Help me pick my next project

Tallen has a bunch on his Supermotors page...
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You will see a few pictures of a white car there... that is my Burbank, CA cruiser that we haven't touched yet.

My apologies for contributing to the hijacking...
 
Joe, if you're looking for a wagon to do:

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I grew up in one of these. Ours was a dark metallic blue with the 460 in it. In fact, I learned how to drive in this beast. Needless to say, I can parallel park just about anything. My friend still has the car @ his farm. One of these days I might just have to go back and get it and fully restore it.
 
SteveS said:
The condition was badly misrepresented. Reading the listing, the car was in great shape. The car was basically a painted shell, compared to how it is now. When we got it, the car needed a lot of mechanical work. A good example was the seller stating: "Brakes stop fine." True, but the brakes were also metal on metal, and obviously had been for a long time. The pictures of the exhaust system stopped just short of the big holes in each muffler. Pictures of the dashboard were taken at just the right angle so you couldn't see all of the holes in the pad. He had nice pictures of the instrument panel and odometer, and listed the mileage, failing to mention that the odometer and temperature gauge were inoperabe. When we got it to Tracy's house, the odometer still read the same as it did in the picture! The wipers were inoperable. The estimate just to get it to pass inspection was about $1,200. The paint was reasonably good, though.

It's tough buying a car that's 3,000 miles away, sight unseen. The shipping cost was just shy of $1,000. We were able to track the car on the shipping company's website. The car had quite a tour of the country on the way out. I think it took about three weeks.
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That's why I think I'm going to shop locally. I found a 67 Continental about 2 hours from me on ebay. The pictures look a little too well framed. But, the guy did point out its flaws. He left out pics of the trunk and wheel wells and the engine bay pics were really tight. He said it was clean although I saw rust in the wheel wells. I didn't know these things came with 460s BTW! Anyway, there are no bids yet which is telling me something too.

Sully - I was thinking more like 50s or 60s wagon or older sedan deliveries.
 
I have always been fond of Ford Couriers. You don't see them very often - they aren't overdone like a lot of 50s cars. Luckily, they share a lot of parts with "normal" wagons and sedans. There is one around here that I see at shows occasionally.

Here is a picture of another one that I thieved off the web (It's hard to find them!):

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Yep. The air filter cover shows 4V 462. I assumed it was a 460. I know very little about these cars (and engines for that matter). I just admired them from afar. I'm going to start researching them though.
 
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