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Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:53 pm

Unless the negatives are reversed, it's not a RHD.

Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:59 pm

Someone there loves green paint. :lol:

Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:14 pm

Yeh, its not a 23 its a Barndoor!!!!

51 Split Vert
58 Ghia Vert
Barndoor
51 Split Rag
and on and on and on

That was my point on the car. It is not an OG RHD, but a RHD pan and all the parts needed to convert it.

Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:10 pm

vogel22 wrote:

The Good
99% of the parts are there and original to the car.
Quote: The pan is an original RHD, but the body in a LHD

:?: :?: :?:

Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:11 pm

vogel22 wrote: Yeh, its not a 23 its a Barndoor!!!!

51 Split Vert
58 Ghia Vert
Barndoor
51 Split Rag
and on and on and on

That was my point on the car. It is not an OG RHD, but a RHD pan and all the parts needed to convert it.

it looks like the house of "moneygreen"

Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:44 pm

The car is complete, but has been patched from old rust areas. It currently has a 51 RHD pan, but the OG engine trans and front beam. I have a 51 LHD pan as well.

The owner has all the parts necessary to make it a RHD, but the question is should it be converted and is it worth the money since it has been patched.

I think most people agree it appears to be worth the money, but it should be left as a LHD.

Am I on track?? Thanks for all the advice...

Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:11 pm

Sorry all I see in the pic is a split vert. Is there something else I am supposed to be seeing???

:wink: :wink:

Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:14 pm

Yeh, he's not interested in selling the vert or the barndoor.

But, I did find a very nice 55 Oval Vert. Will be getting some pictures of that soon too.

Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:18 pm

You guys asked for it and got double doseed :) LOL.

Damn that collection is nice.

Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:08 pm

I'm sure his phone is ringing off the hook today. I would not have posted those photos without securing it first, as there are plenty of people who know him.

Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:17 am

I thought that the only pre 52 RHDs were from Ireland, (although i think that south africa may have started in 1951). The numbers produced in Ireland were very small and the number of surviving cars is miniscule so if thats an original RHD 1951 pan thats got to be pretty damn rare.

Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:51 pm

It has been sitting for ~12 years with the exception of the two weeks I had it running untill one of the rebuilt heads failed. It belonged to a british army officer who moved to the American midwest to become a farmer. I bought it off of a guy in Puget sound Washington area. Had it running for a few years when I was in the Navy and just afterwards then I overheated it cracked the heads.

Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:59 pm

Here you go.

Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:07 pm

Thanks. Shure miss driving it. When I put it on the road every cop for the next three counties stoped me to check it out. Most had never seen semaphores. I redid the canvas top and had it painted black, use to be peesoup army green. It is a late 1951.

Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:08 pm

Put it back the way it was as a piece of history. Peasoup Army Green. IMO
Dewane

Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:40 am

More pictures of Money Green Please :!: I have only heard stories of this Barndoor.

Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:53 pm

I'm surprised people would pay that much for this car. $12k unless it has a birth certificate that says it’s a genuine rag top and RHD car I would pass. Plus who knows what is hiding under that green paint.

Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:31 am

57Drag wrote: More pictures of Money Green Please :!: I have only heard stories of this Bardoor.

x2!

Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:39 am

campingbox wrote: I'm sure his phone is ringing off the hook today. I would not have posted those photos without securing it first, as there are plenty of people who know him. Yeah. The moneygreen paint is a dead giveaway.

Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:20 pm

johnshenry wrote: Sorry all I see in the pic is a split vert. Is there something else I am supposed to be seeing???

:wink: :wink:

thats what i said. That is a sick garage. :)