Down at the Port of Galveston and found another classic being ship out. Can somebody ID. I think it was heading to Japan like all the rest.
Sure beats watching it sit in a field rusting away while the owner answers "nope, I'm gonna restore it" when you ask him if it's for sale. Devon
totally agree. The guys overseas are pretty committed to the car considering they spent so much. Still looking for that aquamist car here though!
Then get your ass on a boat or a plane to Hiroshima or Melbourne or Reykjavk or Sicily and see it. Devon
OK V-8 Buick People: There was a man living up the street from me who had several old cars in his yard. The word was out and every time he was approached to sell one he declined. Well, over a period of years they really deteriorated past the point of no reasonable return. So what. They were his cars and his problem. Why do people trip over this? I can see that it makes so many people so angry when this happens. These seem to be the same people who take my personal inventory and I tell you......it feels icky. Is it too bad that a car goes to pot sitting in somebody's yard? Perhaps, but if you want to get a car and fix it up there is an ample supply around of exactly what you might want at the price you'd be willing to pay. So, the next time you see an old car laying in someone's yard and it's not for sale wish the owner good luck and keep searching. Mitch
Really? Maybe you should remember that not everyone here has a 71 Skylark. I've personally seen some fairly rare cars sit and rot and they are cars that are not easily replaced. For those of us into the more uncommon car it's heartbreaking to see them sit unloved and rotting away. If someone cares enough to keep it up and running it doesn't matter where they live. The people who buy a car and then park it in a field under a tree because "someday it'll be worth something" are the reason why there are so many fewer classics than there should be.
:gp: X2. My...grandpa-in-law(?) owns a ranch out in Park Valley (if you have even the faintest idea where that is). He has about ten cars dating from the 1910s to the 1960s and, true to old farmer form, they are all just rotting away underneath the pines. A real shame, I hope I somehow manage to worm my way into inheriting them when he goes.
Agree... There are excellent collectors in other countries as well. I would love to see a young man in another country staring at a Buick...saying someday I'm going to own a car like that! Plus the weak dollar makes American classic cars cheaper than ever before.
OK V8 Buick people: Funny this thread still lives. Since I last posted on this thread I ran into an old friend of mine who I hadn't seen in years. We has a lot of catching up to do and in our conversation he told me of a pair of cars he purchased from a guy up the street from me. Yes, they were the same cars I referred to in my thread. He ran across a person who wanted to buy them and knocked on the neighbor's door and actually was able to purchase them. Because they were big, old and heavy the price wasn't free but it was reasonable enough to where the a deal was struck. He flipped them to the person that wanted them and I guess did OK. So. Some people eventually break loose, and in the meantime I still say "So What if their car sits and rots." Keep moving on, find what you like and do with it what you........LIKE.........OR ARE EVEN ABLE TO DO WITH IT! Mitch
