pleasantly odd day at U-Pull parts (Sun Valley, CA)

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On my way up to visit Ron Ackerman, I dropped in to U-Pull, they
often have a few AMCs. Only two cars, a totally ruinated and
picked-over Eagle (from which I got power-steering bracketry,
headliner mount strip).

The other car was -- a 1953 Nash! After a double-take, I'm ogling
it trying to figure out what year/model, this young kid (21?)
walks up and looks, I said something like "not many cars this old
get here!", he asked if I knew what it was (50's Nash) then he
rattled off model ID stuff (teeth on cowl vent, etc), turns out
has has a 52, 53 and a 48! Not hotrodding or lowering them, more
or lest restos.

That's just plain (pleasantly) weird. He found all of his cars, he
said, by driving around neighboorhoods, peering in back yards and
garages, and asking the owners if they walt to sell it. Got the 52
for $200, the 48 Ambo for $500 in Oxnard.

This Nashcan clearly sat or some time before it got to the yard.
The interior exploded stuffing in intact seat frames.  Engine oil
caked with cathair. Hole in head (otherwise I would have taken the
2bbl head). No door panels, and all the smaller stuff long gone --
steering wheel, knobs, levers, trim, etc. Overdrive trans, axles,
etc all gone.

I got the radio, intact, filthy, but I'll make it work.

On the Least Coast people might pay money for this hulk -- all the
sheet metal was intact and in decent shape. Sweeping bonk on front
fender/door, but you could almost push it out. Surface rust inside
doors, but not one single rust-through anywhere, not rockers,
inner fenders, etc.  White repaint terrible, but no signs of heavy
damage at any time. Kids jumped the roof in. Most glass intact
(but cloudy).