I picked this up for 2 grand and gotta boast a bit. I am also not naive to think I may have wasted 2 grand but I think not. It runs, drives, shifts and is real solid. It needs winshield wiper motors, wiring (complete), exhaust and paint to be a real solid street rod. What ya think. I am also looking forward to alot help from here when I get started on the full resto.
You got screwed bigtime!!!! I'll meet you halfway and cover gas, tolls, cost of vehicle and meals to make you feel better. <grin> Welcome!! 2 doors may be more popular but more doors makes for more fun.
You MUST be an oldcarfart, even at my age, my friends can still get in the back of my 2 door. </grin> Nice car squidnut!
Good for you! I gave 3 grand for mine, and had to haul it home in pieces. and I didn't even get all the pieces.
I read your other thread about finding trim parts. That is the saving grace of my car in parts, there are parts every where for a 47 Ford.
four doors for more whores........well, not that i believe in that. because there's more room in a pickup truck than a sedan.
Holy crap oldcarfart. I thought I was gonna bust a gasket I laughed so hard at your post. Good to see somebody with a sense of humor. A little further info it has a 72 Pontiac 400 and a TH400 tranny. The rear end is original. It came with a straight 8 originally and I found one, but I hear they are crap. With that in mind I think I will stick with whats in it. Anyway I wonder if the rearend can handle it for a few months, years, decades....you know however long it takes the misses to let me unass the money.
Not bad at all... In about 85 I paid 500 bucks for this '48 fastback with tired straight 8/hydro and a busted-out back window....drove it home on rotten tires. Had to completely rewire it buffed the paint, lowered it and drove it as -is. I always wanted to pop my 389 in it but never got around to it. A buddy wanted the car and it went away... Great cars! Ganal took a few photos of mine for coverage for the street rod nats in '89.
a few years ago I had a chance to buy a similarly outfitted 47 olds sedan for 1000.. I passed.. the new owner seems to think its worth 7K.. so I think you did OK..
start shopping now so it won't be a panic, IIRC '68-'72 NOVA (Nova, Omega, Ventura and Apollo ??), enjoy!!
Are you sure that's the original rear end? Weren't 47 Pontiacs torque tube cars? You got a hell of a deal on that car, even for a 4 door.
Open drive, although you should be able to drop in all the same rearends that interchange to a Chevrolet on the stock springs if you wanted to change it. And yes, it's a good deal, the motor's worth a few bucks all by itself - depending on what codes are on it, it could be worth the entire $2000, but the odds are against you on that.
By the sound the motor has been built a bit. I am yanking it out next weekend to go through it and find out what is what as well as to re-wire the whole car. Hoping the guages are good. Gonna install the voltage regulators to try and stick with original guages. If not I will probably send them off for a restore. Will drop in a Moser 12 bolt in the end.
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