So then about a week ago, this guy calls me up out of the clear blue sky (no, not God himself) and basically offers me $3000 over the phone. I dismissed him at first, I've had numerous over-the-phone cash offers that expire the minute I hang up the phone, but sure enough a few days later he fronted, cash in hand. He took the yellow truck and all the panels off the white truck, but left me with the complete chassis, engine and box from the white truck, which is includes the better of the 292's and the power steering. Some day, I might put a '50s or earlier cab on the chassis and make myself a hotrod towtruck, but that's a long ways off.
Coincidently concurrent to these events, whilst checking out an old hearse that an interstate friend was interested in buying, I crossed paths with another hearse, also for sale from the same stringy junkie that was selling the one I was there to inspect. It's a '62 Chevy and at first glance I thought it was just a wagon, but a bit more inspection revealed it's a sedan, modified to a wagonesque shape, with a lot of cutting and stitching and bogging over the surgery scars. Anyway, last weekend, I brought it home on a trailer and winched it into my lair.
It's a '62 Belair that was once a sedan. The rear window has been made part of a very heavy, top-hinged, one piece tailgate. The back doors are the standard sedan shape (curving window frames, as opposed to square) and the rear windows are apparently custom made. Let's hope I never break one. That said, it's flat, so it should be relatively easy to get one cut, I suppose.
It's got no motor or box, but is otherwise complete, and according to the seller it once had a 283 and holden 4-speed in it. When I first saw it, I took some pictures of the manual pedal setup, because it was a hurdle I was facing with my Red Lady. A few days later, I called up the guy and asked if he'd be interested in letting me swap my auto pedal setup for the manual pedal setup, so as not to leave the car missing parts, but he declined and offered me the car for $2500. I went back and had another look a few days later and ended up buying it for $2250. So welcome another member to the family, who's preliminary name is Sedagon. The red wagon at the bottom is for comparison; it's a 'real' wagon.
