Something for you Mopar lovers

[Doug Blackley]

Found this link on another site:

http://carsinbarns.blogspot.com/2009...rts-oh-my.html

Amazing the stuff just laying around unused.

[Jeff Teuton]

I need to be in those barns. Wow

[Alex Polewik]

I've been in those barns. Good Guy, been collecting for a long long time. Alex

[Mack Reeves]

All that I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!

[Dennis P Chapman]

Pretty cool.

[Jim Wahl]

OMG! WOW! Jim

[Ed Fernandez]

I hate to piss on the barbeque,but what's the point of having all that if it's tucked away collecting dust?
May as well be a bunch of Citreon or Skoka cars and parts.Oh I know,"But he shows them to anybody who he wants to".Big deal.Looks like anyone with allergies would need a mask to walk that barmn.
Wouldn't it be novel to sell off some of the cars and stock and secure space (ala Garlits museum).At least he is open to the public and he actually takes cars out and uses them.
It is an awesome collection,but really share it for all to see and the cars and parts sold will see the light of day again.

[Jeff Lee]

I chased after a '70 'Cuda 440-6, shaker, 4-speed for nearly 10 years. A friend found it while walking his dog and saw it through the slats in the fence. Sitting in the Arizona sun since around 1978 when it was parked. At first it still retained the original paint but still needed a full resto. I think I started with a $10K offer. Nice guy, wouldn't sell; "gonna restore it someday". If he had two nickels or more, it wasn't obvious. Over 10 years I dropped by and eventually made a final offer of $20K. But by now the sun had burnt the paint off and it was surface rust top to bottom. Still wouldn't sell. I wished him well and said it was my last trip.
Found out he died about a year later. His pot smokin' dead-beat son was going to sell it to a guy for $10K. Then somebody else stepped in and through $20K at him and he took the car home with him.
I'm sure $20K got the kid a lot of drugs and whores. I knew that car would never get restored by the old man. But at least the memory of 'Cuda days gone by kept the old guy happy, and that is worth something.
I'd agree with Ed, those cars in the barn will only see a restoration when the next of kin sells it for nickels on the dollar.

[treessavoy]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

I chased after a '70 'Cuda 440-6, shaker, 4-speed for nearly 10 years. A friend found it while walking his dog and saw it through the slats in the fence. Sitting in the Arizona sun since around 1978 when it was parked. At first it still retained the original paint but still needed a full resto. I think I started with a $10K offer. Nice guy, wouldn't sell; "gonna restore it someday". If he had two nickels or more, it wasn't obvious. Over 10 years I dropped by and eventually made a final offer of $20K. But by now the sun had burnt the paint off and it was surface rust top to bottom. Still wouldn't sell. I wished him well and said it was my last trip.
Found out he died about a year later. His pot smokin' dead-beat son was going to sell it to a guy for $10K. Then somebody else stepped in and through $20K at him and he took the car home with him.
I'm sure $20K got the kid a lot of drugs and whores. I knew that car would never get restored by the old man. But at least the memory of 'Cuda days gone by kept the old guy happy, and that is worth something.
I'd agree with Ed, those cars in the barn will only see a restoration when the next of kin sells it for nickels on the dollar.

Like most of you I've been through the " I'm going to restore these old cars someday" gig only to watch them go to the crusher.
Tried to buy two 1964 ply's from an old man in Nashville, a sport fury with a 383 4sp and a belevedere with a 383 and 4sp. Five years later he passed and the cars were crushed by the city.

This guy needs to unload his stuff and help the sport.

JimR

[Jerry Hatch]

treessavoy you have a PM.