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I know there are many car enthusiasts here...I should have posted this earlier, but I didn't realize how amazing it was until I went yesterday. Open to 6pm today. Late notice but amazing nonetheless...
Our Model T Club was scheduled to visit Lee's collection in October but of course, he passed away earlier this year. I saw the PDF that's out there about the auction and it is truly amazing how much the man amassed. I considered going to the auction but it's $100 just to bid on anything and the size of the lots they'll have to put together probably means that a guy just going after a couple headlights is going to have to buy 30 of them at once. But its an amazing amount of cars, not to mention the motorcycles, parts, and other antiques. I will say that a lot of the autos look a bit rough and will require some restoration before they're back on the road.
I'd be interested to hear what the auction was like. I've never attended one.
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I don't think we'll ever see a grouping like that ever again, palettes of hubcaps, Model T and A parts, etc. The density of items was (is) staggering. Cars, motorcycles, toys, everything needs restoring, he seemed only to collect it, not restore. Be interesting to see how much the collection raises by the end of the weekend. It was a sight to see.
I grew up in New Jersey, in the rural mountains, at Lake Hartung. A neighbor had a recreational car collection, and used to take us for rides in the rumble seat in the back of one of their antiques. We would go for root beer floats at the local shop.
