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10-19-2003 03:28 PM #12
Before I moved out west, I bought 14 hard to find or rare Fords from a lot of about 600 cars on a old farm in eastern Missouri (about 70 miles south of St. Louis) The guy who owned it was a Notorious old pack-rat who would not sell ANYTHING ! He died and the wife, daughter and son-in-law decided to sell everything quick. I gave a 91 merc. Capri conv (w/a bad head) and 600 cash for all 14 cars (unrestored I sold 12 of them on E-bay for $22,611) All I did was haul to my place and arrange shipping for buyers. The kicker is: When I picked out the 14, I spent 4 weekends walking the property (I got first shot at the fords) and research every car that I thought was worth while. When I was almost done hauling all of my cars out, the Son-in-law sold all the remaining cars, which people like me weren’t interested in, to a junk yard (about 180 cars). The junk yard was loading a Tractor trailer load of cars up on a Sunday and I was talking to one of the workers, we where leaning against an old 1962 Galaxie 4dr station wagon that I had climbed over more than once to get at cars on the other side it, It was Pea green, rusted and very ugly. I was leaning against the driver door with my arms on the roof when I noticed the old wagon was heater and radio delete, had a bench seat and a 4 speed on the floor !!!!!!! ????????? When the guy walked away and went back to work, I tried to open the hood but the hinges were rusted tight. I decided to take a chance and buy the car from the junk yard owner for 75.00 (I told him it was for parts for another car I bought) After I dug the big boat out of the ground, changed all 4 flats, broke a winch cable loading it on my trailer, any got it home, I went to work getting the hood loose. Under the hood was a 406 w/ three duces. I have the car on moth balls back in Missouri now and am still researching the build, but it looks like its 1 of 1 and was built for someone with extremely good connections at Ford back in the 60s."If you can't run with the BIG DOGS stay on the Porch and screw their pooch ! "
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