Thread: Goodbye to a friend.

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That's kewl ... I still post a "search" post for my Dads 1934 chop'd top p/u that he offered me but I didn't have the foresight to take it no matter what.

Oh well ... lesson learned.

From what I've seen you guys do ... anything you put your hands on will turn out well.

Paul

The two girls would have sealed the deal for me. HE! HE! HE!
As long as you got your money out of it you did good.
I always seem to take a loss, when I was younger.

Kurt, I know what you mean........I always take a bath on stuff too, but I was ok on where we ended up on the T. Things have been nuts the last couple of days though. First he was picking up the T, then I listed my old Honda on Craigslist and must have had 15 calls on it. Today a guy bought it and towed it away. He and his Son are taking VoTech classes and are going to fix it there........good for him, that makes me happy to see them going to fix it up.

Finally, I am SICK of looking at cars to replace the Honda! I must have looked at 30 so far, and nothing that I want to buy. Dan and I drove about 50 miles last night to see one that was advertised as "Grandmas car." When we got there we found out Grandma must have been an offroader.......there were dents everywhere. The check engine light was on and when I asked about that they told me their mechanic said not to worry about it, that is Honda's way of getting you in for service!

Luckily, my ex-wife has loaned me her car so I am able to go see potential cars. It's really a pain having the money in your pocket and not being able to find one you would buy..........but the search goes on.

Don

Hey Don isn't that always the case???

Good luck.

Paul

Yeah, I don't know why people can't just be more honest when describing their cars for sale. The guy who bought my Honda said it was the best Craigslist ad he had ever seen because I went into every detail about the good and bad of the car. (I've NEVER been known to be not wordy ) But I tried to paint a picture of exactly what the guy was going to see when he drove clear over to see it........no surprises. It's not like they are not going to see all the bumps and bruises with their own eyes anyway.

Sometimes I wonder if the cars I am looking at are the same ones in the ad. They all look so good in the pictures, and I have never seen so many cars with 40,000 miles that look like they have run the Baja 1,000. And some people don't even have the sense to clean up the car before they advertise it. I even washed and cleaned the Honda first, and it has a blown engine! Maybe that it why is sold in an hour.

Don

Don you might as well take your time. Nothing like rushing to buy something you don't really want. I know exactly what you mean about the craigslist adds. Far to many scammers and baiters out there. I now grill them over the phone, before considering a drive. You can usually tell by how willing they are to talk about thier car, or whatever, about what to expect, but every once in a while someone will pull a fast one, and get you out there to look at a total piece of @$#% that nobody wants!

Hey Don; I know exactly what you are saying.
I have given away better cars then some of these guys with nothing but junk are trying to get top dollers for. They wanna act like the car has a solid gold lining.
I gave away a 69 buick Le Sabre with a brand new Turbo 400 with a Doug Nash shift kit in it. The interior needed work mainly just the seats, Carpet dash and door panels were all good. Body was all preped for a new paint job there was not one ding in the whole car. It had true spoke rims with low profile tires, they were probably worth about 2,000 bucks. The chrome was all perfect and no rust either, side molding was remove and all the holes were filled in and smoothed out, nice. I was giving the car away to get it out of the drive. This guy says he wanted it and will be over to get it, when he gets there he starts telling me he needs something to tow it away. I just started laughing at him.
I said just leave it there someone else would love that car for free.
About a hour later I had another guy come up and almost passed out when he seen how clean the car was. It looked more like a old chevy Impala then a buick Le Sabre
Everything was there and everything worked except the engine was blown.
He tried to give me some money but I told him he was doing me a favor By getting it out of my drive. And off he went with a big smile on his face. Plus he had a little extra cash for his new rebuild. Kurt

yup. I know how it feels. a friend of mine, told me about a truck he used to own, and it was for sale fairly cheap, so I went to look at it.. it was a 1990 Bronco, looked good on the outside, started, ran good and transmission was smooth and tight.. but driving it down the road, it felt like the rear end was loose, and when I gave it some gas, the rear started to bunny hop like a ghetto vehicle. shocks were good, and shackles were intact and solid, so I'm not sure what was wrong... it's between that and the tire kickers I get with my Beetle.. lots of calls, and 1 guy sounded serious about it, and wanted to set up a time to look at it.. when I called him, he asked a couple questions, and then asked/ confirmed the price, and then asked if it was firm. and at that point, I knew he was a tire kicker. so I told him yes, it was and that is what I had in the car, and I had searched local craigslist and Thesamba to verify my price was fair before I posted my craigslist listing.. then I got the " yea, I know the old beetles are expensive ", and just said he would call back. but never did

Hi Don,
I have been on a much needed vacation the past few weeks and didn't miss the internet much at all. Now log back on and I find the 3K T that brought me to this site is moving on. Well just as long as you don't move on as well. I think we all have at least one car that we wish we had held on to. Mine was a 77 vette that my dad and I had worked on together. At least I still have his 52. Good luck finding a driver. I would trade my Titan truck for anything (except maybe a new one).

Don, I enjoyed reading all these posts. The pictures of the car are timeless. Do you think it will disappear or will the guy drive it around. I watch my neighbor across the street build a 23 t-bucket from scratch I mean making the frame from steel he bought from a steel distributor and hand making almost everything till 10:00 each night. 3 years of work and a show car emerged. Tall top, corvette rear, brass lights, supercharger, matching trailer. Drove it everywhere for another 3 years. One day,back in 86, he flopped a for sale sign on it @ York, PA Eastern Nats. Someone walked up with the cash amount on the sign, Bob bought tickets on a plane to fly him and his girl home, and no one has ever seen the t-again.

Rick, nice to hear you came aboard because of that thread, that makes me feel really good. I did find a replacement for the dead Honda, so I am mobile again.

Heatwave, I hope the new owner gets as much enjoyment out of it as I did. It never left me down and I would look for any excuse to jump in it and drive it.........like running errands, etc. I do like the idea that it is far from here, it would be a little tough to see it driving around locally, I think. Plus, sometimes you stay married to a car if the new owner is close enough to keep coming by or calling you about things. Best to just cut the cord and have it go away.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Heatwave, I hope the new owner gets as much enjoyment out of it as I did. It never left me down and I would look for any excuse to jump in it and drive it.........like running errands, etc. I do like the idea that it is far from here, it would be a little tough to see it driving around locally, I think. Plus, sometimes you stay married to a car if the new owner is close enough to keep coming by or calling you about things. Best to just cut the cord and have it go away.

Don

Probably better for the new owner, too. Around Ft Meyers it will always be "That's Don's car, isn't it??", but for him it will be "That's the car you bought at the Nat's?" Loses some of the ID being farther away...

That's true, Roger. This way he can tell people he built it and no one will be any wiser.

When I was in my teens I built a bugeye sprite with a 289 Ford in it. When I went into the service I sold it to a buddy of mine. About 5 years later I went to see a guy who was selling a tripower setup for a Pontiac and there was my old sprite sitting in his shop. It was exactly like it was when I sold it, except they had put a narrowed Chevy rear end under it (I guess they got tired of twisting the stock sprite axles off every so often ) I told the guy that I built that car, and he said "No, I bought it from the guy who built it (it was my buddy) He told me how he fabricated every bracket and how he put the Cobra goodies in it." I laughed and told him my buddy couldn't change the oil in his car without a manual, so I assure you, I built this car.

Unfortunately, the guy didn't want to sell the sprite, and I wonder what ever became of it.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

........... and I wonder what ever became of it.

Don

They fed it some steroids and the it grew to a REAL engine.......

You sold your " T " wait a minute that was my car...........LOL