Old Cars

[willedoo]

16 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

That's usually the case. 

You wouldn't dream of restoring that Chev if you were in your right mind. It's potential is as a ratrod donor body. Get it structurally sound and put it on another chassis. Leave the patina as is, just a wax job to seal it. There's a thousand dollars value just in the front guards and grille. Any maple leaf Chev is rare and very sought after no matter what condition.

[willedoo]

If the Chev was a roller, he'd get $2,500 to $3,000 in a heartbeat. Being on four rolling wheels is a big selling factor. $100 car trailer hire vs hiring a crane truck.

Edited October 6 by willedoo

[facthunter]

Getting a couple of wheels shouldn't be that Hard.   If you want to restore a vehicle and get the Best outcome, Get the BEST one you can find and do the Least to it that destroys it's originality. A lot of these old vehicles have Fatigued Axles  cracked cranks, heads and Blocks and Chassis Parts  and RUST,etc. 

[red750]

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[facthunter]

Not my Cup of tea , old chap. Oversized Undertired and underbraked.  Fuel guzzling, evil handling, over weight with Mushy suspensions and FUGLY styling. HEAPS of gleaming chrome. Nev

[willedoo]

Beautiful old F-5 Ford with the original V8 flathead just listed on marketplace in Brisbane.

 

[willedoo]

Yes, I know it's not an old car, it's an old bulldozer. A machinery mob in Oakey have this Vickers Vikon Dozer on marketplace, not selling it, just looking for information. Until now I didn't know Vickers made dozers. According to the owners there were only twenty one Vikons made and only two running examples left in the world, this one and one in New Zealand. It's powered by a supercharged four cylinder Rolls Royce diesel engine and is built on the track system of a Tetrarch light tank, which were built by Vickers Armstrongs Limited in the 1930’s and used in WW2. The Vikon was build in the 1950's. The video is of the New Zealand example at Wanaka. Not the prettiest bulldozer I've seen.