I guess you didn't read the WHOLE post... it is on his project list.. and doesn't want to tie into until he is ready and can finish it..

and if you feel that strongly.. I have a few cars I'd like you to come purchase and save...

Metalwiddler wrote:

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That would be my toy and Stephenzone would be correct it's a 54 SD,it does originate out of Winnipeg as 'Robyn' had mentioned and was originally used as a drycleaning delivery unit, I have some limited contact info for the original family as well (it 'was' bright yellow and looked a bit like a bumblebee partway through the paint job). It's a few projects down the pile but not sitting there to rot, if we do a resto we don't want to get it torn down and have it stall that way we would want a straight through proper rebuild and we're mid another project right now. We figured having it out there would be a good way to advertise and generate interest while it waits in peaceful slumber but we were getting about 20 calls a week with people thinking they were going to give us $800 for it and we should be happy, some even got angry about it (therefore the notes and "NFS 6K"). The way I figure it we have built a ton of our advertising around it (see my avatar) and as a sign it generates $500 a month x 12 months would be $6000/yr, selling it for much less would actually cost us money and yearly. Ironically we also have a 54 holiday trailer we have considered putting out there behind it too, anyway we have the original drivetrain and have had the straight 6 motor running on stands (a few years ago now). The side of the block looks like it had a rod put through it early on and a motor rebuild company in winnipeg has repaired and tagged it. We have pretty much all of the interior including the before mentioned plywood panelling for the rear carefully tucked away in warm storage (I believe this was very common or they may have come that way judging by the others I've seen) an extra seat and the rare good condition speedo among a ton of other tidbits, as far as upholstry someone like B-52 would make short work of it.The rear end is shot (or missing the carrier, not sure) It's non molested and we even have some super hard to find NOS rear lower panels for some of the rotten bits. I would imagine the front floor panels would be the same as a regular sedan and not as hard to find repops but we do have power hammers and a wheel if all else fails. In the rear drivers side lower panel is a pretty good gouge (kinda looks like someone caught a pole top? or something) that was filled before paint but otherwise it's pretty straight and solid where it matters. Really we want it to look "field car"ish for now so people don't mess with it much but it's still obviously generating interest. Being a pontiac is what really sets it apart, if it was a chev it would already be a rod for sure. This will be better as more of a resto for us or potentially someone else but it won't be "given" away to be hacked we have no need or desire to part with it anytime soon.

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