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Re: Ebay time [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail
Nov 15, 2008 (8:50 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 14, 2008 6:53 pm)

In the little town where my mother lives, someone has a 57 Pontiac fuelie convertible...but when the car was young, something went wrong with the engine and a normal carbed unit was installed
 
Regading the Unimog...GM isn't exactly the most efficient organization, and am sure that homebuilt machine has some quirks.
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Re: Ebay time [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 15, 2008 (9:00 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 15, 2008 8:50 am)

'57 Pontiac engine swap -- well that was about a $100,000 mistake !!!
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Re: Ebay time [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail
Nov 15, 2008 (9:18 am)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 15, 2008 9:00 am)

I saw it at a little local cruise-in show, and the owner had paperwork that supposedly proved the car. It was pretty much identical to the one in that auction - same colors. I guess in the early 60s the FI engine died, and they just dropped a normal engine in to replace it. Doh!
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Re: Ebay time [fintail] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 15, 2008 (9:55 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 15, 2008 9:18 am)

You should congratulate him. That was about the most expensive engine swap in collector car history!
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Re: Ebay time [fintail] by boomchek
Nov 15, 2008 (10:14 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 14, 2008 6:35 pm)

I like the cars in the background of the Dusie pictures. My garage should look like that.
 
The Lancia looks rough but neat. So does that aluminium Daimler.
 
The Celica is nice too. I don't think that run of the mill Japanese cars like these will ever fetch high numbers in the future. To every car person they're pretty much economy cars and nothing more. Not sure if I'd lust after one.
 
Desoto Firedome: I like the pictures. I tried to copy one or tow but they're copyright protected Otherwise, eys nice resto. The panel gaps in it are really off though, were cars built like that in the 50s? Was that the norm?
 
Supercharged Seville: You wonder why there's no bids? $70k to build? I'd stop at $5k and cut my losses.
 
Sellers of the New Yorker also have an awesome collection. Everything looks like new from a distance. It would be neat to see and drive them. Like toy companies always say: "Collect'em all!!"
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Re: Ebay time [texases] by explorerx4
Nov 15, 2008 (3:05 pm)
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Replying to: texases (Nov 14, 2008 7:35 pm)

in fairness it says that it was built for a movie.
they haven't changed much over the years.
 
is this a good deal?
 
barn find
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Re: Ebay time [explorerx4] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 15, 2008 (4:55 pm)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Nov 15, 2008 3:05 pm)

'72 BMW 3.0 CS -- No, price is way too high by nearly double. Not a prayer of selling it. No need to look at it, even a $150,000 restoration would probably not bring that price. Ask $25,000, take $20,000 in a red hot minute in today's market, would be my fatherly advice. These cars are a tough sell in the best of times. Most come back from auctions unsold.
 
38 Packard -- neat old car but it's a 4-door and it's an 8 not a 12. I'd say $12,500 is all the money, but depending on how he advertises and sells it, he might get a bit more. It is a CCCA classic though, he's right but it needs everything and everything costs much more than what the car is worth. So I'd clean it up, get it running and drive it--if the price was cheap enough.
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Re: Ebay time [Mr_Shiftright] by explorerx4
Nov 15, 2008 (5:29 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 15, 2008 4:55 pm)

i knew the CS was priced off the planet.
surprised that it is on the local craigs.
had no idea about the packard, but there have been plenty of worse cars for sale.
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Re: Ebay time [explorerx4] by Mr_Shiftright HOST
Nov 15, 2008 (5:51 pm)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Nov 15, 2008 5:29 pm)

Packard---well old barn finds are going to need brakes, tires, probably some electrical, front end work no doubt, exhaust system and sounds like a valve job---so there's plenty to do even if you don't attempt any cosmetic restoration. You should be able to buy this car all clean and shiny for the price he is asking.
 
I saw a very decent '37 LaSalle for sale for $12,000 and that's a comparable.
 
Oh, BTW, that year Packard still has wood in the body, so you know what THAT means.
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Re: Ebay time [explorerx4] by texases
Nov 15, 2008 (6:50 pm)
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Nov 15, 2008 3:05 pm)

"in fairness it says that it was built for a movie."
 
Well, it hasn't been built yet. This is just a Unimog, not a hybrid:
 
"This 404 is being built for a film called "Out of Gas". This is a unique auction in that your purchase of this vehicle will be part of the film, as will the construction of the Diesel-Electric Hybrid system that will go into this Unimog. "
 
So it won't become a hybrid until someone buys it, then they get to be part of a movie...just sounds kind of odd. Who pays for the conversion? I assume the movie makers, but that's not clear. Given how many batteries a plug in Prius uses, imagine what it'll take to move this beast! And that other one you had was $15k, not $110k...helping to pay for the movie?

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