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Yes I will. Luckily I have a kick ass fan in the garage so it won't be too hot. I am starting on the interior too.
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Our weekly Wed. night cruise at the drags tonight. Supposed to be 92 degrees, so that will likely mean a lot of cars and owners that run too hot will stay home. Usually around 1000-1200 cars, but betting it will be more like 500-600 tonight.
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Woo hoo! We get a break before the big heat spell starts Sunday! 78 and cloudy today, and 82 tomorrow. Going to pull the driveshaft on my '69 Suburban and fix a weepy rear seal today while the temp is cooler.
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Well I procrastinated on fixing the old Burb, and worked on the '39 instead. Easier, and more fun than hauling that two piece driveline out.
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Wed. night cruise was cancelled at PIR because of the heat of 100 degrees. Yet the race track still had the drags, so guess drag racers are tougher than the sissies attending a cruise in?
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100 degrees + or - every day for the whole week now, and supposed to go through the weekend. Next week looks like it might be back to normal and car events will return!
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We're slowly coming back down. 90 degrees today, and first time it hasn't been 99-101 in the last week! Should be a perfect week ahead with low to mid 80's forecast!
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I spent the day in Chevy heaven today!
I was asked by a friend to help him help an elderly woman who recently lost her husband, and wanted him to assist in selling his lifelong collection of car parts. He was a big time fan of 1940 Chevrolets, and had a true 1960's Chevy coupe gasser, plus a sedan delivery that my friend had purchased recently. I agreed to go over today to help, and was astounded at the sheer volume of parts he had!
His parts were almost all boxed away if small enough, and his 4 car garage had shelving all across 3 walls! And an attic large enough to stand up in contained lightweight large parts also! I counted 6 SBC engines, and one BBC engine when I first walked in. Dozens of old WCFB dual quad carbs, Holley carbs, stock and aftermarket aluminum intake manifolds, tons of starters, alternators, distributors, water pumps, exhaust manifolds; all boxed up and labeled. Some NOS, some rebuilt, and some needing rebuild kits. Tons of rebuild kits, parts, and gasket sets. 4 speed trans I counted that were aluminum Borg Warrner, and two cast iron cased. Also a couple 3 speeds, and a 3rd that was a 3 speed with OD. A pair of rebuilt TH350's with converters. Also probably 8 or 9 Hurst Competition Plus shifters complete, most near new! Lots of old camel hump heads that were new pairs, or used needing rebuild.
One of the first SBC engines I checked numbers on was a fresh rebuild, complete pan to intake, and numbers showed it is a 1969 Z/28 302 engine! Then another engine stand across the room was the same number, another 1969 Z/28 302, but in used condition, maybe a runner? Various 283, 327, and one 350 engines. The 283 had a tag that read, "283 Race motor", and had a forged crank, and pop up pistons! No heads on it, but not for lack of heads!
I found a lot of brand new parts he'd purchased, but never installed. Unsure why as some were very old by now? A NOS MSD 6AL with MSD Blaster Coil still in the boxes sealed up.
The attic was full of new and nice minty used parts. Enough fenders to do a couple 1940 Chevys. A brand new '40 Chev grille. Numerous 70's and 80's tilt columns, plus some 60's columns too. All sorts of NOS electrical parts like ignition switches, headlight switches, etc., etc. Boxes and boxes of Holley gaskets, kits, extra metering blocks, bowls, linkages, feed lines. I finally gave up for the day after pricing half the items maybe, and been there 8 hrs.
I'd love to have either of the 302 engines, but not sure what I'd put them in? I told her if I my '39 engine wasn't so new I'd have made an offer on the rebuilt 302 myself! Some friend of her husband's offered her $400, and I told her he wasn't much of a friend. We'll be going back next week sometime and finish going through all the parts. She wants to do a garage sale, which I told her wont get even the reasonable prices I put on parts. She asked if we'd take them all on consignment and sell them at swap meets, but we're both too old to want to take on the task.
She also said her husband actually went to a therapist not long before he passed as he had extreme anxiety about the mention of possibly selling some of his parts! He certainly tried to take it with him!
I was asked by a friend to help him help an elderly woman who recently lost her husband, and wanted him to assist in selling his lifelong collection of car parts. He was a big time fan of 1940 Chevrolets, and had a true 1960's Chevy coupe gasser, plus a sedan delivery that my friend had purchased recently. I agreed to go over today to help, and was astounded at the sheer volume of parts he had!
His parts were almost all boxed away if small enough, and his 4 car garage had shelving all across 3 walls! And an attic large enough to stand up in contained lightweight large parts also! I counted 6 SBC engines, and one BBC engine when I first walked in. Dozens of old WCFB dual quad carbs, Holley carbs, stock and aftermarket aluminum intake manifolds, tons of starters, alternators, distributors, water pumps, exhaust manifolds; all boxed up and labeled. Some NOS, some rebuilt, and some needing rebuild kits. Tons of rebuild kits, parts, and gasket sets. 4 speed trans I counted that were aluminum Borg Warrner, and two cast iron cased. Also a couple 3 speeds, and a 3rd that was a 3 speed with OD. A pair of rebuilt TH350's with converters. Also probably 8 or 9 Hurst Competition Plus shifters complete, most near new! Lots of old camel hump heads that were new pairs, or used needing rebuild.
One of the first SBC engines I checked numbers on was a fresh rebuild, complete pan to intake, and numbers showed it is a 1969 Z/28 302 engine! Then another engine stand across the room was the same number, another 1969 Z/28 302, but in used condition, maybe a runner? Various 283, 327, and one 350 engines. The 283 had a tag that read, "283 Race motor", and had a forged crank, and pop up pistons! No heads on it, but not for lack of heads!
I found a lot of brand new parts he'd purchased, but never installed. Unsure why as some were very old by now? A NOS MSD 6AL with MSD Blaster Coil still in the boxes sealed up.
The attic was full of new and nice minty used parts. Enough fenders to do a couple 1940 Chevys. A brand new '40 Chev grille. Numerous 70's and 80's tilt columns, plus some 60's columns too. All sorts of NOS electrical parts like ignition switches, headlight switches, etc., etc. Boxes and boxes of Holley gaskets, kits, extra metering blocks, bowls, linkages, feed lines. I finally gave up for the day after pricing half the items maybe, and been there 8 hrs.
I'd love to have either of the 302 engines, but not sure what I'd put them in? I told her if I my '39 engine wasn't so new I'd have made an offer on the rebuilt 302 myself! Some friend of her husband's offered her $400, and I told her he wasn't much of a friend. We'll be going back next week sometime and finish going through all the parts. She wants to do a garage sale, which I told her wont get even the reasonable prices I put on parts. She asked if we'd take them all on consignment and sell them at swap meets, but we're both too old to want to take on the task.
She also said her husband actually went to a therapist not long before he passed as he had extreme anxiety about the mention of possibly selling some of his parts! He certainly tried to take it with him!
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I couldn't price them low to buy them, and knowing what they're worth I gave her a little lower price than a Z/28 owner would pay. I thought the one complete used motor is an unknown condition engine, and thought as it may need rebuilding it should be under $1,000. But the other fresh engine is a real prize, and above my pay grade.
I just couldn't stop being amazed that somebody owned two DZ 302 engines! But all the rest of the parts in his two story shop are more than most auto parts stores have in modern stock! Just overwhelming!
She did give me 3 boxes of Holley gaskets and parts. She felt they had little value, and I was happy to get a lifetime supply of every Holley gasket you could want, plus bowls, metering blocks, jets, linkages, vacuum secondary parts, power valves, etc., etc.
I set aside some other parts to purchase as she left to go to lunch, and I want her to see the parts before I offer her some money. A brand new MSD 6AL box in original box, and a MSD Blaster coil in new packaging. Plus some hand tools, and small parts I set aside. My friend Tim set some aside also for her review. He played secretary to me as I looked up part numbers, and did a list of large items, with prices for her to post. We posted prices on all the small parts like carbs, and smaller items.
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I know how you feel. You don’t want to be a merciless negotiator to a widow and show respect, but it will be overwhelming To do the right thing as well. If it were me I would take everything used in good shape and mark it just over 1/2 price to move it. Make a deal no less than half price Or slightly less. New items could be close to original catalog price without tax and shipping. At that rate everything should sell At a swap meet. Garage sale is a bad idea like you said. Problem with all this is advertising, storing, and lugging it to a place to sell it in your spare time and for how long and how many times till it’s sold? Like I said it’s overwhelming. Must be frustrating to see all that stuff and not buy it all.
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She wants to have a garage sale at her home, and I'm not crazy about that idea. I think items wont bring as much as they could at a swap meet, and it exposes her to all sorts of unknown individuals who then know what she has, and may decide to come back later and help themselves. At a swap meet nobody needs to know where you're from, and the prices will also be better with some knowledgeable folks who know what the stuff is worth.
I think I priced everything low enough to move, but not stupid low. At a swap meet I'd put about 25% higher prices, and negotiate back down to where I have them marked now.
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It's going to be a crazy garage sale when she has it Dave! Some guy came over and bought all but one 4 speed (five of them) plus some Hurst shifters, and she took $1100 for the works. I about cried when she told us.
She says she's posting it on FB Marketplace, and Craigslist, and will let us know the date, as I'd like to drop by to see how it's going to go. I really think her and her 43 yr. old son just want it all gone. She said they plan to remodel the 4 car garage into an apartment for her, and the son is going to move into the home. The son should live in the garage in my opinion and let his 81 yr. old mom stay in her home!
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