The most expensive vehicle I've ever seen

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/zip/5905216620.html

Based on purchase price, you would have to put infinity into it.

I posted it in the $2017 classifieds as a free 302, bring a trailer (and carb)

And everyone was wise enough to not be tempted.

Not even close

In reply to HappyAndy:

Very speedycop

Oh, Lord...an airplane graveyard. Never, never, never tell me where this is.

Appleseed wrote: Oh, Lord...and airplane graveyard. Never, never, never tell me where this is.

+1. I'm still looking for a Phantom carcus to "fill out" the ejection seat I bought a few years back, knowing full well once SWMBO saw me drag it home, I'd be a dead man.

kazoospec wrote:

Appleseed wrote: Oh, Lord...and airplane graveyard. Never, never, never tell me where this is.

+1. I'm still looking for a Phantom carcus to "fill out" the ejection seat I bought a few years back, knowing full well once SWMBO saw me drag it home, I'd be a dead man.

Only on grm do I not not need to ask the question, why did you buy an ejection seat?

It's not a free boat with an engine, it's a hauling (no trailer included) and disposing of a 24' fiberglass hull to get a 302 mystery engine and maybe some gauges.

You can cut up a fiberglass boat with a sawzall and put it out with the trash pice by piece. Takes a while, but you can do it.

In reply to mazdeuce:

I recommend wearing a respirator if you opt for that route. Pieces of fiberglass could be cut and shaped for various uses as well.

In reply to mazdeuce:

There's still chunks of RV by the garage from the last time this happened to rescue a 440.

EDIT: I got a better idea, put the boat in a tree. It's a treehouseboat now.

In reply to Chadeux:

My house came with two boats. One got cut up and thrown away, the other one was turned into a sand box for the kids. If it had been this big I would have turned it into a playhouse instead.

mndsm wrote:

kazoospec wrote:

Appleseed wrote: Oh, Lord...and airplane graveyard. Never, never, never tell me where this is.

+1. I'm still looking for a Phantom carcus to "fill out" the ejection seat I bought a few years back, knowing full well once SWMBO saw me drag it home, I'd be a dead man.

Only on grm do I not not need to ask the question, why did you buy an ejection seat?

More like "Where did you find an ejection seat?" Because I'm 4 leg posts away from the most badass client seating in the office at that point.

I legitimately want the treehouseboat to be a thing now. Between this and my fondness of large ugly vehicles, I'm probably going to eventually be the worst homeowner.

mndsm wrote:

kazoospec wrote:

Appleseed wrote: Oh, Lord...and airplane graveyard. Never, never, never tell me where this is.

+1. I'm still looking for a Phantom carcus to "fill out" the ejection seat I bought a few years back, knowing full well once SWMBO saw me drag it home, I'd be a dead man.

Only on grm do I not not need to ask the question, why did you buy an ejection seat?

Wasn't it inconveniently attached to an A-7 cockpit?

Chadeux wrote: I legitimately want the treehouseboat to be a thing now. Between this and my fondness of large ugly vehicles, I'm probably going to eventually be the worst homeowner.

Its a thing. And a pretty cool thing at that.

In reply to daeman:

The0retical wrote:

mndsm wrote:

kazoospec wrote:

Appleseed wrote: Oh, Lord...and airplane graveyard. Never, never, never tell me where this is.

+1. I'm still looking for a Phantom carcus to "fill out" the ejection seat I bought a few years back, knowing full well once SWMBO saw me drag it home, I'd be a dead man.

Only on grm do I not not need to ask the question, why did you buy an ejection seat?

More like "Where did you find an ejection seat?" Because I'm 4 leg posts away from the most badass client seating in the office at that point.

There used to be one in a tent a guy was selling antiques from in lower Manhattan.

Wall-e wrote:

The0retical wrote:

mndsm wrote:

kazoospec wrote:

Appleseed wrote: Oh, Lord...and airplane graveyard. Never, never, never tell me where this is.

+1. I'm still looking for a Phantom carcus to "fill out" the ejection seat I bought a few years back, knowing full well once SWMBO saw me drag it home, I'd be a dead man.

Only on grm do I not not need to ask the question, why did you buy an ejection seat?

More like "Where did you find an ejection seat?" Because I'm 4 leg posts away from the most badass client seating in the office at that point.

There used to be one in a tent a guy was selling antiques from in lower Manhattan.

I bought mine from Ebay several years ago. Initially, I was just buying the "bucket" part of the seat to make a cool office chair. When the bucket arrived, (the look on the UPS guy's face was priceless) I found out it came out of an F-4C that got the first MiG kill for the USAF in Vietnam. Since it had some "history" to it, I ended up sourcing most of the rest of the parts to complete it. I've had it together once to see what I have and what I'm missing. Then I took it back apart to refurbish some of the parts that had been "de-mil'd" (i.e. crushed, cut, etc. to make them inoperable). I've since made a stand for it that looks like a maintenance stand, but will allow it to be used as a novelty chair. The good news is I just need the 3 or 4 days it takes to re-assemble the seat and I'm good to go. The bad news is I haven't found that much free time in the last several years.

BTW - the government isn't releasing these from scrapped aircraft anymore, so if you see one, buy it. Last I checked, mine is worth 2-3x what I paid for it.

I can see worse than buying that boat for the 440. I do know of a guy who scrapped a Chris Craft Constellation for it's engines.

Baltimore does at least appear to have incredibly cheap making for a 302 mustang ghettocet

Extra heavy on the ghetto.

In reply to Chadeux:

well it is Baltimore's CL that we're hitting up here.