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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...  

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.... 

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!

The '67 Camaro is one gorgeous convertible. Hmmmm......are you sure it was a seminar for 'work'? -MW

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!

Thanks for the post. For some reason, I've always wanted to get myself one of those antique phones (candlestick type maybe). Regards, Richard.

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...

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... 

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!

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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... 

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!

Thks fr sharing, Best, Horo

this gentlemen knows his passions...and its pretty amazing...

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Can you imagine the waxing and dusting and detailing...WOW! Hope all is well and slowly getting back to the norm...

a lot of marvelous cars. you must have had a ball touring the place. Thanks for shareing the pictures. Best regards, George

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).

. . . 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

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!

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

that was the image I had when I was walking around between vintage phones, cars and gas pumps... Thanks for reading...

...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

really helped with passing the time during this arduous seminar...LOL Glad you enjoyed it Daos!

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 ... 

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!

where my cars are in the living room .. or my sofa and my chimney is in the garage...

Private collectors who have huge warehouses filled with cars.

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...

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...  

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

this collector loved his collection! That Corvette is just sweet. Lucky friend of yours! Glad you enjoyed it Filip!

Impressive collections. Absolutely gorgeous cars in pristine condition and very cool old phones. Thanks for sharing. Vte

I knew I had to post about this for the rest of the vintage lovers here! Glad you enjoyed it!

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... 

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...

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

pretty dull for a non-electrical engineer...LOL Glad you enjoyed it...and kudos for your hard work for PuristS Kong!

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

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Me neither but we are all quick learners right? Glad you enjoyed it...