Model T Haven Auction

[kuhner]

Gonna be some auction!
That is a lot of stuff.

https://www.sundgren.com/model-t-haven-liquidation-auction-in-iola-ks-cars-parts-tools-equipment/?fbclid=IwAR0MfPR9NtOFJhO5ZBJfGSMef2eTyiFRiW917SOeWQFSDBgklmEuBsVAwa8#jp-carousel-75176

[58L-Y8]

And at least one 1937-'39 Lincoln K factory-bodied sedan.

[RansomEli]

A good way to set yourself up in the Model T parts business. You can corner the market in rusty T parts.

 

The problem is, if the current owner couldn't make any money on the parts, how can you expect to?

[1937hd45]

Wonder what the story is, they have been supplying T parts for years. Bob 

[1912Staver]

Something tells me this collection is not for sale due to not making money. More likely would be that the owner ran out of time.

[TerryB]

Retirement time perhaps or just too much work for the return on investment.  Some projects in piles of stuff look promising for those wanting to build their own dream vehicle.  

[1937hd45]

16 minutes ago, 1912Staver said:

Something tells me this collection is not for sale due to not making money. More likely would be that the owner ran out of time.

 

 

I'm trying to figure out how the auction company will cut this collection into piles. Hope there are people that still want to build a T. Bob 

[Tate]

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=24175&sid=fc3f1d26b31d8e91954f034ba939be0e
Looks like he’s retiring and going to Florida 

[mike6024]

 

That is "inventory?"

 

 

[Flivverking]

I believe there was a ratio of 1 in 3  satisfied customers,which didn't help this business..

 I had bought several T parts in several years and none were the ones from the photos sent me.

 

 

[1937hd45]

When was this yard born? How far away did he travel to collect stuff? Will the property get covered with condominiums? 

[1912Staver]

This looks like a collection that was 3 or 4 decades in the making. 2 generation's ?

[JV Puleo]

I've dealt with him on a couple of occasions - the first time more than 10 years ago - and have had nothing to complain of. I found his prices fair, he was easy to deal with and I wish him success in the future.

[wayne sheldon]

I have known of Model T Haven for almost thirty years. I only ever bought one item from him, and he was very honest about the condition of something I needed and priced it very reasonably considering flaws he was aware of and told me about. So My dealings with him were very good.

For most of those thirty years, he traveled considerable distance to many many farm auctions, sometimes a few states away. He also went to many large swap meets including as a regular at Chickasha. At swap meets, he would often buy whatever other sellers didn't want to take back home and were willing to sell cheap. 

 

Scuttlebutt is that he is semi-retiring. He is moving to Florida, and planning to continue buying and selling antique automobile parts on a much smaller scale. In Florida (I have been told?) he will have to keep it limited to what he can manage within warehouse walls.

Rumor is that most of the viable car projects had already been sold (I had heard of several being sold a couple months ago?). Just a guess, but I would imagine that he has already taken the best parts for future selling. 

 

The sad thing, at least to my way of thinking , is that he has for many years saved tons of model T Ford and other parts from being shipped out for scrap metal. However, most of the rusty stuff left will probably go there now. Frankly, that eventuality was pretty much unavoidable. He did buy time for thousands of model T (and other) bits and pieces to be found and put to good use.

 

Over the years, I have seen many dozens of photographs of his piles of rust. I often see parts I wish I could pick up cheap, and likely put to good use. Unfortunately, my distance from him made that impossible to do economically.

[richie3]

Every dealing I had with him was first class, His effort put a lot of cars on the road

 

Thanks Mark

 

Richard Williamson

[K8096]

11 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said:

And at least one 1937-'39 Lincoln K factory-bodied sedan.

 

 

It's a 1937.   1938/39 had horizontal vents and no doors on the hood sides.   The wheels on this car are from a 1934/35 as Lincoln had stamped steel wheels beginning in 1936.   It appears to be a 145" wheelbase.  It's basically a parts car.       

Edited October 18, 2021 by K8096 (see edit history)

[dl456]

He has been advertising and selling brass era projects for a couple years.

My dealings have always been square.

Dennis

[Joe in Canada]

There are other people and companies pulling out of the T business also we will miss. 

 

 

https://www.chaffinsgarage.com/     will be missed if they do not find someone to take over the manufacturing end of it.

 

https://georgemoir.ca/product/ford-1909-27-model-t-tt-parts-catalogue/

 

https://mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=24234 

[Billy Kingsley]

What little I can see of that Edsel looks restorable. 

[B Jake Moran]

I liked him and the business.  I bought a 36 Airflow from him. He saved a lot of cars, had a nice website.  Just like Goldenrod Garage in Maine, people are getting older, passing away or getting out.