Santa found a California Small Mouth ! !

[GilsTR]

Santa has this ride in his bag. Could be under your tree if you have been a good boy! ! (Not my car) Gil NoCal
https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/2751831961.html

 

[jwolff]

Nice, but the vin doesn't sound right: # TS1096UL, is that a typo? My '56 is TS10193

 

[GilsTR]

Obviously not my ride....But would guess you are correct...and the VIN is off. The "U" must be a number also. Gil NoCal

 

[Geo Hahn]

Looks like they put brand new stickers on the air cleaners then ran out of money or got discouraged.

Hope it finds a good home.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

$9750 seems pretty optimistic, no?

 

[Deleted member 8987]

Paid more for the special "A WINNER" plates than he did on the entire restoration.....

 

[TR6BILL]

I wonder is Charlie Sheen has seen that ad?

 

[GilsTR]

Not sure how far he is from this car...But I think that Randall is somewhere in the region. Gil NoCal

 

[martx-5]

Yeah, that price is a bit steep. He mentions floors, so who knows what other rust problems it has. Doesn't have disc brakes either, but I suppose it wouldn't be too hard to add.

 

[Marvin Gruber]

Bought one a lot cheaper last summer. Drum brakes, overdrive and wire wheels on mine. Body about the same condition. Engine runs good.

Marv

 

[TR3driver]

IMO, price is WAY steep. I paid about half of that for my 56, with disc brakes and almost no rust at all. For $9k, I could have bought a running car.

There also seem to be some wrong parts : looks like a TR4 rocker cover & shift lever. Probably means it has a TR4 engine & gearbox; and I think I can almost see where the tunnel was pounded out to clear.

Wrong rear view mirror as well (not that it's any big deal).

And the blue plate would be from the 70's, which might mean it's not an all-California car (which also helps explain the rust).

I'm about 100 miles north of SD, farther than I'm willing to go for this car.