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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacFromOK" data-source="post: 3137057" data-attributes="member: 40864">Hehe, no kiddin'... <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" />Bought a '66 Mustang for $75 because the oil light stayed on. Pulled the pan and the oil pump was locked up with a broken piece of nylon valve seal wedged in it (lol, remember those?).The oil pump drive shaft was twisted until it looked like a drill bit, and had finally shortened until it stopped making connection between the distributor and oil pump.Spent less than $10 to fix it (new shaft and a pan gasket). Then traded it for a clunker 650 Triumph, which I eventually sold for $225 (IIRC?), mainly for the engine.Also... bought a '52 Ford stepside (did they make anything else then?) for $60, that someone had put a '63 (lol, I think?) 223ci engine and 3spd transmission in. However, the clutch worked the opposite direction of the later model throwout bearing fork, so they were apparently stumped and never finished it.I mounted a pulley on a crossmember and ran a cable from the clutch pedal to the clutch fork to to reverse the travel and fabricated shift rods for it (everything worked perfectly). Put rings & bearings in it, installed a 12V alternator, worked on the brakes, lights and other stuff... then sold it for $150.And let the guy pay it out over a few months. <img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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