Posted on 07/09/2013 6:40:40 PM PDT by rickmichaels
I hope these aren’t cars from Hurricane Sandy or anything like that.
Why aren’t the tires flat?
There are almost 500 cars and trucks. Most were stored on the “farm” on the edge of town. They were trade in cars for the new ones.
Nowadays when you go to the dealer to buy or lease a car (whoever heard of a lease back in the 60’s?), they want you to finance through GMAC, etc. so they can make some money on that too. So I imagine the dealerships don’t even have to pay full “dealer price” because they get various incentives based on sales numbers, and maybe it costs them a little less if they get you on the financing side too. Back then, I imagine things were different. The dealer probably had to pay for the car up front, or within a short time after the car is delivered to the dealership. The high volume dealers maybe got some special deals, but I doubt a small town dealer would.
Again, big deal. People look at it themselves. Anyone truly into old cars knows this is a minute steak and not worth mentioning. The overall picture is near mint.
I always understood that vehicles that are to be kept in storage long term need to be prepped or the various fluids in them begin to cause damage. I noticed no engine start ups on any of these as well. No road use doesn’t mean the ravages of time go away.
Yeah, over all it’s a pretty good collection alright. The ‘55 looked pretty cool. Too bad they didn’t have a ‘56 though (the best year for Chevy’s).
I just can’t imagine. They must’ve been very incompetent, overestimating how many they’d need. Never heard of this kind of leftover inventory before!
Oh dear.
There is indeed a ‘56 there, I think a Belair. It was pictured inside when she kept focusing on the Corvette; opposite the ‘57 she mentioned that was next to the Corvette.
I think the ‘56 was the best look, too. I’m minority, though, everyone is all over 5 and 7.
Ohh, get me a new Vega!
I bought a new 1973 Vega Hatchback in 1972. I really enjoyed it. I got the large radiator that was standard for the air conditioner equipped Vegas, but no A/C and it ran well. I left it in Germany when I departed there in 1978, unfortunately the salt on the German roads took its toll on the body work.
I ordered a new Chevy Monza station wagon to replace the Vega, because I liked the Vega so much. The Monza was actually the Vega ‘Kammback” but with the Pontiac Sunbird cast iron engine. I ran that little baby from Dec 1978 until May 1992, when the oil seals went and I decided not to fix it.
They used them to make some pretty good road race cars. You could get one with a V8.
http://www.scharch.org/Cars/Monza_Racecars/Monza-DeKon_Chassis.htm
Not sure we will be able to buy any of them, but we will definitely be driving down to watch the auction.
All I had was a VW bus LOL.
Not a race car by any means.
IT did have a Porsche 914 engine.
And none have computers that can be taken over by the NSA.
The auctioneer, Yvette Vanderbrink, is the daughter of the couple that owned the dealership.
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