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

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 16,964
    If you think about it... that is perfect for a classic car. You still have room for your daily drivers too.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,356
    Yup. Excellent storage area.

    Funny, but something like that floor plan, is exactly the type of house I’m looking For!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    I like that tandem setup too, tandems seem somewhat hard to find around here - I remember looking at places and only finding that on rare occasion. So many buildings have one spot per unit, and a dearth of extra parking.

    A garage like the one in that plan is just begging to be filled with $300 worth of yard sale rejects while $50K in cars sit exposed to the elements in the driveway.
  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    edited October 2018
    I chose that cluttered garage pic because the project car buried under all that junk looked like an old mini pickup. Now I don't know what it is.
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Looks like a Fiat 124 berlina or variant, possibly a Lada 1200/VAZ 2101
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    fintail said:

    I like that tandem setup too, tandems seem somewhat hard to find around here - I remember looking at places and only finding that on rare occasion. So many buildings have one spot per unit, and a dearth of extra parking.

    A garage like the one in that plan is just begging to be filled with $300 worth of yard sale rejects while $50K in cars sit exposed to the elements in the driveway.

    Folks do that where I live - unopened moving boxes in the garage, new cars outside. And here it hails, newish Range Rover with hundreds of dents...I don't get it...
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Same here, you can always tell on a rare snow day when you see the 100K cars covered in snow for the morning commute.

    Come to think of it, most of my family is this way, too. The garage was often a "workshop" for my dad, my sister uses hers for their dogs, etc, while others like me wish they had more space for cars.
    texases said:



    Folks do that where I live - unopened moving boxes in the garage, new cars outside. And here it hails, newish Range Rover with hundreds of dents...I don't get it...

  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,356
    Car buried in a he garage looks like a lancia from the badge but hard to get a good look at it

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    You could always get rid of that useless "dining room" and park a small car in there.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Motorcycles appear to be easy to incorporate into living environments:

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    For the mystery car, I am not aware of a Lancia of that era without 4 headlights.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    He's obviously not married.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Looks like a happy life B)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    That'd never work with my Triumph.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,737
    This talk of garages made me realize I could put the Alfa in the 3rd bay since that is where I had parked my EX35. But, of course, we are getting close to snow time and it is fairly critical to have my plowing tractor inside. Maybe in the Spring.

    '11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S

  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    edited October 2018
    I don't mind the tandem garage setup and it allowed me to create a bit of a mancave in the back of it. The back of the garage has a door to the back yard so I bbq there in the summer.

    It's my place to unwind, and when friends come over, us guys hang out down here, talk cars, and drink of course.

    My bookshelves have all my vintage car magazines on it, and the shelf that the TV is on has all my car brochures sorted. And walls covered with years of car posters I collected at auto shows for the past 2 decades or so.

    I don't even have enough space to hang all my toy cars so I have about 100 hot wheels in boxes to my son where he proudly hangs them in his room among shelves of 1:18 scale cars he's been collecting (he's only 9 but a car guy already).

    Looking towards garage entrance.




    Looking the opposite way towards entrance to back yard.




    Looking to the right towards my nook and "office space".




    Wide angle view including my nook with "office space", desk, and my car magazine collection.




    I'll take better pictures when I tidy it up a bit.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 16,964
    So incredible! Love it. First generation NES there too, I have to dig mine out sometime. I could go for some Excitebike or RC Pro Am.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,356
    Good idea. Hope where you live, you got insulation and heat!

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,419
    Nice. With a tandem setup like that, I could cram in the fintail, modern car, and probably a bike or three, and some other junk too. Unfortunately, townhouses within what I consider a reasonable commute are out of my price range here.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Thanks, no heat in there but there is insulation. I have a portable plug in heater that works well in winter.

    Although 2 cars fit in there, when I hang out down there I pull one car out to have a bit of open space on the end.

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  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 17,688
    edited October 2018
    Yep, that's creative. Love it!

    edit: Oooh! I hit 12,000 with this post. I probably need a man cave like that so I would post less here.
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  • omarmanomarman Member Posts: 2,702
    Looks great! Like having a garage combined with your own comic shop too.
    A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I actually ran out of room to hang posters, I had so many. My wife was embarassed at first, but when we have friends over, eventually the wives join us guys to hang out downstairs in the garage.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,356
    any worth in this project? Car actually looks pretty solid but needs everything else. Same seller seems to have a few other old MGs, and an Austin Marina, for sale, most of which are sitting in a field. QB should pick them up, he is in that neck of the woods!

    https://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/d/1972-mgb/6731177378.html

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,737
    Oh, I'm good. Thanks anyway. ;b

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    stickguy said:

    any worth in this project? Car actually looks pretty solid but needs everything else. Same seller seems to have a few other old MGs, and an Austin Marina, for sale, most of which are sitting in a field. QB should pick them up, he is in that neck of the woods!

    https://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/d/1972-mgb/6731177378.html

    Pile of junk. $300 bucks. Scrapeyard. Not even a good parts car, since you can buy just about every part for an MGB.
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 16,964
    edited October 2018
    I was just up that way yesterday, could have checked it out for you  :D:DB)

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    A picture is worth a thousand words, but thanks! :p
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 16,964
    For this money, wouldn’t you rather have a Grand National?

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/442/113258029436?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20180518101550&meid=e67d0c6da48149a5ab014a848ae72c41&pid=100970&rk=7&rkt=8&mehot=pp&sd=142989005641&itm=113258029436&_trksid=p2481888.c100970.m5481&_trkparms=pageci:0074f566-db0e-11e8-bc1f-74dbd1805dab|parentrq:bd2182331660a99c4232987afffd5dd7|iid:1

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,723
    That 442 has had some mods. Not sure if it's a real 442. No Lightning Rod shifter.
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  • sdasda Member Posts: 7,582
    tjc78 said:

    For this money, wouldn’t you rather have a Grand National?

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/442/113258029436?_trkparms=aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20180518101550&meid=e67d0c6da48149a5ab014a848ae72c41&pid=100970&rk=7&rkt=8&mehot=pp&sd=142989005641&itm=113258029436&_trksid=p2481888.c100970.m5481&_trkparms=pageci:0074f566-db0e-11e8-bc1f-74dbd1805dab|parentrq:bd2182331660a99c4232987afffd5dd7|iid:1

    The price is rich. Looks like a nice car with all options. Compared to current cars, not quick. 0-60 in 9-10 sec? I am surprised to see a speedometer that reads above 85, I thought that was the regulation at the time. As I have a soft spot for Olds, I'd be happy to own that car.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 16,964
    explorerx4 said:

    That 442 has had some mods. Not sure if it's a real 442. No Lightning Rod shifter.

    I thought only the Hurst Olds got those?

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,356
    I kinda like that 442. Shocks me too!

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  • explorerx4explorerx4 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited October 2018
    I thought they all had that shifter.
    The 3.73's were on Hurst only?
    I'm no expert on them.
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  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    This is pretty, though I wonder why it needed all that engine work at that mileage.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Sumitomo tires? Kind of an odd choice, to me.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,737
    Many Sumitomo choices are highly regarded these days.

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  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,107
    Good to know. I didn't realize they were big in the ultra-high-performance tire world.
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    explorerx4 said:

    That 442 has had some mods. Not sure if it's a real 442. No Lightning Rod shifter.

    VIN says it is---a "9" in the 8th place
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    RE: Porsche Turbo---well the CARFAX says it failed emissions testing in 2013, so maybe it burned a valve or something? At any rate, a rebuild on that engine is very $$$. Somebody spend a pile on this car.
  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,413
    What's on Craigs on Long Island

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/1988-lincoln-mark-vii-lsc/6733961117.html Nice shape but not an LSC I think

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/1979-jeep-cj-5/6736488774.html Winter is coming

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/vw-bug/6736454616.html Will never see another one just like it for 4 grand

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/82-porschel/6736414914.html Real headturner but I am not expert on Porsches

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/1988-ford-f250-4-wheel-drive/6736393800.html Given the old truck mania, this looks pretty reasonable

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/1966-mustang-289-restored/6720357316.html Could be a decent entry level resto-mod but would like to see more pics

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/1985-volvo-dl-low-miles/6727812862.html 10 footer Volvo. Credit the seller for the close ups

    https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/1981-camaro/6716474833.html "I spun a bearing so i had the bottom half done Two weeks later had the top half done " I question his approach
  • ab348ab348 Member Posts: 20,287
    The '84 Lincoln looks very nice. Those were handsome.

    The CJ-5 looks good for what it is.

    The Ford pickup looks like a deal except there is no mention of mileage so it could be shot.

    I run, do not walk, away from anything that is termed "custom", resto-mod" or has half of a Summit catalog bolted to it.

    I do not know if that Porsche is a good deal or would be scorned by aficionados. I do not like the orange accents nor the interior mods.

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  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,356
    Snazzy Porsche. But hate the interior.

    And I love the Jeep. My wife would hate it of course. But fun toy.

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  • berriberri Member Posts: 10,165
    I like the Mk VII+
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    RE: 81 Camaro--Holy carburetor, Batman!

    RE: 88 Ford F250---the old truck craze hasn't really hit the 80s yet, and 3/4 tons always sell for less than 1/2 tons in the old stuff.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,737
    '66 Stang: panel fitment looks pretty bad all around, and those wheels are AWFUL, but at least the asking price might be reasonable enough.

    '81 Maro: If that's the original engine with no mods, he is quite wrong about it being "fast." Appears to have a power brake booster but manual brake pedal? Maybe? I'm not familiar with how they came from the factory.

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  • andres3andres3 Member Posts: 13,934
    texases said:

    Good to know. I didn't realize they were big in the ultra-high-performance tire world.

    Good "cheap" tire. Still, you get what you pay for at times (not always).
    '18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
  • andres3andres3 Member Posts: 13,934
    texases said:

    Good to know. I didn't realize they were big in the ultra-high-performance tire world.

    Good "cheap" tire. Still, you get what you pay for at times (not always).
    '18 Porsche Macan Turbo, '16 Audi TTS, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 16,964
    The Lincoln is really nice, not an LSC but by 88 even the Bill Blass got the HO motor.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 33,737
    andres3 said:


    Good "cheap" tire. Still, you get what you pay for at times (not always).

    Kind of like some cars. You can pay double for 10% improved performance if you really want to. Then, of course, you have to actually use them to that extent. I made A LOT of far more expensive iron with far more expensive rubber look bad running a set of Sumitomos on the track and at the autocross.

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  • tjc78tjc78 Member Posts: 16,964
    I had Sumitomos on my truck when I had it and had zero complaints at all. I’d buy them again in a minute. 

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