Saturday, April 23, 2011

Restoration References

Ever wonder what your car looked like when it was new? Ever try to figure out exactly how something went together or was supposed to match up with another part?


Well, ol' Dusty's done found some stuff to help.


Every photo that appears in our Restoration reference section is guaranteed to be factory authentic, from the era, without modification or retouching to the original negatives we acquired from several defunct advertising, merchandising, and training agencies in the Motor City itself.

These are so good, we've sold several sets to well known owners groups to use as aids in judging concours and restorations. 
Dusty is sellin' these as modern photographic prints from the original negatives, sized at 8" x 10" so they'll fit in a standard binder for use in your shop as a reference. As we said, we've done nothing to these negatives, so you're getting all the factory marks, negative numbers, notes, and other stuff that identifies 'em as real. 

 
We've got the first sets up now, covering Buick, Cadillac, Packard,and Studebaker. We'll be adding more to each of these sets, and we'll add more marques in days to come. These are genuine, authentic, manufacturer's photos from back in the day, shot by engineering departments, styling departments, advertising agencies, and training departments. We've got some detailed component photos, engineering prototype photos, and even some styling sketches!

 
You're not going to find a more authentic, more authoratative source for how your car or truck was manufactured, and you sure won't find these anywhere's else. Dusty owns the negatives and the copyrights, so the only place you should be able to get 'em is right here!\

Like Ol' Dusty is always sayin'... Where else you gonna find cool ol' stuff like this?

 
Til next time from sumplace out on the road,


Dusty

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Boy, Howdy!

'Member a few weeks ago when Ol Dusty kinda teased ya a bit about all the cool old collector pins he found? Well, the folks back at the barn have got over a hunnert of 'em up fer ya to see on Dusty's website.

Here's a direct link to the page they's all on:

http://www.dustybarnfinds.com/COLLECTORPINS.html

Now gets yerself over ther and check 'em out. There's bound to be one or two ya just know ya shoulda kept, or at least can't live without now!

And check back often, cause them folks at the barn are earnin' their keep by addin' more stuff all the time!

Til next time, from sumwheres out on the road,

Dusty

Friday, April 1, 2011

Seems they weren't watchin' TV

Howdy... coupla' days ago, ol Dusty finally gets back to the barn for a few minutes. Ya know, to unload all this cool ol' stuff you shoulda kept! An' I had a mess of it!

Anyways, I'm wanderin' around the barn, pokin' my head in different spaces, and generally messin' where I ain't been messin' in a while, and all of a sudden like, I comes across this guy watchin' television! At least I thought he was watchin' television.

Now ol' Dusty don't take too good to payin' folks for watchin' TV, and just as I was fixin' to show his self the way to the door, he says he wants to show me the new pages on the website! Website, huh? Well, turns out he was right in the middle of gettin' all those great collector pins up onto Dusty's website an' wanted to show me how they looked. (You can see them too... go to www.DustyBarnfinds.com and click on the COLLECTOR PINS button).

Seems he's already got over 150 of 'em photographed, put into the computer and has 'em up in a big ol' gallery where you can see 'em all at once an' then clicky on each little picture an' get a big picture too! Dusty's ain't exactly the high tech type, ya knows, so all this is pretty much magic to me, but, I know when sumthin' is really really cool, an' folks, this is.

So we're jawin' about what to charge fer all these pins, sum of what are really unusual and hard to find. He's done a bunch of research on 'em and starts tellin' me how much each an' every one is worth, an' then how much it is to ship 'em an insure 'em an' such, an' pretty soon ol Dusty's head is 'splodin. So's I did sum decidin', right then, right there.

"Charge 'em $12.00 for any of 'em, an' give 'em free shipping and insurance too", I decided! The boy tried to tell me that sum of 'em are worth a whole lot more, but I just told him that in that case, one of y'all is gonna get a sweet deal. After all, that's what ol' Dusty's come to be known for... cool old stuff at great prices!

Now I knows from lookin' through those boxes that we ain't got but one or maybe two of each of those pins at the most, so if I was y'all, I'd be gettin' my eyes on over to that page an' scoopin up the goodies as quick as I could!

As for me, I'm gettin' about as full as I needs to be of all this business stuff. I'm headed back out on the road to find more cool old stuff ya shoulda kept! This ol barn is a bit too small for me for long!

'Til next time, from sumplace headed towards the road,

Dusty