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Junk Rods for Sale
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Tim Cole
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I notice more and more of these brand X junk rods are being dumped onto the market. One that caught my eye in particular was owned by a guy who chopped a nice original car. He croaked and now his abomination is coming up for auction. Another is a Packard 12 coupe roadster that was chopped. About the only thing of value on these clunkers are the original hood ornaments.

One thing about these junk rods that I find curious is the way they put the name "Packard" on the valve covers, dash boards, and tilt steering columns. To me this is as childish as putting Harley-Davidson stickers on a kid's bicycle.

Hopefully they will sell for pennies on the dollar because any new Chrysler product will eat them for a snack.

Recently I was talking with a hot rodder who said it's much easier to chop cars than restore them. So I guess you could say that restoration is a man's job.

Posted on: 2014/11/9 11:49
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Re: Junk Rods for Sale
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BDC
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Its a lot easier to build something with parts readily available than making it to original specs. I feel your pain when I see that 35 "V12" roadster all butchered. If you want to hot rod something take an old ford or chevy where they made tens or even hundreds of thousands of. I don't understand why people want to pay so much money for something like that. Even the resto-mods bother me, and don't tell me you need extra hp to get on the freeway. For example O-D lives in the busiest part of the world and gets around just fine with his original 34.

Posted on: 2014/11/10 8:08
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you

Bad company corrupts good character!

Farming: the art of losing money while working 100 hours a week to feed people who think you are trying to kill them
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Re: Junk Rods for Sale
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Troy Taylor
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Oh, that 35 V12 just made me sick. Beautiful car gone to waste

Posted on: 2014/11/10 9:51
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