A 78 yr old guy knocked on my door about an hour ago. He had no idea who lives here, he only knew that his daughter told him there is a 26 Ford and a 31 Ford on the front porch. He had many Model As when he was younger and he wanted to talk old cars. Of course, I recognized the old guy immediately. I bought my first car, a 1947 Mercury from him in 1967! I still have the Mercury. He told me that he got a factory rebuilt Model A engine in 1961 and never used it. He thought he might get an A that needed it but never did and is now too old (and too poor) to build another. I told him I would like to buy it. He says its at his 91 yr old brothers house out in the country with other parts (a frame and who knows what else) Its about 50 miles from here. I am going to his brothers house at 8:30 in the morning!
Didn't you tell me a while back you had enough cars? So, when do want me to go pick all this stuff up? Cool story...this is the stuff that keeps me goin' mid-tenn mike
[ QUOTE ] I bought my first car, a 1947 Mercury from him in 1967! I still have the Mercury. [/ QUOTE ] i hope ya showed him his old car, & i bet ya did & when he saw it i also bet he couldn't believe it was the same one....joe
This man makes me envious, I dont think he has EVER SOLD or has gotten rid of a car in his LIFE!!! He just keeps bringin more of em home...
[ QUOTE ] ha... how many cars do you have?! [/ QUOTE ] uuuhhhhh---MANY.............too many, but this isnt a car, its just a driving chassis and parts. that makes it OK to bring home
[ QUOTE ] There ya go, proves its a good idea to have ol car parts on the porch.... [/ QUOTE ] parts? if i remember the pics right manyol's got the whole damn cars on his front porch!
All the luck...thats a smokin story. The only people that want to give me something for free at my house are the Mormons.
[ QUOTE ] a 26 Ford and a 31 Ford on the front porch [/ QUOTE ] Got any pics? lol. Nice job letting the stuff come to you, its fun to hunt though too!
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] There ya go, proves its a good idea to have ol car parts on the porch.... [/ QUOTE ] parts? if i remember the pics right manyol's got the whole damn cars on his front porch! [/ QUOTE ] Heres the porch, maybe tomorrow I will have more pics
We went there today. The old guy was very friendly but didnt want to go out in the rain and dig around in the 4 barns. I looked thru one--lots of old car parts. We agreed to go back another day. I got pics of the remains of a 29 and a 30 CC pickup under a shed.
Manyolcars, you have all the luck. I have been looking for just what you found . I think I just had a organisim. Any chance I can run down to your place and talk you out of it ? Talk about a barn find, geeze the luck.
I have been trying to buy stuff from Manyolcars for a while now. It's a blast to stop by his place. He is setting on a gold mine of old iron.
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