for sale: '53 Hornet 4 door, all or parts
The car is in Ocean Shores, Washington. This guy put an ad for it on craigslist a while back, with no pictures, saying that it had 35,000 original miles, no rust, and ran great. He said that he would sell it for $1,500! I thought it was too good to be true, and it was. I went over there and saw the thing. It had a basketball-sized hole in the floor board, the front lip of the hood was split open from end to end because of rust, and after the car wouldn't start the guy goes, "you know, I got to thinking; It might be 135,000 miles, not 35,000." I was a little frustrated because I had to drive about 8 hours there and back just to see it, but I didn't have my hopes up anyway because I kinda suspected such. Anyways, he called me back on the way home telling me he'd give me a screamin' deal if I still wanted it. Everything's there except the back seat. If anyone wants anything off of it, or the whole car, let me know because I'll be in the area again in a few weeks. If there's enough interest I might tow it home and part it out. You hate to do that to a numbers matching car, but you also hate letting it sit in that ocean air rotting away. I'll try to add pictures later.
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I am still looking for a complete 53 Hornet grill. Let me know if it has one and if things work out with it. Thx. Niels0
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Hey don't feel bad we've all been there. Ya know it would save a lot of heartache if people would just be honest. Had he said this car is a rust bucket what will you give me for it? , he may have had a sale right there. Why do they think people will buy something when it's totally misrepresented? ! Mystery to me. I had an expertience some years ago that was typical of this kind of nonsense. I drove with another guy to South Dakota to look at a car that the owner said "had been driven and parked to this spot" Well the guy I was with was really psyched cause he wanted this 48 Commodore real bad. We get to the place and there's the car with weeds a foot high all around it. The interior was trashed and the motor was seized as well as missing pieces. When my associate asked about the "driven and parked " The owner pushed away the weeds in front of the bumper revealing a Dakota tag from 1965! Yeah it was driven there and parked in 1965. Needless to say it was a No Sale.1952seattlewasp wrote:The car is in Ocean Shores, Washington. This guy put an ad for it on craigslist a while back, with no pictures, saying that it had 35,000 original miles, no rust, and ran great. He said that he would sell it for $1,500! I thought it was too good to be true, and it was. I went over there and saw the thing. It had a basketball-sized hole in the floor board, the front lip of the hood was split open from end to end because of rust, and after the car wouldn't start the guy goes, "you know, I got to thinking; It might not be 135,000 miles, not 35,000." I was a little frustrated because I had to drive about 8 hours there and back just to see it, but I didn't have my hopes up anyway because I kinda suspected such. Anyways, he called me back on the way home telling me he'd give me a screamin' deal if I still wanted it. Everything's there except the back seat. If anyone wants anything off of it, or the whole car, let me know because I'll be in the area again in a few weeks. If there's enough interest I might tow it home and part it out. You hate to do that to a numbers matching car, but you also hate letting it sit in that ocean air rotting away. I'll try to add pictures later.0 -
Here is a great one for y'all. I drove for over three hours one way to look at an orginal
59 Chevy 2door Impala hard top back in the late 80's. The car was in a
remote area of southwestern Indiana (which about covers the entire southwestern
area of Indiana).
The guy bought it new, it was always garaged. It had a 348 tri power with the
powerglide tranny. Car was in good orginal shape and only had 1 dent in the body.
He said that he could not see any rust at all and even the chrome was excellent.
Car was reported to have about 32,000 miles and once again the "Garage Kept"
quote came up.
Well I got lost getting there, took me over an hour to find his house and man was
it off the beaten path. Had to drive for about 20 more minutes for the guy to take
me where the car was "Garage Kept" at. He guided me down thru the woods on a
dirt road about 5 miles to a clearing where the dirt road followed the clearing to
where a old delapidated farm house was.
He instructed me to pull behind the farm house and I see this 59 Chevy Impala with
a 4ft diameter tree laying across the roof, door to door. No sign of the garage, but
the concrete garage floor was still there... under the Chevy!
The roof was smashed flat to the tops of the doors. The tree was cut off flush with the sides
of the car. There were shingles and roofing still between the remains of the tree and
the smashed roof. The tires & wheels were smashed flat and setting on the rocker panels.
No glass, nor the interior was left in the car. I couldn't tell if it was rust free
because I couldn't look under the car to see anything. The frame had buckled at the
firewall and everything was resting on the garage floor.
In fact the guy was truthful about the chorme because it was the only thing on the
car in excellent shape! At least the chrome that wasn't bent totally out of shape.
Apparently a tornado went thru the clearing in the early 60's and a tree fell on the
garage, smashing the car inside it. The rear license plate dated from 1963.
Needless to say I didn't break out the wallet for this one, but I do regrete that I
didn't take camara with me.
Anybody got anymore?
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Oh, we all have those stories. In 1970 or '71, I drove from Connecticut to Manchester, N.H. because I'd seen an ad in Hemmings for a '48 or '49 Hudson convertible supposedly in good running condition for $500 (that was the going price for such things back then). After several hours' worth of driving I reached my destination, some sort of glorified used car yard. The owner motioned me to a back part of the lot where the Hudson sat, and I drove back alone to view it. What I found was a derelict, sunk into the mud, no top, everything rusted badly. I simply got into my car without even speaking to the owner, and drove home -- a sadder but a wiser young man.0
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PaceRacer50 wrote:Here is a great one for y'all. I drove for over three hours one way to look at an orginal
59 Chevy 2door Impala hard top back in the late 80's. The car was in a
remote area of southwestern Indiana (which about covers the entire southwestern
area of Indiana).
The guy bought it new, it was always garaged. It had a 348 tri power with the
powerglide tranny. Car was in good orginal shape and only had 1 dent in the body.
He said that he could not see any rust at all and even the chrome was excellent.
Car was reported to have about 32,000 miles and once again the "Garage Kept"
quote came up.
Well I got lost getting there, took me over an hour to find his house and man was
it off the beaten path. Had to drive for about 20 more minutes for the guy to take
me where the car was "Garage Kept" at. He guided me down thru the woods on a
dirt road about 5 miles to a clearing where the dirt road followed the clearing to
where a old delapidated farm house was.
He instructed me to pull behind the farm house and I see this 59 Chevy Impala with
a 4ft diameter tree laying across the roof, door to door. No sign of the garage, but
the concrete garage floor was still there... under the Chevy!
The roof was smashed flat to the tops of the doors. The tree was cut off flush with the sides
of the car. There were shingles and roofing still between the remains of the tree and
the smashed roof. The tires & wheels were smashed flat and setting on the rocker panels.
No glass, nor the interior was left in the car. I couldn't tell if it was rust free
because I couldn't look under the car to see anything. The frame had buckled at the
firewall and everything was resting on the garage floor.
In fact the guy was truthful about the chorme because it was the only thing on the
car in excellent shape! At least the chrome that wasn't bent totally out of shape.
Apparently a tornado went thru the clearing in the early 60's and a tree fell on the
garage, smashing the car inside it. The rear license plate dated from 1963.
Needless to say I didn't break out the wallet for this one, but I do regrete that I
didn't take camara with me.
Anybody got anymore?
PaceRacer50
Hec,
With you being led to such a remote area I'm surprised you didn't hear the banjos from the movie "Deliverance"....... LOL Niels0 -
I just talked to the guy again. He told me $1000 for the car. Some of you were interested in the trim, grill, and twin H setup. Do you guys think that $1000 would be good? Would I be able to get my money back parting it out? It has a 308, and I was tinking about dropping it in my '52 which has a 262. I'm not looking to make a huge profit on it, but I at least want to get my money back for it. I'm a rookie in the Hudson world, so I need some advice. Think it's worth it? Again, I'll try to add pictures of the car soon. Thanks!0
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offer him $750 if the engine is rebuildable that will be worth what you paid and you can sell the rest to Hudnuts looking for parts. To be safe take some pictures and post of what parts like grill look like. For $750 you will be getting a cheap engine to rebuild.0
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If it has a Twin H I would be interested,the deal I had the seller renigged on me after I sent him the check. Hope I get it back. Needless to say I ain't too happy.0
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My story is that everyone out there is trying to make money off unsuspecting honest car guys like us. I checked out a add for a 1918 Hudson in Brownsville Tx. $3500.00 and had been in a museum and with an extra engine. Needed wheels otherwise in restorable condition. Upon entering his property, I could tell that not was all that it seem to be. The wheels would not even hold the cars weight.(total roten included the steel rims) Electrical pipe was used for top bows. My little finger would fit into the crack on side of the block. Total wood rot everywhere. His story of a museum changed as soon as we arrived. The only thing that saved my deposit was that he said that if I did not like the car, he would give me my deposit back. I took it and ran back to California. Yes I drove 4000 miles for a car that was totally misrepresented. Rich for Central CA.0
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If that would have happened to me, I would have started playing the banjo and told the guy today ain't his lucky day!0
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1952seattlewasp wrote:The car is in Ocean Shores, Washington. This guy put an ad for it on craigslist a while back, with no pictures, saying that it had 35,000 original miles, no rust, and ran great. He said that he would sell it for $1,500! I thought it was too good to be true, and it was. I went over there and saw the thing. It had a basketball-sized hole in the floor board, the front lip of the hood was split open from end to end because of rust, and after the car wouldn't start the guy goes, "you know, I got to thinking; It might be 135,000 miles, not 35,000." I was a little frustrated because I had to drive about 8 hours there and back just to see it, but I didn't have my hopes up anyway because I kinda suspected such. Anyways, he called me back on the way home telling me he'd give me a screamin' deal if I still wanted it. Everything's there except the back seat. If anyone wants anything off of it, or the whole car, let me know because I'll be in the area again in a few weeks. If there's enough interest I might tow it home and part it out. You hate to do that to a numbers matching car, but you also hate letting it sit in that ocean air rotting away. I'll try to add pictures later.
Unfortunately the old car world has a reputation for taking advantage of people who don't know what they're doing....or what they're getting into. Here's a very recent example.... advertised in Traderonline is a 1924 Hudson super 6 for a mere $4500 phone number was wrong and it's advertised as being in KY. I Emailed the seller and he says the car's in England and he could ship it to me for a smooth transaction. The picture looks distinctly like something that was on Ebay last week.0
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