Look at this... One mans collection rotting into ground...

[weasel29gm]

It could be several things if is been comdemmed and the locals clean it up everything will be scraped. A old yard was cleaned up close to me. Old stuff everwhere!!! 55-57 Chevys,40's coupes, even some hemi's. All hauled to the crusher. Sad!!!

[gouldie]

if you get in contact with the owner, remember money talks.

and dibs on the 70 monte.

[sixty-eight shorty]

looking @ the way these cars and trucks are are slowly rottenning makes me want to !

[Zoomad75]

Be careful what you wish for. Getting a city/county office or zoning involved to put pressure on the old fart to sell might backfire big time. faced with the expense to clean up, instead of selling the vehicles it might be easier just to roll in a truck and carry that stuff to the crusher.

I'd vote for flashing cash at them. Some of these people are just not right in the head and they hoard stuff. Some hoard small things like baseball cards while others gather up old cars. They found/collected each one for a reason and they are justified in their own mind to keep the collection complete. Add to the mix some vandalism where things are damaged/stolen and trust in others is lost. All they think you want to do when you offer to buy one is break up the set. sometimes the only way to get in is buy the whole lot. Yes you bet they think they are sitting on a gold mine. This may be morbid, but you might be better off waiting for the old fart to croak and deal with the estate that has the challenge of dealing with the mess. Just depends if the iron doesn't fall completely apart before the dude is pushing up daisys.

Two examples. One of my dad's buddies from the Nomad club had a absolutly giant collection of 55-57 chevies up in Wyoming. Dry air, meant we are talking pristine sheetmetal. Nomads, convertibles, 2dr hardtops, sedans wagons, you name it he had 3 of each or more for each year. You could see it from I-25 and you bet he got constant calls and knocks on the door. He didn't part them, but would build one every couple of years. The market on tri 5 chevies started to climb and he finally considered selling. Not one but the whole yard full. Asking price was a cool million. Dad thought he was nuts. It took a couple of years but a couple of dudes from back east paid him what he wanted.

Next was the guy in Wisconsin. AKA dumster don. Hot Rod and Hemmings had a big write up on his stash. This guy collected chevy speed parts/engines/trannies and complete cars. Used to have them in a basement of a John Deere dealer and moved it all to semi trailers after the dealer closed. somebody ripped him off out of one of the trailers so he proceeded to spread the trailers around the town he was in, weld the doors shut, park them tail to tail and then let the air out of the tires. Something like a dozen in all. It was something like urban legend to local gearheads until after dumpster don passed on. One lucky guy made a deal with the estate to buy the trailers based on opening them. Something like a million. Stash included a couple of 57 FI vettes, 63 and 67 vettes, two ss454 70 chevelles, 69 yenko camaro, 70 z28 and a few others. over 100 vintage hi-po big blocks, hi-po small blocks, stacks of cranks, heads, intakes, carbs, FI sets, 4 speeds and other treasure. The guy cataloged it and sold it for stupid money in the 8 figure range.

stories like this don't help the average builder that just wants one or two out of the bunch.

[franky69c10]

go knock on the door.........

[84 400]

Wow some really nice trucks in there... err project trucks.

[OregonC20]

This is worst than burning the flag.

[bad_turbo]

since it looks like the guy is never around, you could of gone in there and had gotten us some really good pics, instead of the "over the fence" pics. But then we would just be drooling more. Shoot, for all you know this guy could of been some old man that has long since passed away and never told any relatives about his secret stash.

[special-K]

In a couple months that stuff will be hidden under growth and full of poison ivy,snakes,and bees.Definately a winter sport.I go through this cycle every year with a few I have stashed.

[jkaylor68gmc]

Its very sad, Not to get off subject but I found a guy like that in East Tenn and he had about half that many and wouldn't quote me a price on the 4 count em SWB '72 fleetside, two A.C. Cab/Tilt trucks until one day I went over there and he told me thescrap crusher people picked them up for 500.00 for all!!!!!!!!! Ah!!!!!!!!!

[Yukon Jack]

Unbelievable!

[blukangoo]

I´d love to play in that playground.
I could spend days even weeks in there.

[Bowtie001]

Ok everyone, bring all of your rigs and trailers - ROAD TRIP. We'll get them free one way or the other.

Or maybe not - nice idea though, isn't it?

-Brian

[jkaylor68gmc]

I'm thinking that is a great idea. I know of many cars and trucks that have been built from rescue missions such as that. Let's go!!!!!!!

[BigSky71]

Wow... wow.

Suburbia is encroaching that collection, bug that old man or his family until you can save those vehicles, or it could go bad...

[67ChevyRedneck]

The really sad part is that the trucks are in NJ and have probably been sitting 15+ years, and I see a lot of broken/open windows. Between the snow, rain, humidity, and sitting on moist grass there probably isn't a lot of great sheet metal left. My dad had a collection of about 10 of these trucks in the woods of NY and after 10 years of sitting there wasn't much of anything salvagable on them. They all went to the scrapyard.

[estig70]

i just found a place like this here in the bluegrass state just last week. well not as many vehicles but deffinately a collection of 67-72 trucks. OHHHHH the possibilities that could be resurected!!

[darush01]

Originally Posted by estig70

i just found a place like this here in the bluegrass state just last week. well not as many vehicles but deffinately a collection of 67-72 trucks. OHHHHH the possibilities that could be resurected!!

Where? I wanna know if even to just look at what I can never have

[1lowdiesel]

c'mon not even for a fellow jersian you won't share the location...ok ok how much you want

[FPChickey]

Good stuff

You should speak to the local tax collector as a prospective Real Estate buyer.

Being careful not to cause the local authorities to begin a "Clean Up Effort", of course!

[bagged91]

I don't want to stir up the hornets nest too much on this with the town. This stuff has been local legend around here for some time, almost like the jersey devil. There are quite a few guys around here that would like to get their hands on this stuff(including me) and like I said before, the NICE stuff is supposed to be in the building. I have a buddy of mine that I trust working on getting me a name/address so I can start my search. I figured the worst he can say is HALT OR I'LLE SHOOT! lol...

I'lle keep ya posted...

Oh, btw, 1lowdiesel, it's about 10 minutes from the show you broke your u-joint at doing the burn out b-4 the high/low... That's all I'lle tell ya.

[68shortstep]

I know of a '34 Ford cabriolet convertible (roll-up windows in the doors) rumble seat roadster that was driven (not pulled) out of a shed behind an old mobile home down here about four years ago, and onto a car-hauler trailer.

It sold for the huge sum $ 300.00, and the seller was thrilled about having "taken" some damn-fool Yankees for such an old junker. "Why that upholstery & fold-down top was all in rags........"

Fact -- Not an urban legend. I know the neighbor who lived across the street, and none of us knew that car was in that old shed. The old boy sold the car because the neighbor I knew was pressuring him to tear the eyesore shed down.

Where am I when deals like that happen ?????

They're still out there in the weeds & the sheds. You just gotta find 'em.

[1lowdiesel]

Originally Posted by bagged91

Oh, btw, 1lowdiesel, it's about 10 minutes from the show you broke your u-joint at doing the burn out b-4 the high/low... That's all I'lle tell ya.

are you kidding me. you know what sucks, i don't even think i remember how to get there.

what were you driving?

pm's buddy pm's our little secret

[Huck]

OK I rent a helicopter and canvass all of central NJ---better yet, I put out a bounty to local pilots --$100. to the guy who see's this collection!!

Know a guy with 3 blazers, one is a 2wd--all full or cat crap, rust, etc.

Another local guy with 3 57 belairs---2 are convertables with trees growing through them---"not for sale" sign on the fence. He will probably wind up dying with his kids selling them to the first guy coming along with a $100. bill.
There are lots of stuff like this still around if you ask and look. Unusual in that someone would collect K5 Blazers as they are not exactly hot on the restoration market like tri-5's ~~~hummmmmm
Go over there looking pitiful, bring your girlfriend looking especially hot and have her act REAL FRIENDLY---you never know, you might be able to get a deal trading the trucks/blazers for a girlfriend that is getting boring!!!hehehehe

[Bowtie001]

have you had any luck at least finding the guys name? I'll bet if enough of us drive up there with bills in hand we could take the whole bit. We'll support you on this one - especially if we get dibs.