Seat Safety Switch posted:

Ok so Slung Blade is looking for a project car apparently and this guy near us is being forced by new ordnances and nosy neighbors to clear out his stock of project cars. We went and took a look - a lot of the cheap stuff is gone, a lot of the expensive stuff isn't, so what was left and what we can afford ended up being the weird stuff. I took cameraphone pictures where appropriate, but I missed taking pictures of some nice stuff like the amazing Challenger R/T and Ferrari 308 that the owner had stored indoors.

Of particular AI interest is this Mercedes with Twin Tires. This guy was actually one of the Canadian distributors for the invention and he had a handful of new tires for this system and a bunch of wheels left over. This particular wheel was made by Speedline but they also subcontracted to Enkei from what he told us.



Amerigoons who are less liberal than 'Blade and I will be interested to hear that he had Ronald Reagan's governorship limousine on the premises. It was pretty beat up but seemed fairly authentic. Apparently he is thinking of listing it on BaT.



This old Ford towtruck is incredible. The cab and paint were left mostly intact, and a new chassis was jammed underneath complete with brand new tow gear. The interior was restored as well, with some Dynamat and new carpets. Note that the truck is not actually a manual transmission.





We came to look at a few cars. This '75 Nova was one of them. Its little six fired right up with some starting fluid and a boost - the battery was basically done for. Sounded healthy and had the old Mopar NOT MOPAR WHO SAID THAT rasp.

The quarters were pretty gross but nothing that can't be fixed. The sills were also pretty gross. The primary obstacle to picking this one up will be caring enough about a smog era Nova.



Sills:

The buttal region:


We didn't come to see it, but I think this is what Slung Blade and I wanted most in all the world after we saw and heard it. This is a Plymouth Satellite with a 440 swap. Behind it is a Coronet with a "Coronet 440" badge and a 318.


Someone took all the badges off but most of them were still around.


More butts, please:


In profile you start to appreciate how god damned huge this ridiculous car is.


Here's where the problems start. Both rear quarters have been Bondo'd to hell and back.


The interior - with buckets, I've never seen buckets on a Satellite before! - is clearly intended to be some kind of long forgotten race car project from a previous owner.


The bondo is worse on the driver's side.


There was also this cool handbuilt hod rod for sale with a Corvette 427 in it. None of this thing was fiberglass - all actual steel! I have a lot of appreciation for whoever was able to craft this.


Here's a familiar sight for die hard AIers - a Ford Thames van.



Check out the fatty rear tires:

I forgot that doors open and tried to take a picture through the drivers' side window here.


I don't remember what this was but it was beautiful. It sat next to two Laurentians and a Humber. There was also a Meteor Ranchwagon. I was too overwhelmed by patriotism to take pictures of those.


What I came to look at was his '59 Renault Dauphine Gordini (nice, but rusted and the interior was pretty worn), collection of Sunbeam Alpine GTs, and a 1975 Jaguar XJC with a 350 Chevy swap which was too much of a project for me to take on and which I will regret not buying until the day I die.

The owner was super AI. Very chill, relaxed, story for every car. He said that he preferred to collect weird and rare cars rather than cars that might fetch a lot of value someday, and that he definitely prefers driving cars to letting them sit like this. Serial entrepreneur - through his various automotive-related jobs he estimated to us that he's bought and sold over eight thousand cars. I have a new role model.

So that's our trip in a nutshell there. I'll try to take more pictures when we go back to get a car for Slung Blade.

Krakkles posted:

More of my uncle's toys:

Seat Safety Switch posted:

Of particular AI interest is this Mercedes with Twin Tires. This guy was actually one of the Canadian distributors for the invention and he had a handful of new tires for this system and a bunch of wheels left over. This particular wheel was made by Speedline but they also subcontracted to Enkei from what he told us.

Lightbulb Out posted:

Is there more information about these? What's the point?

Lightbulb Out posted:

Is there more information about these? What's the point?

Seat Safety Switch posted:

stuff

Das Volk posted:

Is there an ad for this anywhere? I'd love to see what he wants for the Reaganmobile.

Chinatown posted:

Chinatown posted:

14 INCH DETECTIVE posted:

radikewlism posted:

I liked the way the Porsche sign here

Chinatown posted:

Chinatown posted:

Das Volk posted:

Is this at M-Fest or something? That's a lot of alpineweiss in the background.

Slung Blade posted:

I need to see what's up with my property tax this year, and see if we can't go back and make a deal on either that Satellite or the Coronet behind it.

Das Volk posted:

Is this at M-Fest or something? That's a lot of alpineweiss in the background.

Slung Blade posted:

gently caress, what am I doing???

Steve French posted:

and a bonus motorcycle with bonus cylinders (photo taken by a passenger, not me while driving):

It look veeeerrry squirrely on the highway.

Filthy Luker posted:

Holy poo poo the thing is tiny! (Found it parked outside my office today)

BoostCreep posted:

I know I'm a fanboy, but black looks so good when it's this clean. (click for bigger)

SyHopeful posted:

So you folks remember the Sloppy Mechanics Fairmont with the turbocharged GM 5.3? Well, denmah has moved on.