1928 Cadillac Open Front Town Car, not mine.

[Xander Wildeisen]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1102493254936960/?ref=mp_mweb_pdp_upsell

[edinmass]

Not even a parts car…….

[alsancle]

Given the cool body I'm not as fast to dismiss it.  Although,  you would have to live with doing just the mechanics.

 

[58L-Y8]

A Transformable Town Cabriolet by Fleetwood, Style 3525.

Photos for the record.

[trimacar]

I just don’t like seeing it used as a shelf.  Seller could have taken five minutes to switch it back to a car instead.

[EmTee]

2 minutes ago, 58L-Y8 said:

A Transformable Town Cabriolet...

"Transformable" so as not to be confused with "convertible" I suppose...  Interesting name. 

[58L-Y8]

8 minutes ago, EmTee said:

"Transformable" so as not to be confused with "convertible" I suppose...  Interesting name. 

Custom coachbuilders all had dog-eared dictionaries searching for unique, evocative adjectives to describe their designs.  Typically, "transformable" was used interchangeably with "landaulette" for the foldable rear roof quarters.

[Xander Wildeisen]

31 minutes ago, trimacar said:

I just don’t like seeing it used as a shelf.  Seller could have taken five minutes to switch it back to a car instead.

Flat surfaces in the garage are all in danger of becoming shelves.

[Grimy]

51 minutes ago, Xander Wildeisen said:

Flat surfaces in the garage are all in danger of becoming shelves.

As my dear friend the great philosopher Schultz (nobody uses his first name, not even his wife) says, "Horizontal surfaces are the enemies of order."

[edinmass]

2 hours ago, alsancle said:

Given the cool body I'm not as fast to dismiss it.  Although,  you would have to live with doing just the mechanics.

 

Multiple year parts and a tow truck conversion back to what it is now. 

[Xander Wildeisen]

15 minutes ago, Grimy said:

As my dear friend the great philosopher Schultz (nobody uses his first name, not even his wife) says, "Horizontal surfaces are the enemies of order."

Maybe I am a Horizontal surface?🤔😂😳

[DrumBob]

I never understand why people trying to sell a car online with photos, would neglect to remove all the stuff covering the cars.

 

Unless they're hiding something. 

Edited Sunday at 02:16 AM by DrumBob (see edit history)

[m-mman]

38 minutes ago, DrumBob said:

 

I never understand why people trying to sell a car online with photos, would neglect to remove all the stuff covering the cars.

 

The pictures and the price reflect their seriousness in closing a deal. 
We see it here all the time 

[Msweeney]

Seems like some of you guys get a bit frustrated at not being able to kick the tires and elect to kick the seller instead........No one is asking you to buy the car, nor, for that matter, your opinon. But I'm always up for good verbal exchange of ideas.

Michael Sweeney

 

[DrumBob]

1 hour ago, m-mman said:

The pictures and the price reflect their seriousness in closing a deal. 
We see it here all the time 

I've gathered that! Whenever I sell a piece of musical gear, I clean it up and take decent pictures. It just seems like common sense to portray the item in its best light. 

[arcticbuicks]

Sometimes cars are stored on shelves but i do like finding them in a shed or garage piled with parts,its a fun adventure and to see what else is in the building with a car sitting decades

[ericmac]

21 hours ago, edinmass said:

Multiple year parts and a tow truck conversion back to what it is now. 

Perhaps Ed knows the car in question?

[edinmass]

11 minutes ago, ericmac said:

Perhaps Ed knows the car in question?

It was being discussed on another site. Someone who was familiar posted about it. 

[classiclines]

The pictures of the car have not changed since it was discussed on this forum in 2018, link here for reference...

 

[JACK M]

16 hours ago, Msweeney said:

........No one is asking you to buy the car, nor, for that matter, your opinon.

I think when someone puts an ad up they are asking for a buyer.

The opinions are just part of this group as most of the ads are referred by "not mine" posters.

I see that you have a couple of cars posted, therefor asking for someone to buy your cars.

I don't think readers opinions are meant to be taken personally, but you are in the overlap so to speak. (an actual seller in a thread that is mostly "not mine")

And knowledgeable people are just pointing out their opinions. Don't take these opinions personally. After all they were presented by a "not mine" poster.

You just accidently found that they were being discussed here.

[Xander Wildeisen]

I don’t post cars in the “not mine” section to invite criticism for sellers cars. But one does have to expect people to give their thoughts on the cars and the listings. I have had my own cars posted on websites by others, showcasing cars for sale. These websites allow people to comment on the cars and listing. It is interesting to read peoples comments. Some make you laugh, some comments can help you out in your listing, by giving advice on improving your selling presentation. Had one guy state that I should have consulted a Hudson expert, before I did the work on my car. It made me think, what is a Hudson expert? How do you get a degree in Essex Terraplane? Not aware of a plaque or certificate that shows completion of spending way to much money on a car that is only worth a 1/4 of your invested time and money. All cars listed for sale are over priced, if you are the buyer. But taking everyone’s comments, from all the listings. A few common complaints always come out. The main one being presentation. Dirty car, bad pictures, few pictures, lack of information, and just a general thought that your car will sell it's self, just by people seeing a couple of pictures. That maybe true if selling a very desirable or rare car. But normally it takes a little bit of effort on the sellers part, and it can be a time consuming hassle dealing with tire kickers. But we have all kicked tires, just all part of the fun playing with vintage cars.

Edited Sunday at 10:04 PM by Xander Wildeisen (see edit history)

[Matt Harwood]

And if you do the bare minimum to sell the car, you'd better be prepared for buyers to treat you like someone who does the bare minimum. Leaving junk piled up on the car is just one example of how you could have done it better. I do this for a living and people complain about visible fingerprints in photos of cars that I'm selling. Expecting them to overlook a car that has the look of something neglected and discarded is not going to result in a satisfactory result.

 

Clean up the area around the car, get the debris off it, maybe wipe it down and if you have some more parts, perhaps assemble it to look like a car. At that point maybe people will share your vision of what it could be (and therefore what its value might be). Expecting them to look past the neglect and see something special is naive at best and insulting at worst. Either way, your buyers may not react in a positive way. The way we frame it in our showroom is to "eliminate the 'No's'" meaning to eliminate the reasons for a buyer to not buy a car. Buyers aren't stupid, don't treat them like they are.

[DavidinCA]

The best bargains I’ve bought were poorly presented ads, lousy pictures, car uncleaned, etc.  I’ve also looked at many cars presented that way that were a mess.  If the car is nice, then cleaning it up and taking good pictures makes a huge difference.  Only the seller can decide if cleaning it up to get a better price is worth the effort.  

[arcticbuicks]

i agree if you a buyer......i have found the very best deals and prices.....knowing enough to see through a mess and i actually like buying a car better in a NON altered state......and where someone also hasnt tried to start it after decades possibly doing more damage etc.......i bought one car a few years back ....where the relatives cleaned out the old garage and threw out important boxes of parts and extras a few days before....and had the car pushed outside and washed off.....not knowing just what was thrown in the garbage

Edited Monday at 09:00 PM by arcticbuicks (see edit history)

[Linus Tremaine]

On 11/30/2024 at 6:22 AM, trimacar said:

I just don’t like seeing it used as a shelf.  Seller could have taken five minutes to switch it back to a car instead.

I took those photos in 2018 in the previous owners garage when I was there looking at a lincoln.