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andy15, If you go to HugeDomains.com - PracticalClassics.com is for sale (Practical Classics), they have a set of current valuations of classic cars. It is not the easiest site to navigate! It gives values based on the condition of the car and engine size year etc. For example it suggests that a Jaguar XJ6 series one with a 4.2 in top condition (not concours) would be worth£7000! Somehow that web site address has changed. www.practicalclassics.co.uk
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Thank you, Carl, but NO, I don't need any more cats.
Husband already picked up a derelict S3 that wouldn't pass SMOG (has no windshield and rotten gas in both tanks) and stuffed it out behind the trees. From certain places in the yard I can still see it clearly, and another one would be completely unacceptable, as the county is cracking down on "unlicensed junk yards." I don't know the limit of "non-running vehicles" but I'm sure we're close.
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Husband already picked up a derelict S3 that wouldn't pass SMOG (has no windshield and rotten gas in both tanks) and stuffed it out behind the trees. From certain places in the yard I can still see it clearly, and another one would be completely unacceptable, as the county is cracking down on "unlicensed junk yards." I don't know the limit of "non-running vehicles" but I'm sure we're close.
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Oh well, just my instincts. At one time, I fancied owning a "junk yard"!!
My "yards" from about 1946 on have harbored a few "parts cars".
The first of which was my parent's home in El Paso, Texas. T spares and then a 31 Studebaker coupe.
Then, here a coupe of decades ago. Son's beasts. Side yard. A "stretched" Dodge van. Two rear axles, one live and one a trail.
Semi-retired 40 Ford Coupe. When he left at 20, he took the Ford.
I "jerked" the van out with my IHC an sent it to the crusher !!!!
Now: Most of a VW "EMPI" style "dune buggy" in he drive. At least
it is on wheels. So far no fuss from our county. They leave most of us alone, most of the time. I like that. Towns are definitely more intrusive.
However, with your horticultural skills, a better screen in green from prying eyes ?
Oh, gotta go back further, way back. More like age 5 or 6 !!
Playing in grand parents back yard in the historic part of El Paso.
The bones of a "T" speedster. Sure beat the "plastic" stuff kids get to play on nowadays. Did it influence my future, gotta be a big "YES"!!!
Carl
My "yards" from about 1946 on have harbored a few "parts cars".
The first of which was my parent's home in El Paso, Texas. T spares and then a 31 Studebaker coupe.
Then, here a coupe of decades ago. Son's beasts. Side yard. A "stretched" Dodge van. Two rear axles, one live and one a trail.
Semi-retired 40 Ford Coupe. When he left at 20, he took the Ford.
I "jerked" the van out with my IHC an sent it to the crusher !!!!
Now: Most of a VW "EMPI" style "dune buggy" in he drive. At least
it is on wheels. So far no fuss from our county. They leave most of us alone, most of the time. I like that. Towns are definitely more intrusive.
However, with your horticultural skills, a better screen in green from prying eyes ?
Oh, gotta go back further, way back. More like age 5 or 6 !!
Playing in grand parents back yard in the historic part of El Paso.
The bones of a "T" speedster. Sure beat the "plastic" stuff kids get to play on nowadays. Did it influence my future, gotta be a big "YES"!!!
Carl
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Oh, gotta go back further, way back. More like age 5 or 6 !!
Playing in grand parents back yard in the historic part of El Paso.
The bones of a "T" speedster. Sure beat the "plastic" stuff kids get to play on nowadays. Did it influence my future, gotta be a big "YES"!!!
Carl
Playing in grand parents back yard in the historic part of El Paso.
The bones of a "T" speedster. Sure beat the "plastic" stuff kids get to play on nowadays. Did it influence my future, gotta be a big "YES"!!!
Carl
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And he has an old rotary Mazda pickup which he has dreams of getting running again. I call it Kaboom because the last time I heard it run, every time he let off the gas, there was a HUGE explosion out the tail pipe. He says he knows what's wrong, just needs a "new part," which was made of Unobtainium at the time and is no longer extant anywhere. It's slowly being reclaimed by the Earth.
He also collected a 240Z long before me, its condition virtually unchanged (body shell only, up on jacks in one bay of the garage) in the 10 years I've lived here.
In 2012 he got on a cleaning spree and had 4 (FOUR!!) derelicts (one was being eaten by a tree!) hauled off by the junk man. I had planted Oleanders around them in an attempt to hide them and it worked well. After they left I planted grass, which took 2 years to get established because of the bad condition of the soil after being under cars for so many years.
Oh, gotta go back further, way back. More like age 5 or 6 !!
Playing in grand parents back yard in the historic part of El Paso.
The bones of a "T" speedster. Sure beat the "plastic" stuff kids get to play on nowadays. Did it influence my future, gotta be a big "YES"!!!
Carl
Playing in grand parents back yard in the historic part of El Paso.
The bones of a "T" speedster. Sure beat the "plastic" stuff kids get to play on nowadays. Did it influence my future, gotta be a big "YES"!!!
Carl
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OK!!!
I see that your "back 40" is well populated. The "pickups"
are interesting. Both classic each in it's own way.
A few decades ago, son and I checked out a 53 when we lived
in SOCAL Last of the flat head V8's. Looked goo and ran really well.
Better that a 221 CI engine should??? Repainted in Charcoal over Corvette silver. Striking. We moved to NORCal On one trip back it
conked out. Almost got home. Busted piston. Efforts to fix failed.
Too late, figured out why. It was not a 221 Ford, but a 254 Mercury!!.
Now came a Ford Courier pickup. Little critter, AKA MAZDA. But a
289 Ford swapped in. Ugh, busted rear end. Cure. Adapt a Mustang.
Cut the long side and use two short side axles. Fix the included
better 289 and install. Sure surprised folks on the freeway. Much too
lively for an Asian little pickup.
And, more, an insurance salvage 240Z came here for a bit. Crunched front. Cross member involved. Son and I Removed the crunched stamped one and welded in a proper tube unit. Dollied out the Hood/bonnet. A skim of "Bondo". Paint store matched orange.
Flipped for profit. New owner delighted. It looked good sand wa s really better than ever.
A rotary could be fun.... HMMMMMMM
Carl
I see that your "back 40" is well populated. The "pickups"
are interesting. Both classic each in it's own way.
A few decades ago, son and I checked out a 53 when we lived
in SOCAL Last of the flat head V8's. Looked goo and ran really well.
Better that a 221 CI engine should??? Repainted in Charcoal over Corvette silver. Striking. We moved to NORCal On one trip back it
conked out. Almost got home. Busted piston. Efforts to fix failed.
Too late, figured out why. It was not a 221 Ford, but a 254 Mercury!!.
Now came a Ford Courier pickup. Little critter, AKA MAZDA. But a
289 Ford swapped in. Ugh, busted rear end. Cure. Adapt a Mustang.
Cut the long side and use two short side axles. Fix the included
better 289 and install. Sure surprised folks on the freeway. Much too
lively for an Asian little pickup.
And, more, an insurance salvage 240Z came here for a bit. Crunched front. Cross member involved. Son and I Removed the crunched stamped one and welded in a proper tube unit. Dollied out the Hood/bonnet. A skim of "Bondo". Paint store matched orange.
Flipped for profit. New owner delighted. It looked good sand wa s really better than ever.
A rotary could be fun.... HMMMMMMM
Carl
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