I love yard sales
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ironhorse
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I love yard sales
After taking the wife to a new Dr. on the other side of town on the way back I saw a yard sale sign in an older neighborhood. I was looking at some old tools and I saw a front spring clip / motor mount I asked how much he wanted for it he said $20.00 I asked where he got it since he was a young man (about 30) He told me the original owner had passed away and he bought the house and the family said whatever was left he could get rid of. He said he found this piece in an old small tool box and it was the only thing in the box. I asked to see the box he said someone had bought that about 2 hours ago.
The one on the left is the one I found the one on the right is the one that came off of my car (note stripped threads) the one on the left looks brand new except for the broken screw in the apron holding hole. I think I will go buy a lottery ticket now
Do it right or do it over,your choice. Drive like everyone is out to get you!
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John kuehn
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Re: I love yard sales
The deals are where you find them!
A few years ago I looked online, several swap meets and ebay looking for a left rear fender for my 24 T Coupe I was restoring. No luck.
My older sister saw a add in the paper of an estate sale sellout. I decided to go since it was only 12 miles from my place. When I got there the owners Father was a Model T collector and the cars had already been sold but not the parts!
It turned out he had a NOS 24-25 rear Coupe fender he had bought from the Ford dealer in town and had moved to a new location!
I couldn’t believe my luck! But it did happen that way. And yes the deals are out there where you find them!
And Ironhorse there is no telling what what was around the house that the young man bought and already gotten rid of. You can bet that’s not the first time that’s happened when old junk wasn’t really junk to other people!
A few years ago I looked online, several swap meets and ebay looking for a left rear fender for my 24 T Coupe I was restoring. No luck.
My older sister saw a add in the paper of an estate sale sellout. I decided to go since it was only 12 miles from my place. When I got there the owners Father was a Model T collector and the cars had already been sold but not the parts!
It turned out he had a NOS 24-25 rear Coupe fender he had bought from the Ford dealer in town and had moved to a new location!
I couldn’t believe my luck! But it did happen that way. And yes the deals are out there where you find them!
And Ironhorse there is no telling what what was around the house that the young man bought and already gotten rid of. You can bet that’s not the first time that’s happened when old junk wasn’t really junk to other people!
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Steve Jelf
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Re: I love yard sales
You can strike it rich at both yard sales and auctions. I've bought lots of good stuff for a dollar, sometimes because nobody else knows what it is. I love it when that happens. 
The inevitable often happens.
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Allan
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Re: I love yard sales
My best buy was a swap meet find. It is my Stevens T181 hub threading tool. I didn't know what it was at the time, but the Stevens brand and the T number had my interest. I made an offer on it, but the vendor wouldn't take less than $20!
Allan from down under.
Allan from down under.
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John kuehn
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Re: I love yard sales
Allan that was a lucky tool find! It makes me wonder that in the later years when Model T parts and tools were considered scrap junk and so on. I can only imagine tools and fixtures such as a pan straightening jig and what you found at the swap meet went to scrap or so in iron piles at auctions only to be hauled off and sold for scrap.
That was a fairly common thing at the farm auctions where old iron and scrap were pushed in piles to be sold for the highest bidder. I saw lots of those at farm and building sell outs at the auctions my Father went to when I was growing up in the 50’s and 60’s.
Those days are long gone.
That was a fairly common thing at the farm auctions where old iron and scrap were pushed in piles to be sold for the highest bidder. I saw lots of those at farm and building sell outs at the auctions my Father went to when I was growing up in the 50’s and 60’s.
Those days are long gone.