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Welcome to Lake City Classics. I have admired and owned cars from the fifties since way back in my high school days. I owned a 58 Ford in high school, and although that particular one is gone, I do still have the one I bought a year after I graduated. I have built many cars over the years, some for myself and family, others for friends and customers. I operated an auto repair business for a few years back in the eighties, but decided the "newer" vehicles were just too complicated and I sold that business. I spent the next 12 plus years selling farm supplies "door to door". A lot of days I spent more time searching for cars than actually selling supplies. I have been in most of the farm yards, pastures and tree groves within 150 miles of my home. I did keep maps and records of all the classic vehicles that I had located. At one time, the list was well over 1,000. Most of these were 50s cars and pickups, but, some older, and some up into the 60s. I have since retired from my sales route and have built a shop at my acreage outside of Watertown, South Dakota. I do mechanical restoration for customers and build street rods and customs. I have been starting to go back through all my notes and maps, and although a lot of these old vehicles are now gone, hundreds are still available. I am still searching for new leads and find more all the time. Most of the vehicles I find are pretty much parts cars and project cars, at best. Occasionally, I find a real nice, driver type oldie. I bring home new inventory almost every week. Most of these, I will eventually list on ebay, first as complete parts cars, and then if they don't sell, I will part them out. I am also continuing to update this site and will have more parts cars, project cars and individual parts listed soon. I will try to be fair on my prices, however, I will have a minimum charge for small parts because even the smallest parts can have rusty screws and bolts and can take quite a bit of time to remove. I will also take care not to damage parts during removal and also take care packaging and shipping them. If you don't see what you want on this site, contact me and I can check to see if I can help you locate what you are looking for. Check back here frequently because the inventory is constantly changing. |