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[jimreed2160]

Andy--Nice find. And good that it is a '48, when they used steel so there is nothing to melt there. Good luck getting it fixed. You will be riding in style.

Bob--What a great picture! Photos from our days of yore all told a story. You seem to be having the time of your life. As for dad, he is probably just waiting for Monday.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy that's awesome.

Looking forward to the Chevy pics

Thanks!

Too many pictures coming.

Morning Andy.

I know very little, but if that is a 48 Fleetline Coupe, then surely it is missing all the side chrome?

In my head the 48 ended with maximum chrome down the sides.

Of course, I have been wrong many times before.

The Fleetline's are beautiful, but I'm cheap and would only spring for a Stylemaster. No chrome.

The Fleetline would have been $100 more, but I'm frugal.

Not really, there was only the one car there for sale.

I learned from Bob's Brochure that the Fleetline was only the fastback and the four door sedan. Later, like 49 and 50, the Fleetline was only the fastback, I believe.

Very cool new to you ride Andy.
Those windshield visors are pricey to purchase and really add to the looks.
Your Iron Farm is a must see point of interest in Oklahoma for all types of travelers local and international.

Thank you. I really can't afford a new car so I buy used ones. I get by.

A loose visor went for several hundred dollars. I was surprised. The Studebaker also has a nice visor, they are all aluminum.

Very happy to have gotten a little sneak peak of the '48 Andy. If you don't get distracted melting down your other buys I'm sure you'll have it running in no time. Also the offer still stands I'll give it a roof to hide under until you get another garage built, I'm just that nice of a guy.

JB

Until Realvc commented I was going to melt down the visor. I'm rethinking that.

If you've got the space I may need to store it at the Warthog Hidey Hole. But I warn you it needs to be driven at least once per month.

My buddy and I were running our trucks on it till the tallow guys realized they had to pay the restaurants instead of charging to haul it away.

My restaurant guy says its based on the price of oil. They were paying but not now. How did you pay the road tax on a non-taxed fuel? (being a good citizen and all)

Rian, I know even less but my father did own a Chevrolet Fleetline Aerosedan (that's me standing after a stormy night -- Dad is trying to warm up and dry out on the cot). Note the white wheel trim rings -- cheaper than whitewall tires but just as fancy looking [NOT].

Only the Fleetline models had the chrome trim on the lower quarters and only two versions, the 2-door Aerosedan and the 4-door Sportmaster. The middle-trim Chevy Fleetmaster models and the base-trim Stylemaster models were plainer. I'm pretty sure the 1947-8 lineup was the same so this brochure shows the complete lineup of cars.

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/chevy/47chev/47chev.html

Great picture. Somehow you look different in person. The picture makes you look younger but no more juvenile.

Wonderful link, thank you! I learned a lot from those brochures.

Andy: congrats on finding a good home for another old classic.

Thanks, Drives! As much as I like street rods, I really like original stock vehicles. While looking at this car an old man standing next to me was inspecting it. His first words were "it need s V8 to be worth anything. I asked did he mean tomato juice to clean the rust, there wasn't much. I can see hotrodding a moderately old underpowered car but this one is too old and too pristine to even get a custom interior. If it were mine. And it is.

so you'll need to do some body work on the back end or do you need to replace the trunk (boot)?

I can't give the boot the boot until I find a replacement. I saw one online for for a sedan (won't fit) in rough shape for just under $1,000 so I guess I'll hit this one with a hammer until a gallon of Bondo will make it look better.

i'm guessing having more than a few trucks sitting around and having one on the rotisserie kept you from buying another truck or two? or are those getting spendier even in your area like they are up here?

Nope, the rotisserie does not dictate what I do. Having not enough time left to fix up what I have kept me from even standing there when they were bidding on the old pickups. I would have had a couple. I love the old five window trucks, but I have my COE which trumps a pickup in my book, and a 41 Ford with flathead waiting on me too.

now when you go to auctions you have another reason to go with all the stuff you can melt and sounds like you bought some items just for that reason.

have a great SATURDAY while I try to survive the smoke up here that's giving me a headache.

Bob: great picture and story as per usual!!

Yeah, I don't know what copper is worth when looking at a pile of wire or roll of tubing. I got a few pieces but for the most part the scrappers took them. It seemed to go for more than I thought was worth it. And I have several hundred pounds so more can wait. The radiators were a steal at $5 and $8 each, and the aluminum wheels at $5 were a real bargain. I'll buy them at that all day long. But I missed a new set of mud tires to fit my truck because I wasn't sure of the size. Don't know what they went for, but they were heavy duty.

It might be a good idea to get an inhome air particulate filter to clean up the air in your house, or go on holiday until the air clears.

Andy--Nice find. And good that it is a '48, when they used steel so there is nothing to melt there. Good luck getting it fixed. You will be riding in style.

Bob--What a great picture! Photos from our days of yore all told a story. You seem to be having the time of your life. As for dad, he is probably just waiting for Monday.

Thanks, jimreed! For a long time I thought you were of Chinese origin and of the equine persuasion, with a name like Ji Mr. Eed.

Thinking about melting the aluminium visor.

But I picked up three brass radiators

And some window frames ($1.00) so the auctioneer would move along.

And some wheels (I can't remember three or four, three it appears)

All for Andy's Hot Metal Garage.

We are open Saturday's!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Too many pictures.

Also with the car came two more pinstripe wheels, five total, and two black (on the front)

And two fender skirts. I hated fender skirts in the sixties. I was repairing tires at the station and fender skirts were always full of mud, stuck on, and once you got them off they never seemed to want to go back on right. Most of the brackets and levers had been bent by previous frustrated tire guys. I straightened a lot of them, bu *** takes time and if you have twenty flats to do in an afternoon you have to hustle. As well as waiting on the drive. But I may put them on.

My mate got here early with the car on his trailer.

Here's the boot damage

I parked him downhill and had Bob drag it off uphill. With no brakes you need to be careful.

That's an Alemite air powered commercial grease gun. I has a Lincoln before the fire and loved it. Grease is the cheapest spare part you'll ever buy and I use lot's of it. The old air pwered ones will really bang the grease in and rupture a ball joint boot in a flash.

Here's the interior.

It shows 58,000 on the odometer and I think that is actual miles. So many little things. The doors close like a BMW.

It definitely is a Stylemaster.

In just a few years the new 210 came along.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Too many more pictures!

Look at that sagging door handle.

This thing is pristine (needs paint, etc. but it really is very original). It does have turn signals, and dual exhaust with glass packs and a later Chevy logo on tailpipe extensions but also a factory push button radio. KVOO is still on AM!

I guess they can stay.

Rain is threatening so I needed to move it inside. I had cleared a spot for my grandson's truck so I have space With no brakes I don't want to ding it so instead of asking for help I got Bob and used the old chain-through-a-pipe trick so I can pull and push.

Tying the chain to the end of a Bobcat fork is a sweet towing tool. You can put the tip of the fork about where you want it. I made a sweeping 180 turn and wound up with the car ready to go in.

No overhead doors were injured in the filming of this documentary.

I thought I was two blocked but was able to unhooked and creep back then had to go beside the car to get out of the hole.

Hooked up to the back of the car (later)

When I opened the door I realized I got lucky. The car was positioned perfectly to go in and miss the door on one side and the Studebaker bed on the other.

I'd rather be lucky than good.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Too many more pictures deja vu.

I warned you.

Hooked up and ready to push.

Looks good here.

I turned the steering just a bit then pushed. I can see if the steering wheel jumps. Steering works great. The Bob climbed over something big.

6x6 I had put behind the right rear tire to avoid rolling. Forgot about it. It felt big, but love those tracks, they climb anything. 6x6 (upper left) is worse for the wear but still a chock.

Nose in, looking good!

Tail in! no bumps, no scratches, no rain, no regrets!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Too many more picture, the sequel.

Safe in the A/C (and heat later). Room at the front

Room on this side

And this side!

Sweet!!! Thanks for bearing with me!!

 

[Toothaker]

Wonderful! What a sweet looking ride.

I think it's impossible to have "too many" pictures.

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: so to get that cool looking ride on the road does it just need brakes or do tell? the dent on the trunk looks like it's well in your wheelhouse of skills and almost looks like the trunk fits now. does it leak or has it or maybe like you say it's been garaged for years?

i'd love to drive something like that again. 3 on the column and an open highway would be just cool.

NICE FIND!!

 

[Grizz1963]

Right....

Another learn learned


Now that I have seen the car from many angles, I really like it.

The side profile and that long hood are just beautiful.

I am glad I was not at the auction, or it may have cost one of us a bit more.

Great purchase Andy.


The rest of the stuff, clearly well bought too.


Looking forward to seeing that in the steel.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy far out that is just awesome

 

[Grizz1963]

PS. Photos are great.

 

[jbmatth]

Andy that is a great looking all original (originalish) car. I can assure you if you want to put it away for winter at The Warthog Hidey Hole I'll keep it exercised. If you don't however please don't feel pressured or obligated in any way, I'll still bring you fun stuff to melt.

JB

 

[dchance]

Andy, the car looks great, good to see all of the pictures.

Dwight

 

[Copymutt]

Proof of time travel. He's on his cell phone!

 

[jimreed2160]

Andy--no way you could take too many pictures of that car. It is a beauty.

 

[Bob Heine]

Now I feel bad. I had the perfect hot rod setup for your "almost stock" 216. In 1963 I bought an Edmunds Custom intake and dual 2-barrel carburetor setup for my '56 Chevy 210 2-door sedan with a 235 6-cylinder and 3 on the tree. Took the setup off when the car left me in 1966 but held on to it until 2010, when Liane wanted a cleaner look to her coffee table and convinced me to sell it.

I paid $35 and sold it for $600 (after a little cleanup). I feel doubly bad because it was aluminum and you could have melted it down.

 

[cjs1958]

It looks good.We like pictures. I've never seen the "chain thru the pipe trick", How do you keep it from coming unhooked under the car (and have a run away)? I hope my wife doesn't see that or I'll lose my helper.

 

[njhoudini]

Looks like Bob was using advice from the tool polisher thread.

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[sawduststeve]

Andy,
The Chevy is just fantastic, a great addition to your growing collection.
Personally, I would repair the boot lid, make sure it starts and stops,
and drive it as is. A real survivor.
A superb find, great work fella
You got any more photos.

Steve

 

[Grizz1963]

Andy,
The Chevy is just fantastic, a great addition to your growing collection.
Personally, I would repair the boot lid, make sure it starts and stops,
and drive it as is. A real survivor.
A superb find, great work fella
You got any more photos.

Steve

Sitting chatting with Andy right now, and yes, we agree.....

Survivor for sure.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Wonderful! What a sweet looking ride.

I think it's impossible to have "too many" pictures.

I'll try to push the limit.

Andy: so to get that cool looking ride on the road does it just need brakes or do tell? the dent on the trunk looks like it's well in your wheelhouse of skills and almost looks like the trunk fits now. does it leak or has it or maybe like you say it's been garaged for years?

i'd love to drive something like that again. 3 on the column and an open highway would be just cool.

NICE FIND!!

The radiator is dry. It may have been drained. It has no brakes. The battery is 17 years old but being frugal I decided to charge it.

The trunk fits pretty well except the latch is bent forward making it not latch after I got it open. I think I can straighten it but am going to ask for assistance so I don't make it worse. The car is too nice to bungle it. The trunk seal was stuck all around but came loose where it should.

I drained the old fuel today and the battery will blow the horn (takes voltage and amperage) but it won't turn over yet.

You'll have to come here to drive it but we have some wide open roads to cruise on.

Right....

Another learn learned


Now that I have seen the car from many angles, I really like it.

The side profile and that long hood are just beautiful.

I am glad I was not at the auction, or it may have cost one of us a bit more.

Great purchase Andy.


The rest of the stuff, clearly well bought too.


Looking forward to seeing that in the steel.

I cost myself some without you. Bidding was about over and i had the car when some joker upped it by $50. He hadn't bid yet. That can drag on and on so I jumped the bid $500. That shut it off and I got the car, and everyone was amused by my tactic. But it works. It could have gone another $1,000 in $50 steps.

Andy far out that is just awesome

Thanks, Steve, the more I see the more I like. It is equipped just like the day it sold new except it has turn signals added. Even the cardboard sideboards and intact in the trunk.

PS. Photos are great.

Andy that is a great looking all original (originalish) car. I can assure you if you want to put it away for winter at The Warthog Hidey Hole I'll keep it exercised. If you don't however please don't feel pressured or obligated in any way, I'll still bring you fun stuff to melt.

JB

My arm is hurting. It just doesn't twist that way.

Andy, the car looks great, good to see all of the pictures.

Dwight

Thanks!

Proof of time travel. He's on his cell phone!

Not really time travel, Bob invented them.

Andy--no way you could take too many pictures of that car. It is a beauty.

Now I feel bad. I had the perfect hot rod setup for your "almost stock" 216. In 1963 I bought an Edmunds Custom intake and dual 2-barrel carburetor setup for my '56 Chevy 210 2-door sedan with a 235 6-cylinder and 3 on the tree. Took the setup off when the car left me in 1966 but held on to it until 2010, when Liane wanted a cleaner look to her coffee table and convinced me to sell it.

I paid $35 and sold it for $600 (after a little cleanup). I feel doubly bad because it was aluminum and you could have melted it down.

You did OK for $600. That's what I sold my 3 deuce setup for a 348 for. I did see today the car has dual exhausts, a port has been added to the exhaust manifold for the second pipe.

It looks good.We like pictures. I've never seen the "chain thru the pipe trick", How do you keep it from coming unhooked under the car (and have a run away)? I hope my wife doesn't see that or I'll lose my helper.

You need to know how to hook a chain.

If you don't, you use a small shackle or screw link. I hooked it right.

Looks like Bob was using advice from the tool polisher thread.

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Didn't it look nice?

Andy,
The Chevy is just fantastic, a great addition to your growing collection.
Personally, I would repair the boot lid, make sure it starts and stops,
and drive it as is. A real survivor.
A superb find, great work fella
You got any more photos.

Steve

I'm thinking i may even just polish up the paint. A lot of the original paint is showing through. Rat-roddish.

More pictures coming!!

Sitting chatting with Andy right now, and yes, we agree.....

Survivor for sure.

For sure, and I'm not going to cut it up now.

 

[njhoudini]

Rat-rod looks very nice. Maybe you are Oldironrescuer since the iron farming is too slow and you're much quicker harvesting aluminum, brass, and copper. Speaking of Cu, I watched an Aussie youtuber recover three lbs of copper from a discarded microwave. He said sometimes the transformer can be copper or copper plated aluminum, but both are easily in your wheelhouse. In case you come across one, here's the link.

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[xtremek]

The old Chevy is sweet. You got a good buy.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Rat-rod looks very nice. Maybe you are Oldironrescuer since the iron farming is too slow and you're much quicker harvesting aluminum, brass, and copper. Speaking of Cu, I watched an Aussie youtuber recover three lbs of copper from a discarded microwave. He said sometimes the transformer can be copper or copper plated aluminum, but both are easily in your wheelhouse. In case you come across one, here's the link.

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Interesting stuff. You've figured out I don't really do stuff, just collect the stuff to do stuff with.

The old Chevy is sweet. You got a good buy.

Thanks!

It seems it keeps getting better. For instance, the leaf springs are still wrapped and secure. The inside hood latch release actually works.

A few more pictures:

There is some rust damage under the right tail light and inside the trunk there, but it is not rusted through that I can see. There is also rust at the bottom of the trunk, but most of what you see here is the old swollen rubber seal. The sides and top of the seal are in good shape.

Wooden platform covers the spare (with a handy hole to check the pressure (yes, it is still aired and is a factory wheel with pin striping and the right color). The original bumper jack is under there. But the platform does not lift and it's a long way to the front. I'm assuming it is original but don't know.

Beautiful little details all over. This was the last year of art deco details.

Most of the rust here seems to be on the screw on trim piece.

A gratuitous shot of the 40 ft hood.

And with a little lubricant the hood closes fully, easily

One bar in the grill is rusty. Probably a factory defect like the left bar on the 50 Chevy trunk handle. They all rust first.

The hood springs hold the hood open but with a farmer stick it really opens wide for access to the back.

Undercoating is intact on the underside of the hood. With the battery on charge I found all the lights work

Talk about a cargo light putting off a romantic glow! All the gauges look pristine, clock looks great but does not run. Yet. And the horn works No picture.

I went to drain the fuel and bless those old GM engineers. The fuel line comes out the bottom of the tank (which is actually under the platform behind the rear seat, ok not the best location, but it does not collect mud and rust being inside the cab) and has a drain screw on it. It's at the low point in the fuel system. What were they thinking? I could not get the screw to come loose (The bottom of the fuel tank was flexing so I didn't want to push it) but the flare nut on the fuel line came right off. The fuel began dripping out the loose nut so it has drained 12 hours now and I have about two gallons for the foundry furnace and it has about quit. I'm thinking some fuel system cleaner and flush with fresh gasoline to the fuel pump inlet connection as a first step.

The 6v battery is taking 5 amps now and not getting warm so it may very well charge up. Still won't crank, the lights go out when I hit the starter button. I may have to pull the starter and clean it, the engine is free enough to nudge with the fan belt.

I may work on this again today. It seems I have some other stuff to do but I really can't recall what it is.

Thanks for all the nice comments, and for letting me gloat a little. OK, a lot. Although they advertised the car as in good shape and not running, I had no idea it would be a true survivor. Rusted through floorboards and doors which would not stay shut would have been expected in a 70 year old body. My body is puching 70 and sometimes the doors won't stay shut...

 

[drivesitfar]

Andy: thanks a ton for sharing the step by step process of buying an old COOL CAR at and auction and the steps to take to not F' it up so to speak. i'm sure a lot of guys would turn the key and hope for the best and have that old gas and oil ruin a perfectly good engine.

keep posting more pictures as you have time and more details cause I for one love it and maybe it will allow me to feel like buying one of these old cars that i own plenty of tools to work on again.

what day is it? oh ya it's SATURDAY so i'm off on my adventures whatever that may be.

cheers

PS: I love that dash and the way it lights up too!! how about a test to see if the paint is ok under the age with a little buffing?

 

[xtremek]

.......... My body is puching 70 and sometimes the doors won't stay shut...

Let us know when your "door" won't stay shut, so we can move up wind.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Andy you should be rightly proud of you new purchase.

 

[Bob Heine]

Andy, there's something wonderful about a survivor. On the other hand, you could bid on a restored one....

 

[Guster]

Nice Chevy! It has been ages since you've bought a new old car. Looking forward to see it running. Great excuse to get that paint booth going too.

Where did the Studebaker go?

Going to run out of trees to park under. Always said you should get a roof on the frame out back and some nice new concrete under it to park all the cars on. Andy's hot metal showroom!

 

[e-tek]

Bob, I've been reading through your awesome page here. So much great stuff going on! Thanks for posting and hope to see lots more! Ed.

 

[BUGTHUG]

Well I tried to reply 2 different times, and after writing all I had to say twice. Well when I said enough the power went out for just a blink, enough to erase what I said. So I gave up and went to bed.
Anyway, I'm glad you bought me a parts car. I will have to check out what I need for mine.
What day is the day? Thursday, first one in September? I'm planning on making the trek, got to make shure my horse and buggy are all greased up, specially the horse.
I will try and bring my heavy roller thing down and you can see the gear that's missing. I remember you saying about making another one.
I will start looking for some scrap stuff for your insatiable appetite.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Andy: thanks a ton for sharing the step by step process of buying an old COOL CAR at and auction and the steps to take to not F' it up so to speak. i'm sure a lot of guys would turn the key and hope for the best and have that old gas and oil ruin a perfectly good engine.

keep posting more pictures as you have time and more details cause I for one love it and maybe it will allow me to feel like buying one of these old cars that i own plenty of tools to work on again.

what day is it? oh ya it's SATURDAY so i'm off on my adventures whatever that may be.

cheers

PS: I love that dash and the way it lights up too!! how about a test to see if the paint is ok under the age with a little buffing?

Thanks! I'm being cautious to not F it up. (I'm trying to figure that one out, "fancy it up"?, "fret it up", "Ford it up", "Fiat it up", "Ferrari it up", "Finish it up" That's it!! Be careful not to Finish it up! I'm with you, but you never need to warn me to not finish up anything...)

I am not concerned with old gas (if it would burn), or old oil, for that matter. The old oil will be ok with the water laying on the bottom, but I'll drain it anyway. The 216 Chevy does not have a drilled crankshaft. The rods get oil from spray nozzles which squirt oil at the rod caps and the rod caps have scoops on them. They get a shot of oil with every revolution. Lot's of guys think they're no good, and they are old technology, but if you drive them easy they'll go lots of miles. Not 70 mph (oil will foam and rods lose lubrication) and not 200,000 miles but they're solid engines. My 2T COE has the same engine, as does the Show Truck. The rods also don't have insert bearings, the babbit is poured into the rods. They do, however, have shims between the rod and rod cap so you can take out a few thousandth's shim to tighten up the rods when they get a little loose. An advantage on an old engine which may not have parts available.

Let us know when your "door" won't stay shut, so we can move up wind.

I make my own wind, like I make my own luck. Be forewarned, I'm a self starter and may go and blow at any time.

Andy you should be rightly proud of you new purchase.

Thank you sir!! I like it in the cheap seats!

Andy, there's something wonderful about a survivor. On the other hand, you could bid on a restored one....

Ummm, no visor. Pass.

Beautiful car though!!

Nice Chevy! It has been ages since you've bought a new old car. Looking forward to see it running. Great excuse to get that paint booth going too.

Where did the Studebaker go?

Going to run out of trees to park under. Always said you should get a roof on the frame out back and some nice new concrete under it to park all the cars on. Andy's hot metal showroom!

Thanks!! Funny I wasn't looking for one. It just found me. And I had herbenvy.

The Studebaker is taking up valuable real estate and a lift.

I'm out of space now. '35 is under a carport and the Willys needs to see the light of day.

I went to a good auction Saturday. Made me sick. I watched three Bridgeport mill clones go for under $600 each. Ouch!! I was too hot and tired to mess with getting one home although I had my heavy trailer. They each had a good DRO but no power feeds. Maybe vertical mills have fallen in value with all the CNC stuff. Drool a little, this link won't stay up for long.

http://chuppsauction.com/auction/public-real-estate-auction-8-25/

A word of caution, this is a really really stupid web site. Their scroll bar is hidden until you hover where it should be. Really dumb, but your down arrow should work to scroll down to the pictures. I cannot imagine why anyone would ever hide a scroll bar, especially a site to be used by non-IT professionals. It's just like links that aren't obvious links until you put the cursor over them. It's just stupid.

I passed on the 66 Chevy at $4,400. Fresh professionally build 396 was worth that. Motor home (4x4) brought $300.

Andy's Hotmetal Showroom!! I like that. A bit cryptic, slag is hot metal...

Bob, I've been reading through your awesome page here. So much great stuff going on! Thanks for posting and hope to see lots more! Ed.

Bob posts a lot on my thread, and he always has the good stuff. Glad to have you visit.

Well I tried to reply 2 different times, and after writing all I had to say twice. Well when I said enough the power went out for just a blink, enough to erase what I said. So I gave up and went to bed.
Anyway, I'm glad you bought me a parts car. I will have to check out what I need for mine.
What day is the day? Thursday, first one in September? I'm planning on making the trek, got to make shure my horse and buggy are all greased up, specially the horse.
I will try and bring my heavy roller thing down and you can see the gear that's missing. I remember you saying about making another one.
I will start looking for some scrap stuff for your insatiable appetite.

Bring your trailer and you can take the parts car home. We'll settle on a price later.

Thursday the 6th, First Thursday.

Bring your roller thing, and scrap is always welcome. I'm thinking an aluminum bronze gear might be the ticket. We shouldn't need to worry about backlash at those speeds so I can cast it a little loose and not have to machine it. Go to Jennings, hang a left, turn right at the second stop and I'm the first caboose on the left. Can't get much easier than that.

It will really be great to meet you. JB has said some really nice stuff about you, but he's such a liar.

Thanks for the visits, guys. Life has really been hectic, I hardly set foot in the shed today. Maybe tomorrow. But I have an envoy from the Motherland coming and have to get my sh!t together. What if he asks for delinquent Tea Tax? I'm in deep doo doo. We're hiding all our tea and claiming we don't drink it. Ignorance is truly bliss! And I'm training Hershey to growl at any funny accent.

 

[oldironfarmer]

Here we go, auction results.

I meant to take pictures at the auction. But they had three auctions going at once. You had to look what was coming and dart to the next area and see what they were doing. One auctioneer just sold two 30 ft trailers full of tooling and tools. Stuff was going cheap but I was feeling overwhelmed. TMS. They did have a 5 ft granite surface plate.

And two of those giant step blocks. I just had no room and would not be surprised if the big one went for $50. I'd never seen one that big.

I need brass, must have stock. I have some old radiators, but I bought more, several.

I had started unloading before I thought about pictures. It was hot and my hands were cramping.

The guy who hauled my Chevy home used my trailer, that is his engine, solvent tank, and grinder. I passed on two nice old drill presses.

I did get three alloy wheels cheap ($5 ea) and a bed full of junk.

Early on I was bidding for a box. This auctioneer is a little different for around here. They will have a string of stuff, boxes, etc. on the ground and you bid per box, take as many as you want. Then the second bidder gets to take what he was not high bid on, then they open it up and anybody can buy at that price. Then they re-bid per box, same thing. If you really want something you have to bid, but if you don't care too much, chances are the high bidder takes something else and you can take at his price, or try for lower next round. I am needing a needle valve for the foundry and this box had two Parker Hannifin high pressure 1/4" needle valves. Plus a bunch of fittings so I bid all the way to $32.50.

While the box was well worth it, the guy I was bidding against was bidding on a box of car parts. After I took mine nobody took another box at that and he got the next round at $20 and was the only taker. Then the rest sold for $10 and under. I told him we should have visited beforehand. He laughed and agreed.

Then I hit a little gold mine. There were two boxes of brass brazing wire on a shelf of probably a hundred boxes of TIG wire and I thought maybe I'd buy them to melt. I got there too late and was looking when the auctioneer was saying $5 repeatedly and everyone was walking away. Whole shelf he said. I asked about the brass, he said that's all gone then said the next shelf too and everything on it so I said ok and got the $5 bid. Wish I'd taken a picture. We hauled out ten buckets full of stuff including three gross of flat soapstone

and three gross of 1/4" round. Now each visitor gets free soapstone!

9" grinding discs, new wire brushes (that's a used cup brush), boxes and boxes. The shelf was apparently TIG equipment storage.

More later

 

[oldironfarmer]

A stack of TIG replacement leads

Three foot pedals (they sold a dozen out front but missed these)

And a pile of TIG rigs, maybe six or eight, and that funky little spot welder, I need to look it up

Not pictured are a box each of #4, #5, #6, #7, and #8 cups, all new, lots of TIG parts (brass, brass, brass) and stuff I can't remember. We were hot and tired and dragging stuff off a shelf 12 ft high. Unreal. For $5.

Also in the picture a trailer fender I thought I needed for my car carrier until I remembered I need it to be 3" wide not 10". And a roll of resistance spark plug wire (yellow, probably 250 ft left on a 1,000 ft roll).

Then there was this box

Marked "Our Price $199". OK, it's ten years old, I think B&W but it is brand new.

I rarely need one but bet I'll use it when I do have a need. Battery (9v) is dead but not corroded.

I shoulda bought a mill. JB would have wanted a $600 mill with a 9x48 table and DRO. Of course the price might have been much higher if I'd bid.

That's it, I had fun. And we now have Cali but no pictures.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Far out Andy there are some great scores there.

 

[Grizz1963]

Morning Andy.

Well, I just said the F word repeatedly.......

FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN.

YUP, THAT ONE.

You made some awesome buys.

Just headed out to my Monday, (Public Holiday ) bootfair, won’t be having your sort of purchases, but anything nice will be great.

Report later in my thread.

 

[jbmatth]

Andy you are so right on the mill. After I read what they sold for I went to have a look at the photos. My stomach aches now, so if you find any more like that give me a call. Great scores all around, I'm jealous of what you find, I really need to go to more auctions to pick up stuff like that.

JB

 

[Pressingonward]

Nice old Chevy! If it were mine, I'd clean up the rust (what little there is) and dented trunk, fix it mechanically, and then drive it. I'd rather see a classic car as it is found with blemishes and oxidized paint than see one all restored or hot rodded out. Seems more authentic that way...I walk right by most of the shiny hot rods at car shows because they all look the same

Wow, $600 for a mill, sign me up! You deliver, right? [emoji14]

I found my stash of zinc, if you PM me your address I'll send it on it's way. I'd love to get a hammer (or anything else you feel like casting really) from you at some point, though I can see you have plenty of other, more important things to occupy your time. My prayers are with you and your wife, and I have to say your love and care for her really shines through in your posts. Keep up the good work!

 

[oldironfarmer]

Far out Andy there are some great scores there.

Exceptional, and I turned down more than I took.

But my shed is about at capacity.

Morning Andy.

Well, I just said the F word repeatedly.......

FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN.

YUP, THAT ONE.

You made some awesome buys.

Just headed out to my Monday, (Public Holiday ) bootfair, won’t be having your sort of purchases, but anything nice will be great.

Report later in my thread.

Looked like you had a good day. I'm all for more F-ing around. Fun is one of my funnest words.

Andy you are so right on the mill. After I read what they sold for I went to have a look at the photos. My stomach aches now, so if you find any more like that give me a call. Great scores all around, I'm jealous of what you find, I really need to go to more auctions to pick up stuff like that.

JB

Going to auctions crowds your shop. I don't know why, I'm planning on doing more research.

Nice old Chevy! If it were mine, I'd clean up the rust (what little there is) and dented trunk, fix it mechanically, and then drive it. I'd rather see a classic car as it is found with blemishes and oxidized paint than see one all restored or hot rodded out. Seems more authentic that way...I walk right by most of the shiny hot rods at car shows because they all look the same

Wow, $600 for a mill, sign me up! You deliver, right? [emoji14]

I found my stash of zinc, if you PM me your address I'll send it on it's way. I'd love to get a hammer (or anything else you feel like casting really) from you at some point, though I can see you have plenty of other, more important things to occupy your time. My prayers are with you and your wife, and I have to say your love and care for her really shines through in your posts. Keep up the good work!

Because I'm lazy it will likely drive around just about as it is. I finally put 12v on it today and the starter spins it like a champ. I may just buy a little 12v battery for it.

I beg for zinc

Thanks for the prayers. She is feeling very good today, we'll pray for tomorrow.

 

[oldironfarmer]

A little update. Finally finished unloading my pickup.

Part of my $5 corner are these three CO2 and Argon hose assemblies.

Then there was this little box with some brass fittings and lots of stainless.

And two like new air hoses.

It included several TIG torches but also at least 100 lbs of welding lead and other heavy copper cable. It may go to copper hell.

I fought the CNC router for several hours today. It had been offsetting coordinates by itself, it seemed, as I was not getting consistent results. While studying the Mach3 manual I ran across an advisory: do not run Mach3 from a file on a stick. I was getting lazy and it ran fine right off the stick (USB drive), kind of. Saved the 857,000 line program back to the stick then to the hard drive and everything is fine fine.

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Occasional results keep you banging your head on stuff it can't hurt looking for more results.