OK,I AM SURE THERES A FAIR SHARE OF OLD TIMERS ON HERE,I JUST BOUGHT A KILLER BARN FIND,ITS A CHOPPED 48 ANGLIA GASSER,THE WINDSHIELD AND REAR ROOF SECTION ARE LAID BACK(PULLED FORWARD ON THE REAR,IT HAS A FILLED TOP,OLD FIBERGLASS TILT NOSE,FIBERGLASS DOORS AND TRUNK LID,PIANTED YELLOW,LEXAN WINDOW,57 OLDS REAR WITH COIL SPRINGS AND LADDER BARS,327 WITH A LONG SHAFT ALUMINUM POWERGLIDE,65 CHEVY RADIATOR,FULL CAGE,IT HAD OLD CENTERLINES ALL THE WAY AROUND WITH BIAS PLY TIRES,WHEN I BOUGHT IT IT HAD A ORIGINAL 76 MUSTANG FRONT END STICK WELDED ON IT STUCK OUT THE FENDERS 8 INCHES IN THE FRONT,,THE PERSON I BOUGHT IT FROM OWNED IT FOR SINCE THE LATE SEVENTIES,HE HIT THE WALL AT A SOUTHERN OHIO DRAGSTRIP WHERE THE CAR RACED IN THE MID TO LATE 60'S,HIS BROTHER BOUGHT IT FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND OWNED IT FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS THEN SOLD IT TO HIS BROTHER GUY I BOUGHT IT FROM,AFTER HITTING THE WALL HIS EX BROTHER IN LAW CONVINCED HIM TO TAKE THE STRAIGHT AXLE CRAP OUT AND PUT IN A STATE OF THE ART MUSTANG FRONT END FOR BETTER HANDLING !!!???,LOL(BY THE WAY THEY THREW AWAY ALL THE ORIGINAL FRONT END,IDIOTS),THEN HE STARTED TO TAKE THE CAR APART AND START CUTTING ALL THE FLOORS AND FIREWALL OUT,THE OWNER FREAKED OUT AND PULLED THE CAR AFTER ABOUT A YEAR OF FIGHTING WITH HIS EX WIFE AND BROTHER IN LAW,THE ENGINE WAS STRIPPED OF THE INTAKE AND LEFT OUTSIDE,MOST THE PARTS WHERE MISSING OR LOST,SO HE DECIDED TO MOVE TO FLORIDA 25 YEARS AGO AND TAKE WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE CAR,BODY,DOORS,NOSE,CHASIS ETC.,HE PUT IT IN A BARN AND FORGOT ABOUT IT TILL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO,HE AND HIS BROTHER ARE PRO LAWNMOWER RACERS AND RUN THE CIRCUIT,SO HE HAD NO INTEREST IN THE ANGLIA ANYMORE,HE LISTED IT ON CRAIGSLIST AFTER A KID HE WORKED WITH WANTED TO BUY THE CAR AND DECIDED HE COULD NOT GET THE MONEY UP FOR IT,IT WAS LISTED AT 6;00 PM I FOUND IT 20 MINUTES AFTER HE LISTED IT,HE WAS 3 HOURS AWAY FROM ME,I WAS IN MY TRUCK WITH THE TRAILER BY 6;46,,,,THE AKING PRICE?,,,1000.00 CASH THAT WAS OFFERED TO THE KID,HE OPENED THE ONE BAY SHED IN THE BACK YARD THERE IT WAS SITTING ON 4 FLAT TIRES ALL THE PARTS THROWN INSIDE COVERED IN A 1/4 INCH OF DUST AND DURT AND LOADED WITH BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS!,THANK GOD I HAD A OPEN TRAILER,I BOUGHT IT IN 1 MINUTE FLAT,THE BODY IS NEAR PERFECT,I WAS IN SUCH A HURRY I FORGOT MY STRAPS,HAD TO USE TWO PULL STRAPS TILL I FOUND A SUPER WALL MART AND BOUGHT 8 MOTORCYCLE STRAPS (ALL THEY HAD)RESULTING IN A 4 HOUR TRIP BACK HOME,I DIDNT KNOW THE BODY WAS NOT BOLTED DOWN UNTIL I SAW IT FLOATING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR ON I4 ORLANDO,TALK ABOUT WAKING YOU UP IN A HURRY !,,,,,SINCE THEN THE CAR NOW IN BACK TOGETHER,STEERING DONE,STRIGHT AXLE BACK IN IT,54 CHEVY SPINDLES,ANOTHER 327 4 SPEED THIS TIME,65 FORD F 100 STEERING COLUMN,ETC..
Man! I wish I gould run into one of those deals.... Did miss an Austin Bantam body for $100 out your way a few months back too....
SORRY,I AM A BODYMAN,I TYPE WITH 2 FINGERS,AND LIKE THINGS SIMPLE AND FAST,AND MY SPELLING SUCKS,,,,,Never did understand the yelling thing,how do you yell on a computer?
Well one more person added to my I hate you list why cant I find shit like that killer car keep to pix coming
Great score ! Pays to be in the right place at the right time ! Can't find any good barn finds around here anymore ! All the cars & trucks are stuck in the hedge rows all rusted to hell !
What a deal. I live in a farm area with thousands of barns and all I ever found was horse and cow shit.
I grew up in upstate new york (near lake goerge)before moving to florida 11 years ago(i hate snow)and found plenty,i bought my 34 ford from a farmer when i was 13 (my dad owned a hot rod shop),all my friends where farmers,you be surprised what is hiding in barns under stacks of hay bails,one of my buddies at the time had a model a roadster pick up that was his grandfathers,you would never see it if he did not point it out ,,,
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