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Another desert find
Fleet Owner
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From: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
That sounds right.
I am searching my memory.....................
Nope, I have never heard anyone say "I'm looking for a '47 Mercury convertible in really, really bad shape!"
Not to say it couldn't make a cool car with about fifty thousand dollars worth of work.
I am searching my memory.....................
Nope, I have never heard anyone say "I'm looking for a '47 Mercury convertible in really, really bad shape!"
Not to say it couldn't make a cool car with about fifty thousand dollars worth of work.
Cargo Master
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From: Oregon
I suppose I was mistaken. NADA shows it to be a "Mercury 76 2 DR Convertible." Low retail (restorable, but drivable) $17,600, Average retail (daily driver, but not "Show car") $25,400, and High retail (show car condition, fully restored, not museum piece, that is driven, not trailered) $44,000. It's a fairly intact shell, that could probably be a perfect "resto-mod" candidate. It has a full frame, and even if the floor is rotted out, it could still be built into a nice daily driver, even a nice showable, and could probably be done on under $20,000, assuming the work is done by the owner, and it needs EVERYTHING.
Cargo Master
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From: Oregon
That being said, I would judge it like everything else. Start at 10% of it's lowest KNOWN value. In this case, $1760 would be my first offer, if it had a title. I would not be willing to go over $2600, assuming it had a clear title, or a title could be easily obtained, and it wasn't so overly stripped that copies of items couldn't even be made. With a CNC mill (we had one in my high school shop class) even the trim pieces could be made from a piece of aluminum.
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I think they are from this place: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...ml#post7996532
I've driven by it lot's of times, just never had the time to stop! It's on Hwy 97 in Washington.
I've driven by it lot's of times, just never had the time to stop! It's on Hwy 97 in Washington.
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Just past the scale after the long hill heading to Top*****h WA. If you look at the sedan with the back to you, double body rib and transverse spring, danged if it ain't a '32. the Model A is in the first lil' village south of Biggs Junction (a hint) on 97
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Will send you the phone number when I can go thru my notes in a few days., the doors are in Ontario, OR, Heading to Phoenix AZ right now, wife has an operation scheduled for thurs. AM to remove a bone fragment and move a nerve in her arm so will be tied up for a few days.
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Will send you the phone number when I can go thru my notes in a few days., the doors are in Ontario, OR, Heading to Phoenix AZ right now, wife has an operation scheduled for thurs. AM to remove a bone fragment and move a nerve in her arm so will be tied up for a few days.
Don.