I am really enjoying the post with all of the pictures! It is kinda like going to the strip club, at some point the night is over and they turn on the lights!!!! I dont think there has been any mention of $. Has anyone made a deal on any of these with Sled or are they all storys. Sled you must have one heck of a bank roll and about 100 acres to store them all.
I loved this post until I saw this.................................. there goes all the good stuff and prices.................
markx,ah,ah ,ah....no way,man.....you're just wrong!!! nothing to do with gasmonkey,no idea who he is actually... sleep relaxed.....sled
muscle car guys,here something RARE that you don't see everyday.. a 67 DANA Camaro 427 /manual with aprox 5000 original miles on yep,is a real one..a true survivor ...and still in great shape. this car has an interesting story,but the great thing has survided the drag racing strips since the early days....most of those has been totalled back in the day.... camaro fans,any idea how many of these have been produced from Dana in long beach,CA???? according to my infos less than 10 made,probably 5 to 7 cars ...but any help greatly appreciated.....
this Dana has an interesting history,and was bought brand new in Long Beach ,CA at the DANA factory by a mexican guy wich exported the car here with the solely intention of drag racing purposes,wich he did.... Roberto Morales,a close friend o mine and long time drag racing nut saw the car competing in the early 70's,when car had original color back then,white with black stripes... so ,he reminds it very fast with the Dana installed 427 ....so,he falled in love and managed time later to buy it .... he was aprox 20 ,today he's 45 and still has the car....never driven in the public road...so,car still has 5000 miles and in perfect body conds,totally rust free... also the interior is the original one,still there... next plan is to restore the car as original ,so we're lookin here for some help.... DANA firerglass hood needed,the one belongin to the car have been lost somewhere....and some Dana badges and trims... we recently found the rear folding seat ,luckily... not much is missing.... also the original 427 is under construction,will be mounted soon.... ah,check it out the Dana scattershield especially made for these cars,was NHRA approved..... well,is amazing how this thing could survive,especially ending up in Mexico,but fortunately is still around....
hi all,just to let ya know taht i just changed my digital camera and the new one is NOT accepting the jpeg size my camera has on VGA format....SHIT!!! this is stoppin me to keep postin on....try to solve the tech thing asap...hate this shit!!! and can't loose time to reformat and resend all this stuff...takes too much from me. kinda busy gettin junk around all the time...sled
finally,i could find out how to reduce some pix... this came up today,did not found it myself but another junk addicted friend did... actually ,the very first flower car that i've seen in Mexico....was surprized to find one around,kinda rare to get .... waitin any minute to know if could be for sale from the owner....in case will be mine soon!!! weird lines on this Caddy 59 Flower thing.....have'nt decided if i like yet...some out of proportions,kinda of......
back in action...as said have not much time left to reduce pix,so try to upload more stuff while i can... just found this Caddy 58 hearse yesterday,still in use in a funeral company.. never seen one like this before..looks like a good number of funeral cars are still around in action here in Mexico...interesting... this has been in the company since more than 35 years,dad passed away and the son is still using it....
been last sunday in the countryside,to check out an old federal junkyard...cars stored there since the 70's with major issues. Place is huge,a good amount of interesting cars there,but too gone already....nothing really worth it anymore,exept for some good parts... wanted to take out some junk from here but i realized the only thing raelly savable is the 51 Ford woodie,or what's remains from it... a donor 51 business coupe is sitting close by the woodie,so will get them for the price of iron,and the hope to give the woodie a new life somehow... easy to get those shoebox here in Mexico,so no big deal to rebuilt it... it will be mine soon.....
Tell the kid he needs to flip that Meteor Miller badge right side up..It's supoosed to say M+M,not W+W..Haha...Like that one...Dang good find...Let me know when the kid wants to part with it..Got some ideas for a custom..
A flower car was used to not only carry the flowers for a funeral,but sometimes would be the lead car in a funeral procession...They were also capable of carrying a casket with a flower arrangement set around the casket for a more elegant effect in the funeral procession...Very nice cars...Very few made..They served thier purpose well..The one sled found looks to possibly be made by Eureka..If it's true,it's 1 of 4 built..l
hey Rev,just PM'd you....yeah,was thinkin the same on the badges.... was just thinkin the same,flip em over... looks like more of these herses are coming luckily.... honestly i prefer older rounded lines,but looks col for a kustom for sure.... if you only let me kustomize this one,do i have your permission ???
hey fellas,consider myself a very lucky guy...looks like have a sort of magnet to find 3 window 36 !!!! just found this one ,abandoned in dust...actually i saw this car long ago but i totally forgot it!! now after the rediscovering had a complete better impression about the car,looks much better now.... strange,was rememberin this one really fucked up,but is not... ok,already have my hands on ,will buy it soon... nobody will find it anyway,is hidden away... and comes with complete front end too... more to come on 36 stuff,stay tuned....
Sled how do you find all these cars. Thanks for taking the time to do it and post them. So how many cars do you own? Great pics. Keep them coming!
for the 36 series....here's a roadster he owns some good stuff,and this one is with him since the early 60's.... currently in the restoring process,is already running but needs electric wiring and interiors...the worst part is done already... black color.... love the skirts,and the chromed original rims...pure class on wheels!!!
Sapien,is a matter of lots of contacts and patience....mexicans are diffcult to manage,very informal ...jealous too!! always a problem to take cars pix around,they will come and ask you WHY??? well,i'm used to this shit anyway..got my strategys too... i'm totally into traditional kustoms and rods,so most people here don't have any clue what i'm talkin about...well,kulture is not cheap!! but i'll compensate with the finds...daily comes somthing new!! guess have aprox 35 cars,lost the count time ago...basically projects to fix ,but i'm keep going on buyin fellas.... have not much time for my personal stuff,but i'm improving on fixin...
here's also the 3 w version,owned by the same guy....same stage of restoring process... fully running but not completed... he likes original style cars,not kustomized...probably cause the age,he's 75 now... and still playing around with toys,good entertainment ...wish will get there one day and have still some fun with my favorite toys...
thanx Sapien,you bet will keep hunting for a while down here... and keep you hambers updated....stay tuned
Wow... Let me know if you run across a 1953 Caddy convertible or a 1957 Caddy Seville... And do you have a website??? Charles
Damn I can't wait to get back to Mexico. Mis Suegros are comming at the end of July from Veracruz and Mis Tias and Primos from Mexico city. I cant wait to show them these pics and have them on the lookout for me.
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