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I need a V8 in my life Hello everybody, I wanted to introduce myself and may to ask for help. Let me make a short introduction.
I´m 36 years old white collar, I live in the Czech Republic in the heart of Europe, and since my young years I´m involved with old bikes and cars. My father always had a small collection of vintage Indian motorcycles and as soon as I was approaching my driving licence age, I started toying with aircooled Volkswagens. Having reached many goals in the area of old VW´s (including a bus, a super rare Swiss VW Type 147 and a military Type 181 look it up on google if you are interested, also being involved in aircooled VW 1/4 mile racing with my self-bilt engines) and being partially still involved in vintage Indian scene, in swing dancing and with wife interested in period fashion, I started to look for a vintage american car! Because of my visit on a meeting in Italy I fell in love with a ´46 Mercury Eight 4 door sedan, which would suit my taste very well, but it´s impossible to locate such car in Europe. No offers on hand. So - I´m able to buy a car in the USA, having my own shipper who can pick at seller´s place. I´m looking for an original, running car, very preserved car, which I can take care of. I´m looking for recommendations on Fords and Mercurys from the period, preferably with 239, preferably 4 door sedans, but I´d swallow a coupe too. If you know on any good opportunities, advertisments, please let me know. Any tips will be very welcomed! I should mention I have not sold any of my old cars, I still have them as I bult a connection to them. So the car I´ll buy will be in the best hands. Looking forward to be on The Barn with my own V8! |
Re: I need a V8 in my life Best wishes. Great pursuit. Have you looked in the Hemming's Magazine? Take your time
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Re: I need a V8 in my life 181: Here's a 48 Merc you might like. Don't know if it's still for sale. Buy one that is complete with good chrome and all the small parts as they are harder to find than Fords of
similar years.. https://classics.autotrader.com/clas...dels/100909217 |
Re: I need a V8 in my life That black one on AutoTrader looks good to me, especially what I can see of the chrome trim. You can use the money you save on plating to buy some stock wheels.:)
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Re: I need a V8 in my life Keep an eye on the The Early Ford V8 Club Classified Ads here > https://www.earlyfordv8.org/classifi...&c=Automobiles
You'll find mostly original cars at that website....I just sold two of my cars using that site.... |
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Re: I need a V8 in my life Welcome on the barn. You need to find a car that is as close to complete as possible. The parts for Mercury cars are even somewhat hard to find over here in the US. My Mercury cars are the later 1951 models but there are still a fair amount of late 40s models out there. The dash pieces are very hard to find now. They were reproduced for a time but the fellow that made them died a few years back. Most offerings are the Ford car type now and they don't fit.
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Re: I need a V8 in my life Ford and mercury V8s come up for sale in Europe quite often. You're not looking in the right places.
There's a big auction coming up in Holland with lots of good stuff included. https://www.epic-auctions.com/auctio...-classic-cars/ Mart |
Re: I need a V8 in my life Welcome Here is a very good place to start I lurked her for 3 years before I brought by 1934 V8 -Knew exactly what to look for .
Living overseas myself I can tell you you are much better to buy locally (as I did) . Once you factor exchange rates, Shipping both to port and overseas and possible import duties it gets very expensive. On top of this if you are sensible you will arrange an inspection and pay by Escow. Finally in the end you will end up spending a lot of money for an unknown car. I have friends who have gone through the process and been very happy I have others who have gone the whole distance and received a car that has passed "professional" inspection and is 40% undeclared fibreglass . Another bought a 1909 Buick that arrived minus all the (unobtainable ) brass headlamps that were present in the sale photos . Not a great feeling and virtually nothing you can do to sort it out from the other side of the world ! Karl |
Re: I need a V8 in my life That battery is for the 12V horns. :D:eek::D
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I felt the same way when I was 15 years old and still feel that way 50+ years later. Go for it, and welcome to the Fordbarn!! When you get that early Ford V-8, please consider joining the Early Ford V-8 Club. |
Re: I need a V8 in my life "I should mention I have not sold any of my old cars, I still have them as I bult a connection to them."
Can you post some pictures of your cars - would love to see them. |
Re: I need a V8 in my life Hello, thank you for the welcome and thank you for great tips so far. I started chasing some sellers, and setting up principles of transport, fees, taxes, registrations etc. I bought cars all around Europe, but importing from the States is new for me.
This is one of the odd cars I rebuilt, modified and used for few years before i moved to other project. A 1971 Volkswagen Typ 181 with 2276 ccm engine rated at 180 flywheel HP. https://thumb.ibb.co/kwJmeF/10376826...00761198_n.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/hicORv/10491068...76747986_n.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/e4fMDa/11742702...533361_n_1.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/dZaota/11140754...38455610_n.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/bsOV6v/11705316...13893475_n.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/geeReF/12316404...31081283_n.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/jXguYa/12794823...70922082_o.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/miRTta/546656_4...72989629_n.jpg https://thumb.ibb.co/dd66eF/12109021...92921668_n.jpg |
Re: I need a V8 in my life This is 1973 Volkswagen Typ 147, very rare model built on a chassis of Karmann Ghia, using VW beetle powerplant. Purpose car for postal serviceds in Switzerland. Rumor is 200 were built, but very small number of them survived.
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Re: I need a V8 in my life At the moment I´m avaiting authorisation for Epic Auctions above as I really decided to get a Ford locally. Will get back soon :-)
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Re: I need a V8 in my life Pm sent. A great car
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Re: I need a V8 in my life My Dad has a 37 Fordor slant back sedan he will be selling soon. Nice running and driving car, needs interior finished and the bumpers/grill rechromed. He restored the body and frame 25 years ago.
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