Following day, another junkyard...visited i think 8 of em in 3 days...after a deep dive on this one i was quite disappointed...not much old stuff in here and the reason is that once a year the municipality s**** most of the stuff in the car corrals...and they restart again and again. My wish was to really find something special and wanted but nope...not this time unfortunately
keep up the good work Sled, never know what u will find,, maybe u will find a c0oo0L ole woodie for cheap enough i can afford, like right after i win the lotto,, lol
Very cool thread there Sled You have a knack for finding diamonds in the rough. I can't believe I haven't seen this thread before.
A slight guess is that you have never cranked much less driven a curve dash olds, they have plenty of power and get down the road very nicely. Next time you come across one, see if you can pull through a 95 cu.in. single with the compression release off. As to your comment about the difference between the curve dash and the "french front" cars, they were made concurently, though i think the french front did not come out till '04. The car was originally envisioned as a 2 person run about.
Sure i will Nova,be prepared with that lotto ticket on hand...thinkin back i stumbled to a number of woodie wagons down here ,from full basket cases to nice running cars...mostly 49/51 Fords and Mercurys...
Correct on both points Fur..but some history is needed at this point.There was a very skilled man called mr Olveira in city of Cuernavaca, 1h south of me that made many replicas,or copies,or clones as you wish to call them of the curved dash Olds...not sure exactly how many he built em but as far i remember more than 100 or even more...he was building everything from scratch and using Briggs & Stratton small engines plus another brand wich i dont reckon right now....he did it for many years...fellow Hamb member Hcontla was his apprentice when a young kid so he can tell way more detailed stories.... So the chance to get an original 95ci engine i think is very scarce,you know...probably he started with an original one but who knows where could be these days? I've seen a number of these Olveira's replicas during the years and my tought is that somebody exported em to the States too in the 80s...thanks for the useful infos
We used to have real junkyards in Montana...now the old cars have been turned into steel used to make Chinese skys****ers...Sled's photos bring back memories of times gone by...
zarbtime..im aware of some of your empty spaces and cool junkyards up there in Montana,beautiful state in the summertime too.. Mind you,the s****ping commissioned by the chinese is happening here too...i could see daily since the short time im in Mexico (2006 aprox) the less amount of stuff and the leads i have of that certain junkyard being s****ped forever and steel sold to the chinese ,all the time....sad,really sad... I think we are probably the last witnesses of such evolving society into full disposable plastic ****,wich i totally hate...that's why im doing what im doing,trying to live life my steel way with a more romantic vision of things...and im sure we are still many of us that love this way.... Your avatar speaks itself,timeless pic
Ok,lets have some fun...anybody knows what this scooter is??Not your everyday italian Vespa or Lambretta.... that's the first one with sidecar that i've seen in my life... Im sure there are many bike guys here as well... waitin your feedback guys....
Nova...that was way to easy eh? Anybody else has one of those?Lookin to get some correct values on what eventually to pay for it,its in running conds ..im offering the local guy but he wants way too much money i feel..aprox 12K..wich i consider outrageous...any help appreciated
When i die I want my funeral procession to be in that he**** averaging a speed of no less than 80mph.
you named the photo 'diana' , then i googled it, and got the full name, sry, but i learned something new, never heard of that scooter before
That's cheating man,ah,ah,ah..i knew that could be traced down by the name pics..i had to store em in right order otherwise i get lost myself in the messy stuff i have around.. It's a german brand ,not very common..and with a sidecar mounted,good luck findin one..looks to be a smaller Steib sidecar but i honestly dont know what brand the sidecar is...
I reckon a brown solid Pacer in there but these pics are from last year,november...so it might be s****ped by now...who knows??
VW time...saw in a local ad this 60 panel and i liked the hot rod look,so called the guy and checked out in person...man,it was in the outskirts of DF ,right on the high hills...not a nice neighbour at all,a hot barrio...owner was cool and he told me in that area there are tons and tons of VW cars,wich was true...nope,no 21 or 23 buses,already asked ...
Mailer,welcome anytime..glad you guys like the show,its fun posting it..especially now that i found a way to post pics myself after many years...stay tuned
Sled........thanks for the many posts and pictures you've done. I enjoy looking at them. There is certainly some amazing stuff there. Of course, I like this 46-48 Plymouth P15 coupe. Even has some goodies.....visor and skirts........Is there much activity with old Mopars in Mexico? Are they very popular? Bob
Yep,its a 42 Miller coachbuilt cathedral he****..when found it had a 47 registration mexican plate,so i've been confused..after a further reasearch a fellow Hamber told me the exact year and correct infos...
me too i was originally looking for a late 40's chevy fleetmaster, but i came across this one from a guy who had it in his arage for over 30 years
47Plym,the Mopar community here is very active but Mexico has always been a Ford and GM country...but Chrysler had a factory plant here since the late 30s i think..i met an old gentleman years ago wich worked in the factory and his daily driver was a 47 Chrysler Highlander coupe...the guy was flying on the road with that stocker... also the 70s muscles are very popular and there are couple muscle Mopar clubs around... I see often in private collections many 30/40s Mopars too...
Since there are a number of Mercs showin up recently i'll show another i found time ago...that's the perfect grill i need for mine...very solid one,too bad its a moredoor but still great to find em in such solid conds..
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