Re: [FWDLK] Expensive Lessons....
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Re: [FWDLK] Expensive Lessons....



Are we supposed to be impressed because he's Tony?

My impression of the eBay listing, his addendum and his Q&A is that he's the type of guy who couldn't tell the same story twice if he had to.

First off he lists the car as a hemi, then he says the 354 was replaced with a 325, but he'd given the serial for the 354, then he says he won't give out the serial #, then he says it was a hemi but heads replaced with poly. Which heads? The 354? The 325? His only clarification, as it were, was that you're not getting a D-500 engine with this purchase.

Look carefully as what you get in the purchase keeps changing. It's basically whatever is left after he takes off what he wants. In fact, at one point he says he's basically just selling the drive train!

One sincere-appearing potential buyer said he wanted to come look at the car, the seller said he wouldn't be around over the weekend [cause he's going to pick up a Lincoln FWIW], then he says he's going to start chopping the car up on Saturday! Three days before the end of the eBay auction!

What I noticed was the PowerFlite control. Can't imagine any police car or any D-500 with P-F. Then I noticed the standard Coronet gold & black interior, same as my folks' car had.

His feedback doesn't look too good either. Some pretty unhappy campers.

To me, this sale is an illustration of what kind of kooks and weirdos we have in the old car hobby.

--Roger van Hoy, Washougal, WA, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '56 Plymouth, '66 Plymouth, '41 Dodge


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Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] Expensive Lessons....



I've been waiting for someone to Post that the seller is nun-udder than
Tony Boccaccio,

Tony is the gentleman who had/has the  "Canadian-built", apparently, 57
CRL D501 2-dr HT.

Tony did show me some documentation, IIRC, to support the Special-Order
status, on that car, AND, I've seen that the CAN Paint/Trim plate DOES
have a light-stamping, on its "Body"
area, on that plate: "KDS-501", but , we are NOT discussing that car,
which was sold to Charlie Marshall, of Frisco-area.

Charlie told me that he is having Tony complete the resto on that car.

The engine number, on "Charlie's" car is KD501-1019, which is a
very-early engine-number (the 1st one bearing [either; they were
"stamped" in both 'prefixes] KD501-1001, or D501-1001. The last one was
reportedly xxx-1102.

Tony, IIRC, has referred to engine # KD501-1090(??), which is a "late"
stamping.

IIRC(ii), that engine may have been bought
FROM Charlie, as I 'recognize' that engine as
the one which has 'floated' around the country, from the PA area,

I obtained a recorded statement from that engine's original owner, years
ago. The engine HAD been installed in an all-black Coro convie D501, but
it had been (lightly!!) wrecked (driven into a ditch, damaging its rt/ft
area), and then, dismantled/discarded...but the engine was pulled and
saved.

In looking @ Tony's "auction" pics, I see no evidence of former "police"
usage/duty.

I wrote to him, anonymously, asking for P/T plate, & 'police'  info, but
never got a response from him.

I'm going to PM Charlie Marshall with this message.

Neil Vedder

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