Was just watching Livin the Low Life on the speed channel, guy bought a rear view mirror for seven hundred dollars and thats after talking the seller at the swap meet down one hundred. I guess that built in clock on it made the price jump.

 

What a deal!!!!! He must have wanted that option "really" bad. Some of that stuff they show I don't remember and I'm one of the older guys on here. But hey....I'm always learning something new.

Andrew

 

Clock mirrors (inside, obviously) were used in the early/mid 1930's on many cars, the Ford types have all been reproduced.

For 7 bills, the guy must own a car where there was no clock in the dash. Which rules out just about everything except Ford, Chevrolet and Plymouth.

Most cars came with clocks back then...they were all stem wind till the mid 1930's when electric clocks were first offered.

The stem wind dash clocks on many cars resemble an oversized pocket watch, because the companies that made them also made pocket watches: Elgin, Waltham and etc.

The stem is much longer than any pocket watch, the **** to wind the clocks was visible just below the dash.

btw: I'm one of the oldest guys here on FTE. The reason I know all this jazz...is because I've spent my entire life in the carbiz (my dad was an Olds dealer).

I've been a car collector since 1956, and have owned over 330 vehicles ranging from a 1921 Packard to a 2008 Fusion.

 

the other guy on the same show purchased a compass for $3000! Just a little compass that mounts on the post at the windshield split. $3000 crazy money.

 

I paid 750 DOLLARS for a set of Genuine Ford NOS accessory red floor mats for my 1963 Galaxie 500XL that original cost $15.00.

These two individual rubber mats, which fit over the carpet have been obsolete since the late 1960's and are impossble to find.

The first set I tried to buy (on ebay, where else?) went for over a GRAND.

It's all about particulars...do you want your vehicle to have the correct parts...or not?

I won't even mention what I paid for one tire cover for my 1934 Packard.

It was one hell of a lot more dinero than I paid for those mats!

 

$3000 for a compass isn't too far off. Those are spendy no matter what.

 

Not where I shop!

 

Got a nice GPS at WalMart for less than $150, it gives me directions alot better than a compass.

 

But is it period correct Sorry I'm out of here

 

Maybe I should charge more for the exact reproduction , detail correct '51 & '52 heater boots that have not been available for 55 yrs. Nah , helping a brother out on here with that piece is what it is all about .

 

still reproduction, and not the original, lol. What I was referring to is some restorers looking for that 5 star concourse restoration is willing to pay big money for original parts. Parts that seperate it from all the others. Compasses, pipe holders, clocks, etc...

if you have 10 years and $30,000 into it, what's another $3000.

 

Mirror with clock ... $700.00

The right floor mats ... $750.00

Compass for the hopelessly lost ... $3000.00

Being a Darksider who can sell these guys
all this junk we take off... Absolutely Priceless


If I could get these guys to show up at my place for one day it would make my wife the happiest woman in the world, (for one day.)


Later Folks....

 

Easy to see why we have a lot of Darksiders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I'm gonna go check my stock parts pile.

 

Mobil 1 USA Road Atlas = less than 20 bucks.

If you search around, you might find an original from the early 1950's, then it would be period correct.

But, there were no Interstate Highways until President Eisenhower signed the National Highway Act to begin building them in 1955.

Driving the old highways is far more rewarding AND period correct.

You won't see (or find) diddly on an Interstate.

Case in point...driving the old highways and byways from Charlotte NC to Chattanooga, then to Knoxville on the way to last years SuperNats turned up dozens of old piles sittin' along the road.

The scenic beauty of the Smoky MT's and the Blue Ridge Parkway wasn't too shabby, either.

 

Gennie is its own world and I totally respect it. Nothing short of correct is acceptable. The price is set by how badly it's desired.

Darkside E-Dawg-a-roo can live with no mirror at the moment so he can afford a new Master Cylinder to safely co-exist in the forward direction with other drivers....