Unbelievable ??

[wayfarerstranger]

I can`t believe some nut gave 4200.00 for this pile of **** according to the seller ?? who is a real *** .

[Niel Hoback]

Every day someone has to prove PT Barnum was right. He was right then and hes right now.

[Andydodge]

Well, it has a clock, radio, spotlight and sunvisor........might get a couple of hundred for those bits.......lol.....andyd

[pflaming]

The buyer is possibly like a distant acquaintence of mine who bought a 58/59 Plymouth hard top. He had all the work done, paid the bill, and now goes to car shows and brags about "his" car. I guess some like to 'buy' in.

[Uncle-Pekka]

Let me guess... Does the sales pitch say "It has lot of POTENTIAL"?

Seriously. I am sorry for the fellow who has bought that.

He has to be someone with no experience in old cars but full of enthusiasm.

After this it will be vice versa and result is that he will exit the hobby before he did enter...

[busycoupe]

The first picture of the Dodge shows some kind of chrome trim on top of the fenders. I have never seen that before. Was that some kind of factory trim option at the time, or just some hood ornaments someone bolted on?

Dave

[40P10touring sedan]

I guess it depends on how solid the body and fenders are and how many cars the buyer had seen that were in worse condition...and maybe he just wanted a mopar really bad. Seems kind of high though, but not as far out as some of the prices have been lately for some folk's stuff...to me, that's a ferd or chuvy price range...not a mopar price as they tend to be less{great for us when it's time to buy - not so good when it's time to sell}.

Wanna talk crazy....what was the price for the last oem dash clock you saw for an early 40s car....I saw $300 and that was without the glovebox door still...now that's crazy...to me.

Edited November 11, 2012 by 40P10touring sedan

[Plymouthy Adams]

The first picture of the Dodge shows some kind of chrome trim on top of the fenders. I have never seen that before. Was that some kind of factory trim option at the time, or just some hood ornaments someone bolted on?

Dave

I forget what car that trim is from..have seen a number of examples of it at the swap meets..this is just a add on someone fancied for their car...

lots of missing items on the car and quite rough about the edges if indeed this was the price the buyer paid...I really hate to see folks taken advantage of but..it all boils down to doing a bit of comparison shopping prior to paying out the coin..

I am hoping that the price mentioned is just a hoax to stir up a bit of light banter across the board..

[desoto1939]

The trim looks to be from a late 50's desoto. This would have been inthe same location above the headlights.

Rich Hartung

Desoto1939@aol.com

[40P10touring sedan]

Ah, so it's the rare "dodgesoto"..might explain it....

[JIPJOBXX]

I think it was one of those car builders from the discovery channel as they seem to have no idea of what to buy at a decent price. Dam I could have sold him the below car for haft that price!

[BobT-47P15]

Definitely someone's add-on goodies. I don't know from whence they

came however. Grille doesn't look too bad. Bumper looks straight.

Ya gets a visor and a spot light.

[JIPJOBXX]

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[40P10touring sedan]

Yeah well that washing machine just doesn't make up for the lost visor!

I'm digging the "moss patina though"....that's probably the idea for the late 90s "spanish moss green"...I could be wrong though...

Edited November 11, 2012 by 40P10touring sedan

[Andydodge]

I have never seen moss like that growing anywhere, let alone on the side of a car.........how come?...........do you yanks get moss growing on ya if you stand still?...........lol...........o/k...........back in my corner I go.........lol...........andyd

[Greenbomb]

Andy- Just those of us in the great northwet! Webbed feet, too.

[BobT-47P15]

The one Jon is standing by has a spotlight and pair of fog lamps.

Plus a wringer washer you can use as an occasional table.

A blues player I went to see once used a washer like that to sit his

assortment of harmonicas and things on.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Wow, that blues singer is truly singing the blues if in his trade he cannot make enough jingle to spring for a nice lightweight folding table for his instruments..(TIC)

[Don Coatney]

The blues player must have a collection of juice harps and use the wringer to dry them out...

[Plymouthy Adams]

thanks Don..man what an oversight on my part...sometimes I get a brain fart and forget the little things like spit...as I call it by the original name Jews harp, the spit did not come to mind..with local slang as it is..what was I thinking...?

[austinsailor]

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You laugh, but that 2 door sedan looks pretty straight. If it was near me I'd have to consider hauling it home.

Heck, the wringer would bring money many places.

[Plymouthy Adams]

the old wringer washer are very unique but you got to have that special place to display it..else it is just clutter..now many used these later in the larger hand wash car washing facilities to dry the chamos and other rags..

[40P10touring sedan]

My friend's mom has a washer like that but her's a alittle more rounded and has a lid for when it's running. It was allocated for shop rag cleaning as she didn't want those in her good washer.

Its funny to watch it swing back and forth as it's running...non-locking casters weren't such a good idea maybe....

[Young Ed]

For many years we cooked pancakes on an upsidedown lid to one of those.

[BobT-47P15]

[A blues player I went to see once used a washer like that to sit his

assortment of harmonicas and things on.

Actually===I think the old washer belonged to the venue where he was

playing in Eureka Springs, Arkansas during their blues festival.

His name is Charlie Musselwhite--one of the top blues harmonica players

in the country. I think I had the oldest item for him to autograph = an

8 track tape.

Link to a tune by him on You Tube,,,,,,,