Just something new that makes me smile (car related)
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calldoctoday Team Blue Power User Regular Contributors Alabamareplied to bocephus on last edited by calldoctoday
bocephus 65 Chevy Biscayne 250-6, 3 on the column; 66 Chevy SS 396, 4 on the floor; 70 Plymouth Roadrunner 440 Mag & a six pack, 4 on the floor (later put a 72 same engine in it); 70 Pontiac Lemans Sport Deluxe, 350, Automatic on the floor; 78 Toyota Celica Supra I think it was the 20 R, five speed; Chevy heavy half, 350 (tricked that one out good), automatic. In that order from first to modern. Everything after that was modern day for certain along with a few play toys along the way. Those were the days & I could not even come close today. My wife cries every time we visit an antique muscle car museum.
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Jamieson22 sorry no dent and stock dash. It was painted with bed liner, took me several days and solvent to take it off.
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calldoctoday Team Blue Power User Regular Contributors Alabamareplied to gus4416 on last edited by calldoctoday
gus4416 Life was simple, then in the early 80’s when ol Dan Rostenkowski said he was going to make everything simpler & less costly. Do you remember, it has been getting worse ever since, although I don’t believe it was all his fault. Life was good & simple & you could afford a whole lot more with the good money you made. I better not get myself & everyone started…
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Pardon that little rant, I try to avoid it here, but it just seemed to fit the moment.
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glen Regular Contributors Team Grey Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Power User Meat Hack Winner Veteran Kansasreplied to calldoctoday on last edited by
calldoctoday said in Just something new that makes me smile (car related):
“My wife cries every time we visit an antique muscle car museum”.
LOL, my wife would cry because she had to go!
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bocephus Team Orange Power User Canning Masterbuilt Regular Contributors Veteran New Mexico Sous Vide Gardeningreplied to gus4416 on last edited by
gus4416 Bottle of Boones Farm and a case of beer and we had a good time on Friday or Saturday night in the summer.
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mrobisr Team Blue Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Dry Cured Sausage Masterbuilt Military Veterans Power User Regular Contributorsreplied to bocephus on last edited by
bocephus said in Just something new that makes me smile (car related):
gus4416 Bottle of Boones Farm and a case of beer and we had a good time on Friday or Saturday night in the summer.
You sure dug up some old memories with that comment.
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All Summer Long
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RafterW Power User Regular Contributors Cast Iron Big Green Egg Kansasreplied to Jamieson22 on last edited by
Jamieson22 Very clean find! I bet you gave an arm and a leg for that in the current market. I love classic cruisers! I’ve been in a jeep groove, lately. I had a 92 YJ wrangler that I cleaned up and flipped for a $3K profit three years ago. I took the proceeds and purchased a 2002 TJ wrangler. I’ve been working on making improvements to that and replacing worn out body plastics, soft top and anything mechanical that needed replaced. It is currently for sale and right now I’m looking at close to doubling my initial purchase price, with a buyer currently in negotiations with me now.
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YooperDog Team Orange Masterbuilt Big Green Egg Dry Cured Sausage Sous Vide Canning Power Userreplied to bocephus on last edited by
bocephus You must have been hanging out in my neighborhood.
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Jamieson22 Team Blue PK100 Regular Contributors Power User Illinoisreplied to RafterW on last edited by
RafterW said in Just something new that makes me smile (car related):
Jamieson22 Very clean find! I bet you gave an arm and a leg for that in the current market. I love classic cruisers! I’ve been in a jeep groove, lately. I had a 92 YJ wrangler that I cleaned up and flipped for a $3K profit three years ago. I took the proceeds and purchased a 2002 TJ wrangler. I’ve been working on making improvements to that and replacing worn out body plastics, soft top and anything mechanical that needed replaced. It is currently for sale and right now I’m looking at close to doubling my initial purchase price, with a buyer currently in negotiations with me now.
Yeah the market for these has gone nuts for sure, especially if you watch Bring a Trailer sales. I got this one for $27.5k and based on condition, miles, and recent work/add-ons I can’t complain. But the purchase price is just the start. I am expecting this rig to be a money pit.
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I’ve contemplated posting mine to BAT. I’ve been monitoring Classic.com and cargurus to watch current market trends on my TJ. It really is wild to see values have doubled in the past two years. Glad to see that you’ve pursued and have made a dream of yours a reality. I’ve got my sights set on a small tail-dragger and a pilot license someday!
