George Smolinski Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Here's 1 for Auburnseeker. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/437390520331815 About This Vehicle $35,000 Driven 300 miles Manual transmission Fuel type: Gasoline Fair condition Seller's description Needs to be restored, call Roger at [hidden information] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 9 minutes ago, George Smolinski said: Seller's description Needs to be restored... Boy, Is that ever an understatement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Come on they did the hard part and took it apart for you. I prefer a little more together and alot more light at the end of the tunnel, not the tunnel ahead sign. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 If it was a blown car it might be worthwhile, but otherwise... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkEE Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 In case you aren’t a Facebook user, Ad says, 1936 653 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1957Birdman Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Can any say "handyman special"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 They do not go cheap, but this is probably 10 to 15K -ish overpriced with about 18-20K + or - (and probably no lower than 15K and no higher than 22.5K) being about right price for a solid disassembled 6 cylinder. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Smolinski Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Don't know about Auburns, so here's a question. I looked at Google images of 653's & they appear to all be phaetons. This one looks like a roadster. Can someone enlighten me & the rest of the unwashed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 The reason you don't see many 653 convertible coupes is because they all got turned in to supercharged straight eights in the 60s and 70s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Any owner of a 1934 Auburn 652, 1935 653 or 1936 654 convertible coupe or phaeton better keep it under lock and key...or its body might disappear to be found later on an 851 or 852 chassis. Thirty years ago near Fort Plain, NY there was a old-time mechanic garage owner who had a '33 Auburn Twelve Speedster stored in an old school bus body, a '34 Auburn 850 convertible phaeton and, the only one I've ever seen, a '35 653 two door brougham among the other cars in his yard. The 12 speedster and '34 phaeton have long since gone into other collector hands and been restored, but doubtful the brougham survives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucketofBolts Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 A complete vehicle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Even as parts they're pretty! 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 22 hours ago, George Smolinski said: Don't know about Auburns, so here's a question. I looked at Google images of 653's & they appear to all be phaetons. This one looks like a roadster. Can someone enlighten me & the rest of the unwashed? A 6 came in a Cabriolet, a Coupe w/rumble seat or w/trunk instead, a Phaeton, a Sedan, and a 2 door Brougham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mereness Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 21 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: Any owner of a 1934 Auburn 652, 1935 653 or 1936 654 convertible coupe or phaeton better keep it under lock and key...or its body might disappear to be found later on an 851 or 852 chassis. There are still a few people doing this, but 8's are pretty much all accounted for (plus very much serial number tracked) and it is highly discouraged matched to the cost of an open car being so much to begin with whether a 6 or 8 that there is little economy or profit in doing such. And keep in mind that if you do it and pass it off as legitimate then it is basically fraud (and fraud is generally 3x times damages) and .... The real offenders were converting the Coupes to Cabriolets, but even then there is a separation of the men from the boys. Basically, the sins of the 70's, 80's, and 90's have come back as sins today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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