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Old 15 August 2020, 11:03 PM   #1
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Rural Rolex Morning

Headed out to check on a 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint yesterday for my son since his 1962 Comet got wrecked. I figured the Falcon was worth a look. I had only heard about it... hadn't actually seen it. It was about 30 miles from my house beside a barn in farm country.

Uh, no... The Falcon was bad. The frame had been bent at sometime in its life, the glass had been robbed and the floors were gone. I will keep looking.

The morning was beautiful though.

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Old 16 August 2020, 12:15 AM   #2
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No pics of the Falcon?
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Old 16 August 2020, 12:20 AM   #3
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Looks like an awesome day Paul.
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Old 16 August 2020, 12:56 AM   #4
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No pics of the Falcon?
Funny enough, the owner didn't want pictures taken. I am not sure what he was afraid of, there was nothing left of the car of any value. He was a 83 year old farmer who thought he had a gold mine.
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Old 16 August 2020, 01:06 AM   #5
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Funny enough, the owner didn't want pictures taken. I am not sure what he was afraid of,
Keeping the pics off the web will get the prospect in front of him? Looking for a rube to take his heap for better money than the scrap man?

Any day you have a beautiful drive in farm country is a great day. I nearly *always* take the 'long way' time-wise through farm / horse country vs. the faster 4-lane.
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Old 16 August 2020, 01:23 AM   #6
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Keeping the pics off the web will get the prospect in front of him? Looking for a rube to take his heap for better money than the scrap man?
I have seen it time after time, someone has a car that they will "get to eventually" and the car sits for decades rotting away. When they finally do actually decide to sell it, it is too far gone to take on as a project. The owners still see the car as it was 25 years ago and think it's worth a fortune.

Really sad to see some beautiful cars go to waste.

The one that really killed me was a 1932 Ford Sedan Delivery that had been converted to an Ice Cream Truck, probably in the 1940's. It sat under a tarp beside a house that was on my paper route as a kid. I spoke to the old guy 4 or 5 times over the years and tried to buy it...Nope, he was "going to get to it". 40 years on, the old guy died, his son left the car to sit, the body rotted away and collapsed under it's own weight. The tarp had trapped moisture year after year. Broke my heart.
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