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Bruce Lancaster · 09-08-2010, 11:20 AM

I find that watching people who are buying or restoring cars that are worth more than my entire neighborhood is very educational and entertaining!
It's much like studying the customs of another planet.
That incident was quite a while back...I was buying a bare, rusty Auburn instrument panel for $15.00 (that was pretty much my life savings at the time, and that panel as a rusted piece of junk is probably worth several hundred now) and weeping because there was no way in hell I could swing a much better one with instruments for $75.00! Auburn was at the absolute bottom of that guy's part of the foodchain, the Yugo of the world of full classics. He probably used my $15.00 to wipe off his boots when he got into his truck...

09-08-2010, 11:20 AM	#7
Bruce Lancaster Member Emeritus Join Date: May 2010 Location: Madison, NJ Posts: 5,230	Re: Buying V-8 Fords Far From Home I find that watching people who are buying or restoring cars that are worth more than my entire neighborhood is very educational and entertaining! It's much like studying the customs of another planet. That incident was quite a while back...I was buying a bare, rusty Auburn instrument panel for $15.00 (that was pretty much my life savings at the time, and that panel as a rusted piece of junk is probably worth several hundred now) and weeping because there was no way in hell I could swing a much better one with instruments for $75.00! Auburn was at the absolute bottom of that guy's part of the foodchain, the Yugo of the world of full classics. He probably used my $15.00 to wipe off his boots when he got into his truck...