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I saw this with the engine in my Peterbilt, spending significant time at fast idle unloading dry bulk. I did an overhaul every five years. Around 400,000 miles on the odometer, would have been closer to 600,000 on a long haul unit without the idling time. When I worked in management with...

Wayne beat me to it. I've done the same. My bank doesn't keep more than $10,000 in house anymore, consistent with amounts that trigger reporting to IRS under money laundering statutes. I posted in another thread about my buddy getting a cash offer for a vehicle last week. We were both...

Sorry to hear that. Does this mean you aren't coming this year, or just not selling stuff?

Yes. I used to lay over in the Super 8 at the truck stop there.

With higher end sales, I've done a far amount of fact finding before I even give them my address. As a buyer, I've used the test drive as a negotiating tool on cars priced at top dollar. I didn't test drive my former Hemi car, which was obviously legit, and modestly priced. Seller (FBBO member)...

Good advice. I just went through this process last weekend. My Ford buddy Scott took his F100 street rod to Spring Carlisle and put it in the car corral. He found a buyer, a 30 something who already owned one. He was asking Scott for info how to best perform the upgrades he'd done on the...

I’ve done exactly the same, as both buyer and seller.

I've had the same mortgage holder since I refinanced at 3.5% in 2011. I get a HELOC offer from them at least once a month, last one was 9.9%. The interest portion of my last mortgage payment was $135. In two years, they won't be making a dime on me. My attorney, whose client base is heavily...

This is why I've never considered buying at auction. I've never been interested in a OEM concours restored piece. As Ron says, a good recording of the restoration process can verify an awful lot as to quality and scope of what was performed. It gets a lot dicier with the next level down. I've...

As I posted in the "what if" thread earlier, I am lucky to have a spare grille and tail finish panel for my '69 GTX. Grille isn't reproduced, and tail panels haven't been available for awhile. Both are fragile parts, with high risk of damage. The spares I have are pieces that were taken off...

Happy Birthday!

I was there with Dennis. He was kind enough to transport me and my wife from our hotel, traffic in that area was horrible. I had planned on selling my '68 Hemi GTX there, had already made hotel and travel arrangements. Instead, I sold the car to a fellow FBBO member. We both agreed we didn't...

I was watching the car you describe. Out of curiosity because it has a bit in common with my former A33 GTX which I consigned to Mecum in 2020. Cancelled because of Covid, sold it a year later, privately. Buyer flipped it at GAA Auctions in North Carolina for 63K. I had been offered 50K by a...

In 1963, a friend of my mom's got a '61 Electra as a hand me down from her well to do parents. That Buick was the quietest, most well constructed vehicle I ever encountered among my parents' circle of friends, really left an impression on me. In 1969, the '61 was replaced with a '63, also a...

Used to haul lime to the Niagra Mohawk power plant up there in the late 70s. Had a trip in 1979, wind chill was 40 below, truck ahead of me blew the engine for the dry bulk blower. We cobbled together plumbing to my unit get his trailer unloaded, working outside. Don't miss those days.

Scored points with my wife after I sold two cars and bought the current one, with a nice chunk of cash left after the deal. But the parts stash that came with it used up a good portion of the good will.

I raised this question last year when I acquired a nice stash of spare parts with the '69 GTX I purchased. I sold some, but kept most. The key to my decision, was the fact that I'm still driving the car. Most of the pieces would be nearly impossible to find in their current condition if I...

I’ll do delivery if no one else steps up.

I owned two. They were both great cars, but neither one were keepers.

In 2015, I looked at a T7 Saddle Bronze (brown) '69 GTX at a dealer in Indiana. It was a decent rust free California car with factory A/C and a saddle interior. I was considering that GTX as a platform to clone into the "Demonstrator," my current car. The dealer initially priced the car at...