wheels777 wrote:We were invited up to Carflisle last year and she fell for the Opel GTs. I have been looking for a nice, clean, affordable one since.
2 fer deal. Affordable...yes. Clean...well you guys have skills :)
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March 23, 2011 5:56 a.m. JThw8 SuperDork
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March 23, 2011 5:58 a.m. wheels777 Dork
Woody wrote: I actually had to come back and edit this post because I had forgotten about the free MGB. Where else besides here would someone forget how many free cars they've dragged home?
I understand....we probably average 2 per year. A Vette body was the biggest surprise. An MGB, Nova's (lots of Nova's), (3) VWs, 30 Chevy (basketcase), (2) Cavaliers, Chevette, RX-7, the 2 Studes above, the list would get very long if I really started thinking about it. We've been offered a Miata recently....we'll see how that works out.
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March 23, 2011 9:24 a.m. poopshovel SuperDork
Cool things happen when you're the guy with the truck and trailer; not the guy who "was gonna." Nice score!
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March 23, 2011 9:44 a.m. Karl La Follette Dork
Free Cars are great and very findable ! Brings a tear of joy to my eyes
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March 24, 2011 6:50 a.m. wheels777 Dork
poopshovel wrote:
Cool things happen when you're the guy with the truck and trailer; not the guy who "was gonna." Nice score!
Very, Very true!!!
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March 24, 2011 7:00 a.m. wheels777 Dork
I just counted, 8 of the fleet were free. And half the readers said, "That's cool!"....and half said, "8 cars, that's ridiculous!" Wifeypoo said, "That's enough!"...Papa bear said, "I can get one more in right there!" .....Shhh!
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March 24, 2011 7:06 a.m. wheels777 Dork
JThw8 wrote:
We can fix thosewheels777 wrote:
We were invited up to Carflisle last year and she fell for the Opel GTs. I have been looking for a nice, clean, affordable one since.
2 fer deal. Affordable...yes. Clean...well you guys have skills :)
We get home from San Diego late tonight. May call tomorrow.
BTW, Lark has E&T pulled, engine torn down, interior pulled out, front sheet metal completely torn apart, and 54# of debris removed (yes they weighed it). The boy has laid out a project scheduled that includes an October date. I guess that apple didn't roll too far.
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March 24, 2011 9:28 a.m. yamaha New Reader
In reply to Rob_Mopar:
and fairmount indiana.....altho that guy nearly got killed when his stude committed suicide at muncie dragway.....
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March 24, 2011 8:01 p.m. Rob_Mopar HalfDork
wheels777 wrote:
JThw8 wrote:
We can fix thosewheels777 wrote:
We were invited up to Carflisle last year and she fell for the Opel GTs. I have been looking for a nice, clean, affordable one since.
2 fer deal. Affordable...yes. Clean...well you guys have skills :)
We get home from San Diego late tonight. May call tomorrow.
BTW, Lark has E&T pulled, engine torn down, interior pulled out, front sheet metal completely torn apart, and 54# of debris removed (yes they weighed it). The boy has laid out a project scheduled that includes an October date. I guess that apple didn't roll too far.
Yes, but did that apple find another free one while you were in San Diego? If he did, you might need to add another bay or two to the new garage!
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March 24, 2011 8:04 p.m. Rob_Mopar HalfDork
yamaha wrote:
In reply to Rob_Mopar:
and fairmount indiana.....altho that guy nearly got killed when his stude committed suicide at muncie dragway.....
You're talking about the Chicken Hawk right?
That one wasn't a free range Studebaker looking for a home at Andrew's. That was a long time racer. It's really sad that it's gone now. Was a good piece of Studebaker racing history.
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March 24, 2011 8:54 p.m. JThw8 SuperDork
Dang I didn't hear about that. Followed that car on the Stude sites alot. What happened?
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March 24, 2011 9:13 p.m. Woody SuperDork
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May 14, 2012 8:13 a.m. stan_d Dork
A free car to fix and drive in my experience has been most expensive.
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May 14, 2012 9:30 a.m. wheels777 Dork
stan_d wrote:
About $2000 if you do them right.A free car to fix and drive in my experience has been most expensive.
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May 14, 2012 9:36 a.m. JohnInKansas Reader
The Triumph in my avatar was a freebie. Has been pretty pricey since then, but acquired for free.
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May 14, 2012 9:49 a.m. 4cylndrfury UltimaDork
integraguy wrote:
One persons junk...another persons treasure.
I haven't found anyone, ever, looking to give away a car or truck for free, but if I could have snagged some of the REAL bargains (like an Italia basketcase for $500), but didn't, because of no place to store/work on them........well, woulda, coulda, shoulda.
Same here...I was waiting for uncle sam to give me back some of my money when I found a $400, running but rough, S12 200sx (Think: Nissans answer to the AE86). Probably coulda got it for $300 if I had waved a stack of $20s in the guys face. Too bad, I was about a week late with the cashola. Everyday, I drive past the place it was parked on my way to work, and for just a moment, wonder what could have been...
Nice score Andy - but, with that minty fresh Garage, and a solid 4 moths and some change before the challenge, you have no excuses if youre not embarrassing people on the track come october
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May 14, 2012 9:58 a.m. poopshovel PowerDork
Holy undead thread, batman!
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May 14, 2012 9:59 a.m. 4cylndrfury UltimaDork
hahahaha I didnt even notice...
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May 14, 2012 10:00 a.m. fasted58 UltraDork
JohnInKansas wrote:
The Triumph in my avatar was a freebie. Has been pretty pricey since then, but acquired for free.
John, ya just gotta relate that story
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May 14, 2012 10:19 a.m. Curmudgeon MegaDork
The Jensenator was free, cage and all. Came with a really nice pro built cage, an extra rear axle, complete extra front suspension, an extra 907 crank, a set of Koni shocks and some other odds and ends.
Of course it need a little waxing and buffing to get it going again.
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May 14, 2012 10:22 a.m. mguar HalfDork
I have cars offered to me free all of the time. I'm pretty well known in local Jaguar circles and I get calls saying please come and get this from me.. Most of the time they are rusty hulks worth little other than scrap money. Occasionally it will be something that holds interest for me..
This car has a head with the bigger intake valves and better ports.. That car has instruments that I like the look of. Another may have some rust free parts I need or maybe the windshield wiper motor is good..
But scrap money can be as high as $1000 for my efforts.. On the other hand most of those are offered in the late fall or winter when working in the anti-tropic weather (snow storm) is anything but fun.. Lately at my age and with the city hyper excited about another old car showing up I've been forced to turn them down or call my buddy who owns a scrap yard..
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May 14, 2012 10:36 a.m. JohnInKansas Reader
Okay, you asked for it, fasted.
Here's the TR4's history as far back as I've pieced it together.
Purchased at a dealership in Palo Alto, CA, if the license plate frame is an accurate indication. First owner that I know of was an older gentleman (not sure of his name, but I could probably dig that up), a marine biologist and professor at a CA college. One day after class, he came out to find that it had rained about an inch. He knew it was about an inch, because he had left the top down on the TR and the floorboard were full. Apparently, he was so mad he sold the car on the spot to a passing student for a buck. $1.
Student transferred to the University of Kansas, and graduated in the early '70's. He was planning to attend grad school in St Louis, but didn't have housing sorted out yet, and needed a place to stash the car for a few months. So, he convinced one of his professors (an anthropologist) to hang onto the car for him for no more than six months, "until I get a garage, then I'll come back for it". Professor moved it out of the barn about 10 years later, where it slowly attempted to sink into the earth for another 17 (ish) years.
My grandmother and mother made friends with the professor's wife, became close enough that we still have holiday dinners at each others' houses. I found the car whilst exploring around after one such dinner when I was about 12. Fell in love with it. It became my standard answer to "what do you want for christmas/birthday". Parents eventually caved and picked it up for my 14th birthday. Dragged it out of the mud, loaded it on a flatbed trailer (complete with buckbrush in the floorboards), contacted the previous owner (who, after grad school, went on to be the Missouri State Parks and Wildlife director, or some such) and he mailed us the title with a brief history of the car and best wishes.
Kept me off the street during high school. Drove it to my junior prom. Ran into some issues with fuel delivery, parked it in the barn while I attended college.
Now I'm out and have a decent job, and too many projects to fit it in. Gotta sell some of this other crap so I can get after the TR. It would kill me to repeat the previous owner's actions.
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May 14, 2012 11:34 a.m. HiTempguy SuperDork
4 free cars I could have grabbed this month alone but only took one:
1 firefly 1 early 80's celica poopra 1 escort gt w/ mazda bp and one other one I forget
Unfortunately, I currently have three vehicles at my friends house (and he has two) so we got to thin the herd a bit first.
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May 14, 2012 12:16 p.m. fasted58 UltraDork
In reply to JohnInKansas:
that is one cool story
... I should hang around academia more often
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May 15, 2012 1:11 p.m. wheels777 Dork
poopshovel wrote:
Holy undead thread, batman!
The reference/revival was for the sake of helping out the bloke with the $200 car concern....
And, FWIW, the Stude Project is back in the garage....not as dead as last year
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