1934 Chevrolet Master

• The four-door body is faded yellow with salmon-red fenders; the fender paint is chipped through to black in many places and old taxi-style lettering remains on the doors.
• Only one front headlight is fitted, on the right side; the left headlight is missing.
• The engine is a modern V8 with chrome valve covers and headers, set in blue-painted inner fenders.
• The front seats are later brown buckets; one door wears a plain plywood panel and the other doors are bare metal inside.
• Loose wiring lies across the unfinished floors, and there is no rear seat — the rear cabin holds plywood and loose parts.
• The roof is lined with wood slats instead of a headliner.
• The aftermarket odometer photo shows 229 miles.
• The trunk holds a large 'Bumper' sign and a tangle of loose wiring.
• The underside looks clean and black with new-looking silver dual exhaust and mufflers, with light surface rust on the suspension.

Money: At $12,900 the money buys a running-gear-first hot rod — modern V8 and clean underside — with budget to finish the interior, replace the missing headlight and decide on the worn taxi paint, since the cabin as photographed is nowhere near finished.