Event Coverage How can one guy have so much.

Went to a private car collector auction today. One man 33 Cars and a **** load of collectible parts from the past 50 years. Enjoy.

As I recall some of the sales prices. 56 Meteor Custom Convert. $38.K, 40 Ford coupe with skirts, $36.K, 63 OLd Starfire Convt. $53.K, Pontiac Woodie Wagon, $89.K. 41 Merc Convert. chopped top $48.K,

 

Cool collection lucky man.

 

Is the '56 Meteor the blue/white one or the red/white one? The old custom is really nice, tasteful.

 

That guy had some really nice cars !
Very nice and always glad to hear they have a good new home !

RetroJim

 

that '56 meteor is sweet.

 

the red and white merc looks like a USA version, not a meteor

 

The blue and white Rag is the Meteor originally built about 35 years ago.

 

It was built in the late 50's
early 60's...there was a story about it in old autos a few years back...as I recall it was almost new when the mods began...I thought it would bring alot more than it did.Cool car wish it was mine

 

cool

 

Luck??

I wonder..

 

It's a sickness.

 

Cool Cars.

 

Probably not. Likely a poor hot rodder from the early days that started working and enjoyed what he was doing and became prosperous along the way. Managed to pick this or that up along the way and after the 50 years (half century) wound up with what he had at auction. Was probably so busy working he forgot how much fun you have hot rodding in the simple way. My guess is he never enjoyed those cars very much because he was too busy working. Just my two cents.

 

Man are you wrong, this guy started off like you said made some smart real estate investments while operating a auto wrecking business always drives his cars, lives in CA in the winter. plays in Ontario Canada in the summer. We should all be so lucky. I think he was just thinning the herd.

 

Then that is a lucky man to be able to follow his dream. Lesson to all of us here--we should drive what we build and use what we have. Cars were meant to be driven and pedals meant to be pushed. Thanks for update.

 

33 thats nothing, a guy i am friends with has at last count 50, and the are all pre '70 cars and loads of parts everywere... only one of his kids know where it all is....

 

Lucky, my ***! He WORKED for what he has!

 

Nice cars!
I am a ****er for a '41 Mercury.
I really like the grill treatment.

If that was an American Olds Starfire I'd say it was a '62, not a '63.
Did they sell the '62 body through '63 in Canada?

 

We've got a few guys like that here in Phoenix. One of my Dad's clients has a house worth about 20 million os so and a just at his house keeps a collection of some of the rarest o/t German and Italian cl***ics. Probably a dozen or so cars. Drives 'em as much as poosible. He also has two airplane hangers, one full of thirty or more o/t cl***ics and the other with his planes. I don't care if I take a beating for it, those old Ferarri's are sweeeeet. I like the collection that started this thread much more, but if it was mine you might find an Itailian v-12 hiding in the back...

 

lucky enough to be at the age that buying low was easy. Its called speculating and is the reason the cost of everything has gone up so high. Also the reason most manufacturing has left both the U.S. AND Canada as the working cl*** need more money to get by so the speculators look for cheaper labour to produce our consumables. His real estate work is costing us all. Good on him.

 

You need to kick around here more. Go look at past Jalopy Journal entries from Ryan under the heading "inspiration". Also look at many of metalshapes threads and posts. Plenty of p***ion for Euro hotrods, thats where a lot of our forefathers got thier ideas.

By looking at the above pics I can say someone worked hard to build such a nice collection.

 

It amazes me what I find on here. I have two homepages and HAMB is one of them.

 

I want to catch it

 

It's called capitalism...NOT so******m...he prolly worked hard for his money...and can afford to buy what he wants when he wants...and now he's enjoying it...it's the AMERICAN dream...!!!

R-

 

Buying stuff in the old days might have been cheaper,but you made a hell of a lot less. Speculating is smart business.It is what Wall Street is all about.Its called Investing.He did not acquire all that by "Luck".It took hard work,long hours,taking risks,doing without at times of uncertainty,buying smart.I fault no man on having more than I because I know he probably wanted it more.
The reason manufacturing has left North America is taxes.Corporations do not pay them,we do in the end product.So if there were no corporate taxes,goods would be a lot cheaper and businesses would be coming back quickly.
If you want to die with a barn full of old valuable cars,invest (speculate) in them.And don't be bitter if someone is jealous of your possessions.

 

nuff said....

 

thats the answer he is "enjoying the american dream"! the guy was from the usa and moved north, makes sense.

 

it's called bucks.

 

WTF are talking about, the guy worked hard all his life, satisfied his p***ion for cars. made money and is still enjoying them at over 70 years of age. If you are pissed off at life just move back to your cave.

 

A tad bitter, are you?