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Old 07-29-2021, 08:17 PM   #1
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Default I think it can be saved.

I think it can be still saved with a little work. It ran when it was parked.

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Old 07-29-2021, 08:31 PM   #2
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You got to be kidding me. I can't even figure out the model of this car. Also, that's a lot of abandoned cars.
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Old 07-29-2021, 09:32 PM   #3
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I think the tires can be recapped.
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Old 07-29-2021, 09:54 PM   #4
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Default Re: I think it can be saved.

Yeah, I'm working on a 1931 Model A Deluxe Pick-up like that, shown in the photo below. It just needs a new battery and it should start right up. I was also told that, to preserve the original patina, it can be buffed out with some Johnson furniture wax. It is only original once, after all!!



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Old 07-29-2021, 10:08 PM   #5
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Default Re: I think it can be saved.

But does it have a title?
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Old 07-29-2021, 10:56 PM   #6
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Yeah, I'm working on a 1931 Model A Deluxe Pick-up like that, shown in the photo below. It just needs a new battery and it should start right up. I was also told that, to preserve the original patina, it can be buffed out with some Johnson furniture wax. It is only original once, after all!!



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That's not a pickup with those rear bumperettes
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Old 07-30-2021, 12:34 AM   #7
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I think it can be still saved with a little work. It ran when it was parked.

Clear title in hand? One owner, correct?
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Old 07-30-2021, 03:56 AM   #8
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Old 07-30-2021, 05:20 AM   #9
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I admire your faith in the builder.
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Old 07-30-2021, 05:58 AM   #10
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Sometime in the 1960's, while traveling with my dad and mom, we stopped somewhere in, I think, Oregon, off the highway. There was the remains of a cab for a locomotive in a field. Later I learned that the whole locomotive was there and had been buried by a flood. Someone dug it up and got it running. Somehow this photo reminded me of that.
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Old 07-30-2021, 08:56 AM   #11
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Needs paint.
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Old 07-30-2021, 02:13 PM   #12
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Needs paint.
I dunno, kinda like that patina look!!
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Old 07-30-2021, 09:27 PM   #13
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Coil springs, not a Model A.
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Old 07-30-2021, 09:59 PM   #14
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Who ever said this was a Model A?
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Old 07-30-2021, 11:01 PM   #15
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And I thought I had a rusty gas tank. oh, the engine and frame numbers match, built March 1931.
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Old 07-31-2021, 09:07 AM   #16
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As a 12 yr old kid I bought a 1951 Chev 1/2 ton. I had as close to zero money as you could get, so the local boneyard was my parts source. One time I remember needing a "three on the tree" shifter and shift box as mine was completely wore out. I went digging around up there and found one in perfect condition, nearly new. The donor vehicle was just a bit better than the above vehicle, the cab was there but not much else. Pankinen, the boneyard owner charged me $2.
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Old 07-31-2021, 02:27 PM   #17
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Looks like a mid 60's Chevy, maybe an Impala??
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Old 07-31-2021, 03:26 PM   #18
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It's a 1962 Pontiac. That's about what they looked like new.
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Old 07-31-2021, 03:37 PM   #19
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