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Old 09-24-2021, 05:29 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by updraught View Post
Not many of us have faced disapproval for bringing home rusty junk.
My neighbor and I are the same age and were both old Ford crazies. When we were 16, we found a '40 Ford Coupe with no engine or tranny and it seemed to be pretty solid. To us anyway. The floorpans were rotted away and the glass and interior were toast, the chrome work was all blistering, a large tree branch had fallen on it at one time and crunched the roof in,,,, you get the picture.

When my friend brought it home on a trailer Pop walked over to see it and said 'What are you two going to do with THIS?' and we said 'Restore it.'

He broke out laughing, shook his head, and walked back into the house.

We looked at each other, and thought 'Maybe he's right' and sold it the next week for a small profit!
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