Barn & shop total sell off ONE LOT only $$$$$$$
 

Hi I'll start on the Forums; A lifelong V8er in RG # 85 [Oregon] wants his parts aaalll Gone in one lot. the Cherry-pickers already tried and failed on this stash. I have photos and PM me, but you must be real, to pass the interview. Have cash $$$$$$$, trucks and storage for this lot. Photos will take several threads and may get separated. I managed a sell off like this 15 yrs ago for $40,000 cash, and it took 3 semi trailers- mostly sheet metal. this is mostly mechanical, as his business was rebuilding engines,trans, rear diffs and brakes. Within a few yrs the RELATIVES will get it and it will be gone in a DAY. enjoy Newc

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Photos here

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More photos here

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I hate to say this, but "$$$$$$$$" looks like "0000000" to me. It may depend on where it is located.

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More photos RG # 85 Oregon there is a Lincoln 337 in the F-6. Also two 49/50 coupes.

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Photos of parts in shop storage;

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I'm afraid most guys wanna see the stash of ardun heads, merc cranks, uncracked blocks, '32 specific parts. Even podunk greenhorn guys like me have stacks of stock heads, generators,water pumps, 3 3/4 cranks, stock intake and exhaust manifolds and blocks with a few repairable cracks. I'm afraid every day more stuff is available as time moves on. Fortunately I only paid two grand for my last haul of flatheads and parts. This was a part of my 'retirement' plan......

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There is a some cherries there.




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I see a little bit of myself there, probably a few of you guys too. I've said it before and here we go again, this is one of the major drawbacks of this hobby/lifestyle.
There's racks and cabinets with all sorts of stuff that's worthwhile hanging onto, all stashed away in a system that the guy understands, so he can 'know' where to look for any specific part he may require, which is great; means he doesn't have to source the parts from elsewhere with all the related hassles that involves.
Then, to quote John Lennon 'life is what happens when you're busy making other plans'
Good luck Newc. Please don't take this as an insult.

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One of my favorite quotes. Not a John total thought. Nothing is though. Great reference.


Big Mark Twain guy myself.

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A few scenarios come to mind:
!. The family says Grandpa was a hoarder. Why did he save all that rusty junk anyway??
2. The family says Grandpa was the smartest man alive. Every last one of those rare parts is worth at least $100 each! How can we cash in?
3. The family says let's take the easy way out. Let's call an auctioneer. The auctioneer comes and says it's not worth my time. Call a scrap dealer!
4. If anyone in the family were an old car guy, the stuff would not be for sale (or maybe there are 2 or 3 old car guys in the family who can't agree on who should get what)!

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Fwiw, that '51 is a Big Job, not an F6, so the 337 would be stock.

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I’d like to have a stash like that if I was 30 yrs younger. I’m sure the owner of that stuff was a young man when he started collecting. I think it would take a young man, or a few of them to take it over ( think Mike Driscoll).At 61, I think sometimes I won’t get to use the little that I’ve collected. Still it’s very impressive to me, but I live this stuff!!....... Mark

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WOW! And my wife thinks I have "stuff".

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Hmmm, I'm near 80 and tempted to make an offer if the spaniel in the first set of photos comes with the deal. My feeling is my son and son in law will clear my stash when I'm
gone. The challenges and pressures of doing what I do keeps me young (until I look in the mirror) ,YIKES !!! who is that old faarrt.
Charlie ny

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Personally, I think the days of buying someones stash of run of the mill, common mechanical parts are fading away. Folks just don't have the space or are too old to start hoarding.

Vendors who specialize in certain old car parts may be interested but, not for BIG money.

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19Fordy
You hit the nail on the head of what I was thinking, just more efficiently than I would have said. AS some one else eloquently posted as well, I (Or Mike at Third Gen) would love to have that "stash" of parts just to be able to keep what interest there will be in the future for V8's alive. BUT for me, and the general state of economics for younger families these days (like me) the available "extra" positive cash flows are not available for such a purchase, it all goes to "daily living", Like for me, The University of Florida.

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He lives in Oregon I believe

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Im in the same boat currently with 40 yrs worth of model A stuff. Tryied to give it to the local model a club. Most is headed to the shredder sadly

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The owner of this stuff should sell the vehicles separately, as there will be
any number of people willing to buy them, but Not interested in all the parts. ;)





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I am curious, what is your estimate of what this stuff is worth? I too like the rest of you have lots of stuff stored in blds and semi's. I think if you want to promote this stuff, specifics will help. What year rear end housings, how many and what year engines, are the cabinets full of NOS rings, bearings, gaskets and small units for what? Are there any machine tools like boring bars, valve machines, vats and so on? Just a few questions that would help the sale.

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I hate it when they're like that. Too short sighted to see what they might actually need.

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You also have to consider the current state of the economy. He couldn't have picked a worse possible time to try to move his stuff.

I was going to go back to Minnesota and start selling some of my stuff this spring. That is on indefinite hold for now.

I'm going to open another cold one and go sit in the sun. I hear you guys in the northern tier of states are looking at snow this weekend. Talk about "bad times".

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Just like Model T parts, as the population decreases, so does the demand. Most folks born in the 60's on up aren't looking to buy that era stuff.

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Well said . You summed it up nicely !

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Probably should have let the cherry pickers go thru it all and get them to up their offer.
At least they will give an idea of what's there in terms of desirability.
They know what's worth anything and what's not worth the time/shipping.
Unfortunately, as these hoards/collection become available the value will continue to drop.

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Lot to be said for this approach.

Father-in-law decided (against some advise) to have a down sizing auction of tools and misc. When all was said and done he could have sold outright five or so items (anvil, torches, air compressor, etc) and given away the other two hay wagons of other tools along with the misc on the ground and been ahead money when the auction fees were totaled up.

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This is a magnification of my stuff. I can't see anyone buying the whole stash in one lot, outside of a junk dealer. I mean no offense to anyone or the stuff, lots of good stuff!

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Upside of having an auction--you get rid of ALL of it in one day. Downside--you can't draw the number of buyers that want that kind of volume of parts, in other words, supply far exceeds demand. If you want to get supposedly top dollar for all of it, it will take months to inventory and list and advertise and then you'll only sell a fraction of it. It would take a lot of time to set it up correctly for an auction as well. So, one has to make the choice--do I want the dollars, or do I want to spend my time doing something else. You end up with either time or money--everything is a compromise. Went through this in a smaller scale when my parents passed away after living on the same farmstead for 55 years. Took some time sorting through things and tossing stuff that wasn't worth much and cleaned and sorted the rest for an auction. They were well known throughout the community as dad had been the neighborhood welder/on farm butcher/all around fix it man. There were an estimated 1000 people at the sale and the only thing left was a small box of pots and pans that somebody forgot in the hayfield. EVERYTHING was gone. Bittersweet, but it was a task that needed to be done. And my folks never would have imagined there "stuff" would have sold for the amount that it did. Good luck.

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Well said swedishsteel.


"Upside of having an auction--you get rid of ALL of it in one day. Downside--you can't draw the number of buyers that want that kind of volume of parts, in other words, supply far exceeds demand. If you want to get supposedly top dollar for all of it, it will take months to inventory and list and advertise and then you'll only sell a fraction of it. It would take a lot of time to set it up correctly for an auction as well. So, one has to make the choice--do I want the dollars, or do I want to spend my time doing something else. You end up with either time or money--everything is a compromise"