1) Engine has "Full race cam"---Huh?? 2) Engine is "Fully blown"---- have you ever seen a partially blown engine?
"Fully balanced and blueprinted"...Of course that would be done by the local OEM rebuilder. "Built to the hilt" go out of style? LOL "Needs restored",.."Needs painted"
unfortunantly in todays society capitalization and punctuation and spellin mean nothing on the internet we are not supozed to be grammar police it is considered to be rude an abnoxious But it drives me up the fucking wall! I'll skip over the ad if I can't read it.
A True Tale, all one sentence with no punctuation: "Saleing my wife's 52 panel that she has lost interest in (After she waited 6 years while hubby totally messed it up and never got it running.) it's about 90 percent done (I think this means it's 90% worse than when he started.) 350 eng completely rebluided rebluided (Obviously, if you see something spelled a certain way more than once, it becomes a more official, established spelling.) 350 trans heights front clip four way disc brakes painless wording (That last bit..... can you say "irony"?) heat charged dolphin gauges new exhaust runs great (How would he know, because it never ran? The 60 year old radiator cap had no seal and held no pressure.) truck just needs a front end alignment charge the ac maybe a few bulbs here and there (And be certain to replace or rebuild anything the seller has touched and everything else he didn't touch.) over 30,000 invested (Obviously pesos.) thx for looking (Cool abbreviations and that homey touch are always a plus.) I worked out a purchase and this one will be saved..... like Oliver Twist in the final chapter of the novel.
LOL I'll trade you my A sedan for it today. Its looks kind of like a wagon. How about trades welcome = if your stuff is better then mine we can trade. @Bruce Fischer The wife and I drove 4 hours out to western Kansas to look at a '56 Windsor 2 door. Might have a hemi it has weird rocker covers, no rust. Tires are fair runs and drives. I took tools and a chain, wouldn't have been the first time she drug me cross country with a chain. LOL It ran after I cleaned the plugs and files the points, we jumped it to get it started. no problem. it had a poly ( I think a 330 or so that is a number you would know). The breaks were stuck so I fixed them good enough to drive it. It really did have no rust, everyplace it was rusted that had cut it out. We actually would have bought it and tried to get it home if the guy had been honest about it. She likes Windsors for some reason.
This car is "TROG" or this car/part is "SCTA". I always ask for the SCTA certificate showing that the car/part is actually SCTA and never get an answer back. My statement to the seller is; "Can you send me a copy of the SCTA certificate to prove that your part or car is SCTA certified?"
"1947 Chevy Fleetline, 235 six, original drivetrain, good interior, excellent paint, just needs a few small parts (easily obtainable) to finish. $8500"
I haven't seen one in a while, but the ads that would show a fully restored version of the subject vehicle, along with several blurry (taken with the same camera most commonly used for UFO and Bigfoot pictures) shots of the actual POS being offered, those really annoy the hell out of me.
won't last long ? Double entendre? A double entendre (/ˌdʌbəl ɒnˈtɒndrə/; French pronunciation: [dubl ɑ̃.tɑ̃dʁ(ə)]) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to be understood in either of two ways, having a double meaning. Typically one of the meanings is obvious, given the context whereas the other may require more thought.
"Needs replaced", "Needs restored", "Needs painted", etc........ Needs TO BE replaced/restored/painted.....
I'll never forget an honest ad I saw in the local car paper. Ad said, "rolls good." As in, it won't run or stop. It might steer. Either way we can pull it onto your trailer and my misery with this broken POS will be over. I can also appreciate it because I've bought lots of junk that was so rusted and broken that it didn't roll at all.
I also saw one that said, "too many extras to list". There was a photo with the ad. The car door was open, and you could see the interior was piled to the roof with garbage-too much to list.
I don't care if you need a decoder ring to read the add. If its what you want at a fair price buy it.
" file photo" For Sale 1950 (?) Ford Car. I saw one on TV sell for $12,00. Car is complete and restorable. in dry storage 25 years. New tires Needs 1 door and trunk lid. I have to find the motor and transmission if interested. and get my dog out. No phone calls. Cash Sale, or may trade for a good milk cow. Comes with a 1952 Montana plate and inspection sticker. No title ( you can get one easily in Utah. ) Bubba Boy Walton
I hate the "ready for paint, or all it needs is paint" I've been painting for 33 years, it ain't that easy or it wouldn't be sitting in primer forever.
wouldn't that be .750 damn that's a lot of cam. I saw an add here for a flathead back in the '90s for a Ford flathead six that had a 1/4 race cam. I guess that's the flathead equivalent of an RV cam. Ida bought if it had a 3/8 race cam.
And why is it that every 327 is a corvette engine and every Muncie transmission is a rock crusher. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
LOL I looked at a 327 2bbl that was a Corvette engine and the guy had paperwork ( which is why I went and looked at it). The paperwork consisted of a notarized note scrawled on a piece of note book paper saying that it was a Corvette Moter (SIC). I can't make this shit up.
Or when a car is "$1234.56". Like are people seriously that lazy they can't even think of what they want for it and type it out. My favorite is "call for price" This means that the seller knows they are asking too much, but still want to rope you in and waste your time. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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