mine is a story 'bout a man named jed…..https://lansing.craigslist.org/pts/d...904517730.html

 

No price shown. A "big inch" Olds would work.

 

He doesn't mention anything about a title. Registering that would be a nightmare.

 

Yeah no price. The other guy said in another thread he thought this approach 'weeds out the pin heads', my view is the individual wants a free appraisal. Nice parts in any event.

OOOHHHH it's in Washington State. Probably one of the vehicles in the woods Rambo ran by in First Blood. Oh well.

 

I personally like the line "mostly straight". Is that just a nicer way of saying somewhat bent, or a little off, or kinda there?

 

I bet that's mostly rust.

 

What's up with that engine? Olds had a flathead V-8 that year so perhaps it's original. But I don't get the cylinder bank angle. The thing looks like the cylinder banks align with the camshaft, not the crankshaft.

Gooo--Feee.

 

Someone would really have to have a great vision for what it could become... Not saying it can't be done, money does work wonders...

 

Bushels of cash can overcome most obstacles.

 

Its actually located in Oregon. If it spent much of its life in the Woodburn area its likely got rot. If it came from over the mountains in Central Oregon where Larry lives it might be really solid. Oregon's a funny state, the coast will have salt air that eats cars up. The Willamette Valley is damp enough that it will rot cars. But Southern, Central and Eastern Oregon are pretty dry and cars look like they came from Arizona. The paint is weathered off and the sun may have caused the interior to fall apart, but the metal is nice. We don't salt the road here in the winter either, even in the mountains where they measure snowfall in the tens of feet.

 

In California it's no big deal, it's just a little hassle. The car has to be out of their system, which I think only has to be over seven years. It has to have VIN of some kind and you need a bill of sale. You have to do a brake and light inspection at a certified station and basically a DMV official has to come out and record the VIN, then they start a new title and give you new plates. I did this once with a '47 Crosley I resurrected with no title. Other states may vary.

 

The only realistic vision I can see is parts car and research artifact. On these antique cars, where there is even less original documentation that survives, each relic like this can provide some clues and information about how they were made and help create an overall picture of what was factory correct and also on variations and options.