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Hi guys,

I was visiting my uncle today and while on our 2 hour trip up north, I remembered there was a old chevy guy with a large collection of stuff so we decided to try and find him and we did! Wanted to make a post with pics and share with you Chevy guys. I thought you'd enjoy reading this.

This place is in Maine and is amazing. He has some really nice Chevrolets, may some of the nicest I have ever seen. He still has the mint original 50 chevy he bought new, a 22 Chevy with 3,000 original miles! 20 chevy project. I saw these cars and they were so cool. They are all his pride and joy and are not for sale.

Out back, he has several hundred parts cars or projects if you are ambitious, mostly pre 1955. I have never seen so many pre 1955 cars in my life. I'm into the 60's chevies, which he had plenty of too but I was in awe at how many old cars he had. Lots of Chevrolets. His father was pure chevy and so is he.

He is 83, been at that location since 1933! He would be interested in selling the stuff he has out back. And I hope some of the stuff gets bought. He had heart surgery a little less than two years ago and voiced his concern that should anything happen to him, all these cars out back would probably get crushed. There are tons of good parts on these cars and some may be rare enough to warrant a restoration. They are rusty for sitting out there so long but are complete.

I was telling him about Flint and his eyes lit up. I wish he could come and bring is 22. It would be a hit of the show.

Anyway, I have made an online album with pics of the yard. Since I was mainly looking for 60's stuff, I didn't go far back into the old old stuff pre 1950 but there is plenty of it back there. His prices are very reasonable for parts, and I think he would be reasonable for a whole car. I don't know much about the pre 1955 chevies to identify what model they are.

PM me for more details of the place. It would be a great place to go on a VCCA tour and he'd be a great host.

I didn't resize the photos (sorry about that) so I will only attached a few to the post.

http://s834.photobucket.com/albums/zz267/tar6569/Car%20stuff/junkyardcook/

Warren

Thanks for the photos.

Sad to see all those orphans, looks like a world never discovered before. I would bet most of the frames, etc that have made ground contact are all but gone, but some good parts available from many labels.

OOOHHHhhhhhhh my.......Now THAT is a true shame.

On the "turtle back" look at how the rear door over laps the quarter pnl. No frame left under there. I could use the glass and some other parts on that one.