Huge Muscle Car Stash Found

[Code Red]

My brother sent me this link

damn lucky SOB

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/article/Huge_muscle_car_stash_found/

[Krazed]

Hate to break it to ya, but thats semi-old news.

Either way, its still awesome!

[Code Red]

Hate to break it to ya, but thats semi-old news.

Either way, its still awesome!


yeah I realize the date on the article but yeah still awesome stuff

[Bishop73]

Wow, talk about a dream come true!!

[69LT1Nova]

No mention of how much cash the dude dropped for buying that collection. I'm sure he got his $$ worth though...

[Code Red]

appears from another site it was said all trailers and contents were bought for 1 mil and then sold as a lot for over 1 mil and then resold for 2 mil

[69LT1Nova]

Yeah, 'cause the everyday man has a cool mil laying around to go blow on vintage muscle cars/parts.

Makes me proud to be a Joe Touring kinda guy.

[Dante]

this past on the hot rod mag. a while back bad ass rides and parts.

[1969CamaroRS]

appears from another site it was said all trailers and contents were bought for 1 mil and then sold as a lot for over 1 mil and then resold for 2 mil

Wow dropping 1 Mil on sight unseen was pretty risky. But now the family that sold must be kicking themselves.

[Ishmael]

I doubt they would be. They got a cool million for nothing. They must have been doing alright to begin with if the guy's hobby was to stash expensive cars like a squirrel stashs nuts. Speaking of nuts, what was the guy planning on doing, selling all them right before he died and being burried with the money. I'll be the first to reply here and say it bothers me when people hoard cars like baseball cards. Ya, "he had foresight." Even if I had foresight and the cash I still wouldn't hoard cars and parts away from people who might actually get some use out of them. Muscle cars are meant to be driven - hard, not socked away. The good things are that the family got anything and didn't get screwed and that the cars and parts got released back into the wild unless some other Scrouge bought them for his "private museum."

[WS6]

I doubt they would be. They got a cool million for nothing. They must have been doing alright to begin with if the guy's hobby was to stash expensive cars like a squirrel stashs nuts. Speaking of nuts, what was the guy planning on doing, selling all them right before he died and being burried with the money. I'll be the first to reply here and say it bothers me when people hoard cars like baseball cards. Ya, "he had foresight." Even if I had foresight and the cash I still wouldn't hoard cars and parts away from people who might actually get some use out of them. Muscle cars are meant to be driven - hard, not socked away. The good things are that the family got anything and didn't get screwed and that the cars and parts got released back into the wild unless some other Scrouge bought them for his "private museum."

These cars and parts were bought and stashed over a long period of time during times when these cars and parts were cheap. The guy would did this was not wealthy. The story is that he was actually a very nice and open person. However, a close friend double crossed him and he took it hard. He become some what of a recluse/odd ball. The prevent from being double crossed again, he went to great lengths to swap non numbers matching engines into otherwise correct cars. He also took the trailers, welded the doors shut, and parked them back to back. All that because on person whom he trusted screwed him over.

[Ishmael]

So he was smart to stash them when times were hard. Hoarding is still hoarding. Could have been the greatest guy in the world but what do you need trailers of parts and cars for? Getting screwed over is no excuse for locking that stuff away forever. Its got nothing to do with money, or wanting what he has or anything else. I just don't like it when people hoard things that they are never going to use that others would. The guy that bought them was hoping to give that engine back to the guy with the Nova. That engine belongs in that Nova - not in the back of a trailer. Sure he enjoyed collecting the parts and he was knowledgable about those parts and helped others out. But was he actally enjoying the collection that was locked away? Did he need those parts or cars? Did anyone get to enjoy those parts or cars? I'm sure that he meant to do something with them someday but something went wrong when he welded everything shut. I stand by what I said: muscle cars are meant to be driven.

[Throttle]

I have a 1970 Chevelle Ls6/4 speed that is just sitting here.. do you hate me now too.. :D

[Restomod]

Nice guy or not he was not one bit different that the guys we have all seen with the car stuck in a field that says " Im gonna fix it someday!".

[Ishmael]

I have a 1970 Chevelle Ls6/4 speed that is just sitting here.. do you hate me now too.. :D

That depends, do you have 17 of them and trailer loads of parts?
I don't hate that guy either. I just think its wrong. One, two, three cars that will never leave is one thing but 17 and trailer loads of parts that are never going to see the light of day? Somebody tell me that is normal. Someone tell me that is right.

[WS6]

It may not be normal but you have no right to pass judgment on if it's right or not.

I know what your saying though. i agree to a large extent but I also believe in private property rights. Sure it burns me up to see a great car rotting away but I'm not going to do anything more than try and buy it from a person.

Do think about this though. If this guy didn't do what he did would the fate of these cars have ended up being so great? It could easily be argued that this guy intentional or not preserved these cars and because of him, they have now seen the light of day once more when they are valuable and desired. Versus someone popping open the trailers in the early 80s and thinking how much money they could get for scrapping them

[Chevrolaine]

I just think its wrong. One, two, three cars that will never leave is one thing but 17 and trailer loads of parts that are never going to see the light of day? Somebody tell me that is normal. Someone tell me that is right.

It's perfectly normal and right. The guy had no idea what todays prices would be when he welded those doors shut.
Guys collect stuff, and those with lots of space aren't concerned about getting rid of it cause it's their "stuff".
I've got lots of stuff in my barns but nothing to that extent, actually it's mostly junk, and I keep telling my kids it'll be their job to get rid of my stuff. LOL

[dadto2jays]

That was a great article new or old i dont care it is still awesome. thks for sharing.

[Ishmael]

You guys are right. He's got every right to stash those cars away. I still think its sad but he has that right. I have no right to pass judgement about the guy. I maintain that it has nothing to do with money on my part or his although he had to know that a yenko was going to be valuable. And I am glad that the guy that popped the doors didn't sell it all for scrap not that anyone - even the original "collector" - would have. Maybe those cars and those parts would have returned to the earth by now if not for him. Or maybe they would have been driven into the ground while being enjoyed. It doesn't really matter at this point because someone else bought the whole lot. I just hope that guy that bought it all sells it all on ebay and doesn't just put it all in a dark corner of his collection.
Ask yourself this though, if I collected 21 trailers loads of Royal Dalton figurines or 21 trailer loads of beanie babies or whatever, then sealed them all up, other than thinking "great less crap," wouldn't you think I was a little off?