What have you traded for a car?

My friend Drew [we'll call him Drewshbag] just traded 10 lobsters for this running 67 2 door cutl***!

 

we've traded other vehicles, work and sheet metal for cars. But lobsters is a new one for me

 

Back in the late 60's I traded a 40 ford coupe, SBC, 4 speed, black with flames for a down payment on a house. The guy wanted 30K for the house, I ground him to 27.5 and he gave me 10K trade on the coupe.Went to the bank and borrowed the 17.5 and had a payment of 131.00 a month.
Great thing is, the deal was in So-cal and sold the house 8 years later for $100K
Nice little profit, and no way in hell was that 40 worth 100k
That deal kinda got me goin in life

 

In 1962 I trades a single shot Cooey .22 rifle and 2 packs of cigarettes for a 1932 Durant roadster!!!

 

I gave a friend a 51 Ford tudor parts car for a steering wheel.

 

I traded my lifted chevy P.U.

for 3 metal flake paint jobs

 

In 1969, my dad traded a 650 Bonneville dirt bike for a 34 Ford 3 window. A couple of years later he traded the 3 window, plus extra sheetmetal he collected, for a 34 Chevrolet 4 door sedan project so he could haul the kids around. At age of 35, I am the youngest and he still hasn't done anything with the sedan. Today I tell him the motorcycle is probably worth more than that sedan. It would definitely take up less space in the shed.

Dave

 

Years ago I traded a run down toyota pickup for a new hot tub. Got way more use and more fun out of the hot tub!

 

I wish I could fall into some of those deals. I always have to trade cash for a car.

 

I traded painting the trim on a house for a 9 year old '60 Chevy wagon.
Traded a Chrome 22 pistol for a '69 Sedan DeVille.
Traded a '55 Olds that I bought for $75 and drove 12 years for my current '40 GMC.
Traded one of my small carved stone sculptures for a Volvo 1800S sports car.
Traded money for the rest. Only made payments on 4 cars, ever, and 3 of those were Wife's cars.

 

Buddy of mine traded an old heap of a Peugeot for a couple of packs of cigarettes.
he bought the car for the equivalent of 500 bucks!!!!

Guess it takes all kinds. . . . . .

 

I traded a paint job, and they supplied the paint too, for a 1977 Trans AM 6.6

 

In the late eighties, I brought 50 boxes of shot gun shells at an auction. Sold 30 for more than what I paid for all 50. The last 20 boxes I traded for a 69 ford pickup cab that was chopped.

When I owned my laundromat from '83 to '85 I brought a pickup truck for $400.00 . Not unusual but I paid for it all in quarters.

Also back in '83 to '85, I brought a schwinn bike for $10.00 at a rummage sale. traded it the next day for a early 70's chevy station wagon and sold the wagon the next day for $300.00

 

Musta been a nice Puegeot for $500, LOL.

 

Pretty cool thread....

Traded a 350 Honda with a broke cam for a 54 F100 390/C6/Nova rear.(drove it home)

Traded a Koken barber chair for a 68 Olds Delta 88 (still have the 455 out of it)

Traded a BSA ch***is (rigid frame/long springer/misc parts) for my chopped 61 Ford.

Traded a paint job for a jacked-up 97 4x4 Dodge ext cab

Traded 3 paint jobs for my 57 Caddy.

Never swapped any lobsters, though. That's gonna be hard to top

 

Traded a 55 F-100 for a 55 chevy but already had the chevy traded for a nice 40 Buick coupe.

 

Back in 70 , I traded a 66 SS Chevelle ( I was the second owner) for a 1st series 55 panel truck ! I was a hippie ....

 

Years ago i traded a vdub for a bench grinder. Still got the grinder!

 

In 1986, I traded a 62 Willys wagon 4x4 6cyl posi for a 1/4 oz of skunkweed

 

In the early sixties I traded an old bicycle for a running '47 Studebaker moredoor Champion . My first car

 

Traded all the change in my pocket and a joint for a cobra m/c seat at a swap meet at Mcormick place. 1980 about

 

i traded a 85 dodge pick up with no motor for a .243 rifle and scope

 

when i worked at a muffler shop i traded a duel job with gl*** packs to a buddy for a running 50 chevy pu.
2 weeks later i traded the same guy another duel job for a 65 chevyII
I had less than $100 in both jobs

 

10 lobsters.......uhh, how many clams would that be ??

 

Never traded for a Car, but back in 2000 I traded a decent sized Engagement ring that I had no use for any more for a Tokheim Pump, an NOS 70-73 TA chin spoiler, a 72 Unitized Distributor, a 70-72 Bird Gas Tank, Some Rally II Center Caps, a 56 Pontiac 2 Door Bench Seat, Some Pontiac Stock Chrome Valve Covers, & a 73 TA Dash whith Non AC correct Gauge Panel, AM/FM Radio, and 8 Grand Tach/160 Speedo. Probably not what the ring was worth then, but now? Just had to get it gone as the New wife was tired of it being around.

 

Trying to work a deal now,71 Vega behind the shop for 56 Coronet 2 door sedan.

 

I traded a baseball hat and a ****erfly knife for my '59 Beetle.

 

I trade a six-pack Bud Light for a '67 Chevy C-10 pickup once. Ran and drove...didn't stop for ****, though! Stuck some brakes on it and turned it for a grand!

 

I traded a '92 Grand Prix for a refrigerator. Fridge still runs, I don't think the car does anymore.

 

You had better results than me........In about 1991 I traded a 12 pack for a '66 Elcamino. When I went to pick it up, the kids Uncle wouldn't give me the ***le or the truck. The guy I made the deal with bought me a case to repay me for trouble.