CARHUNTER : SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD DAY 5 PART 1 BAD MASTERPIECE CLASSIC CARS, GOOD

THE BAD

Whiteland Indiana

I am a MOPAR guy and been looking for a truck and had one with me with an open title for partial trade, very cool big block truck found online in the hotel , a/c p/s auto and I am serious about checking it out!

I see a bunch of body work,but still interested. $16900 and the salesman informs me that is the price period and the owner says there's the door. Then tells me he was offered $15000 I think and the owner said $15500 or something and told the guy to take a walk! Even more so since we are in the back and by the door can we take it outside so I can take a good look and take it for a ride? NOPE he will only take it outside if I give him a deposit! So I said so you just told me to take a walk huh? He said even if we take it outside I can't drive it because their insurance does not cover driving the vehicles on the street. The winner of the jackarse of the year goes to? You fill in the blanks on this one! The salesman runs out to me as I am driving away and tells me the owner will take I think $14000 now, WTF? I would not even use his bathroom, never mind buy a vehicle from them, what an awful dealer!

He had some cool cars, like this Olds powered Front wheel drive truck with the slightest chop top

This S10 little beauty had a 511 HP 420 CI Lingenfelter under the hood with a 6 speed

cost $70000 could be yours for $19900 today?

I have never been in such an unfriendly dealer!

THE GOOD
Just a bit down the road is Ray Skillman Motors in Greenwood Indiana everything NEW FORD, DODGE and you name it.
Next to the body shop is a quiet little building with this unreal collection and yes you are welcomed to come in and check it all out!

Not much to add here because the collection speaks for itself and I do thank Mr. Skillman for sharing with us!

What a cool Kurtis!!

So would a buy a car from Skillman, HELL YEAH!

A MINI club stopped in that day, they were everywhere!

Been trying to get here for years

Just to be clear the city of Richmond Indiana has no significance to Model T's except it was chosen to house the museum!!

You can have a car any color as long as it's black said Henry Ford and I just learned the first year of production you could not get Black!!! This actually now is the 2nd oldest Model T known to exist!!

It appears Black did not become the factory color until 5 years into production!

Debunking a common myth= 1st cars

Red only on Touring cars like the one above

Gray only on Town Cars

NO BLACK AVAILABLE YET!

Paint was not durable and it seemed black was the most durable and became the standard and only color for several years!

Body Colors

Year	Ford Color	Modern Color	Mfgr.	Number	Formula
1909-14	Red	Carmine	DuPont	7410AH	n/a
1909-14	Green	Brewster Green Medium	Ditzler	1017	DAL: 46=10 55=30 27=100 49=256 10=464 2=1074
1909-14	Gray	Gray	DuPont	72092A	n/a
1909-14	Blue	Midnight Blue	DuPont	81501A	n/a
1915-27	Black	Black	-	-	-
1926	Channel Green	Green	Ditzler	546	DAL: 27=68 4=148 17=534 2=744 46=1102
1926	Windsor Maroon	Maroon	?	?	?
1927	Commercial Green	Rock Moss Green	Ditzler	117	DAL: 46=70 27=104 10=200 49=460 2=724 17=1072
1927	Channel Green	Green	Ditzler	546	DAL: 27=68 4=148 17=534 2=744 46=1102
1927	Drake Green	Vagabond Green	Ditzler	122	DAL: 49=382 4=484 46=586 17=1094
1927	Highland Green	Dark Green	DuPont	4190A	n/a
1927	Phoenix Brown	Rosewood Beige	Ditzler	DDL-20064	n/a
1927	Gunmetal Blue	Gunmetal Blue	Ditzler	436	DAL: 43=10 6=150 46=338 42=674 2=1056
1927	Moleskin	Moleskin Brown	Ditzler	544	DAL: 27=82 6=278 46=428 2=1068
1927	Royal Maroon	Ford Maroon	Ditzler	1011	DAL: 27=144 2=626 48=1060
1927	Fawn Grey	Dawn Gray	Ditzler	434	DAL: 42=46 25=142 6=352 46=1102

This car changed the world and I am not going to get into the history, but it took about 1 1/2 to build a complete car, in fact you can visit the Henry Ford In Dearborn and watch them assemble one right in front of you and drive it out!