Might be worth a look if someone is close. A tonne of cars for auction

http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/a...5&allimages=NO

 

Yeah, there might be a few cars

 

I like how they call it a collection.

 

Collection, more of an addiction they had. Should be a few dollars made from the sale. Would be a crazy auction I think. Some hard to find stuff sitting there

 

And Joe that is cool what you did with google. Puts it in perspective the amount of cars. Thanks

 

While I'm always happy to take credit for someone else's work, I actually just stole that photo from the auction website.

On the other hand, the Google Earth photos of my farm don't look TOO different...

You all can just wait for THAT auction.

 

Well you may just have to post some photos.Drool may take place. lol

 

Quite a back story on this. Rumors of it's existence are the stuff urban legends are made of but few have laid eyes on any of the cars since the salvage yard was closed in 1953. I plan to take a friend who is 76 years young so if any CO members make the trip be sure to give me a shout.

I included a link for those that may be interested.

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...ed-to-auction/

 

Oh, used to be a salvage yard. That's crazy been closed for that long and everything just sat. That's a walk back in time. I would love to go, all depends if I am gone to work somewhere by then

 

That's a couple hour drive for me. Better start saving my money...

 

If it's anything like the auction of all those cars from that old dealership, it will be a wasted trip. A lot of stupid money spent.

 

Oh yes, better have deep wallet. Some will go very high, especially at the start of the sale

 

I wondered about that. No deep pockets here.

 

Those kind of experiences can be invigorating or depressing or both at the same time. With shallow pockets I was always left standing in the back of the crowd drooling as the guys with the bucks would bid on the nice stuff.

 

Still be worth a trip to see these old cars even if you don't buy anything. Once in a lifetime experience I would think

 

That's my thinking.... we're not planning to bid, much less purchase anything. Luckily old iron doesn't pull on my wallet too hard but I am interested in anything auto related. Also, my friend is very excited to see all of those relics in one place and it should be a memorable experience for him.

It's about a 450 mile trip for us one way

 

Ah your closer than I am, I am 1200 miles away. Can you say road trip!!!!!

 

whoa...a coffin nosed chord....wow....

 

Salvage yard is a scary aspect if you intend on an original restoration. Finding and buying the missing parts could take a whole lot of time and a huge amount of money. The street rod crowd are better buyers for what looks like 30's vintage shells. When my dad restored his 36 3-window ford every part was either a thousand or fifteen hundred, it didn't matter what it was. That line-up of partially stripped cars looks to me like a lifetime of chasing original parts or perfect parts for a street rod. JMO