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".and she does not even know that i have more coming...."
That's what we all like to think, but I'm not sure it's really true ... nowadays it's so easy to forget what I have bought and even I am surprised when some things show up in the post!
Of course cars, now they are harder to forget.
I bought a big black Buick Grand National one morning (saw it in the paper at 7am and had the title by 8:30).
I parked it in the back of our yard. Mrs Cazalea came home later and my next-door neighbor told her what I had bought. She said,
"Yes, I saw it through the fence. I'm sure he just borrowed it for our big night out" (isn't she a positive thinker?) But I got in big trouble when she realized I meant to keep it ... 
As I did when the lovely Miss Universe, Angela Visser, decided she liked my Citroen and ask if she could drive it (and if I would give her lessons)
Classics in an Industrial Park?
I signed up for a work related seminar and I pulled into a very innocuous looking industrial park part of town. Here is the entrance to the seminar and inside, I was expecting just rows and rows of folding tables and chairs for this daylong (and dry) semi...
Great photos!
What a positive surprise that must have been! I haven't visited this site yet, but now I'm sure I'll find my way there soon enough. Thanks for sharing the quality pics and revealing a highly interesting place to those of us who haven't heard of it before....
Surprised I was...
Actually, when I saw the brochure, I thought this was just a little gimmick place to hold a seminar and that it was just a few cars and gas pumps. I was floored! Thanks for the comments Filip!
re: classics
The '67 Camaro is one gorgeous convertible. Hmmmm......are you sure it was a seminar for 'work'? -MW
I swear...
this was work related! I was surprised that my bosses wanted me to go after seeing the brochure and knowning full well that this place was a bit "fishy?" LOL! The seminar was really useful but the classics lying around were even more interesting!
Very interesting.
Thanks for the post. For some reason, I've always wanted to get myself one of those antique phones (candlestick type maybe). Regards, Richard.
According to the staff...
Mr. Astor bought the most expensive phones available from the appropriate era... Guess in the early 1900's the phones costed the equivalent of thousands of dollars... Thanks for visiting...
Really cool!
Thanks for the tour, Phil! I wonder if anyone was able to pay attention to the seminar and instead opted to imagine themselves riding one of these rare pieces of automobile history. On a side note, there is an old garage/ private car museum close by to wh...
Please post...
these little gems are what I think of when I visit Time Out Forum! Hope you are busy (in a good way) and hope to see you seen bud!
Amazing collection
You never know where these things are to be found... Sometimes the most beautiful classics are sitting in a barn, covered in dust, just slightly hidden from all those prying eyes. Thanks for sharing with us this rare glimpse of these beautiful automobiles...
This was only one building..
Mr. Astor also owns the same size building across the street and its basically a parking lot and storage for all his goodies. What adds to the interest is that it is SO LOW Key! Hope all is well Patrick!
the capital letters are completely appropriate...
this gentlemen knows his passions...and its pretty amazing...
Thanks Jed...
Can you imagine the waxing and dusting and detailing...WOW! Hope all is well and slowly getting back to the norm...
Excellent suprise
a lot of marvelous cars. you must have had a ball touring the place. Thanks for shareing the pictures. Best regards, George
There are just soo much to see...
there was a separate room that I forgot to take a photo of full of vintage slot/gaming machines... Also, since this guy was in radio, he also had a collection of vintage phonographs... very cool... These were all taken with the iPhone (only camer I had).
The only thing more amazing . . .
. . . than this gentleman's collection is the fact you took these outstanding pics with a cellphone cam! Great story, ocw . . . thanks for sharing it with us. HAGWE, Art
Thanks Art..
believe me...I snapped like 75 photos with the iphone and I did it all for thePuristS...j/k by 3pm..the phone was out of juice and I couldn't surf the web anymore on my phone..that's when the seminar got really boring... LOL... Glad you enjoyed it Art!
Would I visit?
Without hesitation! That's a vintage car lover dream come true... Those were the classy days when women wore stylish clothes and men were gentleman. Thanks for the post, Helen
You are Welcome Helen
that was the image I had when I was walking around between vintage phones, cars and gas pumps... Thanks for reading...
There's no way I could...
...concentrate on any information presented at the seminar surrounded by ALL THAT. The '59 Vette in particular was sweeeeeet! What an eclectic and beautiful collection of items! Thanks for sharing these photos with us! Cheers, Daos
The surroundings..
really helped with passing the time during this arduous seminar...LOL Glad you enjoyed it Daos!
Fantastic post!, i had to show it to my girlfriend to proove that there ...
Are fellows who are in a more advanced stage of the disease than me.... But also to show that i wanted all my cars in the same country and under the same roof.... She looked with interest but then adviced to retire now in order to complete all my cars so ...
Glad to help..
Mission accomplished! Any time I can settle a relationship discord, I feel like I did my job! j/k Love to see your collection in an appropriate display like this! Cheers and thank you for the kind words Luc!
thanks a lot, actually I dream of an old stone loft ...
where my cars are in the living room .. or my sofa and my chimney is in the garage...
Luc, there are people all over the US like this
Private collectors who have huge warehouses filled with cars.
I know a few ones in Europe but they are mostly more focused...
on a certain brand or model or theme.... What I like is that they get driven, I hate museums or restored cars that do not get patina any more...
".and she does not even know that i have more coming...."
That's what we all like to think, but I'm not sure it's really true ... nowadays it's so easy to forget what I have bought and even I am surprised when some things show up in the post! Of course cars, now they are harder to forget. I bought a big black Bu...
Fantastic post
I always Liked THE idea of à very clean building with à collection of cars. Respect for THE owners. À friend has exactly THE Same corvette and it used to be stores in his living room NeXT to à Honda s800. Filip
You can totally tell that..
this collector loved his collection! That Corvette is just sweet. Lucky friend of yours! Glad you enjoyed it Filip!
Wow! Thank you.
Impressive collections. Absolutely gorgeous cars in pristine condition and very cool old phones. Thanks for sharing. Vte
When I walked in...
I knew I had to post about this for the rest of the vintage lovers here! Glad you enjoyed it!
Mistake about the Morris'
Saw that the placard on the Traveller said that 1959 was the only year Morris' were imported to the US. Not true. Exports started in 1949 and continued into the 60s (my 61's a VIN plate identified US export model) Great collection and a gorgeous Traveller...
Glad you enjoyed mrsnak..
and it bout time that some Purist chime in with additional info/corrections on his info... It was very distracting.... time for a Purists GTG there...
Superb 'seminar' !
How I wish there's such seminar venue over here! Those vintage cars look really cool and such good condition. The Jags and Camaro are stunning. Thanks for all the nice pics. By the way what interesting seminar were you attending? Kong
Seminar Topic: Standby Emergency Generators..
pretty dull for a non-electrical engineer...LOL Glad you enjoyed it...and kudos for your hard work for PuristS Kong!
It's an important topic ...
after the episode in Japan. Are you from Mechanical Engineering? Thanks for the kind words, and appreciate your ardent participation too with nice pics. Thank you. Kong
