I think that many of us have that value skew at times. One thing is an albatross we just need gone. Something else is going to be hard to pry away. Keep in touch, continue to make him feel good about the car's new home. Like I said before, unless you plan on drag only hard running (and breaking and fixing), that engine is only a part of the history, not useful as a driveline going forward. It would be great to keep it with the car, but at that price, you could have a complete engine, trans, driveshaft, wheels & tires, and maybe even paint. Finding someone who can freshen it up properly is going to be a task in itself. I didn't find a Flathead Hilborn setup for sale. I'd guess that's a big chunk of the perceived value.
Stay in touch with him...that 5 digit flathead may get significantly cheaper as his warehouse storage rent racks up month after month. And, no one else is stepping up with his asking price. That old B&M Hydramatic 4spd shifter is cool. I had one in my '54 Olds in the early '80's. I bet someone on here would have an interest in it. The Harmon Collins dual point, dual coil distributor is also a cool piece. I see them listed on here for around $500-600. I had one on the flatty in my roadster. It worked very well. Essentually, it operates by turning the V8 into 2 - 4 cylinders doubling the dwell time which helps at higher rpms. When one of the crappy currently available condensers fail, you can still limp home on 4 cylinders...ask me how I know.
I’ve moved half way cross the country couple times gave stuff away. None of my business, just a comment from peanut gallery. Glad the car is yours, hope to see down the road
I lived in Fort Worth for the last 18 years, moved to Oklahoma 6 months ago. Just curious of the neighborhood the car was located, I don't need the address, I don't want to bug anyone, just curious if it was under my nose for all these years.. Great find!
I don't know the area super well, but it is about two blocks south west of the NAS/Lockheed Martin in White Settlement... a lot of local guys are cursing me! Apparently Sid has refused many a generous offer for the car over the years.
Yeah what's that smell? Oh it's just Trevor bragging on the car he spent $8000 on telling everyone it cost him $200.00. Ya'll don't know him like I does!! Hey! Black diamond has some really nice wide whites!!! Those would look bitchin' on my old Sedan Delivery!!! *polishing up an old flathead that is sitting on the run stand I helped a young'un build a few years ago*
It's always cool to save something like that my friend was at the right time and place to score a '65 2door rambler that had a Chevy 427 and a straight axle, 4spd it even had a bar mounted to the dash with a roller that rode on the brake pedal arm you pulled with a free hand as original line lock so cool. He had it got it running kids happen and some idiot pro streeted it.
Oh Trevor!!! So happy for you! No idea how I missed this!? Too too cool man. Your plans for the flathead sound great! Gettin the thing cleaned up n on the street doesnt have to have a period at the end of it.... save, enjoy, never know, someday it may get an ardun headed beast slapped back in. Slots look good but chrome reverse is the ticket! Way too cool of a project. Make it run n drive asap, youll be able to enjoy and tinker from there
Neat stuff man! Personally I would keep it as close to how it was last run as I could. $10,000 is nuts for a - probably junk - flathead. No matter what's on top of it. Keep that guys number and plant the seed. It may wind up with the car. That said, I'd honestly have a hard time not changing the rearend to an old 9inch that would fit the wheels and be good for whatever you put in front of it. .
ba ha ha ha...I honestly didn't read it like that...I figured the $200. was for buddy with the tow truck "finders fee" but now that I look back....
I got this as a barn find about 10 yrs ago it needed paint so I painted it ,then I sold it and it morphed into black. The guy I sold it to offered it back but I had another by then. It's still in RI somewhere. It was built in early 80's or late 70's running gear and inside didn't change it was fun to drive mine came out of a new Hampshire storage auction my buddy bid on!
Lol- not likely! Picked up the hubs from the machine shop & we are now officially cooking. Car is back on all four feet for the first time in probably 60 years.
The rear end needs to come back a little but it would take a hell of a lot to convince me fendered isn’t the way to go!!
I know those cheater slicks will need swapped out before hitting the street. But as is they have a cool look
They're kickass... will be rollers for now until the car is ready for the road. I think when they come off, I will make little tables out of them with some banjo bells and old steelies for the shop.
Be kinda cool if you were able to make a vintage style race trailer for it and store those cheaters on a rack on the front
It may not need front fenders....... Ok- question. All the flathead stuff Guy has looks like it's for 59A, but my mill is an 8BA . I know the truck water pumps put the motor mounts in the same place. Do the 59A heads and intakes interchange? I'm picturing three 97s with velocity stacks...
im a bet partial to fenders on old model A drag coupes, that car is neat, be really neat to have most all of it the way it was, fenders and all.
I had mounted a '65 mustang radiator behind the '34 grill you could get the cap off to fill it no problem but don't flatheads have 2 inlets at the top?
That '32 rad seems to be usable. Haven't leak tested yet but I don't see any damage. Some more good news... on Tuesday the bank is writing me a check for a loan for a 30x50 backyard shop building!
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