barn finds

[Otis the Sasquatch]

No good Story to go with this one, but a Cool Book anyway from the same box.




Haven't done a lot of research on this one, but I did find a mention of a "Michael J. McEnery" here...
(look under "Chief's Office and Headquarters") He was just an Assistant Secretary.
http://books.google.com/books?id=f70...rtment&f=false

Note that Mr McEnery's salary was $100/mo. Also note that a Detective made $115, but the Union Electrician made $125 (that would be IBEW Local #1, son.)






Random passage from the Manual;

From Pg 39, under the section "Rule 6. Patrol and Protection",
"Section 122. United Action in Time of Peril -- He shall discharge his duties with coolness and firmness in all cases. In time of extreme peril all available members of the Force of all ranks shall act together and assist and protect each other in the restoration of peace and order. Whoever shirks from danger or responsibility at such a time shall be deemed unworthy a place in the service."






Otis

[Otis the Sasquatch]

What tops a Barn Find story? A "sealed in it's own vault" story.
"The construction workers then building a new grocery store in Brunswick, Maine, must have laughed at the absurdity of Richard Sampson’s request. The guy who hired them to build the store, asking them to brick up a perfectly good Corvette within the store and top off the vault with a four-inch slab of concrete? With only a porthole window to see it? And no way to get it out?"

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...on/?refer=news




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[MortimerSickle]

Does it have to be from somebody else's barn?

I finally dug this out of my garden shed a while back.



A friend of mine parked it there about 30 years ago. He recently gave me the title, and I sold it to another inmate.



Hey Dags, here is a little Vantucky memorabilia. It is a 1922 map of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Northern California.

[MrBob]

Originally Posted by snakebit

What is it? Thanks.

I believe it's an NSU "Quick" model from the early 50's.

[Otis the Sasquatch]

Originally Posted by MortimerSickle

I love interesting old maps. I do pretty good with them, too. Besides the "paper" collectors, there is also a market within the old car hobby. Those guys will buy maps, tourist guides, post cards, etc., to put in the glove compartment of a like-year car.
Now all you have to do is find someone w/ a 1922 Dodge.

Neat find.

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[Gummee!]

Y'all can come look in the barn out back iffen y'all wanna. There's a couple of first gen Eldorados out there, A Camaro that's been rolled, and some other assorted 'stuff' that someone may need.



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[NDEBT]

A sales guy at works Father is in very bad health and has had this car in a garage for 20 years when it was parked and ran. He wanted to get it running for his Dad not restored just so he could go out and start it for his Dad and I had an empty detail stall at work so I told him to bring it and we will make it run.

It was supposed to be a 67 427 from the race circuit back in the day but it is not the mains are not cross bolted but I didn't tell him that. He bought new wheels and tires for it I put some points,plugs in it repaired some rat chewed wires some hoses fuel pump and the somebitch fired right up. I think it may be a 406,390,360? It is still pretty cool I would love to have it.

[ttpete]

Originally Posted by NDEBT

A sales guy at works Father is in very bad health and has had this car in a garage for 20 years when it was parked and ran. He wanted to get it running for his Dad not restored just so he could go out and start it for his Dad and I had an empty detail stall at work so I told him to bring it and we will make it run.

It was supposed to be a 67 427 from the race circuit back in the day but it is not the mains are not cross bolted but I didn't tell him that. He bought new wheels and tires for it I put some points,plugs in it repaired some rat chewed wires some hoses fuel pump and the somebitch fired right up. I think it may be a 406,390,360? It is still pretty cool I would love to have it.

Retractable hardtop. Nice.

Might want to pop a valve cover. If the rockers are adjustable, it has solid lifters, which is what all of the performance FE engines had. They also had dual point distributors.

[NDEBT]

Originally Posted by ttpete

Retractable hardtop. Nice.

Might want to pop a valve cover. If the rockers are adjustable, it has solid lifters, which is what all of the performance FE engines had. They also had dual point distributors.

Yeah, it is single points I just wanted to make it start I'm stopping there I know me. It does have a Cobra intake on it.

[RED CAT]

Engine could be a 332 V8. My first ever car. Paid $150. for it and sold it to my buddy for the same price. His father never forgave me.

[MortimerSickle]

Originally Posted by RED CAT

Thats a 58 Ford..

It has a '57 hood, a '57 grille, '57 side trim, and '57 headlights.

[MortimerSickle]

1958 Ford.

[NDEBT]

Originally Posted by RED CAT

Engine could be a 332 V8. My first ever car. Paid $150. for it and sold it to my buddy for the same price. His father never forgave me.

Nope. Look at the headlights 1957 this is not the original engine.

[Otis the Sasquatch]

BTW one the best occupations to be in for finding stuff in garages/barns is.... locksmith. A brother of a co-worker, a locksmith & Gearhead, has found a LOT of neat stuff over the years. Estates and other property changes hands, and locks are changed.

His latest find was one of his best. In this case he was there to change the locks on the house at the request of a gal settling up her father's estate. He opened the man-door to the garage and found one of these.
(Pic grabbed off the net)


1961 Ford Starliner. All black. It had the 390, w/ a 3 2-bbl (dealer option), 3-speed column shift, cast-iron header-style exhaust manifolds, ALL records in a binder in the trunk. It was owned by a guy who was a Ford service tech back in the day and purchased it new. It was his Baby, driven regularly but as the weekend and special occasion vehicle. It had last run about a year earlier. Basically a clean, no rust, shiny time capsule. After he finished his work (and inspection of the car) he asked about availability and was told they'd call him after the estate was settled up and it was ready for sale.

Fast forward 6 months. They wanted $15k, he offered $13,500. Sold.
Next thing I hear about it is the co-worker standing next to me w/ his brother on speaker phone.
"Listen to THIS!" (vroom-vroom).
Got the Ford?
"Got it? I'm DRIVING it!! Jumped the battery and it fired right up. I said screw the trailer, I'm gonna' DRIVE it home!"
Followed by more engine sounds, a little tire screeching, and much hysterical laughter.

He wanted to keep it, but needed the money for the '70 Buick Grand Sport 455 he was restoring. So it was sold about 4 months later for $18,500 in as-found condition.


Maybe I should learn locksmithing.


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[ttpete]

Originally Posted by Otis the Sasquatch

BTW one the best occupations to be in for finding stuff in garages/barns is.... locksmith. A brother of a co-worker, a locksmith & Gearhead, has found a LOT of neat stuff over the years. Estates and other property changes hands, and locks are changed.

His latest find was one of his best. In this case he was there to change the locks on the house at the request of a gal settling up her father's estate. He opened the man-door to the garage and found one of these.
(Pic grabbed off the net)


1961 Ford Starliner. All black. It had the 390, w/ a 3 2-bbl (dealer option), 3-speed column shift, cast-iron header-style exhaust manifolds, ALL records in a binder in the trunk. It was owned by a guy who was a Ford service tech back in the day and purchased it new. It was his Baby, driven regularly but as the weekend and special occasion vehicle. It had last run about a year earlier. Basically a clean, no rust, shiny time capsule. After he finished his work (and inspection of the car) he asked about availability and was told they'd call him after the estate was settled up and it was ready for sale.

Fast forward 6 months. They wanted $15k, he offered $13,500. Sold.
Next thing I hear about it is the co-worker standing next to me w/ his brother on speaker phone.
"Listen to THIS!" (vroom-vroom).
Got the Ford?
"Got it? I'm DRIVING it!! Jumped the battery and it fired right up. I said screw the trailer, I'm gonna' DRIVE it home!"
Followed by more engine sounds, a little tire screeching, and much hysterical laughter.

He wanted to keep it, but needed the money for the '70 Buick Grand Sport 455 he was restoring. So it was sold about 4 months later for $18,500 in as-found condition.


Maybe I should learn locksmithing.


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In 1961, the 390 3X2 setup was rated at 401 hp. The single 4 bbl was rated at 375 hp.

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