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  1. A buddy of mine at work recently told me about a longtime friend of his, whose father recently passed away. The son, Dave, lives up here in Indiana, but he grew up in Florida, where his father remained until he passed away last year. His Dad’s story is pretty interesting: Bob grew up in Gary, Indiana, built a Model A hot rod (Buick nailhead power) in his youth, went to college, got married, moved to Florida, worked for NASA, daily drove a Ferrari, and basically collected anything automotive that struck his fancy. Along the way he rubbed elbows with the likes of Smokey Yunick. When Dave went down to Florida to take care of funeral arrangements and to settle his father’s estate, he discovered his inheritance: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/01/15/a-lifetimes-collection-of-hot-rods-and-parts-heads-to-auction-in-florida/ The sheer scope of what Bob had amassed is amazing: rows of Tri-5 Chevys, including 7 Nomads and 4 ’57 Bel Air convertibles. Scads of pre-war Fords, mostly roadsters, 3-windows, and 5-windows. Remains of a 1958 Corvette, a semi-restored 1958 Porsche 356, a 1973 Pantera with 3800 miles (bought from an astronaut), the still running 1978 Ferrari. Stacks of vintage speed parts, including Smokey Yunick experimental /prototype intakes. From what my buddy has said, the articles that have been posted online are pretty accurate: Dave knew his father had quite a bit of stuff, but he had no idea how much his father kept acquiring after Dave moved back to Indiana, and his father managed to keep him from actually stopping by the house in person for the last 10 years. Most of the cars were stored outside, and the Florida coastal climate hasn’t been kind to many of them (especially a ’57 Nomad whose roof has basically disintegrated). Frankly, however, I’m amazed how good some of this stuff has remained, since some of it has been outside in the salt air for 40+ years. Dave is keeping his Dad’s Model A, and a 1935 Ford Roadster. I’m sure he’s also cherry-picked many parts. Everything else is getting auctioned off this April: http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/auctions_details.php?detail=165&allimages=NO I don’t know Dave personally, but he is quite the hot rodder himself, and has had several magazine features on his own cars, so I can only imagine how hard it must be to sell off some of this stuff.
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