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Title: Huge hoard of muscle cars uncovered in Iowa and heading for auction
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FOX News
URL Source: https://www.foxnews.com/auto/huge-hoard-muscle-cars-iowa
Published: Aug 26, 2019
Author: Gary Gastelu
Post Date: 2019-08-26 11:25:38 by Deckard
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Red Oak is a small Iowa town, but not too small to hide a massive collection of muscle cars. (VanDerBrink Auctions) The hundred or so vehicles were collected over the past 50 years by a man named Coyote Johnson. The 65-year-old construction company owner has been buying them since he was 16 and building barns with his own hands to store them. (VanDerBrink Auctions) They’re filled with Plymouth Road Runners, Chevy Chevelles, Ford Mustangs and practically every kind of muscle car from the 1960s and 1970s you can think of. (VanDerBrink Auctions) There are also plenty of other cars and trucks, from a 1951 Ford Victoria Custom to a 1997 Pontiac Trans Am coupe and convertible. (VanDerBrink Auctions) There aren’t any million-dollar rarities, and plenty of them need work, but standouts include a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS Sport Coupe with a 454 big-block V8 (VanDerBrink Auctions) Johnson told the Des Moines Register that not too many people knew about his hoard until he announced a few months ago that he was going to auction off most of the collection at the behest of his girlfriend and daughter. Barn collection specialist VanDerBrink Auctions will be handling the sale at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, where the cars are scheduled to cross the block on Sept. 14. (VanDerBrink Auctions) They won’t all be there. Johnson is holding on to a few, including several of the Road Runners, which he has a particular affection for. If you feel the same way, don’t worry, because he still has 11 listed for sale.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
That would be a very interesting auction to observe !!!
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People get attached to their hobby objects because their collections are so admired by their fellow-collectors. Or they are symbols of a long-gone era when they were young and perhaps couldn't afford nice stuff. I think many of these people are just hoarders with very specific tastes.
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