You never know when stuff finds you...this was yesterday,and i was lookin for a tow truck to load a car with a pal o mine outside town.. we called a guy wich is supposedly renting tow trucks,went there to his place and when we said we had to move a 36 Ford he invited us inside his huge werehouse to check some of his projects... i noted way above us in the mezzanine a cool front end..and between a lot of junk there is sitting this beautiful unrestored and unusual Chevy 34 roadster... geee,i havent seen one of these for years..no matter if im a Ford guy but loved the lines and details of such beauty!
It might be a Lasalle. I had a buddy in High school (1971 ) that had one . It was awesome too the windows were partially covered on the outside with sculpted metal curtains. It had a Flathead of some sort. He ended up selling is , being a kid he never had the money to get it finished. Cool stuff down there. Mike
Thanks for that one Sled, wish i could buy them all,, lol I found a 46 chevy 1 ton tow truck up by me, trying to find a way to get it home, hopin the owner doesnt want too much for it, and then hopin my wife doesnt kill me,
Mike,that's an ultra rare Caddy 42 Miller cathedral hearse..according to the infos i have one of three built being this one the only unrestored survivor..thats as far i've been told from all kinds of hearse experts in the last years!
Welcome anytime Nova ah,wifes..that's another story amigo! At list i dont have to fight with wifes to follow my dreams,i dont have any i want to keep it that way ...good luck on your 46 truck!!
I've been really lucky recently...waited years to find that elusive 32 coupe,i dont mind if 3 or 5w at this point really..many leads have been followed but went nowhere.. you know how it goes...suddently the real thing shows up!!
Well ,I think it will be a keeper ..since I'm here in Mexico I have been told countless times about 32s for sale that they never showed up or was a model A ...so,lookin back 6 years or more are gone without actually having the chance to buy a 32 coupe ,no matter wich conds... And for sure I don't wanna wait another 6 years to find another onto start building an hot rod for myself,I think this will be the perfect candidate to be a keeper ...top chop?Yesss,all the way ...traditional rod ?yup
Hey Mark ,same here ...it's a strange feeling to really get my hands on a real Henry 32 after all these up years of scarfing everywhere...and you see here what I can find ...more pics coming so keep suffering,ah,ah.,ah ..
Sled: You lucky..........!!!! Any open cars around there??? I saw the '34 Chevy, man what a find. Tim
Tim,sure ..what kind of open cars are you lookin for? Yeah,I'm not a Chevy guy but i loved that one and especially how complete it is and the overall conds...funny turn signals thou
Sled: You lucky..........!!!! Any open cars around there??? I saw the '34 Chevy, man what a find. Tim
Some more 32 shots..need to make a nice inventory but im freakin happy to see all the wooden structure intact inside and all the perfect garnish moldings in there... looks like somebody along the way put a homemade heater thru the firewall wich will be easily removed... the 4banger will be off too..need more power!!
Yeah,got some customs (unfinished yet but im almost set) and need a hot rod to balance things,ya know!
Thanks mate. Yeah all good. Cutting back on my travels these days and focussing on sorting out what I aleady have in the shed. Current project is this running and driving 36. Just a few small issues and its done
Not bad ,mate! so,you're still on old jalopys i see...i tought time ago you were moving more on old Harleys ,is'nt it? I personally do love them both..
Yeah mate still got my pans And been getting into riding one of these on my breaks, into the "Outback" I guess you could call it.
Way cool bikes..its been my plans since many years to buy an old Harley or somethin and take a trip down under in the outback..with no time limit on my hand..i know you mates there are Indian and Harley nuts but of course to cover those great distances in the middle of nowhere you need to be well prepared .. Im slowly working currently on a 47 Big Twin Flattie Harley wich i want bobber style for myself too,sorry i dont have any pics handy ..its all apart
More open cars ...here a weird one! Thanks to fellow Hamber Hcontla that had the lead to such car we went togheter to check it in person..weird owner,probably on speed or such,but here is what we saw... a 51 Jowett Jupiter ,british kinda ugly thing to me ...owner was saying that raced the modern Panamericana ,it had a full rollcage inside..it can be! Asked price was out of this planet ,but fun to see anyway
Lets stick to cool open cars then.. what about this unusual Mopar counterpart to the 34 Chevy shown above?? Plymouth 32 roadsters are not that common anywhere i feel,even less down here..liked the cool lines and details on this one... What do you reckon fellas??
Sharp little roadster! I usually don't go for yellow and black but it looks good in this case. Sled, I know it would be a needle in a haystack but have you ever seen a black '51 Mercury coupe in the Tacuba district? I saw it way back in '81; one of my Aztec buddies was trying to buy it but never had the pesos to do it. Very straight original with dull paint and no hubcaps; sound familiar? Also, have you spotted any Edsels?
Chis,ive just been in the Tacuba barrio or districts couple days ago and I know the area..there is still some good stuff in there but who knows about the black Merc 51? I mean,I'm here only for 6 years aprox and back to the 80s there were a huge amount of American cars around in very good conds...so,I know fo sure there were a bunch of good Mercs among others ..so,nope,I don't know this Merc..however I did rescue similar 49/51 Mercs as you describe and still doing it today Yes,I do know some Edsels too
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