nice the first time I saw it. Also was a '59 Chevy convert with a 6 stick & 7000 actual miles.

Love the horns if they are factory bent like that. Don't know why they would do it. Certainly isn't a lack of space in the engine bays of these older GM's.

Don't know that you could call that a vehicle anymore. It looks like an early Ford that may have had the top half of the back cut off.

I have been accused of this on the rare occasion.😉 I like direct. It gets the point across and people don't have to guess what one is implying.

Carl, I didn't think of that. Very good idea, but just remember, "You can lead a horse to water..............

According to your statement I quoted above, it appears you're the one that set the "reasonable" selling prices. If not, and they were the ones that did, either way, you obviously don't know prices of these cars the way you make it appear you know. I will bet not only my bottom dollar, but all my dollars that these guys now have the prices quoted fixed in their brains & won't change them for anything. You say you took them on as a favor, and now you want to dump them on some other poor schmuck & renege on your favor. Thanks, but no. You also say you already sold several of the cars. Makes me wonder if you cherry picked the easy to sell stuff & now it's time to cut & run. All of this is, of course, IMHO.

Without photos, and the fact that you state they are project cars, and given the prices listed, these 2 old guys are like a thousand others - too much money for too little vehicle, as in they seem just a bit overpriced. BTW, I'm surprised that a car salesperson such as yourself doesn't know that "brome" is spelled brougham and the divider between the driver and passenger compartments in a limo is a partition, not a partician.

What do I win?

Smells like mouse pee. Trying to air it out.

This all fine if you actually DID buy another car. If you didn't and you're lying just to beat the seller down, that just ain't right. IMHO

Brings to mind - Make me an offer. OK a hundred bucks, now make me a counter offer.

Amen, brother!

Nice looking car. What explanation can you give that it was owned by a museum in Maine, then purchased by you & registered in Rhode Island & yet no one bothered to transfer the Florida title so it can be legally sold? I'm not positive, but I do think most states require the title to be in the seller's name in order for the seller to sell the car.

You do know that you can call b-----it on that show even though it may be enjoyable to watch. All those "finds" are orchestrated ahead of time. If you think about it, they go into someone's house or barn loaded with all kinds of re-saleable items and they NEVER offer to buy the lot even though the "business" they're allegedly in is buying and selling antiques and old junk. (The real business is selling their bs to their tv audience). It would be like going into an old dealership for one of us, we'll say Chevy, and instead of buying several hundred NOS pieces all from the 60's, we say we only want to buy stuff for a '64 Impala. Again, the show may be entertaining, but it's not of the real world.

I can't say for sure what period of years for the golden age, but I can tell you when it ended - right about the time the "investors", re-sellers of nice original or restored cars, & the likes of BJ got involved. It no longer was a hobby.