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In this Discussion
- 66patrick66 May 2010
- Aaron D. IL May 2010
- Browniepetersen May 2010
- Uncle Josh June 2010
Cars and scrap
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So yesterday this guy calls my dad with a Hudson lead. He found a pair of 47 Hudson trucks in western NY for sale, for 2-3K for the pair, not much other information. I called him back for details, apparently he went to look at them this morning. He said they are total junk; no drivetrain, roofs caved in, only very crusty shells left. The owner wants 1400 for the pair and he was hoping to get a nice finders fee for selling them;) Anyway, now he doesn't want to give out the location or the actual owners info, even though he has no interest and the owner is threatening scrap yard if nobody gets them soon ? I don't get it.... Oh well.
Same guy also told me that he pulled the original motor out of an Italia that used to be in that area, and that he saved the block for years before letting it finally go to scrap as well. I forget where that Italia ended up...
Bummer, but I guess you can't save everything, although you wouldn't know it looking at my house:D -
Typical attitudes. "If I can't get $1500 out of it, I'll scrap if for $300!"
Go for it! Scrap the truck. An owner like this fails to understand an offer of say, $800, is better than practically giving it to the scrap guy.
And, these self-proclaimed "brokers" that keep a for-sale car location a secret to fatten their own pocket, even though they have NO actual dealings in the car sale itself, really pi$$ me off."The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
And whether pigs have wings..." -
Yep there always seems to be someone out there working an angle or trying to gert a piece of everyone else's action rather than creating some value themselves. It's sad.
As far as the scrap thing, people like that know how real car folks feel about classics and try and use those emotions against them but in the end it's all really just a waste. And on the environmental side of things I look at restoration as a form of recycling. -
For almost ten years I had a friend that was talking about building this rare old car he had stashed away. I would ask him about it and he would give me a song and dance story. Then one day I saw the car in his shop. I said to him: "You picked up Jim's car." "Yep!" He says. "Get a good buy on it" and he told me the price. Funny thing, and he remembers now, I was the one who told him about the car--took him out to the barn to see it and he ended up paying twice what the car was offered to me for three years back. His cloak and dager ways cost him bucks and the funny thing was that several old car folks turned away from the car because it was a door factory---- go figure?
In today's world I would rather spend a few bucks and buy a driver and fix it up. Has always saved me money in the long run. It would have to be one of those really "rare" cars to get me to break out my welder again. It is good to be old.....Brownie -
Well, I've been advertising my 39 Country Club from time to time. Solid and apart. Shirt tail relative comes up here last fall and asks if I know about a Ford or Chevy flathead motor he can buy to get going.
Since Fords are pricey and in demand, and the Chevy flatheads died a-bornin, I asked if he had considered Hudson, and in fact I had a 212 I had refurbished and would sell him. He bought it and has had a ball cleaning it up and painting it. Gave him a good clutch, and tranny.
He got the manual and fixed it up nice and went looking for a car to put it in. Suggested my 39. He flatbedded it out last week, fenders, gauges, hood ornament, lights, choice of grills, even side grills, banjo wheel etc. Set of good 39 era wheels, new old tires, and anything else he needs.
Happier than a clam. Club and chapter membership went with it. I lost money on it, but it's going to a good home, instead of the scrap yard, as the guy is an experienced mechanic and body man albeit John Deeres.
As he's driving out, he tells me they've got more JDs than they can maintain down at the shop and wonders if I could use a foster child around the place. See, it comes back to ya sometimes.
