this is the furthest it has in it's entire life , from it's home in thayer il . the p.o. cried as we pulled away ...... im glad i wasn't there with my wife and buddy jerry as i don't think i coulda handled that ..................Attachment 24140

 

Looks even better than you had described it. Tell Brenda ( ) Congratualtions. LOL I imagine that you have the look of that smiley when you say it's Brenda's. lol Nice score, I will be over to check it out within the next few days.

 

Hi Kevin,

That looks like a 1952 Customline. Does it have a 239 Flatmotor? Nice car!

 

WOW looks to be in beautiful shape!

 

yeah nice car kevin! hey is that a "hemi eater" in the background?

I'll be down soon Im sure to check it out!

 

You've got yourself a time machine there Kevin. That's one to drive just like you found it. Stu

 

yep it's a flatty chris .and a 52 customline . . tim i'm off today but the rest of the week good luck finding me LOL!!!!!!!!!!! it still has the decals from the factory under the trunk lid about the jack < and even the jack is still there , and the ones on the glove box datailing tires and oil and the one concerning the lack of nickel in the plating due to the department of defense .Attachment 24155 i also found some of the stamps you used to get from the filling stations to put in the books to get prizes or gifts , and a 1958 insurance card / calendar in the glove box form of all things illinois national insurance company in virden which was owned and run by brenda's great uncle carl j lane . oh and a mint owners manual. i'm like a kid in a candy store . the car was bought new in auburn il . not virden like i thought . welp i gotta go see if i can get it too start . jeff it may have killed a couple of hemi's but i may be spending some cash to fix the tranny now yet . geuss i oughtta stop running her so hard ............ { THE BIRD !!! }

 

*sigh*

shes a beauty

^jealous

 

Thats one sweet machine.

Maybe someday you'll get your own key

 

I HAVE THE KEYS !!! and the title ................i got her running today too . took the battery out of the bird , put her in dumped what gas i had in it , some starting fluid and bammo !!!!!! couldnt even hear her run !!!! smoked for about 10 seconds and quit . started it again later , no smoke no drama , but ran outta gas ................................. had to push her into the garage myself ................. yes i know it's 6 volt and the birds 12 volt , i just needed to hear her !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I'd cry too, if you took that nice ride from my driveway---what a find--Congrats--nothing like the sweet sound of that engine firing up after a long rest
Mike

 

thats awesome - nice score! its hard to imagine a native illinois vehicle looking that good. ever make it up north to the peoria area?

 

yeah getup there upon occassion , but usually in her minvan or turd bird . found a list of shows up that way that i can't locate again , do you never know . you just might see the 52 wandering the roadways up there . gotta be geared more highway friendly than bessie is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! p.s. it belongs here .... the da-- thing already has one of my screwdrivers down in the right fender it decided to eat while i was tinkering with putting the engine side heater assembly back in ......... everyone of my cars save her mini as i wont work on it , has some wrench or etc. in it somewhere they ate .............

 

Maybe it has an overdrive transmission in it. Did you check? That would be soooo Cool!

Tell us more!

 

ya know julie i have no idea what i'm looking for but it does have a plate with some stuff on it at the bottom of the column ( you can kinda see it in the pic ) . it does not have a nuetral safety switch as i have found out by trying it , so as to tell the other half in case she or someone else was to hit the ignition with it in gear ........ so anyway i'm kinda wondering myself .......... i'll have to look later Attachment 24205 p.s. i thought i was the only looney tune that got up this da-- early for work ................ gotta go do that now ..............