Sunday I was outside in the driveway working on the old Caddys and a guy pulls up and asks me if I would be interested in an old 53 something car that was abandoned on his property. He said all the gl*** has been broken out and it's was rusty. Sure I said. He gave me directions to where it was. Turned out to be a 54 Chevy pickup.
I guess his idea of rusty and mine are two different things. But he was right about the gl***....every piece of gl*** is busted out.
Cleaned the points, dropped in a battery and a squirt of fresh gas and it started right up! I crawled underneath to drain the old gas and saw new master cylinder, hoses, lines , shocks and wheel cylinders. It has fairly new tires but someone shot holes in two of them.
before I did any more work to that think I would check to see if its stolen free abandoned more like dumped after joy ride tk
Thanks....he said just get it off his property and I could have it for the trouble. I just need to put a new ignition switch and clean the carb and it should be good. Looks like I have a new parts runner.
Not stolen.....he knows who it belongs to and he has sent several certified letters to the guy and he won't respond. So it's considered abandoned and I can get a ***le.
Congratulations,,your luck seems pretty good. You need to buy a Lottery ticket while you are on a hot streak! HRP
You're right....I should. But that was yesterday....today they moved me to a new office on the 13th floor....hope it's still in effect.
Outstanding. Looks solid. Should be easy to flip to fund projects posted via smoke signals made with a Mexican blanket
That is very clean and nice shape! you are doing something right, your karma bucket must be near full!
That is a sweet score! Crazy how rust free it is after sitting in the woods with no gl***. I would get it dependable and drive it as is, well with more gl*** in it anyways. Awesome score and keep us updated!
Goodluck with the ***le. They recently changed the law in Texas. I wouldn't tell them the word abandoned at the tax office. Go the bonded route Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
They change the law every 6 months. I've done this 3 times already this year. My buddy owns a ***le service but it's still not cheap. You should never deal directly with the tax office in situations like this.
That's the plan after I have a ***le. I just need some gl***, a couple used tires and a seat. Then I'll use it for chasing parts around town.
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