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1940s Chevy Dealer re-opens to Auction off 500 Time Capsule Cars
http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/0...-capsule-cars/
Car collectors dream about finding a forgotten “new” classic car, discovered in a barn or warehouse somewhere, covered in dust. This is that dream, only 500 times better…. A small-town Midwestern dealership in Pierce, Nebraska sold Chevrolets to local families and first-time buyers for 50 years until it’s husband and wife team finally closed their doors seventeen years ago. Since then, a staggering inventory of 500 surviving cars, new & used, have been stored away, undriven for decades. Some 50 cars “brand new” Chevrolets from the 1950s and 60s have less than 10 miles on the odometer. Ray and Mildred Lambrecht are now in their 90s and have made what is described by their daughter Jeannie, as a “a difficult and painful” decision, to liquidate the dealership’s massive inventory of ‘survivor vehicles’. On September 28th and 29th, 2013, VanDerBrink Auctions will have the honor of selling this incredible, once in a lifetime collection of American automotive history. |
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07-03-2013, 11:09 AM | #76 | |
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Wish I could keep it. Just does not make sense. When I was a kid-there was an auto auction in my town. This guy had collected over 100 old cars-loved them. The auction took at least a day. Had them lined up on main street. that Nebraska auction will take days!!!! There is a lot of money out there for that kind of thing.
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07-03-2013, 11:18 AM | #77 |
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07-03-2013, 11:21 AM | #78 | |
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On a side note, I always forget Rainman is a borderline legit car guy cleverly hidden in an Apricot BMW. Last edited by COchief; 07-03-2013 at 11:29 AM.. |
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07-03-2013, 11:31 AM | #79 |
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Call me crazy but I don't think he held those cars back as collectors items that they would be worth more later. I would venture to say they are just left over new inventory that he took out to the farm when the new ones came in and they got left there.
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07-03-2013, 11:35 AM | #80 |
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Yeah, I'd agree. Seems like they just kind of stopped selling rather than decided to hold on to 500 cars because of the collector value. Despite all of the brand new ones in the list, there are a ton of unexciting cars with fairly high mileage in there too.
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07-03-2013, 11:37 AM | #81 | |
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Also good point by the other guy, you mostly hear about the low mileage models but the inventory is mostly vehicles with some miles. Maybe the guy took local trades "for the team" and just wasn't able to resell them. Overall confused by his group of vehicles and curious about the back story. |
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07-03-2013, 11:39 AM | #82 |
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Those are some rare classics in those pictures
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07-03-2013, 11:44 AM | #83 |
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07-03-2013, 11:46 AM | #84 |
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A little more backstory here:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/201...et-collection/ |
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07-03-2013, 11:53 AM | #85 | |
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07-03-2013, 11:59 AM | #86 |
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There are actually Vegas and Monzas on the inventory list. They may well be the last functional models of those cars on earth.
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07-03-2013, 12:08 PM | #87 | |
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Potshot for nostalgic purposes in honor of the good old days. |
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07-03-2013, 12:21 PM | #88 | |
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Used cars with miles on then were mostly stored at the farm, inside and out. It would be a shame to do anything to some of those cars except what out takes to make them driveable Posted via Mobile Device |
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07-03-2013, 12:23 PM | #89 | |
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He let the staff of hot rod drive a couple quite a ways to and from a car show. I think he paid 5 million for one of them... Those cars should be driven Posted via Mobile Device |
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07-03-2013, 12:26 PM | #90 | |
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