That Nebraska auction

[austinsailor]

Talked to a friend nearby who bought a car at the big auction. 

 

He bought a '65 4 door Impala, planning to use it and it's title to get one he has with no title put together. He wasn't there, bought it on the internet part of the auction. Got it for $1000.  Drove up to get it.

 

What he found was that they'd lined up the cars with a forklift. One with short forks, but just long enough to go under the car and past the drive shaft. Just long enough to bend the shafts and poke holes in the rusty floors.  He wasn't too happy, but what could he do? It was his by that point.

 

Loaded it on the trailer and took off for home. About 50 miles down the road he looked back to see the back window blow right out, shattering all over the road. Didn't slow down until he got to Missouri!

 

I guess you just really need to buy that sort of thing in person.

[BobT-47P15]

I guess it's a good thing all he really wanted was the title and limited stuff.   I wondered how bad some things

would REALLY be on those cars.

[desoto1939]

Have to figure that when cars sit out in all types of weather, rain, snow, sleet/hail,wind and the the summer heat the gaskets have to be died out and have shrunken after all these years.

 

It is a shame that the auctioneer did not use the proper way to get the cars in line for the sale.

 

If i was the buyer I would have field a complaint with the autioneer to let them know what happened to the bottom of the cars, but byer beware as the saying goes so when you bid on the internet you take your chances on what you will get.

 

So when you go to look at a car you have a better idea of what you are getting or at least bidding on.  It sound as if the aution was like a shark frenzie going after live bait inthe water.  Everyone got caught up in the moment and the bidding.

 

But they forgot that these are just old cars and that they will all need a total resrotation if they want to be driveable.  The cameo pickup was overpriced for the damaged roof.  You can not show this car at an AACA national meet because each car or truck even if original needs to be driven onto the show field under its own power. So I can not see how this truck wil ever be shown or only if a special ruling is made at a show.

 

Just my 25 cents worth.

 

Rich Hartung

[fstfish66]

also at this auction, they were in over there heads,,it was the older couples kids that pushed them to sell,,,things were being damaged and stolen out of the woods where the 450 used cars were sitting,,

 

on  friday the day before  the auction, the  auction people brought out all the old N.O.S  stuff that had been sittign for years,they laid it all on the ground out side, the area was guarded that night, but it rained,,,all the n.o.s stuff was covered in mud and the boxes were ruined,,

[Dodgeb4ya]

The owners wanted to get rid of the parents huge pile of...old dirty rusty and ugly 3 mile  odo cars. They hired a auction company. The company advertised and advertised showing lots of pictures and video for months on end. The preview was given. The prospective buyers had their chance to view the car of a life time they could own if they bid high enough.

They won their diamond in the rough and now some of the owners are shocked that they might have not got such a good deal. The car they purchased has a bit too much rust , the headliner whats left has a big field mouse living in it and the engine did not have all eight connecting rods in it! They blame the sellers and auction company?

My.. My.. thats a dog gone shame

Bob

[Young Ed]

I posted in the OT area that they are having a second auction to try and resell all the cars people didn't pay for the first time around....

[Grdpa's 50 Dodge]

Better hurry and get your bids in.  I call this the auction for those with TTM disease (ans it doesnt hurt to be lite in the noodle area to boot)

 

I see MOST of the left over cars people didnt settle for were more door cars.  Spose some of the people woke up and realized how over priced their bid was,,,let alone condition.

 

Like I said before,,,I have lived next to these cars for most of my life and there is NOTHING special about them.  Even MORE damage to them than thought possible.

 

Now if they let me scrounge thru them for the right price,,,and let me haul to scrap yard when I was done would be one way to go.  Thinking their was VERY limited GOOD parts to salvage off most.

[fstfish66]

geez first  i heard some  people woke up and didnt pay,,,wonder what happened to the 53 dodge that was there,,,,,GRDPA,S dodge,, must  of been hard watching all that iron  go  to  rust,,,

[desoto1939]

It is funny how some people think everything can demand a high price just becasue it is old. It is a shame that this old iron now is returning back to its natural state of rust and dust and will be put back into the earth.

 

These were just old cars when the original owner of the dealership tookthem in trade.  He did not expect them to be worth anything.  If we all had known that as kids and teenagers and youg drivers we would have saved every 55,56,57 chevy, the high performance Mopars, the Fords and GM products of our day.  But these were just cars that had lived their life and provided service for a family and it was then time to trade-in for a newer car.

 

The cycle just continued until the hobby caught on and now everyone wants those cars, but again now we have to deal with over inflated prices, the Barreet Jacksons and aution houses that push the prices out of reach for the average guy to own.

 

So that I why I do not attend these type of auctions becasue people get caught up in the shark freenzie of bidding becasue they think they have to have it at any cost and then they look back and realize that they over paid for a car that with the possibikoity of being resold will loose in value again.

 

Just my thoughts, but you need to use some common sense when buying cars and trucks. There is a point of no return at times and when to fold your cards and walk away from the poker table.  We all have been in these situations so look at the project and then determine what is a real cost that you want to spend based on the condition and what you will have to do to the car or truck

 

Rich Hartung

[fstfish66]

he never sold the traded in cars,,and  he  stored the  brand new unsold for that  model  year  vehicles in a warehouse till a snow storm  took out the rooof,,,  he knew some thing, to  keep all the unsold  vehicles,, some thing like  20 new unsold 1963  chevy  pick ups,,,ugly if  u ask me,,, and  brand new 1958  cameo  truck,,and so on,,shame  he  is really too old  to see what  really happened to  his  long ago  idea,,,

[Grdpa's 50 Dodge]

Oh I think he knew.  He is in his mid 90's and still lives in the house directly across the street from the dealership.  He watched every thing that went on, hauling the cars off to the auction site.

 

What was strange it all didnt cause a heart attack in this guy.  He guarded those cars etc for so many years and said "NO" so many times over the years it would have been torture to see them go.

 

All during the sale and after all you heard was from the daughter,,,not one peep from the son,,heard he wanted nothing to do with it.  But still surprised he didnt appear sale day.  Actually would not have been surprised if he  would have moved back here back in 95 when they closed the dealership so the legacy could continue, 'all in the family'.  Dont know where he is from or what he does.  He has to be knocking on the door of retirement age himself being in early 60's

 

Just an interesting side note to give a short history account.  This house across the street they LIVE in hadnt been touched maintenance wise  from the early 50's.  The kids (one or both) moved mom and dad to a good temp rental and rehabbed the house from top to bottom inside and out.  Like they remake a house on tv.  Then let there parents move back in their remodeled digs.  The house looked pretty bad and rough before this all occurred but looks great now.  I cant imagine the 'FORCE' it would take to get an older couple to move twice out and back in again.  This all occurred probably 10 to 15 years ago

 

Other thing I find strange is how they kept the hundreds and thousands of lookers from ringing the doorbell and knocking on his door asking to see inside the dealership or some dumb question all those months.  EVERY time I drove by since the sale was announced I NEVER failed to see some out of county or out of state car parked in front and they had their face against the glass peeking in.  Sometimes there were 2 and 3 cars at the same time.  The count of number of folks doing so would be huge!!!  NEVER failed either, you would think you would catch an off minute once in a while....Like changing channels on tv and not hitting a commercial!!

[JerseyHarold]

You have to give the auction company a lot of credit for successfully hyping the daylights out of this sale and generating the bids that they did.  IMHO, at least 90% of what they sold wasn't worth anything near the prices they got.

[fstfish66]

thanks for all your  insite,,,nice to hear things from  some one that has seen it,,, not that it matters,,but  prior to  the auction,,there were  yuo tube videos from the auction  co,,and an  article  talking about it was the daughters  doing to get dad to  finally let go of the stuff,,in that article is had said  the sone called the sister,,,and said  just send me my share l ol

[blucarsdn]

The scary part about this whole episode is that many of our "Own Treasures" will end up in the same manner when we are neatly wrapped up in a blanket sitting in a chair by the window in an assisted living facility... To a significant number of our off-spring, our tresaures are nothing more than "dads crud".. My wife and one daughters terminolgy..  Pretty sobering thought...

[1941Rick]

put my remains on the front seat and put both of us thru the shredder.........;(

[Young Ed]

The scary part about this whole episode is that many of our "Own Treasures" will end up in the same manner when we are neatly wrapped up in a blanket sitting in a chair by the window in an assisted living facility... To a significant number of our off-spring, our tresaures are nothing more than "dads crud".. My wife and one daughters terminolgy..  Pretty sobering thought...

 

This sort of thing happened to a guy in our neighborhood. Dad and I were out in the garage working and someone stopped by. He asked who we were and started telling us about his Dad. Apparently his Dad lived a few blocks up and would occasionally stop by while we were working and chat. He told us Dad is not doing so well and he told me to come track you down and have you come clean out the garage of the old car parts.

[JerseyHarold]

My wife and kids realize that my (relatively small) collection of car stuff is worth some money.  I've told them not to just ditch it if I keel over one day.   The problem is that I know what the parts fit and approximate values and they don't.  There would be a very steep learning curve involved for them to maximize the return.  I've been trying to sell things off for the past several years (with only minor success) to decrease the amount of stuff for them to deal with.

[fstfish66]

man doesnt this hit home,,,im going to be 55,,,cant belive it my self lol,, but  my  dad only lived till 55 my  mom till 56.. so  taking a  deep breath,,,well you know what  im thinking,,,

 

I recently sold off my  pro street barracuda,that I had for 28 years,,1 other prior to that one for  roughly 12 years,,the amount of  EXTRA parts  i had collected was mind boggling,when  i started to sell   them off,, those cars do not bring a ton of money,but on the other hand hardly any thing being  reproduced either,,, i was able to sell every thing  in a  short period of time,,thinking what would my  wife or sister do with all this stuff if  i had not sold it,,,

 

then what about our tools ??  books,,,,manuals,,,,  as stated  all our stuff will be in this same  position  some day,,,yikes,,