Who wouldn't love to go to a place like this?

[Dave Mellor NJ]

From the AACA Forums. I think it's called Nirvanna
http://forums.aaca.org/topic/281302-...of-this-place/

[C26Pinelake]

What a difference 50 plus years can make. Most if not all of these treasure troves have disappeared unfortunately as stated many went to the crusher. Wayne

[jb-ob]

The story begins with a Wayne Steinmetz believing that after WW ll, the Model A Ford would be popular again. He 'collected' some 350 vehicles, preserving them with tar paper roofs and by spraying used motor oil on their under carriages.

When Wayne died his wife, typically, said " Get this junk outta here !"

First sold where the convertibles and solid sedans. Now enter Craig Yanish, his brother, and an attorney. Craig was a Model A man, his brother had the necessary storage property, and the attorney would handle the paper work. They bought 100 cars and started 'Valley Antique Ford' in Slatington, Pa.

I bought three cars from them, one so complete it had the key still in the pop-out switch. I also spent many Saturdays rummaging thru their two barns filled with take offs from some of the more derelict 'A's.

Craig could also be found at Hershey.

All gone now but so many of us have cars that passed thru there or found parts from them. Yes, it was heaven.

[Barber31]

That mustache looking bumper is pretty neat. I wouldn't mind having that on my car.

[mot]

i visited this in the mid 60s
it was near pottstown Pa
i have some pictures i took back then
he must have died just before i got there,because this is exactly how it looked
he had bins of motometers,quails and other hood ornaments

everything was for sale
i wanted that 32 tudor facing the street
it was in beautiful shape
took several photos of it
some of those parts made it out here to california
tom

[ronn]

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thx Dave-nice photos!

we had a similar situation in Berlin NJ- about 75 model A's and the township came in during the mid 70's and made the owner haul all of them off. dont know if they were scrapped or sold, but do remember going and seeing them when I was pretty young.
A shame there are so many township ordinances when one pays their taxes...............

[holdover]

Wow the old days. Grew up in Huntington NY graduated HS in '63 and hung out at a auto salvage yard owned by a gentleman named Les Cuttings. His place was like the photos. What a thrill for a teenager, he was also active in the antique auto association and often gave talks at the meetings. He was a neat person, I got a Studerbaker from him for about 15 dollars and put a floor shift in, when he saw it he said Detroit spent years putting the shifter on the column and you spent an afternoon moving it back to the floor... those really were fun days

[larry harding]

back in the late 50's or early 60's i was in brevard n.c. working as a helper to a guy that worked for my father. we saw a chevy dealer with a junk yard out back. we walked in to look around and were quickly told nothing was for sale and to leave. i later heard rumors that the chevy dealer would take a ford in on trade and just put them out back. he had made plenty of money and wasn't interested in selling the fords. i didn't know much about cars at that time, but i'm pretty sure they were mostly a's. they were just stacked on top of each other three and four deep. they are long gone now, but what a curiosity. oh! for a time machine!

[Jeff/Illinois]

That is amazing. They look to be in pretty nice shape for sitting outside.

[J Franklin]

This is a place I always enjoyed when I first got my model A in California.

[Vanspeed]

What would really be cool is if there is a member here who happens to have a car that was from this collection. Anybody?

[jb-ob]

To Vanspeed's question.....Yup !

[28RPU]

They were all the same color!

[modelAtony]

Back in 1973 I was running hanging beef from Dallas, TX to Chicago, IL every week . I could run the route I wanted, sometime I would run up to big cabin OK and get on the turnpike going towards St Louis. About 3 miles before the truck stop at the entrance to interstate there was a BIG JUNKYARD on right side of road going north. They had t's, a's everything you wanted they were stacked 3 and some 4 high , never notice anything newer than 52 era. I stopped there one time but they were closed. Have fun modelAtony tony white Lafayette, LA

[Neil Mylar LakewoodCA]

jb-ob,
What did you purchase?
Can you show us a picture?

[jb-ob]

Neal,


I purchased three '29 Sedans, two for parts & where re-sold. The third had a caved in rear panel which provided me with an excellent pair of sedan doors, dated cowl, engine, & drive train for my '29 Sedan Delivery. Most I paid was $400 for one.

Another trip into their parts barn, I was looking thru a the shelf of Model A rain gutters. I found something that might fit over the rear door of my Delivery.... once home it turned out to be the exact '29 Delivery rear gutter !!

In a 1970 photo I was a smiling kid with long hair.. mostly gray & gone now, still smiling and still own the Delivery.

JB

[butch1928]

In the 1950 's I was in this yard. All the cars are black because any old black paint he could find was used to preserve and protect them. All the grass was neatly cut like a lawn ,even trimmed around the wheels and between cars .This was because he kept goats on the property.

[Wick]

In 1980 I was in Montpelier va. At Dunns junk yard on rt.58 There helper told me there was 30 model As there somewhere. He had not found them and the owner said just keep looking. This place was overgrown.
He did open the doors to a truck body where a beautiful 36 ford convertible sat. On rt.1 near Ashland va there were to junk yards Double BB. And Double TT they both had model As there.

[J Franklin]

And then came Ladybird Johnson and those yards vanished mostly.

[Jeff/Illinois]

Originally Posted by J Franklin

And then came Ladybird Johnson and those yards vanished mostly.

Planting trees and shrubs and buuu--shes. I can still hear her Texas drawl You're right she hated junk yards and was out to bury all of them.