My step-father called me yesterday and told me about a couple of old cars he just aquired.
A friend of his told him about this old guy who had died with a lot of back tax bills oweing. Well, anyway the guy was one of the worlds biggest pack rats and his property was packed with junk. All of the stuff was being haul-off or sold off cheap. Including some old cars. The cars were the reason my stepfather went over there. One was suppose to be an old wooden wheeled antqiue. My stepfather went with his friend who wanted to see the antique and just for curiousity.
While my stepfather was looking around the junk filled property he noticed what he thought was a tall peice of a 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille buried in a barn that was cramped full of junk. After moving around some of the junk. He found it wasn't just part of the car but the whole thing. In solid shape though the tires were flat and the driver side window was broken.
He asked what will you take for the half buried car over there in the shed. The man selling off the stuff said, "$500 dollars".
They ended up finding a solid '62 Thunderbird in there also. "$650 for that one", the guy said. My stepfather offered $1100 for both and he took it.
My stepfather proceeded to tell me about several other cars on the property. At the moment I started having flashes of a Boss 429 or AC Cobra in a barn.
The other were just some old Novas and a rusty VW bug. Oh well so much for the $500 Boss9. The brief thought made my heart jump.
Still a cool find and awesome deal for the Caddy and T-bird, I thought.
Dale302
A friend of his told him about this old guy who had died with a lot of back tax bills oweing. Well, anyway the guy was one of the worlds biggest pack rats and his property was packed with junk. All of the stuff was being haul-off or sold off cheap. Including some old cars. The cars were the reason my stepfather went over there. One was suppose to be an old wooden wheeled antqiue. My stepfather went with his friend who wanted to see the antique and just for curiousity.
While my stepfather was looking around the junk filled property he noticed what he thought was a tall peice of a 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille buried in a barn that was cramped full of junk. After moving around some of the junk. He found it wasn't just part of the car but the whole thing. In solid shape though the tires were flat and the driver side window was broken.
He asked what will you take for the half buried car over there in the shed. The man selling off the stuff said, "$500 dollars".
They ended up finding a solid '62 Thunderbird in there also. "$650 for that one", the guy said. My stepfather offered $1100 for both and he took it.
My stepfather proceeded to tell me about several other cars on the property. At the moment I started having flashes of a Boss 429 or AC Cobra in a barn.
The other were just some old Novas and a rusty VW bug. Oh well so much for the $500 Boss9. The brief thought made my heart jump.
Still a cool find and awesome deal for the Caddy and T-bird, I thought.
Dale302