For Sale: 1935 Auburn 653 4dr Sedan, 36K miles - Project - $18,000 - Fort Wayne, IN - Not Mine

[58L-Y8]

For Sale: 1935 Auburn 653 4dr Sedan, 36K miles - Project - $18,000 - Fort Wayne, IN

1935 Auburn for sale by owner - Fort Wayne, IN - craigslist
Seller's Description:

1935 Auburn sedan. Project car.  Engine and all engine and chassis components have been rebuilt and refinished. Much of the body has been restored - many professionally stripped and primered. Have all the parts; they need re-assembled. Drivable! Was driven as pictured in ACD parade several years ago. An easy one to finish. Selling due to relocation. $18,000 or Best Offer.  odometer: 36000
Also have 1936 Cord Westchester. Would consider a package deal for both cars.
Contact: Dennis (260) 4-fifteen-9-fourteen-2
Copy and paste in your email: f45172229a77394c8edbdb7796d01bd5@sale.craigslist.org

I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1935 Auburn 653 4dr Sedan - Project.

[daniel boeve]

7 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said:

For Sale: 1935 Auburn 653 4dr Sedan, 36K miles - Project - $18,000 - Fort Wayne, IN

1935 Auburn for sale by owner - Fort Wayne, IN - craigslist
Seller's Description:

1935 Auburn sedan. Project car.  Engine and all engine and chassis components have been rebuilt and refinished. Much of the body has been restored - many professionally stripped and primered. Have all the parts; they need re-assembled. Drivable! Was driven as pictured in ACD parade several years ago. An easy one to finish. Selling due to relocation. $18,000 or Best Offer.  odometer: 36000
Also have 1936 Cord Westchester. Would consider a package deal for both cars.
Contact: Dennis (260) 4-fifteen-9-fourteen-2
Copy and paste in your email: f45172229a77394c8edbdb7796d01bd5@sale.craigslist.org

I have no personal interest or stake in the eventual sale of this 1935 Auburn 653 4dr Sedan - Project.

An easy one to finish ...wow.If we had a second life we could consider it but not in this life .Most of us have already to many cars and work ( And a wife also )

[alsancle]

I think if you got the car for free and finished it yourself, you would still be way underwater. However, 35/36 Auburn are great cars. Even the six-cylinder one.

[rydersclassics]

Also have 1936 Cord Westchester. Would consider a package deal for both cars.

 

Here is the last sentence in the Auburn add in case it makes a difference to anybody here.

 

 

[m-mman]

13 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said:

Selling due to relocation

And THIS is the #1 problem with these projects, RELOCATING it. 

It’s not a “car” it’s a garage full of stuff. Heavy iron pieces that will need to be loaded individually into a truck.  No shipper will take on the task so it’s up to the buyer to literally do the heavy lifting.  
 

These type of ads are actually saying:  “I want you to pay me to clean out my garage, there MIGHT be a COMPLETE car in there but most likely some critical pieces have been misplaced.  I’m not offering you a car, I’m charging you for an adventure”.  

[Gearheadengineer]

26 minutes ago, m-mman said:

I’m not offering you a car, I’m charging you for an adventure

Nailed it!

 

I have taken on more than one of these projects. Most people are smarter than me and won’t touch them. I enjoy the challenge - but only if the buy-in price is very low. High risk = low price. 

 

You are right about the misplaced parts. There is always something missing. Almost as bad - wasting time on the extra stuff that accidentally came from a different project.