Advertising:
Project Car: 1933 Chrysler Cq Rumbleseat Coupe - Body #253 Of 364 Made >>rare<< on 2040-cars
US $5,000.00
Year:1933
Mileage:61609
Location:
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
|
IF YOU DIDN'T GET WHAT YOU WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS>>> Just for you - or your
favorite wrench-turner - is a serious project that will make you the envy of
the car show circuit. In 1933,
Chrysler produced only 364 of these CQ-model Imperial Rumbleseat Coupes. This is Body #253. Body by Budd, more widely known for railway cars. Interestingly, there was a mid-year design
change, documented in service manuals and bulletins, which indicate that this
was the last of the original design run, and #264 was the first of the revised
design. 308Cubic Inch Straight-Eight engine with clean bores; Three-speed transmission with the Freewheeling Clutch, power hydraulic brakes, and unbroken glass in the instrument panel! There are several unused NOS replacement tires, along with NOS tubes and rim strips. Some new replacement switches and brushes, including five Vintage NOS Wagner brake light switches. Two Correct Headlights included, which I purchased in 2000 at the Allentown County Fairgrounds Winter Swap Meet. Replacement bearings for the rear axle. The original temperature gauge is not show in the photo pf the gauge cluster, but is also included - if you look in the photo where there is a piece of cardboard tube taped with blue tape, that is the box containing the temperature gauge with the bulb assembly. Also included are the elusive Radiator Grille Badge AND Crank Start Handle Hole Cover (See Photo #5 (If you buy this car, the original PRISTINE Owner's Manual in the picture is available separately for what I paid for it in 1995: $200.00)). Also included in this auction are four (4) hubcaps (I paid $60.00 each in 1995) and a full engine gasket set, both purchased from Kanter Automotive in Boonton NJ. Unfortunately, the radiator cap hood ornament was long gone before I bought the car. I could put up another 40 photos of all the parts that I disassembled and removed from this car, but you can only put up 24 photos. . . Is it rough? Sure it is – but then you wouldn’t be in too good condition if you sat outside for 15+ years in Jersey City either!!! Please note that Photograph #2 is this car just before I had it towed off the outside lot where it had sat all those years.
The car is disassembled, off the frame, and approximately
90% complete - if you don't count the upholstery, glass, and wood, which rotted
away in the elements before I tracked down the owner and obtained a clean,
valid New Jersey title, then rented a garage and began working on my "dream
car". But life happens and I ran out of
time to work on her (Wow - that whole work and career and family thing after
finishing college. . . who knew???). The reserve price is the purchase price I paid for the car originally - it does not include any other parts I purchased, work I had done (there was a little), or garage rent I paid over the years! HERE IS THE SOB STORY - Skip down to the *** if you don't want to bother reading. . . So, I haven't really worked on her in the last almost 20 years. I have been more of a caretaker of this rare, historically interesting vehicle (AND paying rent on the garage!) for whoever is that lucky person who will bring her back to her original glory. Definitely not a belly-button car!
I had seen this sitting in a lot in the middle of
urban sprawl and decay for a while, but when I noticed that the local punks had
smashed out the windows and knocked off one headlight, I decided that I had to
save her. I was working full-time, going
to college at night (no student loans - Paid out-of-pocket!) and I managed to
scrape up and eventually I was the proud owner of a sorry-looking pile of
60-year old metal. I began disassembly -
that is really cheap to do - and acquired some almost-correct headlights for an
exorbitant price. I got a reproduction
service manual, and an original owner's manual, as well as several original
Service Bulletins. A couple of
suspension parts got sandblasted and powder-coated, I bought some bearings for
the rear axle, and then, for personal reasons, work stopped. And never re-started.
At least she was inside, mostly in the garage, while some other parts made it into my basement (Transmission, luggage rack, radiator, grille, Watson Stabilators, generator, starter, carburetor, and boxes upon boxes of other small parts, plus some other odds-n-ends). ****************************************************************************************************** I took photographs of the disassembly process and logged them step-by-step in a notebook, to aid in future re-assembly. I also tagged all the parts for identification as I removed them.
If you don't know what they are or where they came from, it ain't too easy to put 'em back, y'know?
Anyway, it is time for this diamond-in-the-rough to move on to the next stage of her life, as we part ways and my family and I move on to the next stage of our lives.
Please contact me with and questions comments or additional information if you can provide any.
SHIPPING: I WILL NOT SHIP. PICKUP ONLY.
Pickup will involve preparation, coordination (in
order to access the garage, which is normally blocked by residential tenants
parked in the driveway in front of it), a large box truck (A power lift gate would be a HUGE HELP!), and helpers. A FLATBED IS NOT ADVISABLE WITHOUT A VAN OR ANOTHER ENCLOSED TRUCK AS WELL. Tie-downs, dollies and moving blankets are a
really good idea. There is an engine
hoist in the garage available for use, and with creativity, patience, and an
eye for safety, everything can be loaded from ground level. Consider that this is how I removed the body
from the frame by myself, without damage or injury (other than the typical
scraped knuckles normal to playing with cars).
I will also need to get everything I have at my house over to the garage
for easy (ha!) one-stop pickup. I will be doing that movement over the next several days. The body is on a dolly constructed of 2x4s and dolly wheels, which makes it easier to maneuver the body around. The engine is on a dolly from a piece of vintage medical equipment, and goes with the engine too.
This will likely be an all-day affair. Plan accordingly. Weather should always be considered as well. While there is no great pressing need to move immediately, we do need to be reasonable and do it fairly soon. My schedule is very flexible after January 15th, 2014.
PAYMENT: To minimize any problems, I would advise that we use the escrow service recommended by eBay: Escrow.com. Now, if you just want to PayPal me the full amount upon end of auction and are willing to trust me with your money until you make the pickup, I have no problem with that! But I think that using the escrow is the most advisable course. We can split the fees.
|
Chrysler Imperial for Sale
1964 chrysler imperial convertible rare
1972 black runs & drives great body & interior vgood rear ac!
1938 chrysler imperial sedan--garage stored since 1956
1973 chrysler imperal, loaded, 37000 orig miles!! like new interior! 440 motor!!
1938 chrysler imperial sedan--garage stored since 1956
1962 chrysler imperial crown 6.8l(US $5,000.00)
Auto Services in New Jersey
West Automotive & Tire ★★★★★
Auto Repair & Service, Tire Dealers
Address: 701 W Maple Ave, Oaklyn
Phone: (856) 324-0926
Tire World ★★★★★
Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Parts & Supplies, Truck Body Repair & Painting
Address: Mystic-Islands
Phone: (848) 863-8834
Tech Automotive ★★★★★
Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Body Repairing & Painting, Automobile Inspection Stations & Services
Address: 19 Saw Mill River RD, Haworth
Phone: (914) 347-5401
Surf Auto Brokers ★★★★★
New Car Dealers, Used Car Dealers
Address: 1800 Main St, Interlaken
Phone: (732) 681-2273
Star Loan Auto Center ★★★★★
Auto Repair & Service, Used Car Dealers
Address: 501 W Baltimore Ave, West-Collingswood
Phone: (610) 622-7827
Somers Point Body Shop ★★★★★
Auto Repair & Service, Automobile Body Repairing & Painting
Address: 7TH New Hampshire Ave, Leeds-Point
Phone: (609) 927-3666
Auto blog
Chrysler recalling 630k Jeep models worldwide
Thu, 06 Jun 2013Despite its refusal to recall 2.7 million Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty models this week over a gas tank fire risk, Chrysler will be recalling 630,000 Jeep Compass (pictured), Patriot and Wrangler vehicles around the globe for a pair of entirely different reasons.
The affected Compass and Patriot models are all from the 2010 to 2012 model years - 254,000 in the United States, 45,400 in Canada and 109,000 elsewhere in the world. In these models, a software error may result in the late deployment of the side airbags and seatbelt tensioners. In the event of a crash, failure of these systems could result in more serious injuries for the vehicle's occupants.
Jeep's go-anywhere Wrangler also faces a separate recall due to power steering fluid lines that can possibly wear a hole in the transmission oil cooler line. According to Chrysler, the vehicles could then leak fluid, possibly damaging the transmissions. Roughly 221,100 Wrangler models are being recalled because of this issue, all of which are fitted with Jeep's 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine. In the US, 181,000 vehicles are affected, with an additional 18,400 in Canada and 21,700 additional units worldwide. A Chrysler spokesperson said that no crashes or injuries have been reported with either case, according to the Associated Press.
Labor Day: A look back at the largest UAW strikes in history
Thu, Mar 12 2015American made is almost an anachronism now, but good manufacturing jobs drove America's post-war economic golden age. Fifty years ago, if you held a job on a line, you were most likely a member of a union. And no union was more powerful than the United Auto Workers. Before the slow decline in membership started in the 1970s, the UAW had over 1.5 million members and represented workers from the insurance industry to aerospace and defense. The UAW isn't the powerhouse it once was. Today, just fewer than 400,000 workers hold membership in the UAW. Unions are sometimes blamed for the decline of American manufacturing, as companies have spent the last 30 years outsourcing their needs to countries with cheap labor and fewer requirements for the health and safety of their workers. Unions formed out of a desire to protect workers from dangerous conditions and abject poverty once their physical abilities were used up on the line; woes that manufacturers now outsource to poorer countries, along with the jobs. Striking was the workers' way of demanding humane treatment and a seat at the table with management. Most strikes are and were local affairs, affecting one or two plants and lasting a few days. But some strikes took thousands of workers off the line for months. Some were large enough to change the landscape of America. 1. 1936-1937 Flint Sit-Down Strike In 1936, just a year after the UAW formed and the same year they held their first convention, the union moved to organize workers within a major manufacturer. For extra oomph, they went after the largest in the world – General Motors. UAW Local 174 president Walter Reuther focused on two huge production facilities – one in Flint and one in Cleveland, where GM made all the parts for Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Chevrolet. Conditions in these plants were hellish. Workers weren't allowed bathroom breaks and often soiled themselves while standing at their stations. Workers were pushed to the limit on 12-14 hour shifts, six days a week. The production speed was nearly impossibly fast and debilitating injuries were common. In July 1936, temperatures inside the Flint plants reached over 100 degrees, yet managers refused to slow the line. Heat exhaustion killed hundreds of workers. Their families could expect no compensation for their deaths. When two brothers were fired in Cleveland when management discovered they were part of the union, a wildcat strike broke out.
Brand new cars are being sold with defective Takata airbags
Wed, Jun 1 2016If you just bought a 2016 Audi TT, 2017 Audi R8, 2016–17 Mitsubishi i-MiEV, or 2016 Volkswagen CC, we have some unsettling news for you. A report provided to a US Senate committee that oversees the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and reported on by Automotive News claims these vehicles were sold with defective Takata airbags. And it gets worse. Toyota and FCA are called out in the report for continuing to build vehicles that will need to be recalled down the line for the same issue. That's not all. The report also states that of the airbags that have been replaced already in the Takata recall campaign, 2.1 million will need to eventually be replaced again. They don't have the drying agent that prevents the degradation of the ammonium nitrate, which can lead to explosions that can destroy the airbag housing and propel metal fragments at occupants. So these airbags are out there already. We're not done yet. There's also a stockpile of about 580,000 airbags waiting to be installed in cars coming in to have their defective airbags replaced. These 580k airbags also don't have the drying agent. They'll need to be replaced down the road, too. A new vehicle with a defective Takata airbag should be safe to drive, but that margin of safety decreases with time. If all this has you spinning around in a frustrated, agitated mess, there's a silver lining that is better than it sounds. So take a breath, run your fingers through your hair, and read on. Our best evidence right now demonstrates that defective Takata airbags – those without the drying agent that prevents humidity from degrading the ammonium nitrate propellant – aren't dangerous yet. It takes a long period of time combined with high humidity for them to reach the point where they can rupture their housing and cause serious injury. It's a matter of years, not days. So a new vehicle with a defective Takata airbag should be safe to drive, but that margin of safety decreases with time – and six years seems to be about as early as the degradation happens in the worst possible scenario. All this is small comfort for the millions of people who just realized their brand-new car has a time bomb installed in the wheel or dashboard, or the owners who waited patiently to have their airbags replaced only to discover that the new airbag is probably defective in the same way (although newer and safer!) as the old one.