http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/07/02/1940s-chevy-dealer-re-opens-to-auction-off-500-time-capsule-cars/ (http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/07/02/1940s-chevy-dealer-re-opens-to-auction-off-500-time-capsule-cars/)
wow :o :o
DP said he was going to an auction... but he didnt mention the details.
Quote from: ungeheuer on September 28, 2013, 05:09:41 AM
wow :o :o
DP said he was going to an auction... but he didnt mention the details.
The prices at that particular auction will be out of my league.
Besides...I didn't put a garage sized door into the new house. ;D
... you could build around the vehicle....
like lethe's Jeep.
Really, they couldn't have jacked the cars up and put a cover on them?? REALLY???
Quote from: ducatiz on September 28, 2013, 05:23:09 AM
Really, they couldn't have jacked the cars up and put a cover on them?? REALLY???
I dont think they were keeping the vehicles with a view to their future sale ;)
Parked, just as they were traded.
Quote from: ungeheuer on September 28, 2013, 05:25:36 AM
I dont think they were keeping the vehicles with a view to their future sale ;)
Parked, just as they were traded.
Traded?? The ones I saw were brand new with MSOs on them and 1-10 miles on the odo
They got new cars and never sold them.
Want!!!
Blue truck in background of one picts. [drool]
Quote from: ducatiz on September 28, 2013, 05:29:42 AM
Traded?? The ones I saw were brand new with MSOs on them and 1-10 miles on the odo
They got new cars and never sold them.
That too. Point is they kept 'em.... without any thought to their future value. Just kept 'em.
Quote from: ungeheuer on September 28, 2013, 05:17:57 AM
... you could build around the vehicle....
like lethe's Jeep.
my stuff is a bit more weathered
Now if my Chevelle were in such a never been used state, holy crap would that go for a lot!
The stuff there is going to go for a lot more money than the restored version of the same.
Quote from: DesmoDiva on September 28, 2013, 05:32:18 AM
Want!!!
Blue truck in background of one picts. [drool]
+11tyb
Quote from: ungeheuer on September 28, 2013, 05:17:57 AM
... you could build around the vehicle....
like lethe's Jeep.
I'm going to take a break from building after this house is done. ;)
I heard about this on NPR, apparently the owner of the dealership had a policy of pulling unsold cars off the lot when the next model year came out. Some he kept indoors, but most were just left in the back lot.
Quote from: krolik on September 28, 2013, 10:11:20 AM
I heard about this on NPR, apparently the owner of the dealership had a policy of pulling unsold cars off the lot when the next model year came out. Some he kept indoors, but most were just left in the back lot.
And yet, somehow this dealership went out of business.
Strange...
I'd like one of those old (64ish) Impalas, please.
Quote from: alfisti on September 28, 2013, 10:18:30 AM
And yet, somehow this dealership went out of business.
Strange...
[laugh]
Ill never afford anything like that.
OMFG...
Makes me sick, sick, sick to my stomache how these were hoarded with zero regard to maintenance and just left to rot. These are by no means "new" any longer, they likely have hundreds of parts dry rotted to hell, grease all coagulated as f**k in the moving parts, rats nests galore... Sad sad sad to let this stuff decay with the millions of people that could have enjoyed them over the years.
How is it different than an MH900e, Supermono or 999R with 0 miles? Nobody is maintaining those bikes. They just sit there and get old.
Quote from: Monsterlover on January 29, 2014, 01:49:20 PM
How is it different than an MH900e, Supermono or 999R with 0 miles? Nobody is maintaining those bikes. They just sit there and get old.
I don't like that either, but usually those probably at least get polished every now and then. These cars were stuffed into a dirty storage building like Bowflex's and Xmas ornaments. They weren't valued by anyone.
Quote from: Buck Naked on January 30, 2014, 05:45:33 AM
I don't like that either, but usually those probably at least get polished every now and then. These cars were stuffed into a dirty storage building like Bowflex's and Xmas ornaments. They weren't valued by anyone.
Many sat outside....
The prices most of them brought were absurd, given the condition. None were particularly rare or had desirable drivetrains.