Raceman
04-08-2004, 07:10 PM
I guess if all old cars turned out to be as expected the hobby wouldn't be as much fun. I've had an itch for a 63 1/2 Ford R code Galaxie (427/425 horse, 4 speed) for a long time, but the right car just won't show up. There was one that showed on E Bay here in Ga, so even though it was 180 miles from here (1 way) a car buddy and I decided to go and look today. The pictures showed several floor pan shots with comments about how the car was very solid. Even though it was a 390 car, it WAS a 4 speed and an XL, so I figured maybe I'd build a nice clone. So after a 3 plus hour drive including the nightmare of getting through Atlanta at any time other than 3 AM, we looked at the car for all of 2 minutes. The seller told me on the phone last night that the previous owner said there was "one little place down low on one of the fenders" but "he hadn't been able to find it himself". This was in answer to my question about how the external sheet metal on the car was. What he neglected to mention was, that beneath the 3 hundred dollar (maybe less) paint job, both rear quarters were wiped with filler and bubbling from rust poppin' back through, and the rockers were in the same shape. The car appeared to have been cut and had part of a quarter spliced on the rear and was cracking right beside the trunk lid.
I can't figure if the guys that run these ads really don't have a clue, or if they're just trollin' for suckers.
It was hard for me not to tell him what I thought of his description and the resulting waste of a whole day and an almost 400 mile drive.:mad: :mad:
I can't figure if the guys that run these ads really don't have a clue, or if they're just trollin' for suckers.
It was hard for me not to tell him what I thought of his description and the resulting waste of a whole day and an almost 400 mile drive.:mad: :mad: