being self employed has it's advantages , i can scour the local cl site between signs printing at my business ! so thur i see an add that says 3 deuce setup $ 100 ! i open the add and its for a y block engine with 3 94s and linkage ! make the call , you firm on that price ? no what'll you give me ? take $80 ? sure , ok i'll definitelly take it i' got directions and set out at 5 a.m the next morning on a 2 and 1/2 hour drive ! guy didn't know much about it besides it said offenhauser and he thought maybe it would work on his jeep ! nice to meet a nice gentleman he said he had several calls afterwards with people determined to buy it ! said theres buildings full of parts the guy he got it from was a friend of his father in law and an old racer ! needles to say i gave him my # and told him to get back to me when they got done going through the rest of the stuff in the buildings ! the whole area was like time forgot it ! cars around every farmstead , junkyards around with cars from the 30s 40s yet ! my buddys gonna fuel up the plane and were gonna do some flying over to see what we can spot hiding ! the next day i spotted an add for a good running 292 in a different area ! got it hagled down to $ 200 with a new reman carb ! not a bad weekend ! looks like they'll be finding a home in the 55 !
I have had a few deals like this work out, and i always feel guilty afterwards, but if the guy gets what he wants and you get what you want its ok... right?
Funny thing about "making a deal". Either you're happy, or you DONT make the deal. Guilt is only for when you did something wrong. I've been on both sides of the deal. Thats a nice deal right there. I have a 312 inna 57 ranch wagon,,,,,my birthday's comin up. just in case. :-D
yep if both buyer and seller are happy its a good deal! now in this case i think the buyer was way happier !
I think you should make me a deal on that for my 55 ford It would look really good on it don't ya think?
I just bought a 700.00 dollar Art Morrison ladder bar package, all new in the boxes with wheel tubs still in the boxes for 200 bucks off craigslist. I couldn't even work the price down it was so cheap, felt kinda quilty thinking about it, the guy even had a print out so he knew it was worth 700.
nice, craigslist had it going on this weekend. my roomate traded his fourwheeler for a harley softail w/ 400 miles on it this weekend. Im a harley mechanic and dont even have a bike right now lol
duluth.craigslist.org/pts/1665368477. Here's one I saw the other day...For a second I thought...nah, it's more than 2 1/2 hours away, lol. Excellent score, BTW!!
You took a big chance grinding the price over the phone, leaving the possibility for the seller to not feel any obligation towards you. Especially since you didn't go after it til the NEXT day, leaving the door open for him to sell to someone else for full price (or more). Just sayin
after i read you post i was inspired to check out craigslist just to see what was on it and man am i glad i did i found this( i cut and pasted theis from a p.m. to another hamber) i haven't decoded the numbers yet to be sure what it is, but he said its a 303 it has a sold lifter cam(brand unknown) ajustable rockers, aluminum flywheel, all crome bolt ons, chrome flywheel adapter to move the starter to the pass side, edelbrock 6 deuce intake with 94's and an eelco fuel rail, adapter to an early ford trans and to bolt into the frame. i'll have to take a better look at the trans to see if it has zepher gears also i got the rear axle (40) with an old chrome spring still attached the motor hasnt been run in a long time. i have some marvil mistery oil in the cylinders and i'll put it on the stand tomorrow and take the pan off to see what kind of rods are in it i am don't have a clue what this stuff is worth, but this is alot of cool parts all in one spot it was in a 40 coupe that his dad built and now he is putting a sbc and th350 witha a camaro 10 bolt its a shame tk
yeah i was pretty nervous but couldn't take off work that day cause i had stuff going ! i called back a second time and assured him i would take it ! yes i'm very lucky he held it for me and didn't sell it for a larger price since no money had exchanged hands !
Damn, I emailed him about 11:00 am the day it went up for sale but didn't call until 5 ish. Shit SHit SHit Shit. Atleast you got it and know what its for. I still hate you. Get back to work on that RPU! Jeff
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