Title: LIttle Progressives Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Nov 22, 2013 Author:A K A Stone Post Date:2013-11-22 15:52:41 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:8239 Comments:20
We,the people should NOT torture anyone for crimes. If they need to be executed,we should execute them in a humane way,but we don't want to become the very thing we are fighting against.
I just found a 1962 Buick Invicta Convertible. Not bad shape, runs and drives quite well. New top, interior looks great. Factory air. Guys asking $6300. NADA is roughly twice that and they only made them for 2 years.
I just found a 1962 Buick Invicta Convertible. Not bad shape, runs and drives quite well. New top, interior looks great. Factory air. Guys asking $6300.
Sounds like a hell of a buy to me,BUT before *I* would spend 6+ grand on a 1962 car I would go over the body pretty good with a magnet to see how much plastic I could find under the paint,and I would put it up on a lift and look for rust holes and patches from underneath.
A local guy and his wife just spent 21 thousand bucks for a 56 Chevy 2 door sedan that looks great from 15 feet,but you can actually see the bondo under the paint when you get up close. When you get under it you can see the galvanized "patch panels" that were installed using sheet metal screws. The car is a total rust bucket,and 2 grand was too much money for it. They don't care because all they care about is having something shiny to take to car shows,and to people who don't know what they are looking at,it does look good.
If you don't feel competent to do this checking yourself,have a local body shop check it for you,as well as a local garage. They money you pay you can most likely get back by getting the seller to lower his price if you do decide to buy it.
I have seen cars sold that were so slapped together the guy selling them had used newspapers shoved down on the insides of the trunk so the body plastic wouldn't fall right through when he "fixed" the quarter panels using bondo and newspapers instead of spending another 200 bucks to cut away the rust and weld a new quarterpanel in. BTW,check to make sure this car has either a 401 or 425 cubic inch Buick "nailhead" engine in it before you buy it. If it doesn't,it's not an original car,and not worth anywhere near as much money as an original.
Back in the 80's, when I was more active, I loved visiting relatives in Ohio, and not just because I cared for them, but because I could get some good deals on automobiles, and trucks...it used to freak my husband out.
Where we live, most people drive their vehicles till they fall apart, our roads are pretty rough on them, and most here keep their cars and trucks for many yrs., sometimes for decades, but I found that in Ohio people were replacing their cars and trucks after about 2-6yrs, then trade them in, and even their older models were in better shape because they were garage kept.
I think the best deal I got was on a 1975 (bought 1990) Dodge Ram pickup, with camper, mint condition, $1000. When I brought it home I sold the camper for about $600, the truck itself just cost me $400, and he drove that truck for many years.
