Nebraska auction results listings

[pflaming]

I, too, watched those flipping car flipping programs for a very short time. The attitudes, presented, of the family became so obnoxious I have never returned not to mention the incredible 'restoration' times they do. There will likely be a lot of old cars startup restoration jobs that never get to first base. 

 

It takes a lot of research and planning just to bolt off old stuff and bolt on new stuff. To really restore would triple the time if not more. I enjoy my hobby because it takes time and I have something to 'show' and use when I'm finished. Now I've got to put iodine on all the nicks and cuts that are itching like crazy from sharp rusty metal. 

[busycoupe]

When I heard that many of the Nebraska auction cars had been parked outdoors for 50 yrs I was wondering what kind of antifreeze was in them. It gets cold in Nebraska! I wonder how many of those low mileage cars have cracked blocks?

Dave

[austinsailor]

Of the dozen or so old cars I've drug out of fields and barns that have set outside for years, not one had a cracked block. Most still had antifreeze in them.

[martybose]

Of the dozen or so old cars I've drug out of fields and barns that have set outside for years, not one had a cracked block. Most still had antifreeze in them.

I had to think about it for a while to remember, but when I got my 230 out of the Dodge up in the Sierra foothills where it had sat for 25+ years, it was bone dry; not a drop of water in it.  Probably a good thing!

 

Marty