Neatest old car you got for FREE?

Got a '52 Chevy 1 ton for free. All I had to do was push it across the street. Sold to a tree farmer and beleive or not he still uses it. It was a pile but hey it did eventually run.

 

1966 Chrysler Newport. It was vandalized one night so badly that it wasn't worth me fixing (as a teenager at the time).

1960 VW Deluxe Bug w/canvas sliding roof (stolen from behind the high school I was attending...musta been 1978).

 

In 1988 I owned a sandwhich shop and I sold a few cars on the side. One day a kid came in and asked if I wanted a car his older brother and friend left in his parents garage. I asked what it was and he thought it was a Chevy. I got the address and drove out there to see what it was. I looked in the window and saw a 1966 Chevelle 2dr. I went to the door and confrimed that the car was availible to be towed out for free and it was so I went back home got my 1964 Stude T-Cab and towed it home with a tow bar. It had no motor or steering wheel but otherwise was complete and original. I sold it a couple of weeks later, for a pretty good price.

The latest freebe I own is a 1984 VW Rabbit convertible given to me by the original owner. The car is pretty sweet.

 

a 1954 pontiac Pathfinder 2 door sedan, with just over 8000 miles on the odometer, 1952 fargo panel truck, 1952 studebaker m-17, 1937 chevy truck, 1928 model a business coupe body and parts, 1956 ford zephyr, 1962 chevy Biscayne
my brother picked up a 1931 ford model a, 1961 chevrolet apache with a 4 in the floor and a 292 l6, 1957 chevy 1430,

thats all i can think of at the moment. most of those were from one old woman

 

The best freebee I ever got was a 65 Catalina that I got from a guy up in Madison, Wi. He told my dad I could have it so we drove up from Illinois , he poured some fuel down the carb and we drove that sucker home. It had gotten hit by a Pinto and the right quarter was caved ion, I popped it out and drove that car for 3 years bassically for nothing. All it needed was a rear wheel bearing and a set of skins that I got for nothing. I used a MAGIC MARKER to flame it, the whole thing, all the way down the sides. It was a sight to behold I'll tell ya. BEST DAMN CAR I HAVE EVER OR WILL EVER OWN !! They sure dont make them like that any more . Mike.

 

Only vehicle I ever recieved for free was a (o/t) 1986 Jeep Comanche from my father. I gave it back to him later when I bought a different vehicle so he could get the money from selling it. Seemed only fair.

I guess one could argue that I received my current ride for free though. I traded for it straight up.

 

got a 1967 mustang from an old friend who gave up on his project and didn't want to pay anymore storage fees.

 

Back in '87 or '88 I was delivering pizzas and went to a house and I noticed the front end of a chevelle as I walked up to the door. I handed the guy the pizza, I asked him if he was fixing up the '70 Chevelle 2 door in the back yard, he told me that his mother in law had given it to him and he didn't want it, in fact, he was getting ready to cut it up for scrap. Said if I wanted it the car, that could be my tip. So I called my girlfriend's Dad who worked at the gas station I use to work at and had him bring the tow truck up. He worked on it while I finished my shift and when I went to her house after I got off, he already had it running. Drove that thing for years and then traded it for my first Harley.

 

3 years ago one of my dads friends gave me his grandmothers all original 1965 ford 4 door fairlane 2nd owner runs and drives still has all the original paper work and maybe a half dollar size of rust in the whole car.... oh and only 63xxx miles to boot save to say was/am a happy camper with it!

 

My '59 Ford convertible was given to me by an acquaintance. It had occupied the same spot, behind his father's barn, for the previous 17 years. All my pals laughed and I went to work. 23 years later, that old Ford and I are still crusin' and it appears it will outlast me this time around.

 

Had to be a 67 TR4-A my buddy gave me to go with my dd TR 4 back in the early 70's.

 

27 model T coupe.Good friend of mine passed away.I told him years ago I always liked the T's and at his funeral his son told me, dad wants the T to go to Rick.Wow what a shocker .It's a keeper I am building as a old school hot rod in memory of Glen.

 

a 56safari wagon and a53f100 panel all in the same day

 

Free ones are still out there. Not as cool as my Topolino in the 1st post, but free. 60's Saab wagon "woods find". Wanted one for a long time.

 

I've only gotten two old cars for free not sure which was better. First was a '57 Chevy two door hardtop and the second was a '57 Studebaker Silver Hawk. Traded both of them away.

 

1953 COE White. Got it running in two days.

 

.....got this from a buddy in Chicago when he was moving out of state in '07. Traded it to one of my subs this year for payment on part of the repairs to my place after hurricane Ike .

 

found a 53 chrysler 2 dr abandoned in a field and went to the door to ask about it and it ended up being a substitute teacher from highschool. she said its yours

 

My first one was a 1967 VW Bug...second was a 66 VW Bug that i sold to a friend and 5 years later he gave it back to me for free which i still have,i got a 60 Chevy BelAir 2 dr. hard top for 50.00...sold it like a dumbass and the last was a 1984 SVO Mustang that a friend of mine had for years then wrecked it and i hualed it off i wanted to fix it but it was to badly wrecked,sold it for 750.00!And i've gotten tons of parts for free,mostly VW stuff amd i got a Honda Rebel 250cc.

 

I just scored a 65 Pontiac Station Wagon. My buddy has told me about it for years but I never had intrest in another project. Well he told me I could have it if I came to get it. Me and a couple buddies went to his house, aired the tires up, wrestled it onto the trailer and got it to the shop. It had not been messed with since the summer of 94 when it developed a transmission leak. We put a battery in it, primed the carb and it fired up! It sat and idled for half an hour on the 1994 gas! It'll need brakes and tires and a big ass piece of meat painted somewhere. It'll be The Meat Wagon!

 

My 1st vehicle was a 48 chevy truck I paid $10 for it but was only 14 and couldn't keep it tho I did get it running. My next car was free and I got it when I turned 16-got it from the old lady across the street. It was a 65 Mustang with a 6 cyl and automatic. I was embarrassed to drive it because of the 6 cyl. The top rocker assembly broke on it after 6 mos and i sold it for $10

 

I have gotten a dew free cars in the past 3 or 4 decades. The best was a 1966 Barracuda. The car was all pink. Painted it blue and white

 

I got a '64 Buick LaSabre for free from my grandfather many years ago. That thing would haul ass!

 

I got a Dodge A100 van. I was gonna paint it purple and call it VANTASTIC painted on the side with gold leaf.

 

The only one I ever got for free wasn't nothing to brag about but I had fun with it.It was a '74 Torino wagon with a 2V cleveland.Me and a friend of mine ran it in a 50 lap enduro at the local dirt track then unloaded it for $400.The engine still ran fine.

 

A 1935 ford 3 window coupe

 

A 52 Ford F-1 from my Grandpa for farm help one summer, and a 57 F100 about 4 years ago from a friend that was moving out of state. And more recently a 57 F350 I got for doing some work on another truck. I guess the F350 wasn't all that free.

Michael

 

I got a whole model A running gear minus the frame, motor/trans, and body for free over the summer. Many of the parts have already found their way onto stock model A cars or my car. I passed them on as they were passed onto me. Free to buddies. The gentleman said he just wanted them to get used and they were of no use to him with his hotrod build. He is a buddy also and I found him some parts he needed for his build so I kinda looked at it as a sorta thanks for the help him giving me the parts.

I got a 68 VW bug from a neighbor years ago just because he knew I always needed parts for my bug. I still have whats left of those parts from the remains of the car. Me and a buddy took it apart and used what was still good. Someone had tried to make a baja-creation outta it and it was basically a roller. All I wanted was the frontend and IRS transmission. My buddy put the other part to use in his fleet of bugs and buses he owns.-Weeks

 

1940 FORD pu complete,not running

 

complete minus the back window


had a clay smoih built 302. complete minus the sheetmetal they cut out to add a sunroof.