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Originally Posted By: rbonitz
Yes - To restore these would be a travesty. There are thousands restored cars out there and very few survivors in original, decent condition.


I fail to grasp the Big Wow to this. I don't believe many of these will clean up very well if at all. From what I see...a majority of the "New" cars have sat outside for decades....neglected. The inside ones obviously also had poor storage conditions. Must have been some kind of tax right off or similiar situation to promp someone to just let new cars rot.

If you display them as is....what do you do....buy those beat to death porcelain signs and rusty dented gas pumps from pickers-decorators to complete the display? Is that were we are headed?

A few close ups of the "New" "Survivors" below.

Reminds me of the "Time Capsule" Plymouth that was buried....the last I heard they were working on restoring what was left of that famous "Survivor"

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Originally Posted By: Mr.Wadhams

I fail to grasp the Big Wow to this. Jim


...I'll agree that there is no big wow in a bunch of used cars sitting in a field for 40 years. I was referring to the new cars with single digit mileage sitting inside untouched....

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In response to Mr.Wadhams reply,I personally view these photos as a passage of time of what we used to all commonly see all across America,more then possibly fixing up each & everyone.
That's the Big Wow effect for me.
There used to be 7 auto wrecking yards within a 20 mile radius of me here.Today,not one of them is left standing.
All the yards here are gone as the price of scrap metal rose sharply within the last few years,or yard owners just died and their relatives sold off the land.and before all that happened,they were selectively getting ride of any older vehicles from 1985 on.
I actually miss seeing those hunks of older rusting metal in our long gone yards..
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I have to agree with Jim, just a Chevy bone yard and not a very pretty sight. I drove to Alaska and back 10 yrs ago and if you still have the urge to see junk hit the Canadian border and head up any road. The farther up you go the more junk you will see, yards and fields full. There is also no shortage of golden oldies in the western states. The fact that junk yards are gone to me ain't no big deal. I've been restoring cars/gas pumps/ trucks for years now and have no trouble finding parts. Matter of fact just sold a 41 IH,anyone want a 57 Ford F6 gas hauler for $1500, runs and titled?

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The 1958 Chevrolet Cameo Pickup just sold for $140,000

I was way off thinking it would not fetch more then $55,000

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Originally Posted By: carolinaskies
That mini-vette should bring decent money too.


It sure did. Just sold for $16,000

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Is there a web site for prices realized?

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Auction is still going on. I am watching live audio & video on the internet.

Following this link for prices etc.
https://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=68561&wo=1

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Those are insane prices, far exceeding their true value. Hype pays...


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There's going to be a lot of buyers remorse in the weeks to come.

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There is one buyer who has bought about 75% of the cars offered so far. Deep deep pockets!!!


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I wonder if Jay Leno is buying anything from this auction. More then once he has said he is a member of the more money then brains club.
I do like seeing cars come back to life by those who can afford to do it.

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I got a kick out of the 4 rubber balls that went for $400.

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Are they serving alcohol there?


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Very interesting, hopefully someone will get us some auction results .


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