The dilemma of the inherited car?

Do take advantage of storage/advertising offers. Chicago is the hub for 'gangster cars', what with its rich wiseguys' history...so the car's location is advantageous, regionally.

Between Illinois and Washington DC, there is a plethora of potential clients that would just fit this sinister description. Pics would speak volumes.

 

I inherited a car from my dad that was not my cup of tea. I am into hot rods and this was a fairly stock 50's car that he had for 25 years. I did not drive it much at first but I have to admit, it has really grown on me and is now my favorite car. But what I have learned from driving this car has really been amazing. It reminds me of my dad, and is very nostalgic in an unexpected way.

Our pasts are a part of us. It's a mistake to deny this, or turn our backs on it. Keep an open mind and embrace what life brings you. While at first glance, something from your past might not strike you as "cool" or what you are now "in to," I think you might find that old Buick might end up being the most valuable thing you own some day.

 

My Dad gave me his '53 Olds 98 town sedan when I was a teenager.
He had given my older brother a 52 Mercury 2 door sedan so when he bought a '62 Olds super 88 I got the next hand-me-down car.
I torched the coils and nosed it and painted it flat Black and just couldn't get past those back doors....It was a grandpa car!
SO I called a junk yard and they towed it away and gave me enough for it to buy a weight set to keep ME looking good enough to not need a car (Only dated girls who had their own cars and they picked ME up!)
The '53 olds was just a 12 year old car that had been T-boned and had a bent frame under the repaired body, not a "classic" yet by any stretch of an imagination.
If you don't want the Buick, arrange to maybe even GIVE it to someone who does, to save it from the Chinese shredder.

 

I posted here because I won't allow her to scrap it. Hence the " dilemma" in the title of my post. The car is 1800 miles away and I'd have to take time off from work to get it, currently not an option. If I bring another one home I'll probably be divorced besides. I knew you guys would have some options for me and I really appreciate your responses. Thanks for all your advise.

 

I'll try to get some pics to post. For those of you who are making offers to help find storage or want to look at the car thanks for your offers. I'm trying to decide which direction is a realistic option right now.

 

Any of us who live in Northern Illinois or southern Wisconsin would be happy to look at it and offer some help with ideas or money. No scrapping please, there might be someone who has little money but would jump at the chance to have a car like this. I could see someone putting a modern Roadmaster or Sedan DeVille running gear in it.

 

I'll go and take pictures, I'm looking for a winter project at the right price also.

 

Your mother needs to be slapped!

The saddest thing is some scrapper wouldn't think twice about hauling it across the scales....

 

your wife would divorce you over getting your dads car?

cold hearted

the vows are in sickness and in health..so what if the sickness lasts a lifetime..she knew what she was getting into

 

That is one cool huge car, that needs to be saved in one way or the other.

 

Settle down there....just how many women past 50 do you actually know that give a damn about any car besides the one in her driveway?
As far as she knows it probably has no value and in that part of the world there are likely too many folks driving around in their Pious' banging on the recycle drum...

Oh yeah, save the car.

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My buddy and a fellow HAMBer still has the 1940 Buick Monster he or one of his parents was supposedly created in. I think. It's been a while since I talked to him about the car.

 

Your heart is obviously not in it, because if it was you'd find a way...

So put it in the Classifieds and be done with it.