Recent finds and buys

Thanks. I appreciate the information.

 

I am not sure if I like this one half as much as my previous post. Certainly the only one I have ever seen, and makes me wonder if that power plant might solve a lot of fitment problems!

 

The car that came from was half size as well so no fitment problems have been solved

 

Bought this 1964 Austin 1/2 ton pickup some weeks ago. Did not need another project but at 600,- I could not pass.
It's LHD so I guess this makes it quite rare.
It has a lot of dings and dents from a hard working life and the cabin floor, tailgate and rockers are shot, but otherwise it's quite solid.
Those can be built into nice little customs so that's the way I want to go.
(pics were made by previous owner last summer):

 

That's cool! You gonna do a build thread on it?

 

Yeah, would be nice, but it does not exactly fit into the HAMB criteria as it's a british car.
Maybe I give it a try as other Customs made from European cars have slipped through before.

Here's a nice example of a similar Austin turned into a Custom.

 

More junque.

 

I found these in an old shed over the weekend.

 

Pulled this from an old garage today. I took it strait home and hung it

 

Found this cool video today while goofing off at work.

 

Junkyard hunting yesterday. Got an ambassador wheel cover, ford hubcap, Stewart Warner Amp gauge, and some other brand pressure gauge

 

@Greenblade That Niehoff gauge was made by Stewart Warner. They were sold at Napa stores as their house brand.

 

Found this grille online. Bought it from a guy in California. Said that he bought a bunch of old midget race car parts, and this was in there. Not able to get any other history on it. Definitely home made, and welded together by someone with some decent skills. No idea what the round hole was for. Maybe someone on here recognizes it, or knows what car it used to be on.

 

@Dean Lowe is the man. I sent him a picture of the above grille, and he identified it as an Edmunds sprint car grille. Of course, you need to quit looking at it sideways… like I had been doing all day.

 

I too found the same Bakelite Dremel Tool Kit at a Estate Sale $20 super stoked with that find.

 

Awesome! Mine works great. It immediately replaced my newer dremel as my go-to. It is a bit slower but doesn't seem to bog as easily.

 

and Dremel drill press!

 

The old ad:

 

I bought these today. I dont know what Ill do with them. They are pretty rough. I sure dont need them, ijust hated to see it all go to waste.

 

I picked these Seloil cabinets up today. It appears that they will clean up

 

Orphan 15x6 Motor Wheel followed me home today.

 

Went to a swap meet today . A Friend had a booth there. He had found this , sent me a picture of it before I got there and got it for me

 

swap meet find

 

Wico 6 banger mag . Swap meet find

 

Steve...a guy came in this morning with a complete set of four 14x6 Spiders, Chevy bolt pattern, with caps for $450. Gene.

 

Gene, I think that's fair for 14's. They'd look cool with G70 redlines!

 

I picked this up today. Its gonna go under the car in the picture below. Its an original 55 frame left over from a high end street rod build. Super nice condition with power steering and 4:10 gears. Craigslist find.