Hot Rods Ya never know...

Was walking through the local Pick and Pull yesterday to get a few parts for my Jeep and tripped over this hulk. Been in and out of the place a hundred times but don't usually see anything there this old. Still had some useable parts on it from what I could see. Shame they will probably get crushed in the end. Anyway they are located in Wilmington NC if anyone can use parts off it.

 

Thanks for posting this, it should help someone on here.

 

Kinda picked clean but there's still good stuff there.... look at that frame, will ya? some modern pickup trucks can't claim a frame that hefty

 

Picked clean?!?!
Lot of shopping still left there!

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If not the entire vehicle, someone should save the engine at least.


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I want that pt cruder hub cap in the back !

 

Those tail lights are cool.

 

Shame.......at one time that was perhaps someone's dream car. Bet that big back seat area saw some action back in the day.

 

Tail lights..still there?

 

Yes. I looked at em closely. They seemed to be solid. Chrome had some pits. They both looked about like the one that shows in the picture.

 

Unbroken steering wheel, small dash knobs, stainless, engine, maybe an overdrive transmission....I see a LOT to strip off of that car.

 

31Dodger I think it was an overdrive transmission. I think it had 2 solenoids on the side of it...

 

The OD transmission is worth getting to resell.

 

I'd harvest some of the stuff off it but I really don't have the extra time or space to put anything. I have a storage unit now that is half full with stock flathead intakes, exhaust manifolds, heads, starters, 3 speed transmissions, bell housings, a 66 mustang 289 complete, a rebuilt Chevy 80's 305 , fiberglass model A sedan fenders and so on... Didn't want to get rid of anything while still building my 31 roadster but thats coming to an end. Cant seem to find anybody around here much interested in any of it and at some point I want to stop paying storage fees for this stuff so some of it may end up being scrapped as well.

 

Extremely unlikely to be an overdrive in that year and model......far more likely to be a Gyromatic semi-automatic which used solenoids for some of the gear changes. So far as I know, not a big market for Gyros......

Ray

 

Not a big Market for Gyros?!?!?!?!
there is a Gyro shop on every corner these days...

Gyro by Chappy444 posted Jul 20, 2018 at 10:32 AM

 

Somebody whacked that glass after it got to the yard, probably. Missed those tail lights, they are cool. I'd be willing to bet that Spitfire six could be running in twenty minutes......

 

Of course you are correct! confusing though....pronounced 'year oh'.. it's all greek to me...

Ray

 

It's pronounced Donair around here.