: i just spent the day looking at the most
: incredible collection of old cars that
: i've ever seen.: it seems that some friends of my father
: heard that i was restoring a 1930 sedan
: and that i needed a few items, so they
: invited me to their place to look
: over what they had. : it turns out that an 84 year old guy
: has several houses and maybe 20 or
: so farm out buildings clustered together.
: every one of these buildings are
: completely filled with old cars and
: NOS parts. the guy was a complete ford
: nut --- there was a 1916 brass radiator
: model T touring car, several 1920's
: T touring cars, a 1929 immaculately
: restored Tudor, several 1932 commercials
: (one of them still had a coca-cola
: sign still painted on the passenger door),
: a couple of late 30's coupes, some
: mercurys, and maybe 15 other fords from the 50's. : one of the model T's was driven into
: one of the out buildings sometime
: in the 40's and the doors to the
: building nailed shut until just recently. : i saw model A parts lying everywhere --
: there were bell housings, timing covers,
: blocks, whole steering columns with the
: steering wheel, gear box, spark and throttle
: rods all together, starters, generators,
: ammeters in the original boxes, paintings of the cars
: that would have been sent to the dealers,
: champion spark plugs in the original
: boxes, NOS fenders that still had the
: factory lettering on them, etc., etc., : i could go on and on; it simply was
: incredible.the guy ended up giving
: me a raditor shell; although it was
: pretty rough, i think i'm going to
: be able to use it. :
: doug handran :
: Doug;
Nice story. It reminds me of a time I stopped at a old farm house a few miles from my place. I was looking for some such farm item and really cant honestly remeber what I was looking for at this time. Anyway this old timer came to the door and said "well lets go look in the barn". To my amase there were more well cared "treasures" than I could imagine in one place. He had kept his equipment in excellent shape and for years after his retirement it was housed like the day he put it in the old barn. I am always surprised at the things I can find hidden away that our fathers and forefathers kept. My wife keeps telling me that if I dont quit hauling junk home this place will be so full you wont be able to move."Treasures dear, treasures". Good luck with your project. Larry
|
E-Mail Comment to Webmaster