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Classifieds => Part & Car Leads => Topic started by: WkillGS on August 20, 2009, 06:59:02 PM
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Pics just put up!
http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=186559
We have another cowl data plate to decode. ;D Also note the star next to the paint code..... might be a Flint-only thing?
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Cowl plate is - W 2LFP 4FS 5W and it has backup lights :o
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I talked to the owner a couple days ago and he's asking 3,500 for the car.
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I'm after this one...
I called and made the owner an offer.
He's waiting to hear back from Gary first to see if he's interested in it or not.
For those wondering, If I get this car, I plan on bringing it home and replacing the hood, trunk lid and doors with some spotless post sheet metal I got off of the California car I bought last year. This GS doesn't have a running engine so I plan on using my extra "pallet motor" straighten the quarter panel and then simply put it back up for sale.
Over the last couple of weeks, I've been having some serious thoughts about thinning the herd and selling off everything but my convertible.
I figure that the parts I could add to it would help me clear out my shop a little plus put the car a little closer to actually being restored by someone.
I'll keep you all updated on how this turns out.
Chris
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How are you going to sell the hard top?Oh,take them to the body shop and show them the car.
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I'll wait till it's done before selling it of course. All the parts have been bought and she'll be a brand new car inside and out in about six months. 8)
I figure that if I finally give the guy at the bodyshop a deadline of May, he'll get motivated and get the car done.
Depending on how the ole girl turns out.. I might just inclined to maybe keep em both.... I suppose I'll just need to wait.
You looking for another 65? ;D
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I've heard that 'Six Month Deadline" two years ago!No i"m not looking but they do seem to find me. tom
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Oh God... I think that you and my wife are talking to one another more than I thought!
It never ceases to amaze me how it's always the guy with a jungle for a front yard complaining about how tall the neighbors grass is. :o
Where's the love man? :-*
Chris
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My motto....
Buy your retirement projects NOW while they are still available.
My other motto...
Sell nothing......'cause you will regret it later~!
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God.. I've lived that motto for about six years now and unfortunately I'm at a point that I need an intervention.
It's always the "old guys" that you run it to that have lived this motto that always seem to have all the great toys tucked away somewhere and we admire.
Unfortunately the rest of my life style does not permit me to have a couple of big barns out back and storing these things has become very expensive. I considered building a shop next to the house but the zoning where I live will not permit that and with the housing market where it's at for a while, we are sitting still where we are at for a little while.
I've also been thinking about how life is short and how my little collection could be reduced down to a couple really nice cars that would be easier to maintain and store and of course these cars could be moved around to keep the collection fresh. Of course keeping the ole convertible would be a priority unless someone came down the road and offered an obscene amount of money for it. :o
Chris
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Walt, just gotta ask - are you married ? ;D
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Amen to that Dan! 8)
Some of us answer to a "higher" calling...
Chris
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Made the deal this morning and picking her up on Saturday.
For those who may have felt that they missed out this time around, don't worry, in the Spring it looks like I'll probably have two complete matching numbers post cars sorted out and ready for sale.
Each car will probably be soda blasted and gone through so the new owner will know exactly what they are buying and if anything is missing.
Start saving now kids... these are my winter projects and pictures will follow this winter.
Chris
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Hey,I have all the cars in a garage and i keep the grass cut.
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Well Chris? How did it go and where are the pictures?
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Went down and picked her up.
She's the real deal.. a 43,000 mile gem in the rough.
The pictures that were posted made her look a lot rougher than she really is. It looks like someone tried to strip the paint with a paint stripper at one time and made a mess of things.
The worse parts of the car are the passenger quarter panel where it was hit in the 70's. A small tear on the quarter lip and a big dent that I think can be pulled out and metal finished back into shape. The drivers side quarter is seriously near perfect! Not a pinhole to be found!
The floors are perfect and the trunk pan has one little hole in it where something was stored in a can (I think he said thinner) and ate through the can and then the floor (easy patch).
Other than that, the "replacement" sheet metal that someone hung on the car from a white Skylark is the worse part. These parts are all coming off and I have perfect sheet metal that will get hung in their place. The whole car will get soda blasted this winter and I'm planning on using my spare motor in this car so that it's sold running (of course the numbers matching engine will come with it for the new owner to rebuild at their specs).
The 4 speed slid into gear as it should and all that appears to be missing is the linkage from the clutch arm to the transmission (anyone have a spare?) The car even has it's original four speed console that is complete and in really nice condition.
The front buckets are also missing and this will be another part I'll need to keep an eye out for.
Give me some time to pull the parts off the car that don't belong there and clean everything up and I'll get some pictures of my new treasure on-line for all you guys to see.
More to come....
Chris
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Wow, it sounds great Chris.
Judging by the pictures, it looked like a half decent shell that needed all new interior and exterior trim replaced.
Good to hear it's a solid car, those finds are a rarity in these parts.
For the clutch linkage, do you need just the lower link, or one of the cast pieces?
Doug at the Buick Farm might have something.