A wasted day in Okieland

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2014: A wasted day in Okieland
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 12:29 pm:

Saturday morning I drove down to Cleveland for a big auction of hundreds of old cars and tractors, plus some parts. These big sales attract the folks with plenty of dough, but usually a few crumbs fall off the table for us little guys to lick up. Yvette Van Der Brink gets a lot of these big ones, and she advertises well, so it was quite a crowd that showed up. The traffic jam on the one-lane road was such that it was faster for me to park a quarter mile out and walk in. I got card #300, and more people arrived after me.

They started with the tractors, then sold cars. Most were potential major projects, or parts cars, that sold for little more than scrap, but I took pictures of some of the better items.


They did sell some of the parts before getting to the cars. This pile of frames went for $200. I didn't notice it at the time, but the thing I find striking in this picture is all the round middles.


This "1934 Model A" brought $9500.


A good 1927 TT went for $4500.


This 1927 coupe sold for $6250. It's going to Minnesota to be parted out.


A 1927 Tudor at $6000 is going with the coupe to be sold as parts.


This little Champ went to a local guy from Tulsa for $1000.


The 1929 Model A roadster went for $$10,750. It drove onto the trailer under its own power. The pickup went for $9250.






This Graham Brothers truck for $700 looks like it would be a good project.


These interesting wheels were on a Model T rear end. Looks like they originally had solid rubber tires.


The other auctioneers, Dale and Aaron, would stand about twenty feet apart, and sell choices of the parts between them. After the choices were gone, they'd sell the remainder all together as a lot. Yvette complained of not feeling very well, so I guess she wanted to finish in a hurry. She didn't bother with choices, but sold everything between her and Aaron as one lot. I had hung around to bid on a pile of about thirty rims and felloes, but I didn't need or want any of the other stuff with it. Besides that, I didn't have a trailer with me to haul the extra stuff if I had bought it. so I came away with nothing but pictures.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By daniel ryan on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 12:35 pm:

Thanks for the pictures and info.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dave Dufault on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 12:40 pm:

Thanks very much for the pictures and text Steve!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Keith Gumbinger, Kenosha, WI on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 01:01 pm:

Thanks for the pictures, Steve.

Keith


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 01:01 pm:

Sure is fun to look at the pictures.
Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Strange on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 01:42 pm:

That TT looked like a good deal, hopefully whoever got it frequents the forum and will keep us updated on its progress.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mack Cole ---- Earth on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 02:29 pm:

Shame the complete cars are getting parted out but at least they didnt go for scrap.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By george house on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 04:37 pm:

Yeah, thanks for inviting us along on your auction. I greatly enjoyed the pictures. I'm thankful for the MN '26-'27 parting out enthusiast. I got a really rare '26 headlamp bar from him. .


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Kenneth W DeLong on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 05:21 pm:

Yup,Thank's for the pictures!! That Graham Brothers truck looked like the buy of the day! Was the Model A a 30 or 31? Bud.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John P Noonan on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 08:49 pm:

Hey Steve, don't forget that a bad day looking at T stuff is still better than a good day at work :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Norman T. Kling on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 09:30 pm:

That yellow Model A coupe was actually a 1931 and looks to be in good condition. Whoever got it got a bargain unless the engine is no good.

The Model T Coupe and tudor look good enough to restore. Too bad they will be parted out. But I guess if someone is just interested in making money, might get more for the parts than for a whole car.
Norm


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By kep on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 09:39 pm:

That is horrifying. Look at all the cars you can make from those piles of parts yet the complete cars are getting dumped...


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lance Sorenson, Hector, Minnesota on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 10:45 pm:

Is this the patented wheel you saw? It looks to me that studs or other driving attachments could be added to the wheels. I hope they didn't go for scrap.



Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Monday, August 18, 2014 - 10:59 pm:

Nope, not the same wheels. The ones at the auction had only five spokes, and they had cast rims to hold solid tires. I don't think the scrapper got them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chris Olsen on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 01:41 am:

The parting out bit makes me sad.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Stan Howe Helena, Montana on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:18 am:

ALL cars are parts. Some are assembled and some are not. There would be no running cars today if there were not some that had been parted out years back. Swap meets are full of parts. Virtually every one came from a car that was parted out.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 12:22 pm:

Stan - That almost makes sense but it wouldn't it be best if we were bringing the loose parts together instead of separating those that are already together?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Craig Anderson, central Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 08:44 pm:

^ It would be but if there weren't parts that would be impossible....... :-O


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By charley shaver on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 09:52 pm:

all cars are made from piles of parts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!charley


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mark Strange on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 08:38 am:

Sign on the front of a local pick-your-own-parts junkyard:

Remember, your car is running on used parts now!

:-O


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