Always good to post the pics and ad text because the ads go away especially Craigslist. And I hate Fakebook too.
1971 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe
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Always good to post the pics and ad text because the ads go away especially Craigslist. And I hate Fakebook too.
Hemicat
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I followed the advise given here and asked for more pictures as well as a phone number where the seller could be reached. I never received a response. I don't understand the motivation behind a scam site to advertise cars that are old ads belonging to someone else etc... Thanks to everyone for your information. It is a shame. That is a nice car.
commando1
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This is how it works.
There are web crawlers that 24/7 monitor every source of Car For Sale sites on the internet.
They build an expotentially growing database of all the cars for sale there.
They then use advanced algorithms to go to top of search engines.
Seeker clicks on hit, sees 5 year old listing that either redirects them to the original real source (now 404'd) or urges you to send seller a msg.to a now dead end.
Meanwhile, because you clicked on that hit, when his page opens, all the sidebar advertising earns him 0.00001 cents.
Multiply it by a jillion hits from others, it's a hands off income stream.
TX9
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Makes me miss the old print AutoTrader on the gas station magazine rack! High School buddy and I would cut up pictures and add ridiculous owner’s sales copy mail to each other like ‘ransom notes’ when away at college! We were CAR CRAZED nerds, I know . . . but here I am commenting on FCBO 40 years later!!!
commando1
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I could easily spend over an hour every Sunday with The Boston Sunday Globe's used car ads.
For Sale, 1959 Oldsmobile 88 4 Dr sdn 97,650 mi, V8, R&h, automatic. Gd cond. $600 or bo
For Sale, 1959 Oldsmobile 88 4 Dr sdn 97,650 mi, V8, R&h, automatic. Gd cond. $600 or bo
I could easily spend over an hour every Sunday with The Boston Sunday Globe's used car ads.
For Sale, 1959 Oldsmobile 88 4 Dr sdn 97,650 mi, V8, R&h, automatic. Gd cond. $600 or bo
What’s R&h ?
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Radio & Heater, how old are you?
polara71
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commando1
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Well I was looking for cars in the auto trader in the early 80s not the 50s so I guess the ads were a little different lol.
The only reference to heater was occasional and if there was one it was ‘heater blows hot’. No reference to radio, definitely no R&h, maybe cause I’m from the midwest.
But who knows
The only reference to heater was occasional and if there was one it was ‘heater blows hot’. No reference to radio, definitely no R&h, maybe cause I’m from the midwest.
But who knows
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Yes it was pretty well accepted by the mid 80's that all vehicles had a radio & heater as standard equipment more so the heater as northern states required a heater to defrost the windshield. I laff at the time I got sucked into looking at a 60's/70's Volkswagen Beetle for a girl that was a roommate of a friend of mines girlfriend. You know the type of VW that had the rotted out heater boxes. It was night time (BIG NO NO) and he had the car all warmed up when we got there, when I held up the plastic windshield ice scraper that was handily place somewhere in the front seat area he wasn't shy to show us how to use it to scrape the inside of the windshield for frost build up. I didn't know anything about the car or AD and even my friend who owned many 'Bugs' didn't mention that the heater boxes were rotted out.
When the owner of the car demonstrated that, all I could say was... turn around... Let's GO!
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When the owner of the car demonstrated that, all I could say was... turn around... Let's GO!
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As far as I know the car was sold to Austria in Summer 2020.
The new owner posted this pic in the austrian us-car forum:
Georg/BBTR
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Thanks for the information @DodgeRodge! Didn’t know that. Wonder what the new owner has paid for it...
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I wonder the same.
I contacted the german seller in 2019 as I was looking for a fuselage to buy at that time.
The car was exactly what I was looking for in terms of color and overall condition, absolutely stunning! But it was just way too expensive (€ 38k was the pricetag on the ad back then).
I recall it was all original with very low milage, but the AC (AutoTemp II) wasn't working and it had been repainted according to the friendly seller. That was not acceptable for me at that price.
I hope one day I'll be able to see that car in real life here in Austria, it surely is strikingly beautiful!
I contacted the german seller in 2019 as I was looking for a fuselage to buy at that time.
The car was exactly what I was looking for in terms of color and overall condition, absolutely stunning! But it was just way too expensive (€ 38k was the pricetag on the ad back then).
I recall it was all original with very low milage, but the AC (AutoTemp II) wasn't working and it had been repainted according to the friendly seller. That was not acceptable for me at that price.
I hope one day I'll be able to see that car in real life here in Austria, it surely is strikingly beautiful!
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