Picked up a 1927 T lakes modified car from online auction with no description and very vague photos. After taking delivery of the car and cleaning it up, I found some old school pin striping and a lot of traditional parts. I will be giving the car a mechanical restoration but leaving body as is. Heres a few photos of the car from pick up and after washing. View attachment 5586202 View attachment 5586205
Seems like an awefuly nice car to be that filthy when it showed up. I’d be watching for flood damage. very cool hot rod though! Hope it treats you well
It just looks like the photos of complete cars sitting outside in a lot after being in a hurricane etc and being “totaled” by insurance. You said everything was vague and low on info so figured it was worth suggesting so you can look out for red flags when exploring your new purchase. keep us updated I’d love to see more of it!
Good call Tim, looks like a flood car for sure with that amount of corrosion and the sediment stuck to the steering column etc............reminds me of when we flooded out in 07 right before the HAMB drags. Storage unit, not the shop
I like the car ! Maybe just a dirt floor barn with a leaky roof. You can achieve pretty much the same look. Mike
Its a 95 year old hot rod body its probably been wet more than once. I probably got wet sitting at the lot with no top getting rained on for weeks. A dirt lot with the amount of traffic with loaders. I bet most of the people here would have bought it.
I'd change out the fluids and drive it. Fix it when it breaks. Jesus wept, it's a hotrod, and that's what you do with hotrods.
I don't think it's been in a flood, the radiator overflow bottle is showing only an inch of water, if flooded, it would be full, also, the speedo and tail-light are clear and don't have a high water mark or water /dusty haze inside the lense of either of them.. I'm with sbf001, I think it's just been unloved for a while... I'd own it..
No, but just be aware of the work you may have ahead of you. The fasteners and such look like a car caught in a Bonneville flood. And the tin maybe 95 but the car looks like something built in the last couple decades. It's a cool ride, deserves some love and attention.
Good for you. There really ain't that much there that could get seriously fucked up. Oh, and do it your way, not the Hamb's way.... will be way cheaper. This place has never met a wallet they don't mind opening.
Have fun with it...I keep mine indoors all year long and regardless of it's past experiences pumping some rustproofing in the doors and seams wouldn't hurt it and keep the dream alive till you can't drive anymore... I'm sure my spotted bits of surface rusted areas will remain unperforated even beyond my time with it...some of it I will wire brush, sand and paint but I don't drive in the rain myself...we have similar weather so I'm sure like myself once the salt is down the Hotrods in the garage till late spring after a few rains wash the brine away... I've never been to Bonneville but yeah it's certainly not friendly to our rides so again you're good to neutralize it regardless of where its been and treat it to some non lethal undercoat that seeps were the salt hangs out...competition for corrosion...and smile the miles away...
Nice looking modified! Pull the spark plugs and check for water in the cylinders. Wipe every square inch of the body and chassis down with a rag and Gibb’s oil…liberally spray Gibb’s oil in all the cracks and crevices.
That is a nifty car with a lot going for it. It's history might be pretty interestering. I'm thinking that many of these guys have never seen a car that rode a bunch of miles in northern states on an open trailer in December.
Post (pics) from last week: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/history-on-1927-t.1280301/#post-14692074
So I’m wondering what the back half of the body is made of? My modified started as a touring and I cut the car in half. The front seat back became the back of the car.
Thats just a modern trinket that anyone can buy for 15 bucks. As I said, this looks like a neat ride that was put together in the last 20 years or so. Shop (scta-bni.org)
That link you provided the badge on my car does not look even close to that. Not claiming the car is a survivor from the 50s/60s was definitely built to be in that era, mostly 35/36 parts on the car. None of this new "ford licensed" aftermarket junk. Just old American junk lol
There have been other badges on the market over the years as well as unauthorized ones from various sources (moon comes to mind). Just used that one as an example. As I said, your car is cool and just needs some love. Got my wheels turning to use up some of my extra parts and build another 27. @2Blue2 , if the car had run in the past it would have had one of these on it.
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