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DavidG · 05-24-2021, 04:11 PM

Tom,

I absolutely agree that the parts auction had to be bust from Gene's perspective. If you or I had walked into his place a month or so before he had committed to Mecum to sell the parts through them and we had offered him $110K for all of his parts at that time, he would have thrown us out on our ear.

All good, fair points regarding the various fees. On the other side of the ledger, I doubt if the State of Indiana let them have the run of the place without a cut of the parking fees and use of space in the many buildings that they occupied. As an aside, on Thursday, thanks to the helpfulness of two friendly Mecum employees, I paid nothing for parking in the driveway of one of the closed entrances to where the parts were kept, nor an admission fee, and got a free golf cart ride to and from the entrance with the driver helping me load and unload my parts on to and off his golf cart. Maybe I am starting to look my age.

05-24-2021, 04:11 PM	#99
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,132	Re: Auction of Gene Hetland's mostly '32 parts Tom, I absolutely agree that the parts auction had to be bust from Gene's perspective. If you or I had walked into his place a month or so before he had committed to Mecum to sell the parts through them and we had offered him $110K for all of his parts at that time, he would have thrown us out on our ear. All good, fair points regarding the various fees. On the other side of the ledger, I doubt if the State of Indiana let them have the run of the place without a cut of the parking fees and use of space in the many buildings that they occupied. As an aside, on Thursday, thanks to the helpfulness of two friendly Mecum employees, I paid nothing for parking in the driveway of one of the closed entrances to where the parts were kept, nor an admission fee, and got a free golf cart ride to and from the entrance with the driver helping me load and unload my parts on to and off his golf cart. Maybe I am starting to look my age.