how NOT to store your trans am collection
 

these cars are a few miles from my house and have been there for many years(at least 10)someday the owner says he will restore them,most of the parts(consoles,tachs,bucket seats ect)have been stolen.its a real shamethere are 2 from what iam told are real 69 T/As.1 sd 455 car and a few h/o 455 cars.i know 1 trans am is real cause it was my dads many years ago.its a real shame!!!!

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I TRIED TO POST PICS BUT IT DIDNT WORK.IF SOMEBODY WANTS I WILL EMAIL THEM AND THEY CAN POST THEM.THANKS

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send them away
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Man, what a shame... looks like alot of them were pretty unmolested when they were parked too... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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Thank God for Walmart and those versatile blue tarps!

wilma https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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thank you for posting the pics for me.almost all of the cars were driven in there.some of them are so bad they are ready to break in half.the only thing holding them together on some is the driveshaft.

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i dont know, looks like the vines are holding them together just fine!!! i'll go cry now.

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Oh My God https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

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Echo, what a shame. I'm sure they'll end up @ some big auction next year, or atleast their vins will!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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Echo, what a shame. I'm sure they'll end up @ some big auction next year, or atleast their vins will!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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Amazing to see what musclecar treasures Wisconsin holds. First semi trailers full of rare Chevy cars and parts, and now this. Now I see why I never saw these kinds of cars on the road in Milwaukee when I was growing up - they were being hoarded up and left to die. Too bad the road salt exacts such a heavy toll. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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What a royal shame. The cars available for purchase?

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Is that a 69 trans am rag!!!!????, if the guy only knew what that was worth, he would have a heart attack!.............hmmm maybe someone should tell him?

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Those cars are well known around here and have been outside for decades.

The owner did a 'clone' T/A rag and drives it around.

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What a royal shame.

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Maybe somewhere in that group is a Royal-Pontiac shame??

I wonder if these cars would've lasted better if they put the tarp on the ground instead of over the roof....ground and unpainted surfaces are a bad combo?

~ Pete

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Wow, what a waste. That is a real shame. Can we have a moment of silence! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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Don't ask to pull a heater box on any of these, or auctioner might pull something on you!!!

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Someone call Amnesty International IMMEDIATELY!!! Let the hostage negotiations begin.
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Some people shouldn't be allowed to collect cars, PERIOD! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif I wonder if this guy has a daughter???
It wouldn't matter what she looked like or how bad her personality was... someone needs to take one for the team!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif

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I found a picture of the daughter:

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/189375-Daughter.jpg

How badly do you want those cars?

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or if you swing the other way here is her brother...belair sent me this pic and said he was good source for '09 stuff..

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I FOUND THE OWNER! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif

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That unbelievable. I'm not a big Pontiac fan but that a real shame. I know a guy with lots of vehicles and he says that famous line to. " I'm going to restore these one day" Yeah right be realistic, don't let them rust to death.

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konnan o'brien has his kids on all the time!

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That's a shame, would like to rescue a couple of those cars.
Wouldn't take one for the team though!

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these cars are a few miles from my house and have been there for many years(at least 10)someday the owner says he will restore them,most of the parts(consoles,tachs,bucket seats ect)have been stolen.its a real shamethere are 2 from what iam told are real 69 T/As.1 sd 455 car and a few h/o 455 cars.i know 1 trans am is real cause it was my dads many years ago.its a real shame!!!!

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Has anyone considered sneaking in to check the VIN on that priceless 69 rag top TA?? I mean obviously people already are sneaking since things are stolen you said. It would be worth it just to find out if this is the 8th ragtop 69' that is yet to be found. Someone with some bucks or even GM would want to know and I bet that they could coherce the guy who owns this TA graveyard to sell it!!

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The cars are for sale.....at least that is what the man told me he hoped would happen who owns the land. Seems the T/A "collection" owner hasn't paid his rent for eons (imagine that), and the landlord is trying to convince him to sell a couple to pay up.

This is the story a gentleman gave me at Russo. I was next to a 69 T/A RAV (I know, I didn't think so either) and a man asked me who owned it. I told him I didn't know and he proceeded to tell me he was looking for someone to buy "some" '69 T/As. I tried to appear only casually interested (it was tough). He then recited the story above. Has to be these cars......unless he meant the lot down the road......

Dave

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^^very interesting. I'm trying to locate exactly where this place is at in Wisconsin. My dad is a truck driver and he wanted to know also!!!

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the cars are not for sale yet.the owner is in the process of takeing the proper legal steps before they can be sold.the trans am convert in the pic is not real.well its a real convert but thats about it.this car was cloned in the mid to late 70 i think.before cloning was the in thing.i will also not give out the location until the owner is ready to sell.it just would not be right.there are a few people on this site in the milwaukee area that iam sure know of these cars.i think somebody would have to be out of their mind to restore these cars.like i said before about the only thing holding them together is the driveshafts.

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Thanks for the update.

It looked like a few at least could be restorable though. Some did look (and sound from what you are saying) unrestorable, I definitely agree! But still, more power to anyone who wants to tackle a project like one of the "unrestorable" ones.

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Does anyone know how i can contact the owner of these cars....address, phone number?? PLEASE HELP ME!!!

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DUDE! Calm down. Did you not read the post right above my last one by jrn101 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif ??I mean I know it was 2 whole posts above yours https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif. Sorry, not trying to be a jerk, but people have to learn to actually read the threads before they post in them!! When they are for sale the location will be disclosed. And here is the post for you:

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the cars are not for sale yet.the owner is in the process of takeing the proper legal steps before they can be sold.the trans am convert in the pic is not real.well its a real convert but thats about it.this car was cloned in the mid to late 70 i think.before cloning was the in thing.i will also not give out the location until the owner is ready to sell.it just would not be right.there are a few people on this site in the milwaukee area that iam sure know of these cars.i think somebody would have to be out of their mind to restore these cars.like i said before about the only thing holding them together is the driveshafts.

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