Thread: 33 Chevy Roadster and 32 Ford Truck Found

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Yep, just what it said, these are sitting on a farm in two barns. The owner passed away and his wife wants to clean up all his projects to sell the property. The deal though,I'd have to clean up 7 more vehicles, one yard art and mostly dogs. The question is what should I offer her? What's fair?

Thats a tough call but what a find! I would take any of them!

In truth she is probably happy to have someone get everything cleaned up without having to pay them. I would probably sit down and talk to her, explaining that the truck is probably worth several thousand dollars to a collector, and that the roadster may also be of interest to the right buyer, but that those people are going to want to take those pieces and run. I would tell her that I would haul away all of the 'projects', and that I would also be there to help with general cleanup of the overall property to get it in shape for sale. You might even consider offering to get a few guys to help with anything like painting, general repairs, etc, maybe at your expense. You will invest considerable sweat equity in the process, but she will have someone that is truly interested in helping her get things done right to maximize her selling price.
As a point of reference, there was a '32 Chevy on CraigsList around here last summer, all there but a real basket case and the guy was asking $4k getting no interest for months. If you have time to invest, a work project is win-win to me.

I agree, look at all she has, decide what you want. then propose what Roger said to her. I would add taking the cars you don't want, listing on craigslist, getting her money, not necessarily top dollar but quick dollar (top dollar is only good for people that have time to wait around for it). and if they don't sell then sell for scrap. lots of places, at least in my area, will do 150 and pick it up, no matter how bad it is.

I like that green one, the other ones don't light my pilot, but the green one would be cool, shortened bed, nice flathead in it, ooooohhhhhh

I am in southern Missouri and a 35 year experiance in all phases of construction. Have tools will travel, tell me when we start!

The offer I laid out yesterday was to clean up everything, there's 8 vehicles that are scrap, may be a couple of parts here and there, but not many. There's also a 55 Chevy p/u, been outside for a looong time, has rust bad, so it's parts, a 58 Chevy that's 50% apart, looks solid and straight. I told her 4k would include helping get things clean...Seemed fair, I may be fighting emotions a bit too, her husband I found out was murdered during a robbery, so I'm walking softly. There's a couple other items, a 9' Boyle Dayton clear top gas pump and a doctors buggy, trying to work those in...