Art & Inspiration Interesting inexpensive Craigslist cars

Well, by "all there", I guess they mean "all there except the interior and convertible roof"?

 

Running '52 Chevy coupe with title $2500

https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...icks&referral_story_type=top_picks&__tn__=!:D

 

I buy a lot of stuff used and I am always looking for a bargain, I guess that isn't news as everybody that's in this hobby probably does that but I've had people ghost me so many times after they're the ones that determined the price and we agree for a time to pick something up or to meet up and they just flake or disappear.
I've had people to say they are going to show up to my house I give them my address and I'm sitting around waiting for them for hours and they never show up.
I am just old enough to remember the era where you would buy the recycler or the newspaper and comb the classified ads and back then because it was a more personal transaction it seems like there wasn't a lot of flakes The internet is definitely made a lot of flaky people.
They don't have courtesy to call and say hey I'm not going to be able to make it or say something like I've got second thoughts I don't think I'm going to sell it at the price we agreed on instead they just disappear.

 

1940 mercury 4 dr for $2,000

(3) Marketplace - 1940 Mercury 4dr · Yes | Facebook

 

for real.

thats a cool car,
also good thing it was 2700 miles away from me.
Id get it safely runing driving and stopping and drive it just like it is .

 

Buyers flake because they sleep on it and/or do some cross shopping they realize they're actually paying market rate and say screw it. It wasn't so easy to call sellers on their BS back in the day of paper classifieds since nobody was gonna subscribe to and comb through every paper for every adjacent county in order to stay on top of pricing info.

I don't sell things to make money though. I sell them to make them leave my garage destined for somewhere other than the recycler. While sometimes it takes forever for anyone to be interested in what I'm selling once they are interested I don't really have problems with no-shows because the prices I ask are objectively good.

 

Good buyers do that before they call someone and agree to buy something and set up a time to come. And even if they don't, that's no excuse not to let someone know you're no longer planning to come.

 

It is a sign of character or lack thereof, it was the old way of doing business when a man's word was his bond!

 

Could be a cheap way to get in.
https://slo.craigslist.org/cto/d/san-luis-obispo-1917-dodge/7821070152.html
1917 Dodge - $3,995 (San Luis Obispo)
1917 Dodge Truck Have Calif Title $4000 OBO Body, Dash, Windshield and Radiator is 1917 Dodge. Model A Chassis and powertrain. Buick fenders. Comes with extra wheels/tires, front end and rear differential also extra Model A engine and transmission. Will need trailer to pick up everything

 

A lot of potential here:
$1500
1923 Buick

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1273135497273962/?ref=product_details&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=top_picks&__tn__=!

 

https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/d/black-diamond-studebaker-pick-up/7821870691.html

Studebaker pick up - $4,000 (Auburn)



1950 Studebaker pick up body good class all good all original V8 motor three speed overdrive transmission, clean title

 

it runs in streaks for me but I tend to sell online quite a bit and seeing we have spring coming around the corner and very little snow forecast for the rest of the season I am starting to list items again. I make most people come to me instead of meeting them. this way i can still be doing something. I might have been planning in working in the back forty but if I have someone showing up I can do something in the shop or around it, I have enough stuff to work on. so if they turn out to be a no show, I didn't waste time watching tv waiting for them. they tend to pay your price too if they come to you especially me being in the country. seems when they want to meet you someplace they tend to want to haggle your price down otherwise you wasted the trip for nothing or worse yet, no show completely.

there are a few exceptions seeing I am so far out. I did give in to a guy a few years ago when I talked to him I could tell he had health problems/asthma. it was a hot day and wanted to know if I could deliver new in box air conditioner to him, he was housebound and his quit working so I did and just did other things in the city that day that I was planning on later in the week. so there are a few exceptions but most times I have them come to me so I can still be doing something constructive.

 

I always sell stuff below retail because I want to move it people are just flaky, I buy and sell a ton of crap here in So Cal, It has gotten worse in the last 10 or 15 years with the rise of smartphones in the internet. It is rare to have an actual conversation with somebody over the phone even though I always put my phone number in my ads everyone always chooses to text I think it makes it easier to be flaky.

 

46 Ford Panel Wagon. Papillion, NE
$5000
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3842588122643166/?

 

1954 Chrysler new yorker T&C Wagon for sale by owner - Boone, IA - craigslist

 

59 Buick wagon $5500.
Never seen one before, good luck getting rear glass.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/521411447594868/

 

That car is pretty cool!

 

I think it's too high, and it needs a heap of ugly wiped off, but if you gotta have a cheap T...
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1057190339497098/

 

https://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/d/coeur-alene-1941-chevy-2-ton-truck/7822614674.html

1941 Chevy 1/2 ton truck - $4,500 (CDA)










1941 chevy 1/2 ton truck that needs restored. Has original drivetrain that needs rebuilt. The bed is original with fiberglass fenders. Glass is all there but is cracked/aged. Comes with extra cab, doors, hood in good condition. Does not run but roles easy and all 4 tires hold air.
I own a restoration shop in CDA and would be willing to restore if needed. Can deliver locally asking 4500 or trade for? Clean Idaho title.
208 770 1611

 

https://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/d/battle-ground-1963-chevy-c10-short-wide/7822378719.html

1963 chevy c10 short wide - $1,500 (Battle Ground)










This is a listing for a complete truck, everything is intact. It has an additional tailgate same color. The bed is full of hand tools and air tools. I was storing this for a friend and he no longer wants it, just trying to recoup the cost of storage. No title, lots of good parts, all original. Email is best to start, will not deliver local cash sales only, no shipping and don't need help selling.

 

Hey this is within striking distance for me

 

The '63 truck seems like a good deal (and my favorite year, last wraparound windshield but first year of the good suspension) and it comes with a bed full of extra shit, but no title and the story of it belonging to a friend who doesn't want it anymore, I'd be worried someone would come back wanting to claim it in the future. I know "no title" isn't a big deal in some states, but Wisconsin sure ain't one of them.

 

1940 Graham Hollywood FB $2500 Ohio
https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...ghtspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner
I am so tempted by this car, I lived in Auburn IN as a kid 1961 and my foster father truck driver taught me the names of all the cars on the road. Auburns and Cords were my favs, go figure. I always thought a Cord bodied Graham Hollywood would make a great Coffin nose replica.

 

Now that one really truly is interesting and inexpensive. A Hollywood Graham is a pretty neat car in itself, this one being an old hot rod with a Y-block drivetrain and '56 Ford gauge cluster is even cooler, and it's currently marked down to $2K. Also appears the headlights were entirely shaved off at one time, perhaps relocated behind the grilles?

 

I don't have time for a proper one but I'm positive with some tweaking there's a killer 3 window in here somewhere.

 

Boy, howdy, that is tempting. Won't see yourself on every corner in that...
Fortunately, I'm in to far into Studes, & a few other things that need new homes; to chase that one.
"Cough.."
Marcus...

 

58 Chrysler Windsor 4-dr hdtp, no engine
Phoenix, AZ
$2750

https://m.facebook.com/groups/ForwardLook/permalink/10161280391144482/?

 

Pretty nice looking 1940 mercury $5975
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/8274200299332272/

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/18MdsXWkrz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Oooooohhhhhhhhhhh

 

^ that was quick…