George Smolinski
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23 hours ago, Han said:
Have pictures but don’t know 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.
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8 hours ago, Han said:
Have pictures but don’t know 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.
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1 hour ago, RICHELIEUMOTORCAR said:
Anyone notice how almost every 35-36 Auburn is painted in some shade of dark red? My 35 is too..
I think I like your paint scheme better.
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Nice car. How about trunk, rear seat, & engine bay photos? Also, any documentation on the restoration?
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Johnny Cash wrote & sung a song about a car like this. "One Piece at a Time."
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1 hour ago, alsancle said:
Two questions:
1. Being from Mass I'm interested in where Feed Hills is?
2. What is an Auburn Roadster?
If it is a non blown convertible coupe that is truly frame off with the correct parts, it might not be a bad deal. But restorations seldom live up to the description of the sellers.
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.😁
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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.
1935 Auburn 851 PhaetonFeeding Hills, Massachusetts$79,0001935 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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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6 hours ago, C Carl said:
George often "tells it like it is" in very direct terms.
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.
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6 hours ago, C Carl said:
Thanks to George's latest posting, I have another idea which might help. See, from my point of view, George has a pretty good grasp on valuation of old cars. He sometimes links us to some of his "finds" for our consideration. I am still pining away over a '29 Cadillac I fell in love with after he alerted us to it a couple years ago. HPOF car with an original interior in extraordinary condition. I am in lousy condition, too old, and had to pass. 10 years ago it would have been mine with no dikering on the price. Would have been an insult to the seller.
Therefore, since no one here wants to insult anyone, and since all of our suggestions and criticisms are of the constructive type, why not USE THEM to aid the gents to bite the bullet. Better to chomp down on the "lead" to ease the understandable pain, than to get shot in the heart by it. You have something like ten or a dozen girls and boys so far, generously giving very good advice. We have no "dog in the fight", and just want to help out in a difficult situation. Some of us try to put things gently, while being realistic. George often "tells it like it is" in very direct terms. That is what gave me the idea of showing this topic to the guys, so they can read it and get a better perspective on reality, and the inevitable. IMHO, it might be an insult to their intelligence NOT to do so. - Carl
Carl,
I didn't think of that. Very good idea, but just remember, "You can lead a horse to water..............
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On 6/20/2019 at 11:59 AM, supercargirl said:
They really are two characters and it has taken me three years to bring them around to agree to reasonable selling prices.
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.
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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.
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11 hours ago, Wowabunga said:
Enjoyed the replies... George wins.
I approach and said "I have just one question...". Driver begins to tell me it's a TR6, the poor man's Jaguar. I complete my sentence asking WHY ARE THE WINDOWS DOWN..?
Oh he say it's got a mouse in it somewhere and it smells. Car fresh out of storage. Neat looking ride... Happy new owner.
What do I win?
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Smells like mouse pee. Trying to air it out.
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8 hours ago, Rusty_OToole said:
I have been in a similar situation before. I tell the guy I bought another car since I talked to him and can't afford $4000 anymore. All I can pay is $2000. Sometimes I get it. Remember, he already tried for more and didn't get it. That is, you can try this if you can afford to after buying the good car.
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
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9 hours ago, Akstraw said:
One of the things they taught was to (a) to avoid being the first to name a price, and (b) if you have to be the first one to name a price, name a figure that is borderline ridiculous in your favor.
Brings to mind -
Make me an offer. OK a hundred bucks, now make me a counter offer.
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3 hours ago, Ed Luddy said:
A lot of the asking prices are results of watching too much TV. From the idiots on reality shows to the B-J auctions any moron who has a rusty beater (sorry, patina'ed) over 20 yrs old equates their personal hunk of scrap to be the same price as "they seen on TV"
Free ads don't really help as the old motto goes " It's free, so nothing ventured nothing gained"
Amen, brother!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Not mine & don't remember if it was posted here before.
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/cto/d/hudson-hot-rod/6892871427.html
I'm selling a 1930 Hudson Essex for $13.000 with 30.000 original miles runs and drives like a new car, if interested call 715-497-7141 ask for Charlie.
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Found an old car I’ve never seen before
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1938 or 39 Graham Sharknose