Opening a Time Capsule

Here are the fenders and some other stuff, getting ready for the truck ride to their new home.





Finally, time to get serious about getting the body jacked up and on dollies without breaking the frame. Did I mention that there was some surface rust?

 

Getting the car ready to roll out was a real challange. I'm very happy to report that these guys know what they're doing. I would have thrown up my hands and surrendered. Or just thrown up. Now for the real fun.

 

Front grill emblem. I wanted to keep this for myself, but it went with the car.



Detail of the passenger side frame rail. Not ready for a floor jack.



The guys all smile for the big moment.

 

First, the fence comes down. This was just after the Suburban was pushed out of the way.

 

After the path was cleared, here comes the sun.

 

AT LAST! Fifty years after being stashed, the little Duece Coupe see daylight.



The spare tire is still inside the kit. Looked a little bit dry rotted.



Check out the license plate.

 

Thanks for sharing! Keep us posted on the build. CTJ

 

Making sure the dollies are in place. All it takes is just one wrong move.







Not much left of the floor. Too bad about that leaky roof. There was no way to see this when the car was in the garage when they first looked at it.

 

Here's a challange for you. Can you spot the original tranny?



Now comes the tricky part, getting it out to the alley for loading.

 

Will they get it through the fence?





Target in sight.

 

Bye Bye, Duece.

 

Money talks ,bullshit walks.

 

Find of a life time with the license plate H-1932! This guy should play the lottery! By the way kudos for your decision to save the Deuce. Even though there are more registered than there were built there are only so many that Henry built left!

 

Off to your new home.



That's all for now. I will continue to add pics when it gets to Dave's shop. With the amount of work and time that has to be invested to finish this project, it could be a while. A loooong while.

Thanks to most of you for letting me share this with you. Good thing I'm not easily offended.

I hope that I can still hang out here. While the muscle car guys may be more polite, They can get a liitle too focused on the details, if you know what I mean. I'm just a guy who grew up in Detroit and came to love cars.
And going fast.

 

One last thing. Can anybody tell me what a 1960 Olds motor and tranny is worth? Ed bought this motor back in 1960, with the intention of putting it in the Ford.
This motor came out of a wreck that had less than 3000 miles on it. Everything you see in the picture is original, as it came from the factory, right down to the plugwires and radiator hose. Included are the prop shaft and the rear end.







Thanks
Andy

 

Wow!!! Welcome, and great story Andy!

 

I'd imagine you could copy/ recreate this decal somehow today...

 

way cool man i wish i was you

 

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Wow Andy, Thanks for taking the time to share an incredible adventure!

 

Thank you for the write up and pics.You do know there will be Camaros in the same condition as this car in 20 more years.A few friends have bought some Camaros lately and they are pretty rough.Stay around and enjoy the site.

 

Thanks for the story

 

One of the best I've read , should be made into a movie..........Z.

 

Cool story and pictures. Thanks for sharing.
And nice camaro.

 

This would be a Great movie! A Block buster !!!
Al Pacino drives up in it, and somebody says nice RA...rod. He lets off on the them with a "SENT OF A WOMAN" type speech about traditional hotrods so that all will know the difference. YEAHHH!!!

 

Holy Cow! a 1932 plate too! Awesome, thanks for the update. Keep em coming!!

 

Thank you for documenting this, it's rarely recorded in such detail. Keep the story going by letting us follow along with the rebirth.

Frank

 

Barn/garage finds: gotta love'm!

Thank you for this story. I just saw it today, now that I'm home after trailering a '56 Plymouth up to my friend's barn. I was not nearly as happy today after seeing rust-through on some of my frame...but after checking out your pictures, heck- my rust is a peck on the cheek from gramma.

Looking forward to pic's of its progress.

 

This is one of the best posts I've seen on here,Andy and I've been around here for a long time.Thank you.
What a cool story. I'll bet "the old guy" has lots more good stories,too.

Glenn

 

This thread gives me chills man...actually gieves me shivers to see this score.

Amazing stuff !!

Rat