1940s Chevy Dealer re-opens to Auction off 500 Time Capsule Cars

[Molitoth]

That family is going to have some cash after this auction is over.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

That family is going to have some cash after this auction is over.

Auto restoration guys are going to lose their minds over this stuff.

These are going to be all original, numbers matching vehicles with straight frames and no wear and tear. A restorer can get in there, blast out some rust, polish the paint, tighten up screws/suspension, etc... and have themselves an amazingly rare vehicle.

Those cars will go for a lot and the people that buy them are going to be guys willing to put even more money into them to get them back to showroom new.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Auto restoration guys are going to lose their minds over this stuff.

These are going to be all original, numbers matching vehicles with straight frames and no wear and tear. A restorer can get in there, blast out some rust, polish the paint, tighten up screws/suspension, etc... and have themselves an amazingly rare vehicle.

Those cars will go for a lot and the people that buy them are going to be guys willing to put even more money into them to get them back to showroom new.

One question I have is what they do with it AFTER it's restored. Do you really want to drive a car with 5 miles on it?

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by DaFace

One question I have is what they do with it AFTER it's restored. Do you really want to drive a car with 5 miles on it?

Take it to Mecum. Or to every car show you can find.

No, they'll almost certainly never drive it. In fact, I'd say maybe 10% of the new cars in this auction will ever truly see the road again, apart from maybe a poker run or other charity event.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Take it to Mecum. Or to every car show you can find.

No, they'll almost certainly never drive it. In fact, I'd say maybe 10% of the new cars in this auction will ever truly see the road again, apart from maybe a poker run or other charity event.

That makes perfect sense, and yet is sad at the same time.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Take it to Mecum. Or to every car show you can find.

No, they'll almost certainly never drive it. In fact, I'd say maybe 10% of the new cars in this auction will ever truly see the road again, apart from maybe a poker run or other charity event.

A guy in Phoenix bus a ton of cars like this.

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
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[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by DaFace

One question I have is what they do with it AFTER it's restored. Do you really want to drive a car with 5 miles on it?

My guess would be that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will buy most of them and then crash them into new cars.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

My guess would be that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will buy most of them and then crash them into new cars.

Thought cash for clunkers ended years ago?

[Psyko Tek]

Originally Posted by DaFace

One question I have is what they do with it AFTER it's restored. Do you really want to drive a car with 5 miles on it?

barrette jackson?
depending on what you paid or if it's a car that would go into that kind of thing
if not drive a brand new time capsule
be like that plymouth that was time capsuled in oklahoma, think it was a 56 plymouth


if you didn't pay much , you got a new car from a different era

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Auto restoration guys are going to lose their minds over this stuff.

These are going to be all original, numbers matching vehicles with straight frames and no wear and tear. A restorer can get in there, blast out some rust, polish the paint, tighten up screws/suspension, etc... and have themselves an amazingly rare vehicle.

Those cars will go for a lot and the people that buy them are going to be guys willing to put even more money into them to get them back to showroom new.

Doesn't appear to be much rust. All the low mileage cars were stored inside supposedly.

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
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[Molitoth]

Someone should have some friends over to watch this video and do shots every time this lady says "miles".

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

Someone should have some friends over to watch this video and do shots every time this lady says "miles".

1 Mile!

You'd get alcohol poisoning on the Cameo alone.

[Rain Man]

Oh. There's a 1980 Chevy Monza with only 9 miles on it. That's got to be worth almost as much as it was in 1980.

[ptlyon]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Oh. There's a 1980 Chevy Monza with only 9 miles on it. That's got to be worth almost as much as it was in 1980.

A friend of mine growing up had a Monza with a v8 in it. Had to drop the engine to change the spark plugs. Damn thing was a rocket.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

A friend of mine growing up had a Monza with a v8 in it. Had to drop the engine to change the spark plugs. Damn thing was a rocket.

Interesting.

In all seriousness, what do we think a brand new 1980 Monza or brand new Vega station wagon would go for? I can see a market for the 1950s stuff and the 1960s stuff, but I'm wondering how many buyers there will be for the 1970s stuff. Maybe that's my bias showing since those cars were common on the street when I was a kid so I don't think of them as collectible.