Got invited to see a car collection yesterday.

Duncan (Arkiehotrods) and Dr.Dave from here on the Hamb along with a couple other's were invited by the V8 Fords club of Arkansas to see this amazing collection of cars. It's not open to the public. There were a little over 100 cars there. This is a very little know place call The Old Car Barn. It's litteraly right down the street from my house and I didn't know it until a couple of days ago. It's owned by the Salmon brothers. They were very gracuous and kind to allow us to see their collection of beautifull car's. Here's some pictures and a link to their website.

p.s.-You will notice that in some of the photo's some of the hoods aren't closed all the way....thats because they were so nice that we were allowed to open any hood and get in any car we liked.

http://theoldcarbarn.com/




















**** Butkus bought this 1961 Olds new his rookie season....

 

Thanks for the pics!!!!

 

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Thanks for sharin', man. He's got quite a few of my very own personal favs.....

 

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Can you count how many '57 Chevy's there are?.....


































Well, thats all folks! Over 100 cars, 105 I think?....thats more cars than we get at most cruise nights around here lol!.......Enjoy.

 

those guys aren't ****in' around!

 

I forgot to mention, they only open this to the V8 Club once a year for them and a small amount of guest to view.

The rest of the year these guys are hauling mail for the U.S. Postal Service.

 

Great pics! Love that International Woody and the white '59 Camino.

-Troy

 

that is too cool! thanks for sharing

 

wow!!

 

Id sure like to have that black Nova
Nice pics... Thanks
Dave

 

Now we know why the price of stamps keeps going up!

 

I got to go through with a local vette club. It is an awsome place. Some of them are super low miles too.

 

wow, i'll need a crowbar, oxy/fuel torch, and a box of moon pies... i call dibs on the diamond T!

 

WOW, what a stellar collection! Thanks for sharing! I too love that International woody, you never see too many of that marque??

Which one would you choose if you could only have one??

I'll take the yellow Pontiac fuel injected convertable.
JT

 

wow!!!

 

Did they mention why the 32 roadster was missing the headlights?

 

I should of got a snack and a drink,that was cool.

I was over at a guys place he has a lot of Maxwells, A 1903? Stephens-Duryea , A 1911 Herreshoff Runabout, they mainly built boats on the East Coast.. A 1929 Buick Roadster. The Whiskey Six. A booze runner, with the history.

 

The 32 is having the headlight redone. A lot of the cars have parts missing as they get stuff rechromed, etc.

The black 57 Nomad is factory fuel-injected. The 66 Nova is a 350 horse 327, and the 70 Nova is an L-78 375 horse 396 (actually 402 in 1970 even though they still called it a 396) There is a survivor 57 Pontiac Bonneville, fuel-injected convertible that's white and red, and a 57 Star Chief convertible undergoing restoration that is yellow with green trim.

 

Wow!!!

 

Unbelievable

 

that's just sillyness.....insane even.....im jealous.

 

just for ****s, lets see if we can nail down a total value for this collection.

 

They're housed in a million-dollar facility! It's got a very tall fence with barb wire around the top, surveillance system, electronic gates, etc.

The Cadillac Phaetons are in the $300,000 range, each. 7 '57 Chevy ragtops and a fuel injected Nomad, that's easily half a million, and that's a tenth of the cars there.

 

Holly Cow! I drive by that place all the time and often wondered what was in there. Thats nuts! It sits in the middle of run down houses and bunch of crack heads.