The Junkman

This afternoon on US 101 in Marin County north of SF there was this one, marked just this way and this color. (Well, maybe not this precise one but you get the idea.) Still in very good shape.

I look at that photo and feel the same as when I look at dog rescue sites. "I could take that one in and give it a better home."

Keeping in the realm of cars and modeling: Decals are/have been available. Comes in both Chevy and Ford varieties.

Bone stock 1969 Chevelle 427 black vinyl over white. Sounded like it, too. Noticed it just as the light changed directing me onto the freeway and it stayed straight down the city street, thus no photos I've seen a raft of SS396's over the years but never a 427.

If you time it right (as in check to see if they're open that day) the Mullin is a can't miss. Ventura isn't THAT far away plus you can drive down Pacific Coast Hwy and see all the beaches mentioned in Beach Boys songs. I've seen a bunch of the inventory (at the Peterson, of course) and they are just gorgeous. http://www.mullinautomotivemuseum.com/

Don't know him but these guys might. http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/ Join up and post in the "Greyside" group. Nice build.

Maybe "moderately well off man's Ferrari". If they've got one, I might try the "build your car" game once the traffic on the site goes down. Tried it for the latest NSX and stopped when I reached $190K. I have expensive tastes. Ooops, here it is. https://visualizer-east.chevrolet.com/ui?carline=corvette&modelyear=2020&brand=chevrolet&language=en&country=US&channel=b2c

Past experience suggests that it will be a LONG time before you see it within sniffing distance of $60K. I recall the 2005 Mustang refresh and that a salesman was trying to push one on me that was only (!) $5k over sticker. For a V-6. Street price; probably $85k and up. Still.....

My guess is that as it is now it is an artistic tribute to the car. Finish it and put a chassis under it and it becomes an unauthorized copy of an iconic Ferrari. Red meat to a lawyer. But what do I know?

The frame. If you can salvage a frame you can build your car with as much as you want. Like if you wanted to make your own AR-15-buy a serialized receiver and build around it. Now the problem is that with cars such as this one, the VIN has to be reported to the state DMV as destroyed. Woe be unto someone who takes a VIN plate off a reportedly destroyed car and tries to pass it onto another vehicle. And lets not even get into the realm of allegedly destroyed Porsche race cars. I've heard that at one point there were 3 Porsche 917s with the same constructors number.

Looks like a Smart Car with something resembling utility.

Different......yes. Better......pretty debatable.

The fundamental application of the adage "simplify and add lightness".

A neighbor of mine just finished restoring one in two tone blue. "I didn't need another project but I couldn't pass this one up." The guy has built a Cobra clone, Nash Metropolitan, pumpkin orange Henry J hot rod, 62 Chevy Bel Aire bubble top tribute car with a 409, 67 Camaro in ice blue, candy apple red '40 Ford with a sparkling white interior. I wish I had half the doggedness of this guy.

There's also that distinction of being a VW diesel. That aspect probably still burns resale value and if you ask a person on the street what the term "VW diesel" means to them it most likely is bad. And my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it.

I believe it is mentioned here: https://www.flysfo.com/museum/exhibitions/modern-consumer Terminal 3 (United) and after security checkpoint. If you're into planes there is an awesome and fairly permanent display on the baggage level of Terminal 3. All larger scale (like 1:18 and 1:24) scratch built and formerly at the Nut Tree complex. (Now there's a loss.)

I wish it was mine, and I'm a Ford guy, like my dad. Grandad drove beige Dodge Darts with push button trans on a 225 slant six. No, I just googled 1962 Dodge.

Given the time frame of "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" I have always visualized this car, or one just like it. Maybe a 1963. Change my mind.

Looks like a post from Reddit "Just rolled into the shop". Talking about horror stories... www.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/

Barring that you do this one with a red Viper. I'm held up because I can't find a proper Slappy Squirrel figurine.

In a previous life I had to verifiy a VIN on an old car at a crane and rigging company. Took me to a beaten down shed like you expect to find in a crane and rigging company. Inside was an absolute cherry '60 Chrysler 300. White on white. It had the swivel bucket seats. Not a Chrysler guy but that car was gorgeous.

You can say much the same thing about the 1969 Shelby GT 350/GT 500. So many left over that they had to do a quick paint addition (black stripes on the hood) and re-do the VIN so they could sell them as 1970s. Also the Dodge Daytona/Plymouth Superbirds. Just stinking up the lots. Look at the prices for all of them now.

How many variations off the K-car platform? It kept Chrysler alive for a while, so there's that.

Probably just like this only with more recent tech.

On that subject was there ever a transkit to make the factory front end rather than the pontoon fender? I know the pontoon fender has more "character" but the smoother front end version had a better race history.