While hanging out at the local corvette mechanic's shop (awaiting my alignment from down the street) I wandered his lot and took some pics.

Many of them are parts cars, many are in progress. He allows people to store cars in his lot and work on them when they have time. (He's a great guy and I'd trust him to the end with my car.)








The '54 was just bought by him for $3500... he added oil, gas and it started right up. It was not found in a barn, but the grandson of the owner didn't know what to do with it when his grandmother died. She hadn't touched the car in 25 years. :eek: :eek: I made an offer on it first, but it needs a lot of work, but it runs :D

 

Nice little collection :) good pictures thanks for posting them. And dam there is good buys on older vette's But the barn stories are still funny.

 

$3500 for a '54. Good buy!

I understand its a business but why do the boneyards all look the same all across the United States and perhaps across the world??? Cars half apart, parts laying everywhere, tarps covering portions of cars... I'd be willing to bet they didn't intend it to be that way... it just happens - kinda like an explosion. Perhaps a Phd could do a review on the personalities of owners across the US to see if really does take a special kind of person to own a boneyard.

 

Hey Phoenix, if you don't end up making a deal for it do you mind if I try. That was my father's favourite and would love to get one and rebuild her.

 

What shop is that, and who is the owner ?

 

The shop is Kearney Automotive in Sudbury.

He already bought the '54 and is working on it :( Sorry... I was a little late to the party with my offer.

A few of the cars were intended as parts cars others weren't. There are a couple that were sent by other shops that couldn't fix them.

Billy Kearney is a really good guy and will teach you anything that you want for a 6 pack of heineken.
:D:D

 

looks like a lot of 74's in the Boneyard

 

wow there's several hundreds of dollars of chrome bumper core in that one picture alone.

Hey in the thried picture from the top can you grab me that little plastic piece that on the.... (just kidding) :lol:

 

That comment about boneyards is interesting...in that...
and old friend and I share the same sort of feelings about boneyards...and can't expalain it....see both o us are age 58, known each other for 35 years no...and about 10-15 years ago shared comments about how we found junkyards facinationg places, and wondered about the psychology of it...must be in the old oil I guess....
I guess the facination of them is seeing all the guts and glory of all the machines separating us from other animals...in their infinate variation looking at designs more complicated than any mear artist could conceive, but that comparison is unfair for the artist is just ONE mind....these marvelous machines are products of tens of thousands of minds....
and even though we rail and cuss at some of the concepts/execution of them, the final thought is...they are more or less reliable, do a phenominal job for a very long time, and are about the only ultimate thing that separates us from the animals....
IT gives us freedom and saves our time, spent by thousands in quest of other pursuits....flying, medical,arts, food production, housing, construction, parks, etc...
it's the CAR and it's derivitives that truly separates us from the animals...
and frees us up from the plow long enough to actually enjoy life....

and in the 100 years more or less that the CAR has been invented, note that the average life expectancy of a male 100 years ago...was only 47 some years old...

THANK YOU FORD, SLOAN, KETTERING, CHRYSLER, DAIMLER,....AND MANY OTHERS....

GENE

 

I'm with you on that - love old junk yards. I still remember finding that Desoto grille for my 57 Belair back in 1964. There are not that many around with old American iron anymore. There's was one in St. Gennivive (s?) Mo. that's amazing. Couple of acres of pre WWII cars - all beyond repair. Trees growing through the engine compartments. The guy ought to charge admission.

 

Sniff, I'm all misty eyed :sad: :sad:

 

Mike,

I knew that place looked familiar... :D

How come Bill didn't send you to do the alignment at Donovan's, here in Waltham? He told me they were the only ones he trusted... (And in fact, they did a pretty good job on my car.)

-Pedro

 

$3,500 for a '54? I don't care how much work it needed, I would have been on that like white on rice. Now why can't I find that kind of deal? If feels like I have been looking forever...

 

Pedro- He did recommend me there, but it was a little farther than I wanted to go and too many main roads :D My alignment was WAY off.... remember I did it myself :D
The alignment is still not perfect because the rear is off, but what a difference.

I agree with the comments above about boneyards. It's almost like walking through history checking out the various remnants. <sniff> I certainly learned a lot about my car by checking out the areas that I can't see in a complete car. :)