Went to a 100 car estate sale today.

[casper50]

One of our original homesteaders has passed and her children, (in their 60's), are selling all of the old cars/trucks that the parents collected over the years.  Most were pretty bad.  Here's a few that I thought worthy of a photo or two.

1. neat cabover.  Only badge on it said :"3000"   $1250

2. Nash Rambler Super    $400

3.  58 Dodge Royal Lancer 2 door HT with Hemi.  Intake was missing.  $750

Edited June 10, 2017 by casper50

[casper50]

Most of the cars and there were some interesting ones, were sitting on bare rims on the ground.  Moss anywhere from 6 inches to a foot up the sides.  I went looking at the 49 Pontiac tin woody.  half buried in moss.  Most likely swiss cheese.

[rb1949]

That's worse than a junk yard Thanks for not showing the "bad" ones.

[Young Ed]

That dodge is one of my favorites and one I'd love to own. That particular one seems to be worse than the one I had. It's a 55 dodge custom royal lancer and should be a 270CI hemi

[casper50]

Maybe suppose to look like this?

[Plymouthy Adams]

down here we them junkyards....

[YukonJack]

I think the Cab over truck is a White.

[Plymouthy Adams]

yep...that cab over looks white to me also.......actually we all know these carry over a year of so and looking online it could well be as new as 51 +/-

[Plymouthy Adams]

taking it one step farther.....

[Young Ed]

7 hours ago, casper50 said:

Maybe suppose to look like this?

Yup that's the one! The little fins on the 1/4s and you can see what's left of the little side trim that would have come back from the headlight ring are what identify it as a custom royal. 

Edited June 11, 2017 by Young Ed

[homer41]

Casper, were there any mopar flathead sixes available?  Dave

[casper50]

there were some pickups but I didn't look at them.  They want to sell the whole vehicle only.  But most have been parted in the past.

They had a mid 60's XKE in the garage.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I will say this, it is good that they wanting to pass these on to anyone but the crusher at this time.   Was this an actual junkyard in the past?

[casper50]

No this was all of the vehicles that the entire family owned and used from the 50's until the last few years.  Alaskan homesteaders never ever threw anything away.  You might need it later and in the 50's and 60's things were difficult to get or get up here.  Many families drove the same model, make and year of vehicle for years.  When one broke down you bought another.  Then you had a stash of spare parts.

[Plymouthy Adams]

it never fails, you keep an item about because there may be a need for it down the road...you trip over it for years, chunk it and within the week you looking for that item....have done that a few times myself....often is hard let some things go

[casper50]

I live on a large peninsula.  If all the junk cars and steel were removed it would raise 2 feet I'm sure.

[Flatie46]

52 minutes ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

it never fails, you keep an item about because there may be a need for it down the road...you trip over it for years, chunk it and within the week you looking for that item....have done that a few times myself....often is hard let some things go

Total agreement with this! I sometimes wonder if I'm one of those hording types. I stop and give it thought, then figure out a way to justify my behavior and keep buying junk cars, motorcycles and parts.

[Plymouthy Adams]

hoarder can't let anything go..a collector is more specific in his mental challenges....if you are considered very wealthy then you get tagged with the less condemning title of eccentric.

[Flatie46]

Cool I've got a new title, " collector "  . But I'm aspiring to be an eccentric.  I always wondered if I was going to be that  A-hole old man that had some really cool stuff, that he wouldn't part with. Lived way back in the hills, you might get shot nosing around his place. Had the mean dogs that would chew on the fence as you walked by. Kinda looking that way. lol Maybe I was clairvoyant in my youth!

[Plymouthy Adams]

1 minute ago, Flatie46 said:

Cool I've got a new title, " collector "  . But I'm aspiring to be an eccentric.  I always wondered if I was going to be that  A-hole old man that had some really cool stuff, that he wouldn't part with. Lived way back in the hills, you might get shot nosing around his place. Had the mean dogs that would chew on the fence as you walked by. Kinda looking that way. lol Maybe I was clairvoyant in my youth!

hmmm...did not know that was you walking by my place.....

[Flatie46]

1 minute ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

hmmm...did not know that was you walking by my place.....

 What do you feed them dogs, gunpowder?

[Plymouthy Adams]

Just now, Flatie46 said:

 What do you feed them dogs, gunpowder?

I see you up to speed on that urban legend also....

[Flatie46]

Yea I've heard of it at times it's seemed believable.

[Plymouthy Adams]

yeah, you would be mean to knowing your owner is eating steaks and you get only this foul stuff that makes you sick at your stomach..to that end yes, it is plausible.....odds are they just want to bite anything to get that nasty taste out of their mouth...