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I think I just threw up in my mouth!

 

Someone’s been drinking a little too much of some bad moonshine building this mess.

 

And had a shed full of spare parts.

 

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/lakeside-2007-ford-ranchero/7802279951.html

 

The last two belong in the “ This is just Wrong” thread.

 

Drove 4 hrs (one way) to check out this 66 Charger. Was 318 powered with factory A/C. Was a survivor, but was just a little too rough in the interior for my liking. The seller let me drive it for over 30 minutes out in the country and along a stretch of road next to Lake Ontario. Reminded me of driving my grandmother’s 64 Saratoga 300. Hers had a 383, so lots more power, but these cars glide effortlessly at 70 mph making it feel more like 40-50 mph. Maybe one day…

 

He sold it last week. He was asking CAN$17.2K, but said he could let it go for less. I figure it sold for about CAN$15K. Not too bad a price as it was 95% rust free.

 

https://tucson.craigslist.org/pts/d/tucson-vintage-midget-race-car-complete/7818511144.html
Vintage Midget Race Car Complete! - $4,500 (Tucson)

 

Posted this one over here, but maybe @Ryan will see it.
Legit, dunno, but here it is.


https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/d/corrales-rare-1955-cuma-dune-buggy/7822760234.html
Cuma Dune Buggy - $3,400 (Rio Rancho)

This is a rare 1971 Cuma Dune Buggy. It is on a 1955 VW Chassis that is titled and street legal, This would be great for the beach, lake house, Hitting the Dunes. or just street cruising.
It will need work as it has been sitting for some time.
The pan is in good shape and the motor turns over by hand. What a fun and unique project that I just can’t get to. I can deliver in Albq.

 

Model A C-cab
Chevy 4-cyl, PG, 55 rear.
Runs and drives good.
Tagged now.
$5000 or trade??

 

@alphabet soup , link?

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/975117397342985/
1975 Dodge power wagon Adventurer Sport
$1,200
Dealership · Listed a week ago in Peach Springs, AZ
About this vehicle Driven 116,000 miles Automatic transmission
Exterior color: Brown · Interior color: Red Fuel type: Gasoline
Poor condition
Seller's description
Great parts, or project truck, no title, 400 V8, 727 trans, 8 3/4 rear axle, Dana 44 front axle. Can deliver with full payment. Please don't ask if it's available. I'll delete the ad when it sells


Looks pretty rusty and beat, but how nice do you want your off road basher?

The BB trucks require a special booster to clear the engine. They are hard to find and expensive alone.

 

Sorry, I don't have it listed anywhere but here. Gene.

 

That’s a pre 77 truck , divorced transfer case , no cable hood latch . Mine is near the same truck , but I have a Utiline (stepside) no frills workhorse truck . Mine is so loud with the old Cummins rattling , my wife would give it to you to haul it off , not have to listen to it sitting outside warming up .

 

I really need to come into some money so I can afford as 500x1000 garage. This is yet another vehicle I have a vision for.

 

@Atomic Reverend Alexander
Not me, nobody I remember or listen to, but it has been said
"Mo money, mo problems"
I've got 5 different projects all sitting. Money would help a lot, but I can't drive 5 done cars. Gotta focus!

@alphabet soup Ah, I see! Could be a great starter rod!
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/model-a-c-cab-delivery.1326273/#post-15489628

 

If I am being honest I really like the thrill of the hunt probably as much as the build and if I bought finished cars or could afford to buy all the bits out of a catalog or for that matter had the money to buy everything I wanted all at once I think it would kind of take the fun out of it. Now that being said I got 6 projects cars and I have a vision for all of them I'm trying to see all of them through without getting another project I have a bad habit of being like a bird dog and seeing the next "squirrel" and chasing after it. The problem is I'm like that pretty young blonde girl that adopts stray dogs and cats except instead of being a pretty young blonde I'm a middle-aged guy that adopts dead, dying and derelict vintage vehicles, I can look past the thousands of dollars worth of work and the hundreds of thousands of hours of labor that they need and I can see the end result in my head. I don't know if that's a blessing or a curse but I definitely get the vision so to speak.
I see this page (or the on topic classified page just like it) and My eyes skim right past the finished drivable good deal cars that are actually nice but give me a dead car that probably has rodent damage, cancerous rust and a lack of paint and I'm all about it, I just want to rescue it and love it and hold it and squeeze it and hug it lol
I think the only reason why I would want a large emount of money is so I wouldn't have to sell completed projects to take on the next junk car. I would love to be able to accumulate my life's work and keep it all maintained so by the time I'm 80 I have 80 cars so to speak Oh and the one other thing I would love to have all high-end tools that money buys and One of those really cool garages like some of the guys have on this website. Completely drywalled not a thing out of place a couple of lifts and all of it vintage so it looks like it's a Texaco from 1955 or a 1960 standard oil gas station.

 

Even junk has gotten expensive on marketplace! HRP

 

I worked in a fully equipped Mobil service station in the early 70s. It had an office area and a 3 stall garage with two hoists, a drive on one, and a 2 post front and rear suspension lift one, and a large parking lot. It was a pretty new building at the time (probably less then 10 years old). It was one of the highest volume gas stations in our town. Through the work week, there were 3 mechanics and 2 gas pump jockeys working Monday - Friday, but there was one mechanic and at least one pump jockey on duty every hour the station was open, which was 7 days a week from 7 am until 9 pm (we did close at 6 pm on holidays).

That Mobil station didn't look anything like many of the garages I see posted here. It was always a flurry of activity. It was as clean as one could expect with actual work going on. It was not a show palace, it was the working environment most people, at that time, expected an auto repair shop to be.

The large, open, uncluttered, home shops I see posted here are nice to see, but they do not resemble any shop that would have existed in the 50s, 60s 70s or 80s. Back then floor space was expensive, no one could afford unused floor space. Every square foot of the shop floor space had to have a usable purpose to be there. It was not until OSHA decided that every work space needed an empty safety zone around it, that vacant unused floor space became a thing.

 

A three bay garage with an alignment rack and 2 two post lifts with a full functioning auto shop worth of tools would be perfect. I have done a lot of work for a lube and tune chain here in southern California That usually has six bays and is a full-on functioning shop, You know the normal stuff, tool boxes, lifts, plummed air, new and used large oil containers (hundreds of gallons each) overhead grease guns You know the typical stuff you would see in an auto shop I would not mind having one of their shops, at this point I probably have most of the equipment I want other than a few large machines like a cabinet sand blaster (that I haven't bought because I don't have the room). The thing is I need the storage space for the cars also, I would love to have a shop that allows me to have three projects and a separate paint booth, That was my comment why I wanted money..
I would actually prefer the car storage be in a separate building that actually has drywall, nice floors, cool artwork on the walls and doors that have gaskets That way the dirt doesn't blow in the garage and get the car super dirty when it's not in use.
Now on to my reality, Currently I have a two-car garage, a few months ago I started to drywall the studs and put a little fiberglass insulation in the 2x4 wall channels and truces. So far I got about 1/3 of it done (I basically buy a piece or 2 of drywall when I go to the hardware store and then mud and tape it up, I have been doing drywall work off and on since I was 20, I would imagine by the end of summer I will have it fully drywalled and insulated without it feeling like I broke the bank nor burning myself out on it. I also have been buying metal cabinets to hide all the typical messes we all have that used to be on the shelves (oil, chemicals, spray paint, wash and wax debris and stuff like that) and my garage is really starting to look a lot cleaner now and everything if getting a home, It's amazing with just a little bit of drywall and white paint How much brighter the garage seems and the cabinets looks so much better than open shelves full of dusty bottles of chemicals. Hopefully by the end of this year I will purchase a professional type toolbox, I'm up to four Craftsman tool boxes (I was buying them at garage sales because they're cheap and pretty good quality for their price but four is ridiculous and honestly I could use another one. I am ready to upgrade to 1 huge box, 2 ft deep 6 ft long 6 ft tall, I think in the long run it would actually give me more room, I am just having a hard time with the price of a new toolbox even the harbor freight ones aren't exactly cheap and realistically I would prefer not to support China but that's a different subject. The problem is with my garage now is I'm just out of room. My back patio that is supposed to be for barbecue and entertaining has shop tools on it (Lucky for me I'm not a social butterfly outside of typing on this website and a few close friends So entertaining isn't a problem). My neighbor who I used to work for is (now) a retired general contractor, he is supposed to draw me up plans to basically "glue" on another two-car garage onto the side of my current two-car garage so essentially I would have a four-car garage I was thinking I was going to make one side a functioning home shop (where the messes are) and the part that I am currently drywalling was going to become probably just car storage. I figure three walls and a roof is probably going to be the cheapest way to get more room especially since I know how to do all the work myself The only thing I'll have to pay a professional to do is move the gas meter.

 

@Atomic Reverend Alexander that sounds like a great plan! You should include a floor drain on the wash bay/paint area/dirty end.
We should all call you out for hanging out here in the scruffy orphans section, you have enough mouths to feed!
I will say that when I was turning wrenches and even now, I'd have the main box, but also a cart. Different jobs took different tools but the basics could easily be moved onto the cart and be by your side when wrenching, avoiding the walk of shame back to the main box. Once you have 4 bays, having dedicated tools in each area will be useful. Cleaning supplies and fluid checking tools in the finished area. Main work in one bay, bodywork and paint in the last, with a cart for all the air or battery tools used in both. If you have this is your skills, another cart for welding grinding and cutting. Wow, now you have 4 boxes!
With your background in construction, don't forget a cabinet or shelves for the tools of that trade, too!

 

WTF! look at your risk!
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/apache-junction-2008-exo-car-triumph/7825065382.html

 

Wtf indeed.
I got to give credit where it's due It's probably fun as hell to drive.
It's like a fat girl or a moped You just don't want anybody to see you.

 

I always hear about abandoned T projects for sale cheap. Rarely do I actually see them.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2070637423358099/

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/954355420217412/

That round tube chassis again
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/592859850041808/

 

Not necessarily a car but it can haul one and I need it out of my driveway. I hope it’s okay to post here. And if a HAMBer wants it I’ll let it go for 3 even just message me.
https://memphis.craigslist.org/tro/d/memphis-16-car-hauler/7832261453.html

 

Took my T-bucket out for a drive (longest so far, went well) and what did I see? Another one for sale!

 

You may want to consider some windshield support rods for yours like this one has.