What's the Holy Grail of rare parts?

off topic to the thread, but fill us Yank fans of big ol' inlines in on that 5 liter ohv valve Humber Commer truck engine!

 

How about a Duesenberg crate engine? This one belongs to Speedy Bill.

 

pretty much any hudson stuff not in the clifford catalogue (but even that is getting hard to get hold of direct from clifford)
edmunds 3x1, 2x1 and head. the 2x2's show up from time to time.
anything made by clive gibson and harry bink. (the patterns for their heads and manifolds exist in sydney but the owner is sitting on them)
i have seen a couple of mallory ignitions for them but since i actually own them they cant be that rare right?
meteor 100 injectors (where the hell am i gonna find the 2 more that i need for a price i can afford)
i think i'm done here

 

Flathead mopar speed parts and a pair of these that don't require robbing a bank.

 

I listed a five blade fan that came off a '63 194 6 cyl chevy II on ebay a while back. I was hoping to get $35 or so. I started to get a lot of questions. Any numbers on it? NO. Exactly how long are the blades? 9 inches from the center. etc. etc.

The winning bid went to $389 !

Turns out, it was an original 396 nova fan. Keep your eyes open.

 

The D-500 dual quad manifold and carbs. I bought off the HAMB.

 

Brass flathead heads,15" bent spoke kelsey hayes wheels.

 

The rarest thing is what I am looking for right now, however there are the end pieces that join the two Stainless Steel trim shaped like a side ways "V" for my 64 Nova SS. I haven't seen any in 15 years of looking.

 

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1928 Moon Instrument cluster







1942 Cadillac Hood ornament












1937 Studebaker Instrument cluster is a thing of beauty






Still Looking For a Set of oem Lincoln V12 Heads.






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You spend a lifetime looking for that one missing part...when you finally find it, the Bastard won't sell it!

 

I got one, but just like the other guys, ain't for sale...............OLDBEET

 

How about that instument cluster that looks like a globe. I always liked them but have yet to find one.

 

ok,I hasen't worked on one myself for years, but in the 60's you could buy your commer wth either the TS3 diesel or the big six. I worked for saw mill as engineer and the older fleet consisted of several of the petrol engined commers, Talk about gutless when asked to haul 30-50 tons of native timber!!.
The engine was based on theprewar flathead six of the big humbers, a very high quality and powerful torquer!

A link to one in a truck..
http://www.sa.hillman.org.au/BGuy.htm

and a link to the unusual but incredible TS3 engine,a tiny little unit with the most amazing sound that only a 3 cylinder 6 piston engine can make..
http://www.sa.hillman.org.au/CommerTS3.htm

 

The three groove pulleys for my McCulloch blower




and the rotor for my H & C dual coil

 

How about a Frenzel blower for the Flathead Ford?

 

There was a Frenzel for sale on eBay a while back. It went for stupid money, if I recall.

 

Dodge 241-270 Hemi performance and dress up parts.

 

Pop made some great stuff, the T crankcase to an A transmission was a good idea.

 

A running 215ci buick V8 thats not in california!

 

Sometimes it seems everything is out there... They've got us Ohio boys when it comes to sheetmetal but many would be surprised to find how much of the good speed stuff is still hiding here in your own backyard. Most of my parts go out west when I sell them, to California guys that almost seem in shock that came from here. Its a better old speed shop to person ratio, the only good thing about living here to the hotrodder.

 

The grass is always greener on the other side...every other rod in the UK has a 215ci V8 - OK, they have 'ROVER' on the rocker covers, but they were originally Buicks. And they can still be bought new (just about). Maybe someone should ship a container-load back to you guys?

 

What's the Holy Grail of rare parts?


my wifes naughty parts as of late!

 

That's gold!

 

holy grail....gold......same thing!

 

Highly desirable yes but not really rare anymore. If........and that's a big IF, someone is rollin in dough, he could buy a new set of Ardun heads at www.ardun.com and a SCoT blower setup at H&H in the LA area.

Snipe

 

I hope they reproduce these some day, in aluminum. Here is a photo from the 1964 California Speed & Sport Shop in Brunswick NJ. The American 12 spoke 15x 3.5 altered wheel. The were actually cheap when new $52.50, and a chrome reverse wheel was offered at $55.00
Church Key

 

i had a tucker radio pushbutton knobs set ..no radio sold before i knew what a tucker was ...ooopps

 

My vote goes to Mike (Myke) for having the most Holy Grail items.

Here are a couple more.

Genuine Lincoln Zephyr tranny gears w/ 26 tooth cluster

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=405498&stc=1&d=1201407403

New (still in the box--w/instruction tag and installation sheet) early Chrysler hemi Mallory MagSpark distributor. The instructions are dated 11/52.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=405499&stc=1&d=1201407587

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=405500&stc=1&d=1201407587

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=405501&stc=1&d=1201407587

 

Anything Don Orosco owns.

 

A T bucket with out a for sale sign !!!!