Thread: hot rod hoarder four decade stash goes to auction

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A couple years back I was having a conversation with a young buck about our hobby. He was bemoaning the parts supply of neat ol' stuff. He was shocked and somewhat disbelieving when I said that it was better today than 25-30 years ago. He just couldn't imagine how that could be so. I replied, "because the guys who were hoarding this stuff in the past 50 or so years are dying and their families just need to get rid of all pop's ol' junk!" I may have underestimated just how much stuff is yet to pop.............

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

A couple years back I was having a conversation with a young buck about our hobby. He was bemoaning the parts supply of neat ol' stuff. He was shocked and somewhat disbelieving when I said that it was better today than 25-30 years ago. He just couldn't imagine how that could be so. I replied, "because the guys who were hoarding this stuff in the past 50 or so years are dying and their families just need to get rid of all pop's ol' junk!" I may have underestimated just how much stuff is yet to pop.............

Saw on Facebook the other day a guy mentioned that he knew a fellow in Arkansas that had a collection of 300 flathead intakes representing much of the aftermarket performance options of the day. A response was posted that he indeed has the collection, but that it now numbers at least 350 manifolds, and that "...most of them are now for sale!" I guess that this collector, unlike most, decided to cash in on his hobby himself rather than have his kids saddled with selling stuff that they had no interest in keeping.