Project Cars--You Get to Vote on "Hold 'em or Fold 'em"

qbrozen

...has me looking at more local stuff.

I like this.

Pretty classy. Wonder what the reserve is.

Light on details.

LOVE this. But I'm sure he wants more than I can part with.

If this is a mint interior, I'd hate to see his personal cars.

texases

That "300S" - I wouldn't have thought they put a 2bbl in a "300"...

That Ford - what's with the "427" badges? It's a 390 :confuse:

qbrozen

My guess is they came with the Cobra air cleaner. :P

fintail

Your price is probably fair if the car is relatively pristine (have you tried to cut and polish around the paint patina?). W124s have a cult, so there is demand, but it is a cheap cult.

qbrozen

The car polishes just fine. Clear coat is in very good shape. The crazing is deep in the paint. No amount of work with a buffer would remove it (well, unless you buff right on through to the metal).

fintail

That's odd, but maybe someone who knows the cars would understand. So long as the clearcoat is OK, the car should look decent. What's the exact color again?

qbrozen

gold

bhill2

I have a question about the 300E that you posted. It looks like the badge on the other side of the trunk says "2.6". Isn't that a decontented model of the 300E? Does it have a smaller (2.6 liter) engine?

fintail

I don't know if it had much less content inside, but the engine is a lower spec, yes (while still a M103 like the 3.0). It's a base model car. I'd expect less power, but maybe not terribly so, as they even put it in W126s in Europe.

fintail

Oh yeah. I think I once looked at a late W126 300SE with that same issue. It wasn't too bad, not noticeable unless you really inspected it.

ab348

I love that '64 Galaxie too, except for the wheels and the stance, which looks odd. And those 427 badges need to go. They look good in silver. Local guy has restored a '64 Galaxie convertible with a red interior and had it painted in a modern-day silver, looks tremendous.

Mr_Shiftright

The '64 Galaxie should sell in the $20,000 range somewhere.

bhill2

I don't know if it had much less content inside, but the engine is a lower spec

I may be thinking of the ponton 219, which I think was a decontented 220. Yes, I am old enough to remember back that far.

fintail

I see the 219 as a deluxe lowline ponton - 4cyl body and interior with 6cyl nose and engine. This was kind of repeated with the W110 230 fintail, which was a 6cyl engine in a 4cyl body.

I want to say the W124 260E had some lower trim spec, maybe sunroof was made optional - maybe similar on a 300E 2.6.

texases

On the comparison for '88 300E vs. 260E (MSNAuto web site) only differences they listed were engine, no tilt wheel, and price (something like $44k vs $39k). But I imagine there must have been a few more things...

qbrozen

So the seller texted me a few pics last night. I'm definitely no longer interested. So much for rust-free Cali cars. That thing has terminal cancer, IMHO. More than the cost of the car in bodywork, in other words.

Mr_Shiftright

And we call car dealers "treacherous"---harumpf!

fintail

This could be a fun project car to drive

andre1969

That's horrible and sick (yet funny) that they put the dog leash on the bumper. Poor little fella probably kept up with 'em for a mile or so...

tjc78

"Do you know what the penalty for animal cruelty is in this state?"

A guy on a Panther forum I frequent built one. It came out really nice.

xwesx

So hilarious! Unfortunately, it has "dash plague," which I hear is increasing in prevalence, so I recommend staying away.... FAR away.

au1994

You think you hate it now, wait till you drive it!

fintail

The response to Clark not knowing is classic, too:

"No sir, I don't"

(cop): "Well, it's probably pretty stiff."

Nice truckster, I wonder where the crowns came from.

fintail

That "plague" makes me think the auction car is a tribute rather than a movie car - but the details are good. I wonder what it will bring. 30 year old movie, but many people will still get the joke.

tjc78

I think he had them cut on a CNC machine. IIRC the hubcaps were from a 70s Caddy and he put the crowns on.

According to the guy that built the one in the picture all the original Trucksters from the movie are gone.

fintail

I can believe that. One of those movies nobody imagined would have such a cult. Nobody cared then.

qbrozen

I kind of like this. Looks like an honest survivor. Can't say I'm a fan of the color combo, though. I'd want to redo the seats and not in that original material/pattern, and it would be damned difficult to change with that color.

Damned cool vehicle. But not a project I'm willing to take on.

Hmmmm... I can kind of forgive the paint, but you gotta loose the hubcaps, fake sidepipes, steering wheel cover, and the pinstriping.

Mr_Shiftright

61 Lark -- might make a nice rod! Seems like a lot of scuffing here and there for 22,000 original miles. Should sell around $4,500.

61 Willys Wagon -- might be a good candidate for a retro-rod---redo the body, paint it, and install a GMC V-6. Or if you can pick it up for around $3,500 or so, just drive it around.

54 Ford -- looks like kind of a "driver quality" rod---on a budget--would be nice to see what's going on underneath. Hang-down gauges and modern stereo are tacky.

qbrozen

I have a saved search currently active in ebay, so I'm getting a long list each day. Here are today's interesting ones.

Interesting.... ummm... perspective. It only needs paint and a radio? Yeah, don't worry about the horrid interior. Its all original? Oh, except for the engine... minor detail. "will blow the door's off, any HenyJ's or Willys AreoAces." Hey, thanks for the everyman comparison; now I know exactly how quick it is.

I'm sorry, you did WHAT to the engine for $8k?!

I could tolerate being this different for $1.

After seeing the closeups, I know why the first shot was taken from space.

fintail

The Jag is also a "V6", must be a special conversion term. Still, that car might almost be worth it, if it isn't just a painted over heap. Looks OK.

People are crazy. The Lincoln photographed from a second floor window a block away is hilarious. And for the Willys and the rest - why don't peeple even try to clean their cars?