Art & Inspiration What did you save,build, buy, sell, trade this year? 2016

I worked on some other peoples slightly off topic stuff, but nothing for myself this time around,
I hope to do better next year.
What did you do?

 

Saved the 56.
I drug home quite a bit this year.
57 Chevy 3/4 ton
49 Dodge 1/2 ton
56 imperial
60 Dodge pioneer
36 Dodge pickup
Remains of a C cab
63 Corvair convertible
1952 GMC Trailways bus
52 Hudson sedan
61 Ranchero
Plus a couple off topics.

 

Painfully had to let this go [emoji17]



Still working on this one (and getting real close to the end)



This one's waiting in the wings.


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I found this pile-o-parts in a Colorado yard after a client died. He and I were kindred souls: guys who are interested in everything with wheels, can't get enough of 'em, and never seem to finish projects.





I loosely set the truck parts in their proper places to make this tempting project that provides nearly all the parts of a 1941 Plymouth pickup. I sold it on ebay to a Florida buyer. I dig that patina! The only parts missing were the tailgate and bed floor.

The same yard was full of a bunch of cool, but OT cars, campers and a motorhome. None had been driven or moved for over fifteen years, when the owner's health started to deteriorate. I managed to get them all running and driving except the truck, and all of them sold.

It's a tough week at the office when a lawyer is forced to get his hands dirty playing with old tin!

 

Overheard two guys talking about this car at a cruise-in..... bought it the next day...took two weeks to dig it out of the old garage it had been in for 20 yrs..now it's at my garage ,wait'n its turn...

 

Sold the roadster, bought another coupe for something to play with over the winter, and still have "Old Faithful", the green coupe.

 

I didn't buy anything this year. didn't drag anything in. sold a few parts. A 360 truck crankshaft. 66 chev Pk steering sector. Sold a AMC Gremlin X body. I fixed a couple of M farmall tractors. got the 454 installed in my 71 chevy 3/4 ton. Sold 11 acres of land. gave my burro away.

 

Ugg, been a OT year this year, mostly 60's muscle cars (3 Mustang fastbacks, 67 Camaro, 66 Nova and a 68 C10. I did manage to almost finish a 39 Ford Standard Tudor and work a little on my 41 Ford pickup. Looked at the 32 Vicky a lot but that's all I did to it. Gotta finish it this year!

 

Traded my roadster for the coupe, then traded my son the coupe for his corvette, then traded the corvette for a 32 ford sedan. My son and I are both happy with the outcome!!

 

Made a large dent in the parts pile, fixed and flipped an OT car. Didn't seriously fuck up this year, also business has been good. Result : new full roller stroker BBC.

 

Sold my house with 410 square foot garage and bought a different one with 1086 square feet between 2 garages. Also sold the A sedan and bought the '63.

 

bought an edsel. Got a 28 chevy for free. Had fun with them, sold them. Sold my 55. Sold a 70s truck, bought a 70s lincoln. Busy year for the title transfer folks.

 

No real projects per se but i kept the mailman and Ebay in business by saving about 80 or so car magizines from landfills across the country.

 

Sold the 55?

 

Saved this old channeled hot rod and have gathered most of the parts to fix the drivers side now.




Saved and passed along this old hot rod body.



Sold this finally



Saved all these and passed them on to new owners



Got this body and threw it in a pile with a bunch of other stuff. It's sold now too.



Here it is getting dropped off



I bought this complete bb truck and am putting it on a regular chassis.



Also got this 55 Ford and started fixing it up.


I've done a lot of smaller transactions too. But this is the main stuff.







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Sold my 64 Biscayne. Finishing up my 63 Impala.

 

not much on the big stuff....bought some early 60's motorscooters....one from the original owners....working on getting my titles straight with all the documents.....so I can build.......

 

Sold a 52 Rambler wagon. Bought a few parts for my truck, pretty quiet on the buy/sell front.
poor picture.

 

Managed to get my O/T tow vehicle painted, picked up a 59 Custom Royal long term project and a 59 Regent that will hopefully be a driver this summer, also hoping to have the Fargo together this year as well!



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Picked up a couple cool projects this year . Pulled a 32 Sedan out of a 30 year hibernation and 30 Roadster out of a garage that it sat in for 20 plus years . Also a few other cool rides !
The Sedan




The 1930





Dump truck out of a chicken coop



And helped a friend on his chopped 40


Got rid of several cars and bought several more but these are the ones I have pics of .



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Thrashed on the chassis for my 34 ford coupe. Made a steering column and shaft from a 40 column to fit my 40 Buick steering wheel and made a column drop.....welded up a buncha holes in the frame.
Sent my rusty old Lloyd 2 door down the road because it was a distraction away from my coupe. Scrapped a whole bunch of parts that didn't sell at the swap meets...more distractions.

 

Bought a '39 Ford cab at Hershey to go with the '38 Deluxe nose. Not much progress on the Roadster or Steelback, but it was a great year. Bob

 

37Kid - In recent years, the 36-38 Fords have really caught my eye. Each has it's little nuances to make them unique. But the '37 front end is my fav. The '38 nose you have there looks solid.

 

Sold my '62 Fairlane 500, to someone all the way across the Country in Oregon. Full asking price!
Shortly thereafter I picked up this '49 Styleline Deluxe, which I'll work on over the Winter, and hopefully have ready for Sale in early Summer.

 

Been working on my roadster . Bill

 

Pretty slow year on all of your questions, did not sell anything, bought some parts, just worked on a what I have and enjoyed the hobby, show's, cruise's, just went for a ride many times, have some plans/ideas for next year, we'll see what happens.

 

Sold My Willys and started to finish my BBC Belair wagon.

 

Pulled a long dormant project to the front and got it on the road..

 

Bought a '56 Chevy straight axle project.
Parted out an O/T Malibu and sold the shell.
Going to save a '57 Chevy 150 that was written off as parts car only and put it on the straight axle frame with leftover parts from the Malibu.
Sold the '56 Chevy shell to my Dad, he is going to put it back on a stock frame and build a street car.