Now this is a car collection !

[grumpy]

http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/buzzandjackie/collection.htm

[botrytis]

Dah-amn!!!!! :ntwrthy: :ntwrthy: :ntwrthy:

[MAXZ28]

Wow.....the man loves his Bowties, that's for sure!

[similost]

wow.. it must be a reall thrill to have the time and money to build a collection like that..

[Arkay]

WOW! :yikes: :banana:

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

For once, words fail me...

[ablethevoice]

Holy moley!! I'm close to speechless.


Seeing all those pristine machines brings to mind a story I read quite a number of years ago (I think it was in a Reader's Digest):
A guy living in Chicago received notice to come to Arizona to attend the reading of a will from a relative he didn't even know he had. He was bequeathed several hundred acres of land in SW Arizona "with anything in or on that land". When he went to examine his new property, he found a very large aircraft hangar - large enough to hold at least one big airliner. The hangar had been completely sealed; hermetically sealed, in fact. When the seal was broken, he found several hundred automobiles in brand-new condition, dealer stickers still on the windows, engine cylinders filled with oil... in every way prepared for long-term storage. These cars dated back to the 1930's. Every model from every automaker from each model year from 1933 to 1975, IIRC. All virgin and never driven. They were apparently trucked to the hangar directly from the sales lot after having been prepped for long-term preservation.

Wish I had a long-lost relative like that...

[Fat Point Ja]

The owner of the collection has purchased the old Wal Mart store in Punta Gorda, FL for his museum. It is just down the street from my house.

It should be even better than the old Collier museum in Naples.

Jack

[Sandy G]

Hay-Zoos !

[charliemcd]

I'm speechless ...

[onepixel]

wow... wow... wow..

[hifi_nut]

geeeezzzuuuuusssss..........:jawdrop::jawdrop:

[Mystic]

Yep, those are Treworgy's Corvettes, along with a few other models he decided to throw in for a little extra fun and a lot more envy factor. Probably the most beautiful early-ish (1962, I think it was?) Impala I've ever seen (in person) is (was?) in that collection. He probably still has it, seems like he only collects & never sells.

[Sandy G]

I was glad to see a few-but still not nearly enuff-REAL Chevys in the collection. OK, OK, Corvettes & Impalas are fine & all, but 'round here, the Chevys I remember from my youth were Delray 150s, Biscaynes, mostly 2 door & 4 door sedans. Lotsa Chevy 2 lowline models-you were Big-Time Hot Shit if you sprung for the anemic little 6 in one of those instead of the 4...People 'round here were POOR, a car was considered transportation 1st & a Fashion Statement 2nd. Toward the mid-late '60s things changed, we started buying fancier cars, but times were tough, plus you had the ingrained penurity of East Tennesseans to overcome...

[DENNYDOG]

Nice collection. It would be tough to choose a favorite but I like that old Chevy three window coupe with the orange wheels.

[jayk]

i used to work for harrahs hotel/casino in reno nv, back in the '70s, the owner of which, the late william f harrah, had a collection of ~1500 foreign and domestic autos. occasionally i was able to actually work out at the collection (i was a bartender).
but i am just as impressed seeing pics of all these chevies, etc.

then there are the barrett/jackson auctions in az...

must be nice!:scratch2:

[Mark W.]

Pretty light on Chevelles if you ask me. If the guy collects blck block GM he should have quite a few to chose from in the Chevelles.

but then I'm partial my 66 Malibu is in the shop waiting me to rotate back to that hobby,

[Fast_Eddie]

Man, it would be neat to be able to put together a collection like that. Pretty neat!

[brainsmasher]

I do have something from that collection in my garage, the 50's Coke machine about 15-20 pix down. And he does need more Chevelles in there.

[tboat4]

Looking at that collection makes me think of heaven.
The first car I owned was a '62 Impala SS 300HP, 327CI. 4 spd, Honduras Maroon with black interior. Stock it turned a 14.13 and after a little work it got to 12.77. With luck, one of these days I'll get an old Vette.

[Ultra-Hog]

Daaaaammmmmmnnnnn!

I am glad to hear that each one is driven occasionally.

[slow_jazz]

Holy Jesus!!! What an awesome collection.... Loved how he had new mixed in with old...

That is what you call rich!!!!!!!

[OvenMaster]

What, no Corvairs?!... so I call dibs on the gold '61 Impala hardtop!
Gorgeous iron, one and all. :yes:
Tom

[RichPA]

That is amazing.

[bordeno]

Wow.... '69 Camaros, '66 GTOs, and a whole lotta 'Vettes.

Beautiful.

[jetblack]

There's something there for just about everybody (well, unless you're a Mopar or Ford fan). They even have vintage pickups. I was a little surprised that they could fit the LS7 engine in a vintage vet.

[outshined]

Gadzooks!
Honey, I need a Zannie.

[dokblues]

Amaaaaazing!!!:yikes::jawdrop::ntwrthy::ntwrthy:

[Joe VW]

Very nice!:thmbsp:

Here in Seattle we also had a serious collector. He had warehouses all over the Puget Sound. Here is his story.

http://http://www.lemaymuseum.org/page.php?id=65 (http://www.lemaymuseum.org/page.php?id=65)

[dread31]

The fun I could have with THAT lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:zoom:

[jimfet]

I would have spent at least a half a mil. on a stereo. He loves Vetts though.

[Kamakiri]

Well, yeah, but how often do you think they get driven?

Kinda like having an attractive spouse with a vow of celibacy.......

[grumpy]

Very true but some things you can just look at for hours and appreciate.

I would hate to have to move all of those just to get one out from the middle :)

[SPL db]

Who are those people and how did they get into my garage?!? :)

Scott

[Luckyman]

What a collection! Thanks for the pics, Grumpy!:yes:

[TWantiques]

Holy moley!! I'm close to speechless.


Seeing all those pristine machines brings to mind a story I read quite a number of years ago (I think it was in a Reader's Digest):
A guy living in Chicago received notice to come to Arizona to attend the reading of a will from a relative he didn't even know he had. He was bequeathed several hundred acres of land in SW Arizona "with anything in or on that land". When he went to examine his new property, he found a very large aircraft hangar - large enough to hold at least one big airliner. The hangar had been completely sealed; hermetically sealed, in fact. When the seal was broken, he found several hundred automobiles in brand-new condition, dealer stickers still on the windows, engine cylinders filled with oil... in every way prepared for long-term storage. These cars dated back to the 1930's. Every model from every automaker from each model year from 1933 to 1975, IIRC. All virgin and never driven. They were apparently trucked to the hangar directly from the sales lot after having been prepped for long-term preservation.

Wish I had a long-lost relative like that...

Seems like that story, or some variation, has been around for some time. The last time I heard it I checked Snopes.com and came up with this interesting bit. (http://www.snopes.com/photos/automobiles/barnfind.asp)

May or may not be the same story you are referring to but interesting none the less.

Terry

[OldSkool]

Seeing all that stuff reminds me of an old saying:

"You dont see any U-Haul trailers at a funeral."

[Brian]

What happened to Baron's collection? Did he sell it off? It was a good tax structure he had there. Almost as good as the pest exterminater who uses vintage cars to advertise the business and beat the IRS on whether they were a collectible or could be wriiten off as an expense. They were think in Lee County when I lived there.

[mrbowtie]

Howd you get in my shop???










HA... I can only dream