Michael,
Good story. It seems that every other house in my neighborhood has an old
car in the garage waiting for a restoration. Am I glad I got off my butt
and started work on my roadster, sitting for almost 20 years. Some people
wait too long, and then they're too old to handle the restoration. A while
back, a neighbor of mine got arthritic (in his seventies), and offered to
sell two beautiful 1951 Chevys for $100 each. Very few miles, they had sat
for many years since new in his garage. I'm kicking myself now for passing
up that offer!
Oh, don't tell Mary first about any finds. Bring it home, tell her, and then
offer the car to the rest of us!
Fred
>Subject: Minnesota sure ain't San Francisco
>Author: CalSpeed@aol.com at ~ctl-internet-po
>Date: 4/13/99 11:48 AM
>
>In a message dated 12-04-99 9:36:03 PM EST, jackfrost@uswest.net writes:
>
><< Tis very true of the newer cars I have a lotta family that lives in the
> heart of the cold land and as long as the car hasnt been on the road since
> early 70s they are not too bad cause... >>
>
>
>Hello,
>
>You want to hear about old car finds...? Well listen to this! As many of
>you know I am a Fireman/EMT for the San Francisco Fire Dept. I visit many
>homes in the City when the sick dial 911.
>
>Just two days ago, Sunday I went into a house where a neighbor reported
>seeing smoke. We did a quick inspection of his house and it turned out to be
>just an old paper burner that was so prevolent when these house were new in
>the 30's-40's. Well, the guy that lived here was an older man in his 80's or
>so. Sort of a hermit. His house was an absolute mess! Paper everywhere!
>Well, those are the best ones to take a peek into the garage! For fire
>safety reasons of course!
>
>What did I see? A cherry 60's Chevy Malibu half under the covers with
>newspapers and ...... you name it piled on top. He also had another car in
>the back that was fully covered. It was very large but I didn't uncover that
>one.
>
>This is not an uncommon story. I know of several guys that have bought cars
>sitting in garages. One in particular was a beautiful and original first
>year Mustang. Got it for less that $1500.00.
>
>I am waiting my turn patiently. One day, lurking in the garage of some
>ex-hippie is a Good Looking Datsun. And there are many ex-hippies out here.
>And when I find it you will be the second to hear about it. Of course I'll
>have to run it by Mary first. ;>)
>
>Michael "Calspeed" Carion
>67.5 SRL311-000248 Solex
>San Francisco, Ca
>
>BTW... did I mention the guy that found an early 60's Land Rover? Wow!
>
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