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Turn signal stalk

Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4 (lots of monte's)

Each year the combinations seem to get seem to get dumber and dumber. I still can't order what I'd want in a GMT900 Sierra.

So what's up with the missing center caps on your new wheels?

The final installment...I'll let the inspector's e-mail tell the story: Game. Set. Match.

Seeing that makes me miss my Miata

I like the size of my 3-Series. I've always found the CTS too big for what I was looking for...it's the size of a 5-Series, which I didn't want either. I'll be interested to see what Caddy comes up with...hopefully they offer it with a stick and sweat the small details.

First time trying to shoot video on my iPhone...and YouTube degraded the quality a little bit vs. the QuickTime format the phone used. Liberty Belle Foundation

Link to eBay Auction

What happened to BMW?

Flag on the play. Owner can't find the keys to the car -- needs to call a locksmith to open it and make new keys. Inspection pushed off until that all happens, which cancels the planned weekend inspection. This is becoming quite the saga! More waiting...

Inspection scheduled for Saturday morning with verbal debrief in findings set for Saturday evening. More waiting...

My mom had a new '74 Chevy Bel Air wagon with the 454, no woodgrain, no 3rd row, tailgate slid under the car. I don't recall anything particularly special about it other than the dark green paint....oh and it blew a headlight on the way home from the dealer.

"Over 60K spent on restoration..." and he didn't replace the carpets...WTF!

Made connections with the owner yesterday, he expected to hear back from the guy with the deposit by Tuesday and hasn't heard anything. SO, he said consider the car for sale. However, the pre-buy inspector can't get out there until next weekend. So I wait....and the other guy could, in theory, get his act together before then...so who knows.

Autoblog has the full reveal posted. Link to article

How 'bout a truck instead?

Link to article

Finally got more information from the owner: He's owned it for 5 or 6 years Repainted 3 years ago He purchased it with the current drive train in it in Oregon Needs carpet, headliner, chrome redone, wheels/tires updated It's under deposit So appraisal on hold. Apparently the prospective buyer has been dragging his feet, so he's giving him until Tuesday. He told me to call back then and if things haven't improved he'll punt the guy and give him back his money.

I kind of like that actually. How 'bout a Can Am version?

Initiated the process to get it inspected/appraised. Hopefully it's not a POS.

Did you see it in-person or just an ad? The only one I found in Hemmings was a '56 from their 2009 Spring Carlisle coverage (Aug issue). Their comment was "priced reasonably at $24,000".

So where's the project progress? We expect chronicles!

Oregon. East Coast would make this much easier! I sent an e-mail to the guy who covers that area from that appraiser network to see what they do and what it would cost. I'd like a real sense as to what kind of shape the car is in and what work it needs to be put on the road so I could drive it. Is it just the headliner and are all the interior trim pieces in the car, etc. Could have mechanical or floor issues, etc even though the ad *said* drive it away Plan A would be to fix the headliner, find a used bar for the tailgate (already found a set for $50), replace the ugly @ss wheels, and clean it up and put it on the road and start driving it. And my dog would be allowed in this one! Long range I'd need to think a little more... I hear ya on the work thing...but there are far worse problems in this economy...getting a new toy may be my best option to compensate.

So what was the condition then? Did it have the headliner issues then or is that a new development? I'm assuming they were trying to take the torsion bars out and didn't put it back together...but I need boots on the ground to check this out in person -- hence the idea of dispatching someone local to do an inspection. Trying to get a cost on that.