Art & Inspiration Interesting inexpensive Craigslist cars

1922 Maxwell Touring. Looks solid.
$2,500



https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1095150532145444/?ref=notification_tray

 

With 5 figure prices on what was supposed to be a post about inexpensive cars some people must have pockets lined with Franklins

 

Mine is lined with lint

 

I gotta sneak into the local laundromat to gather up other people's lint!

 

Back whenever my parents first married they went to the laundromat on Friday night to do the clothes and were usually the only ones there late night. Dad used to go through all of the lint traps and pick out the change and sometimes bills that got washed and dried. He told me that they usually made enough money doing that to pay for their laundry to get washed.

 

54 GMC 1500. Waterloo, NE

$5500

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1352114912516714/?

 

Looks like maybe the 9' box?

 

That is a lot of money for a truck without a title, in my opinion. How can you be sure you are actually buying it from the owner and not someone that just drug it off someone's land without them knowing its gone?

 

When ALF still lived on Melmac they used actual lint as a form of currency. And gold was so plentiful that it was practically scrap metal.

 

As I remember it’s Actually it’s a 7’ ….in between a short 6’ and longer 8’
My son and I bought a 54 GMC with this bed.

 

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=767104

 

Looks like a 31 Chevy to me

 

Anthony's post made me look local.
Someone was asking about building a FED to go 10s. Seems like you would be hard pressed to build this for the money. I don't recognize it, might be a members.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/894794256063889
2014 225 dragster h.a.m.b.
$5,000
Listed 16 weeks ago in Buckeye, AZ
About this vehicle
Exterior color: Yellow · Interior color: Black
Fuel type: Gasoline
Seller's description
Custom built by stone broke racing front engine dragster built to follow the rules of the H.A.M.B. Heritage class. Has a built 225ci slant six decked .40 head is shaved .20 bored .40over. Schneider re profiled cam. Manual valve body 904. Mini spool ford 9in rear end with 3.73 gears. Matching Shelby 500 wheels. Turn key ready 5k or trade for Harley chopper

 

30’s cars all look the same to me.

 

That's almost as bad as the one Jack Benny drove lol!

 

Oh, Rochester?
Yass, Mister Benny?

 

Looking at the overall condition AND the late model wheels; you might be closer to the truth than you think....

 

1961 Mercury Comet $1,500
Condition actually looks okay.
Thing is, I think some of these ads for cars with prices lower than you would expect are actually fake. I don't understand why somebody would do that. Some kind of bait?
Can it hurt to check?
Looks like this person has many other items for sale, though. So maybe it's legit.



https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/789998803384044/?ref=search

 

Sometimes, people just want things to go away.
They don't care what someone might think it might be worth, they price it at a "get it out of here" price.

My son just got rid of two old project trucks, both off topic, neither ran, but both came with titles. He has been looking at them sitting in his yard for a year now. The local junk yard has offered him $160 a ton, delivered, or they would pick them up for $300 each. He has no way to get them there. He listed the best one for sale for $700 as a non runner. Nothing for a week. Then he gets a call, the guy wants it to part out, offered him $500 for it, and he told the guy to come and get it. While the guy was there, my son offered the guy the other truck as well. He got $450 from it. Both trucks are gone for $950.
He probably could have gotten more if he would have parted them both out, but this way both were gone the same weekend. No fuss, cash in hand, both out of there.

 

I was asked by a good friend to help him get rid of 3-4 Caddy engines., heads, a tranny .... The price he set was so low I told him I would not do it. Check the classifieds in the next few days.

 

This is me to a T.

Earlier this year I sold an OT Cadillac to our local Pull-a-Part for $300 just to get it out of my way. They sold it as a used car for almost $2000 within a few days. I had it listed locally and all I had was tire kickers and nobody wanted to give me the $1200 I was asking.

 

Debated going and getting this one myself, but alas, I don't need any more projects....

https://springfield.craigslist.org/pts/d/pleasant-hope-1947-ford-coupe/7839357288.html

 

48 Chevrolet 3500
Seward, NE
$1500

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1303514621479800/?

 

Every time I bring a vehicle in for scrap I use a sharpie and write in bold letters FOR SCRAP USE ONLY. NOT FOR RESALE on the title. Sold a car to a big time salvage yard here in Minnesota and a few months later started getting paperwork for traffic violations and other fines. Seems the yard sold the car and the new owner never transferred the title. Got it squared away but have never gone back to the yard and made it harder for any yard to resell a vehicle I drop off.

 

'51 Studebaker, restored in the '90s $4700

https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/d/coeur-alene-rare-1951-studebaker-ton/7873149071.html

 

One lady owner, mirrors and lights may need adjusting.

 

This thing looks fairly straight and complete

 

61 corvair wagon $2500
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1837536713865988/

 

3K
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16 inch chrome ford Kelsey Hays
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BHXU4rHzM/?mibextid=wwXIfr