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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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07-02-2013, 11:50 PM | #17 |
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07-02-2013, 11:56 PM | #20 |
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Pretty cool deal. Its a shame that the automakers have taken away alot of the small town dealerships away. But I can see how it was pretty easy for them to just stash the leftover new models out at the farm and start from scratch.
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07-02-2013, 11:59 PM | #21 |
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A 64 Impala with 4 miles!?
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07-03-2013, 12:42 AM | #22 |
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and you could never restore a car like that. To someone's earlier post. Survivor cars are worth a ton. Even of you could get all nos parts the could just wouldn't be the same. New tires. Check the brakes, new belts and hoses and fluids and roll. Save all the original replaced rubber. Posted via Mobile Device |
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07-03-2013, 12:54 AM | #23 |
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That is ****ing amazing.
I might just drive up at auction time to see the cars Posted via Mobile Device |
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07-03-2013, 12:58 AM | #24 |
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07-03-2013, 01:20 AM | #26 |
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Heh. Don't even care enough to watch the 11 minute video.
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07-03-2013, 02:13 AM | #27 | |
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To me most midrange modern cars really haven't made enough tangible advances to make them a clear cut choice over a "classic" that I can fix myself if needed. Now if you have a car with a backup camera and assisted parking and all that jazz then I can see your point for sure. |
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07-03-2013, 05:44 AM | #28 |
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What I'd give to have my 64 Impala SS back. That was the smoothest ride ever. No one was cramped in it, either The back seat was big enough to dance in. In fact, I did the horizontal bop with quite a few ladies in the back of that sweet ride.
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07-03-2013, 05:55 AM | #29 |
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It's too bad it was not a DeLorean dealership. I would like to have one of those.
the story is a little herky jerky. I don't see an inventory and the video only shows about 10 cars, and there is nothing to explain why the guy stored 500 cars. are they all stored inside? at first I thought most of them were new, but now I wonder if most were used. and was he putting one car back every year for 50 years, so some of them are from the 90's, or are they all older?
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