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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 04, 2009 1:43 pm) This is the closest barn find that I have come across: My elderly aunt in Califronia is in a nursing home (we're her only family), and her garage has a...drum roll..... a banged up 1997 Mercury Tracer! Not really a barn find as I knew about the car when she was still driving it.  One of the coolest stires I read was in a 90s issue of Road & Track or Car and Driver about some Mercedes Benz from the war era in a eastern european barn, and how the "investors" smugglled it ouf of the country. Apparently it was super rare like one of 10 ever made, I can't recall the details of the car's year or model, but I knew it was an older Mercedes. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 04, 2009 1:43 pm) The 190SL? I'm not sure what the Germans paid for it---something like around $15,000---$20,000. In Germany, when restored, you can get $75K for one of those, or more depending (in Euros--to us it would be $100K). Of course, we are talking professional restoration of every little bit, not Johnny's Whack-A-Fender Malibu Restoration Service. Yes, there's a lot of old junk in barns, too. Sometimes people let the cars go way too long, and basically they destroy what might have been saved. |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 05, 2009 11:12 am) The cars being let to rot for so long...I've seen that before, the stubborn old owner isn't poor enough to need to sell, but doesn't have the funds to revive the car. So, the car suffers, often to its death.
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 05, 2009 11:22 am) If so they gotta be as good as the resto shops in Germany.
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Replying to: boomchek (Jan 05, 2009 11:47 am) |
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Replying to: boomchek (Jan 05, 2009 11:47 am) |
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oh, the humanity
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Jan 05, 2009 7:04 pm) |
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Odd racer Good name Commiecar 3/4 scale 1949 Chevy "a recognized AACA Historical Preservation candidate" This could be one too White and cute Not for the shy Fanciful restoration claims, but didn't spend a few hundred bucks for the steering wheel... 70s futurism Patina The tires are a bit much Where does this guy get all these things? Flashy last ride Why? Uncommon Fuselage preservation And its richer identical cousin Bleak days Yet another from the king of malaise barges |
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 09, 2009 6:19 pm) 51 Buick Roadmonster Sedan -- bid was a little light by about $1,000. $4K--4.5K should do it. 56 Desoto 4 dr -- good god man let it go for $20K if that's the bid. If you got your $26K, that would indeed be a HOME RUN. I would have bid $15K tops for it. Not bad lookin' for a 4Door though, I have to say. 58 Edsel Bermuda -- these can bring strong money, even as a #3 car like this one. I'm guessin' $25K on this one. 1958 Lancia Appia -- you know, if it weren't refrig white I'd be tempted at $4,600. These are such sweet little jewels, very well made cars. Had it only been that lovely slate gray with red interior, I would be *sorely* tempted. Check for rust, natch--we see many with crusty floors. 1978 Toyota Celica -- that'll run for another 200K miles.
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