Some of you might remember last winter I found a couple of bullet noses(50 Champions)that an old guy intended to restore,but never got around to it,and now hes gone and the cars are just sitting in his backyard slowly returning to the elements.
When I first saw them they were mostly buried in snow so I couldn't tell much other than the fact that they were both way to far gone for there being any hope of restoring them.
Yesterday I popped over again in the Hawk to show his widow and ask if I could have another look at the cars.
What I was mostly interested in is the wheelcovers,as the full moon type I believe are the proper ones for my 56 Transtar.
Well,there are four decent hubcaps,but there not the hemispherical type,but a flater,more like just a hub cap.
Was there more than one wheelcover offered on these cars?The ones SI sells(re-pos) are 200 apiece,so it looks as if the Transtars going to wear her Lark wheelcovers awile longer.
The Lady said to call her son if I wanted any parts off the cars.The noses themselves sell for 50 bucks or so on E-Bay even in rough condition as these are,just to hang on the garage wall.The intruments look good,as most of the glass is still in the cars.
Other than the old seized up engines and trannys,is there anything else worth saving on these cars?
I haven't called him yet but apparently the old guy accumulated some NOS parts which are in the shed,so hopefully if I can get hold of the son mabey he'll let me inside to have a look.
Those flat type hub caps would not look right on the Transtar so Im thinking the proper ones for her must have been an option on the 50 cars.Can anyone shed a bit of light on this,and tell me what else is worth salvaging if I can make a deal with the son.
There both four door,plain jane Champions,so I doubt if theres anything to valuable.
These cars are just a few streets over from me here in New Glascow,and when I first heard about them they were described as being in good shape.Whew!
When I first saw them they were mostly buried in snow so I couldn't tell much other than the fact that they were both way to far gone for there being any hope of restoring them.
Yesterday I popped over again in the Hawk to show his widow and ask if I could have another look at the cars.
What I was mostly interested in is the wheelcovers,as the full moon type I believe are the proper ones for my 56 Transtar.
Well,there are four decent hubcaps,but there not the hemispherical type,but a flater,more like just a hub cap.
Was there more than one wheelcover offered on these cars?The ones SI sells(re-pos) are 200 apiece,so it looks as if the Transtars going to wear her Lark wheelcovers awile longer.
The Lady said to call her son if I wanted any parts off the cars.The noses themselves sell for 50 bucks or so on E-Bay even in rough condition as these are,just to hang on the garage wall.The intruments look good,as most of the glass is still in the cars.
Other than the old seized up engines and trannys,is there anything else worth saving on these cars?
I haven't called him yet but apparently the old guy accumulated some NOS parts which are in the shed,so hopefully if I can get hold of the son mabey he'll let me inside to have a look.
Those flat type hub caps would not look right on the Transtar so Im thinking the proper ones for her must have been an option on the 50 cars.Can anyone shed a bit of light on this,and tell me what else is worth salvaging if I can make a deal with the son.
There both four door,plain jane Champions,so I doubt if theres anything to valuable.
These cars are just a few streets over from me here in New Glascow,and when I first heard about them they were described as being in good shape.Whew!
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