Art & Inspiration Interesting inexpensive Craigslist cars

1940 Chevy Master Deluxe Coupe
Omaha
$5500, might seem a little high, but there's a lot there and a lot done

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/24574019455536835/?

 

I pulled a 413 ci flathead 6 out of a '54 Dodge that looked like that.

 

A 413" 6cyl??

 

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/101467-big-cube-flathead-sixes/

 

Dang
I need one of those for no reason at all

 

I could lean it over

 

That's one big 6. With a weight of 1100 lbs I can see why it was never offered in a car or light truck

 

This is where mine lives now. The video was made when it just had the little 377 ci engine. Chris King sent a video of it with my old 413 running around a Bonneville a year or so ago but I can't find it right now.

My buddy and I pulled it out of a truck that was converted to run a ball mill for a mining outfit on the Comstock Lode near here. Our plan was a cheep and easy lakester build for Bonneville vintage engine glass but it was too big for the vintage classes. They have a 375 ci limit. For the regular laster class the record was close to 300mph and tires alone would cost over $3000! We had an Honest John missile nose cone and other pieces. But yes it is big and heavy.

 

59 Pontiac Bonneville sedan. per ad, car is located north of Seward, NE
$800
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/782813284195996/?

 

If I posted this before, just ignore

55 Buick 2-dr Council Bluff, IA
$2750

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/24025635950421479/?



looks like the guy has a bunch of other stuff that may appeal to a HAMBer

 

That's what she said!

Not bad for a drivable old Ford...

https://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/cto/d/utica-1946-ford-two-door-sedan/7875234207.html

 

$350


https://spokane.craigslist.org/pts/d/spokane-49-chevy/7872276242.html

 

They made them in a radial version, Chrysler multi-bank.

From wiki - The Chrysler A57 Multibank is a 30-cylinder 1,253 cu in (20.5 L) engine that was created in 1941 as America entered World War II. It consists of five banks of inline-6 cylinder engines.

 

Reminds me of Henry Fords X8...

 

1948 studebaker commander for sale by owner - Flandreau, SD - craigslist

 

" Very solid " looks questionable

 

I've go to find this one!

 

I must admit I've been thinking about it too, lol... I'm trying to downsize, but that's a nice car for that kinda cash.....

Has cardboard under the front tho, lol

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/177NthZWLS/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

I see people selling desoto hemis for that price. Pretty clean four door

 

I love an ad that says "needs carb work"....

We should all get together and fix all the carbs that need work and flip those cars. We'd be rich.

Does anyone actually believe all these cars need is carb work? If you paid a few hundred to have a carb fixed or replaced and could get another grand out of it, who wouldn't do that?

Lol. Always cracks me up...

 

"Needs carb work" definition: "I've fucked the timing up, got the distributor 180 out, got the idle and enrichment screws all fucked up, and the timing chain is off by three teeth one way or the other..."

 

1949 Studebaker Commander. Columbus, NE

$5000
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3294299854070832/?

 

1957 victor vauxhall $1500
Kool hood and bumpers. Would love to see one customized.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3045708348904679/

 

The Vauxhall is really neat. It's so different, and judging from the Beetle next to it, very small. Big project, maybe a good one for a drivetrain swap. It kinda looks like what one of those crappy AI programs would come up with if you just told it to draw you a rusty 50's car.

 

Looks like a Checker Cab mated with a '55 Chevy.

 

Being as the original engine made 55 bhp I would think a drivetrain swap would be in order.

 

Shame it's not a 2 door. Small, light economy car it would naturally fit into the Gasser category with a transplant. I have a feeling it's unibody backed up here, which makes it tougher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Victor

 

I can help with that…… (I didn’t know how to block the OT wheels but it has Halibrands all around now. Just close your eyes and imagine like that)
496” Mopar wedge, TorqueFlight and 8 3/4. They look like a mashup of mid 50s GM styling ques.