The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 4: Burnouts for Distance

[femurphy77]

Old school Horse Power...had to drop it somewhere

I've seen this one in action in person. Pretty damned impressive especially when you consider the low horsepower rating.

 

[Biggredchev]

I've seen this one in action in person. Pretty damned impressive especially when you consider the low horsepower rating.

Makes almost 4000ftlbs of torque though lol.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I don’t want to be insulting but that price is quite a stretch

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[churchmouse]

I don’t want to be insulting but that price is quite a stretch

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If he did not put the door lock in the driver's door what else did he miss past the spacers on the gas tank mount straps being left loose. Can't tell if that's a 10 bolt either. For that money I expect top shelf.

 

[femurphy77]

If he did not put the door lock in the driver's door what else did he miss past the spacers on the gas tank mount straps being left loose. Can't tell if that's a 10 bolt either. For that money I expect top shelf.

This! And I've always been suspicious of a heavy layer of fresh undercoating!

 

[femurphy77]

Just picked up a bunch of parts from the powder coater; 2 rearends, all of the seat hardware for the Galaxie bucket seats and a few other bits and pieces. Guess I have something to do this weekend now!

 

[churchmouse]

This! And I've always been suspicious of a heavy layer of fresh undercoating!

That was deeply applied and no it is not a $35K piece.
But the 2 most obvious things I saw say there are other issues.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I really like the early body style Elco’s

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[gregkl]

I really like the early body style Elco’s

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I like that one. Would also like a look at the squarebody in the background.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I really like the early body style Elco’s

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Looks good. About the only thing I would do is upgrade the brakes.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I like that one. Would also like a look at the squarebody in the background.

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[gregkl]

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$16,900. People have lost their mind if they are paying that kind of money for an old chevy truck,lol.

And I don't think they are as that one has been there since at least early September.

 

[Jaybird1980]

$16,900. People have lost their mind if they are paying that kind of money for an old chevy truck,lol.

And I don't think they are as that one has been there since at least early September.

I don't know what kind of shape that one's in, but they sell for that price everyday now.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I don't know what kind of shape that one's in, but they sell for that price everyday now.

As much as I hate it and I think people have mostly lost their minds, the market is what it is. Buying a standard family sedan for $25k would’ve been looney tunes 30 years ago, that’s just normal life now. If we’re patient though, the used car market will come back down eventually.

 

[d.kaufman]

If we’re patient though, the used car market will come back down eventually.

Used vehicles going for more than new. New vehicles hard to come by without waiting. The market is crazy.

I'm not sure when the used car prices will come back down. I deal with several used car lots almost daily and the auction cars they buy are drying up. Everyone is fixing their cars right now, not trading them in.

I currently have 24 vehicles at my shop for transmission rebuilds. I'm telling people that I am currently 4-6 weeks behind and they still are willing to wait. Hell, quite a few have asked if they can put half the money down to lock them in for that 4-6 week timeframe.
The auto industry is unlike anything I have ever seen before in my almost 30 years in the buisness

 

[churchmouse]

I really like the early body style Elco’s

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Had a sweet 64 back in the day. Same basic piece with a 327 350HP 3 peddle. Loved it. Sold it. You know how it goes.

 

[gregkl]

I don't know what kind of shape that one's in, but they sell for that price everyday now.

That's what I hear. I will probably just have to accept that my opportunity to own another one may well be past.

I really thought the market would drop as the boomers got past wanting to have toys. I thought that older hot rods and muscle cars would have the bottom drop out. I think it may but it's still too early.

I'll keep looking for that needle in a haystack. You never know what will pop up.

 

[femurphy77]

A coworker recently inherited several cars when his dad died; among them a 60 tbird and a 63 Karmann ghia. He was asking me their values so I did a quick look at Hagerty, the tbird came in around 11K and the Ghia around 28k. Personally I think the tbird is ugly AF and he'll be lucky to get that for it. On the other hand I honestly believe he'll get around 30k for the Ghia but the market is so stupid that you can't tell nowadays.

 

[churchmouse]

A coworker recently inherited several cars when his dad died; among them a 60 tbird and a 63 Karmann ghia. He was asking me their values so I did a quick look at Hagerty, the tbird came in around 11K and the Ghia around 28k. Personally I think the tbird is ugly AF and he'll be lucky to get that for it. On the other hand I honestly believe he'll get around 30k for the Ghia but the market is so stupid that you can't tell nowadays.

The T-Bird sure did loose it’s way from the original concept.
Had a 64 way the hell bck in the day I got in a trade. It was black with black guts. Cool car with some of the accessories it had. Loved the way the wheel articulated to let the driver out. The wind shield wipers ran off the power steering pump if memory serves. Some cool

 

[femurphy77]

Bwuhahahahahahahahahaha!

This one caused ice tea spewage thru the nose!

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For that kind of money it needs to be numbers matching, ORIGINAL and heavily documented. HELL! They didn't even bother to clean the floor mats for the picture!