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of your time..Or if you have an old catalog with prices ,post em ,,I will look at them.. mine is from a 1937 Sears Catalog I found in a vacant house over 50 years ago ..



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My late ex father in law built a garage and if I remember correctly it was from the Sears catalog. It was like a kit. They dropped it off and he built it.

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I have heard of that before by a old timer I was talking with some years back .

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They used to sell houses that way.
Kim

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Kim,, I have not seen the latest photos of your 57 ,,,and wanting to see where you are at after starting the build back in 2008 ? I think it was..

I bought a brand new 65 shevy short box and it was the light blue and white ,,, I think that was the color you were going to paint yours , can you post an update for me ,,and others on the 57 ?

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These catalogs are best, I have a 1927 edition under the coffee table, fun and interesting to look through

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My old neighbor actually owned the Gladstone model above, entire house came on railroad, too cool

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I would like to see the plans of one of these houses bought from Sears and erected (or built ) which ever way they advertized it..

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Yep, that would be something to stumble on the old plans. My old home was built in 1928, a tudor, most solid home I've ever had, when wood was good, heavily grained, true to size if not slightly over. Miss having an old home.

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68panelman
curious
Does your old 1928 catalog have pieces of real material to show to the women for their dresses choice?

like this

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I took wood shop and built things in the '60s and '70s. The growth rings between then and now are day and night. I've worked construction on much older buildings, and the wood we have now is nothing like what went into those old houses. I go to the Habitat ReStore to get old dressers and such to make projects from. That old wood is so much better than the stuff you can buy today.

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[quote=GOPAPA;8828116]No mine does not, that's fantastic those are still intact

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Really no changes from my last pics in my build thread.
Life keeps getting in the way of the truck.
Trying to put my youngest boy through college and that takes most extra cash.
Hoping to get back on the truck when that settles down a bit.
Very frustrating walking past it in the garage and not being able to get it done.
Still going to paint it blue though.
Kim

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You are doing a good thing Kim.. in a way,,,,,,, I hope the son is in his last year of college so you can get back to finishing a terrific job on the 57 Truck..

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Going into his second year so a ways to go yet.
Never know what might happen to make things easier though.
Kim

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It took me 6-1/2 years to get my 4-year B Sc degree, but I was self-supporting. It helped that I had the GI Bill, but not that much.