Killer scores UNDER $100...

1)Model A frame-$50.00 2) 40 Ford front axle setup complete &nice-free 3)41 ford rear axle-free 4)old wood trailer with ford axle, wishbones, with wide 5 hubs and wheels 50.00. 5)Spending time will your 81 yr old dad looking for old parts-priceless.​

 

i had to pay $50 for my crabs...

 

283 from an impala
today
free

 

I got 4 Original 67 Chevy Disc Brake Ralley Center Caps for $25 at a Mexican Flea Market in East Texas. ...........Then better than that...........used them for a Christmas Present to my brother..............Then Same Brother.......owed him $150, bought (true story) a complete 348 Tri Power manifold, carbs, air cleaner (black stock one) and 3 derbys with mechanical linkage for $19 at a farm auction in Ohio 25 years ago............called my debt even. ..........But remember back then Super Chevy did not mean anything nor did numbers matching.

 

Got lucky today.

Found a complete Ford 1932 4-piece hood (20 louvres) with stainless strip for 40 euro's or 55 U.S. bucks.
The old man thought it was a Model T hood.
Hood had been lying for the last 40 + years.

 

Okay, Portland swap meet about 1990. Came across one vendor who had a board with photos of various stuff for sale. I scanned across all and caught a glimpse of a blurry polaroid and on the bottom of it was written "Willys hood- $30". It was a steel, rust-free 1933 Willys hood in original paint missing only one or two vents. I couldn't get my cash out fast enough!

 

i got one more for this post the other day

i bought a set of 12 spoke spindle mounts and had been looking for some magnesium rear wheels to run out back . actually was about to send some money to a guy on here to buy a set of 15 x 10 magnesium torque thrusts (1200.00) . i had to run to a junkyard with a buddy to get an F1 steering box for his rod and their were a bunch of busses at the yard so i wandered through the busses and spotted a set of ........you guessed it ........15 x 10 magnesium torque thrusts so of course i'm excited and ready to drop 1000.00 bucks on these things(maybe more as they are really nice) i carry em' up to the front of the yard and ask the guy what he wants and he says " they gotta be worth 15 wouldn't ya think?) so i'm like oh shit he knows what he's got here and said " oh i don't know " he says "well i'd say at least 15 to 20 bucks a piece in scrap weight ...will ya go 40.00 for the pair?"

so as you can imagine i couldn't peel the money out of my pocket fast enough.

here they are with very minimal clean up with a WD40 soaked rag.


Shot with KODAK EASYSHARE Z710 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-11-09


Shot with KODAK EASYSHARE Z710 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-11-09


Shot with KODAK EASYSHARE Z710 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA at 2008-11-09

 

think I just found the drive shaft for my model A project ..laying on the side of the road..free!..just needs to be cut to length and the front changed over to accept Gm U joint, for my 700r4 out put yoke

 

i don't think i like you anymore!!

 

I got a Clifford 4 barrel carb intake manifold for a 223 ford 6 for $30 at the junk yard. Also found a clifford aluminum valve cover for a 258 jeep for $15 at the same yard it was just sitting the back seat of an old wagoneer. The best thing i found was a 1965 impala 12 bolt rearend out of a wrecked wagon for $62 on a half off day. Sorry for the small cell phone pics.

 

just scored a NOS superior 500 wheel with white grip, the old four hole style, still in the original box for 20 bucks at a swapmeet that that wasnt to bad

 

but did you ever really like me , i mean really like me .......or was it all just an act ......
....oh nevermind , i just wanted to bump this to get some more cool shit up for us all to drewl over.

 

Bought two 12V Dewalt drills with cases, batteries and chargers for $50. And got an orphan 14.4V battery in the deal. Both work great!

 

Definitely OT,but this past spring I found a 8' bed off of a '93 Dodge pickup by a crane shop,stopped and asked about it and the guy said "how's $100 sound?" Long story short,I got a near perfect take-off bed for my '87 Dodge pickup for $100,sold the tailgate on evilbay for $189,and sold the wheel well mouldings for $30. One of my best deals yet, at least for $100.

 

traded a free 52 chev truck for a 29 essex roadster, got a 48 austin devon (the kind they make into nostalgia dragsters) for free. My dad gave me a running/driving 55 Chev and he also gave me a 69 Cadillac with under 70k miles on it that I gave to my son..

 

Damn you!... I have been trying to find one of these near me!

 

I walked by a guy's space at Fall Hershey this year on Wednesday as he and his son were unloading a '50 Olds three speed, bolted to a '49-'54 Cadillac bell housing.

"How much for the transmission?"
"Oh, I don't know....the old man we got most of this shit from said it was Oldsmobile....fifty bucks, I guess."

Even though my wagon was full, I found a way to strap it in!

 

I bought a 70 torino not running, 4 speed, super cobra jet eng, drag pac for 100

 

Got a 4 bolt main 350 out of a Vette for free.
Pink rods-free
Billet steel crank-free
Oh, and a pair of 327 closed chamber powerpak heads-free.

That Vega I dumped it all into sure screamed.

 

I got a nice set of 202 heads for $65.00

 

i just won on EBay a NOS P51 anti-icing tank.....just the same as used in the Pierson Bros '34 coupe as a fuel tank.
there have been a few for sale on here for $400-600....i got mine for $87 (my maximum price to bid on it was $300)

lets hope the mailmen deliver it safely....

 

Lets see more. This thread always puts hope in my heart.

 

Whow!! Look at that killer set of valve covers!!!!!

 

Zoinks! Did somebody decide not to paint one up as the Mystery Machine?

 

I picked up a full set of 50 olds hubcaps out of an antique store a few weeks ago for about $40....

And just last week, I went through a box of junk that I bought at a rummage sale a couple of years back and it sat on a shelf ever since. I think I paid about $5 for it. It was full of old stewart warner gauges, sending units, etc. Some even match. What the hell do I do with SW 3500 rpm tachs?

 

A local hotrodder was moving, getting rid of all his stuff.. bought a '35 Ford V8, mostly complete (missing pistons) for $50.. pretty happy with that deal.

 

I got a respectable set of Olds Fiesta's for $100 bucks and the 5th one was given to me.

 

I got the 265 PowerPak and exhaust that's in my car for free.
I've got a 70's 350 in my garage that needs a rebuild for free.

Under $100 each:
55-64 Chiltons
vintage custom magazines
staggerbolt corvette valve covers
Offy Intake
4 Wide white walls

 

Amen Brother Rocky, I wish I still had every car I've gotten for $50.00 or less. I've owned over 200 cars and over half were in the $100 range and many were free.
my biggest regret was one I turned down for free, A Gasser style Allstate (a Henry J sold by Sears) with a running 389 Pontiac.

 

Those 14's or 15's?