Guest imported_GeorgeCagle Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Don't know if you all have seen this or not but I found it incredible. Has anyone heard of a barn-find better than this?http://coolcatcorp.com/millerauction/MillerAuction.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 very cool post! That's really no way to live though.I posted some pictures of a junk yard in Ste. Genevieve Missouri that had the same kind of owner, but this guy lived in the river flood plain and the cars got flooded every season from the 1950's. Sadly all the cars,fully intacked were garbage. These pictures were taken in 1996, not sure what's left now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 We went to the A.K.Miller auction, it was everything I had been told it would be. He was not a nice guy, car guys I have known for 40 years, true gentlemen,NOT ONE had anything good to say about A.K.Miller. I believe he was even booted out of AACA years ago. That one Stutz in the photos with the Woodlights raced at Watkins Glen in the late 1940's. The supercharged Stutz coupe is restored and looks great, the 1932 DV32 Roadster won at Hershey a few years ago. I often wonder how many other "collections" like this are still out there. The founder of Mountain Due soda had something like this but the cars were outside. I'd like to see photos of that find. There was a car transporter trailer with 6-8 cars he had bought at Hershey years ago rotting in a swampy back lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Isn't it ironic how often the biggest names in the hobby are also the biggest jerks? You often get see and meet those choice individuals and their charming personalities at Hershey. I'm not talking about the average guy selling parts, I'm talking about some of the guys with the big companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbbuick22 Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I bought a Buick body from him in the early 70's and he was very pleasant and gave a tour of his many barns full of cars. It was winter and he was melting snow for water, pipes frozen, a single 25 watt bulb in each room for light. But he seemed happy and comfortable. The autogyro was hanging in the barn next to the house, and a lot of DV32 parts were in the little school house. I hope there are more savers out there like him. JB1922 Buick Sport Touring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 57 pontiac Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 WOW what some great finds and photos. Thanks for sharing those with us. I live in Vermont and had heard about this "find " but did know know the extent of it.The only thing that would have been better is someone buying the farm and then finding these cars on it. I guess the "State " has some claim on the value in leu of back taxes .I guess I'm thinking that if the relatives think that they have a claim on the value then they should have spend sometime with the "Dear old folks " when they were alive and they might have known about the cars. Too many people come out of the woodwork when they think they can make a buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I love stories about these crazy rich guys who stockpile these amazing cars and don't let anyone see them until they're dead. The Schlumpf brothers in Europe have to be the greatest example of this.Local to me in Cleveland, there is a gentleman named Al Ferrara who has an extensive collection of Duesenbergs. And by extensive, I mean 20+. He has several cars that were thought to have been lost or destroyed decades ago--he just never let anyone know that he had them. All the cars are in good condition, but he rarely shows them. He apparently bought many of them in the '40s and '50s when they were just used cars and not very valuable. Some might say he had good foresight, but he just loves the cars. And he's a decent guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearchoclatetown Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Matt, I think I saw a magazine article about this guy years ago. Some of the Deusys were just chassis with serial no.s. What stuck in my mind about it was his next prediction to collect was Metropolitans. Guess you can't be right all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 It's funny you mention that, my boss' father is 80 years old and is very much like the people you are referring to. I know that he has about 8-10 cars and off the top of my head I know that one of them is a Stearns and another one is a Marmon that have been in storage for over 50 years and have never been touched. He's saving them for his kids, and won't part with anything, yet the kids that I've talked to have no interest in any of them. ......Time will tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Boudway Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Better start checking out those barns.Here's a photo of a '09 Locomobile that "hibernated" for years less than 10 miles from my home. The lamps are missing, but it's otherwise complete. It was sold to a dealer last October Bill Boudway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Hey, hey Bill, How about the "vert" in the back there, looks like a '37 or '38 Ford..valuable stuff. W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Wayne, How about the yellow Auburn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 The yellow Auburn?? I swear Bob, someone could show you "half" a fender of anything and you could explain the make, model, where it was made, how many accidents it had had, and probably the number of women swooned in the back seat(names included), umm....if it had a back seat, I mean. Did anybody do a DNA text on that fender? <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boettger Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I agree that Metropolitans may be the next "hidden" gold mine for <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Antique Car Crazy Collectors.The only problem is that those that like them and collect them don't yet have enough of them tucked away in hidden places. They're still around. Lot's of parts are available and there is an active Owners Club.Just wait another 40 years <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawja Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Plus, you can store them in a coat closet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Boudway Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Hi,Yes, the Loco is residing with some other choice pieces of Iron.Auburn, Austin Healey, Cadillac, Ford, Packard, and Simplex, for example. The dealer that has all these is keeping the Loco, but I believe that all else is available.E-mail me if you'd like his website. gnbboudway@msn.comBill Boudway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Who had that Bill?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphicar BUYER Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 A few years back some 16-ish yeard old kid told me he was saving his money up for a 57 Chevy ragtop he foud behind a barn locally. (I believe he said he need $3k) I thought he was full of it until I saw it myself. Not only was it 98% complete, it was a factory fuel injected car too! He was planning on doing a correct resto rather than rodding it. Lucky little bast..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Boudway Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Don't know the former owner's name. Just that it was in Victor, NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Just when you think you know where most of the stuff has been hidden, more of it crops up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_MrEarl Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Thats cool how you posted all of the photos of the MO junk yard. Mind sharing how that's done. I bet one has to have an existing web page? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 you can link any photo to be viewed on this site by using the "image" button below.The photo need to be on the web aready. Meaning, your own web page or other site.You just tell the "image" button were it's located.If you goto the photo's above and click on the photo with your right mouse button, you will see a list come up.If you select properties, you will see the web address to these photo's.until, AACA gives us storage space per user tp upload pictures, this is the only way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48LCCOUPE Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 image button below while you write your message. the list next to the smiley faces. [color:\\"blue\\"] just figured the color thingy. maybe maybe not ...........NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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