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There is a more complete story on external links, but due to the heat and humity around here, I spend quite a few hours pouring over the auction web site http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/auctions_current.php

 

And have a summary of never sold Chev Cars

 

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* LOT .            .x.  VEHICLE                                                                                . VIN   NUMBER  .   .      . MILES   .
*=====.=====.=.===============================================.===============.===.======.=========.
 53    15L     1978 Chevrolet Indy Pace Car CORVETTE            1Z87L8S904699  3   MSO          4.0
 54    1L      1964 Chevrolet Impala 2dr HT                     41847S267633   3   MSO          4.0
 55    24L     1963 Chevrolet Impala 2dr HT                     1847J340437    3   MSO         11.0
 56    3K      1965 Chevrolet Impala 2dr HT                     164375S290404  3   MSO         12.0
 57    11K     1965 Chevrolet Impala 2dr HT                     164375S234835  4   MSO         10.0
 58    4K      1964 Chevrolet Belair 4dr WAGON                  41635J337787   3   MSO        326.0
 59    8K      1966 Chevrolet Belair 4dr SEDAN                  156696S163973  3   MSO          7.0
 60    5L      1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza COUPE               30927W264244   3   MSO         17.0
 61    6L      1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza COUPE               30927W269957   3   MSO         17.0
 64    46      1977 Chevrolet Vega HATCHBACK COUPE              1V77B7U102358  3   MSO          6.0
 78    43      1966 Chevelle 4dr HT                             136396K115279  5   MSO          7.0
 93    10K     1965 Chevrolet Impala 4dr SPORT SEDAN            164395J327942  4-  MSO          6.0
 129   45L     1978 Chevrolet Impala 4dr SEDAN                 1L69U8S282170   5   MSO          4.0
 130   46L     1978 Chevrolet Impala 4dr SEDAN                 1L69U8S291823   5   MSO          5.0
 131   47L     1979 Chevrolet Impala 4dr SEDAN                 1L69G9C181644   5   MSO          4.0
 133   49L     1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic                                  4   MSO          7.0
 201   117L    1979 Chevrolet Impala Station                   1L35L9C165511   4   MSO          1.0
 202   108L    1982 Chevrolet Chevette                         1G1AJ68C3CA170718 4 MSO        817.0
 203   119L    1960 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 4DR SEDAN          005869K19375    2   MSO             
 204   120L    1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza COUPE              309270117174    4   MSO         13.0
 205   121L    1960 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 4DR SEDAN          00769K112531    4   MSO          4.0
 206   128L    1960 Chevrolet Corvair Monza 4DR SEDAN          00769K109166    4   MSO             
 207   123L    1964 Chevrolet corvair 4dr SEDAN                00527W225802    4-  MSO         15.0
 208   124L    1963 Chevrolet Corvair 95 GREENBRIAR VAN        3R125S108451    4-  MSO         46.0
 209   125L    1977 Chevrolet Vega HATCHBACK WAGON             1V15B7U138603   4   MSO          1.0
 213   129L    1986 Chevrolet Cavalier 4dr SEDAN               1G1AD6965CJL39351 5 MSO         24.0
                        ..... END REPORT .....                                                     

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Hope that I can reply to my own topic...... in addition to this list of new pickups, there are a bunch of used ones, including a 1955 Dodge with 57,000 miles

Because this sale would appeal to the other guys, I bet this Dodge goes cheap.

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* LOT .     .x.  VEHICLE                                      . VIN   NUMBER  .   .      . MILES  
*=====.=====.=.===============================================.===============.===.======.=========
 51    11L   P 1958 Chevrolet Cameo Pickup                      3A58K118014    3   MSO          1.3
 52    5K    P 1958 Chevrolet Apache 31 SERIES PICKUP           3A58K101618    3   MSO          5.0
 74    87    P 1960 Chevrolet Apache 10 1/2 PICKUP STEPSIDE     0C154K138279   4   MSO          2.0
 109   25L   P 1964 Chevrolet C10 1/2 TON PICKUP               4C154 J 159971  4   MSO          4.0
 110   26L   P 1964 Chevrolet C10 1/2 ton PICKUP               4C154J145440    4   MSO          2.0
 111   27L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                                       MSO         26.0
 112   28L   P 1964 Chevrolet C10 1/2 ton PICKUP                               5   MSO            
 113   29L   P 1963 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   3C154J1410199   4-  MSO         29.0
 114   30L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   4C154 67136911  4   MSO          5.0
 115   31L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   4C154J156498    4   MSO          8.0
 116   32L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   4C154J160201    4   MSO          3.0
 117   33L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   4C154J152865    4-  MSO          5.0
 118   34L   P 1965 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   C1545J1647704   4   MSO          4.0
 119   35L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   C1545J154822    4-  MSO          5.0
 120   36L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                                   4-  MSO          6.0
 121   37L   P 1963 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   3C154J140232    4   MSO         16.0
 122   38L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   4C154J160944    5   MSO          5.0
 123   39L   P 1965 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   C1545J159340    4-  MSO          4.0
 124   40L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   4C154J161283    4-  MSO          4.0
 125   41L   P 1964 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   4C154J54691     4   MSO          8.0
 126   42L   P 1972 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   CCE142S335804   5   MSO          3.0
 127   43L   P 1977 Chevrolet C10 Custom 4X4                   CK1147J103334   5   MSO          5.0
 128   44L   P 1976 Chevrolet 1/2 ton Pickup                   CKL146F440456   5   MSO          4.0
 161   77L   T 1979 Chevrolet C70 Truck                        C17DE9V157500   3   MSO          5.0
 189   104L  P 1979 Chevrolet Big 10 Pickup                    CCU449F485156   5   MSO          3.0
                        ..... END REPORT .....                                                    

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I also spent a lot of time looking at the pictures for the Day 2 auction where most of the stuff is used, like a junk yard. There are a couple of 53/54 Plymouths, a few Studebakers, a couple of chrysler convertibles. And for the Hamb guys there is a 49 Merc sedan and a 46 Ford Sedan.

Here is the details on the 1955 Dodge Pickup

155 71L P 1955 Dodge 100 Pickup 1161710672 5 TITLE 56,889

Dennis ..... END REPORT .....

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I'm of mixed opinion, Ram.

 

Word of the auction has definitely gotten around, but it's in Pierce, Neb., and that's a couple of hours from anywhere, let alone any really major city. And it's been so frequently billed as a Chevy auction that until Dennis did all this legwork, I doubted there were many non-Chevy models in the mix. ... But there are quite a few.

 

I think the Chevy stuff will go dear, but Dennis might be right that the other makers will go much cheaper. There are some restorable Ford pickups in the sale, about a '68 Torino (I think) that looked fairly solid, etc., and I think those could be very reasonable.

 

By the way, I just noticed you can bid online for the next 30 days, to set a baseline I guess for where the live bidding starts. Some of the cars might be won online, I suppose. But there's a Chevelle SS 396 that's already at $10,000.

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info on this auction is really getting around! i would really like to attend but i know everything i would want is going to go for more then id like to spend so guess there isnt much point in teasing myself

My wife said that I should go, but I told her that it would be like visiting a whorehouse, not In my league and what would I do with one?

Dennis

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My wife said that I should go, but I told her that it would be like visiting a whorehouse, not In my league and what would I do with one?

Dennis

 

I could meet you there and we could be accountabilibuddies. Keep each other from committing any mortal sins while taking in the sights.

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Pierce, NE is 125 miles NW of Omaha and 75 miles SW of Souix City, IO.  Thus, while 'isolated' yet accessible. It is beautiful corn country and lots of polka music on the local am stations. Lots of Germans, Bohemians, and Polish folk up there. We called them "Krouts", "Bohunks" and "Poles" back in the '50's before the term 'politically correct' was coined. 

 

Note to the administrators, this is a history lesson, not an political statement!. 

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I can't imagine what a logistical nightmare this could be.  It's gotten to be such a big deal that the History Channel is going to be on-site recording the event for posterity.  Iola, Hershey, and Carlisle are bad enough, but they do this every year and they know what they are doing.  I'm imagining backed-up traffic for miles getting into Pierce NE, and parking being a complete cluster.  Think: the original Woodstock.  I'll watch the highlights and commentary on the History Channel!  If it were a MoPar dealer, I'd consider going just so I could tell people that I was there, but I don't want to be any where near this mess.

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I can't imagine what a logistical nightmare this could be.  It's gotten to be such a big deal that the History Channel is going to be on-site recording the event for posterity.  Iola, Hershey, and Carlisle are bad enough, but they do this every year and they know what they are doing.  I'm imagining backed-up traffic for miles getting into Pierce NE, and parking being a complete cluster.  Think: the original Woodstock.  I'll watch the highlights and commentary on the History Channel!  If it were a MoPar dealer, I'd consider going just so I could tell people that I was there, but I don't want to be any where near this mess.

 

 

You might be right. And I just noticed you are in Hiawatha! ... I have kinda-kin in Hiawatha.

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We moved to Hiawatha earlier this year after commuting from Topeka to Sabetha for three months.  My wife works part-time in Hiawatha so she knows a few people, but I don't know folks in Hiawatha.  I would have preferred to live in Sabetha since that is where I work, but the housing rental market is tight in small-town America (no one wants to risk renting out their house to strangers, only to have it trashed).  Very hard to get in contact with home owners looking to sell to discuss rental possibility, and then convince them that we will treat property well.  Current landlord has been great to work with: career National Guard. 

 

Landlord in Topeka pretty much an absentee slumlord.  Collected rent, never fixed any thing, and then withheld security deposit citing disposal of items left behind that were on-site when we took possession.  He even expected us to show the house for him while in process of moving out since he lived in Wichita and couldn't be bothered to do himself.  I noticed that some one finally moved in this summer after house vacant for 6 months.  Items warranting disposal still on-site.  I only hope that they didn't buy the house from him for any where near his inflated asking price.  Landlord asking $130K for $60K house: rotting front porch, leaky windows, cobbled wiring, poor amateur renovations of kitchen and bathroom, rotting plywood playcastle in back yard, dangerous dying huge maple trees in front yard, and overgrown bushes blocking ill-situated garage.  The house has gorgeous original woodwork on 1st story, and lots of potential, but was a $130K property only after pouring about $80K into it.  What was once a desirable upper middle-class neighbourhood when our cars were new is falling into disrepair as elderly homeowners moving into nursing homes and selling at loss to slumlords and unprepared home-buyers. 

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Sounds like small-town Kansas and a lot of landlords everywhere, yep.

 

My brother's niece is a department manager at Walmart there and her husband is something of an old-car guy and owns a wrecker service. He's a good guy and knows his work, so if you ever need a rollback to get 'er home, call Hook-Up Towing.  ;)

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My mother tells me now that Laura may be the assistant store manager. ... I see her a couple of times a year at family events and haven't talked to her much about work. But I've always liked her a lot and I like her husband, Scott.

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