Art & Inspiration Sitting and Rotting.............picture thread

Where on earth is this sweet ride! Ill go rent truck and trailer get her to my shop!! OMG!#

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Can be saved!!!#

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So actually it was only used for 10 years. Looks like the obstacle course was part of the fun .

 

Basically. It only had 24,000 miles on it. Was her grandfathers farm truck. There was about 12+ vehicles on that property. Got the original title plus the new one in her name. And all the paperwork. Good score. She ended up clearing the property and gave the land to the city to build a school.


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Look closely...It`s a hearse.

 

Ignored Mrs. Reagan`s advice....

 

Nothing to see here...Move on...

 

More out west, looks to be a 38 Chevy and a 37ish Ford Prefect / Pilot. I thought it was a 37 Ford until I stopped for a closer look
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Went to an estate sale yesterday. Cars are in probate but will be available.

 

near Austin

 

This one just removed from a long sleep. Unfortunately, its going for parts.

 

Don't encourage him Bruce, we have seen enough of those ugly old Plymouths to last 6 lifetimes already

 

Saw these 2 yesterday at 2 different pick a part yards so they're time is just about up. If you see anything you need better act quick, these places love to crush cars....

The 62 Olds is a factory A/C car and it looked to be all intact.

 

This Caddy was rough, bit still pretty cool! Looks like it maybe started life as a hearse then turned into a camper. At least that's my thought because of the chrome trim on the hood.

 

Its soon to be a woody

 

I think you might be barking up the wrong tree @typo.


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I think that remains of the Caddy hears has a manual trans,someone needs to grab those parts.

 

Are those red lights in the grill? Was it an emergency vehicle? Seems like it would be white, not black. Local dirt track had a mid 60's Pontiac Ambulance that came from the Army.

 

yup, i can see a clutch pedal in the caddy

 

I happen to have one of those 62 olds 4 dr htps in my hoard. still has the 394 rocket eng. It can be bought

 

Man, those stick Caddy pieces and those hearse-only hood moldings are both very much treasures. Quite a few other pieces on there would be great for resale as well.

 

So exactly what transmission parts are the sought after pieces?

 

The flywheel, bellhousing, transmission, steering column, pedal assembly and all related linkage would definitely be worth getting, trans yoke off of the driveshaft would be a plus. Think of offering it as a kit to a Cadillac guy to convert an automatic car to a stick, whatever would be necessary are the things to get. Not sure if the starter is different on a stick car but sometimes it is and if so that'd be another bit to get. I would think that conversion kit of parts would sell in the couple grand range if you had everything.

 

Everything from the column and pedals to the flywheel and bellhousing,just grab everything that relates to the manual trans.

 

Ok, I admit, I know little to nothing about old Cadillacs, but were most of them automatics that early? Also, this thing has been sitting somewhere for a very long time, not sure how much of it will unbolt, not to mention the fact that they didn't set it on wheel stands, so it would be hard to get under it.

 

Most of them were automatics, and extremely few were stick past the flathead era, so you've got guys with early 50's Cads who would prefer a stick and you've got hot rodders who want to put Cadillac engines in hotrods and want to have a stick trans. In that case, the pedals and column are less important. I don't doubt that it'd be a bear to get it apart, I'd probably ask if the junkyard doesn't mind if you just cut a gigantic hole in the floor, then you can get at most of it from the top.

 

Just a heads up to Rudebaker, I noticed your avatar is the bear safety service bear, we have the cool neon version of it in our front window of our cool old hippy shack, ours is 6 feet wide and 5 foot tall, thought I would share it with you.

 

...this 27 Dodge had been sitting for years, recently sold at auction for $1500

 

If they have an engine puller or a tow truck with a hoist on it, get them to yank out the whole engine/trans combo. The engine would be cool to rebuild plus it would be easier to get to the clutch linkage. Junk yards around here used to just pull the whole combo out by just ripping the motor and trans mount rubber loose.

 

Saw an unusual collection in March in the middle of nowhere...UT