He Was Clearly One of Us!

[Unimatic1140]

Saw this today and immediately thought of a few people around here, including myself and my husband lol.

They key words here are immaculate, organized, meticulous, and of course passionate...

http://www.kare11.com/news/local/la...iscovers-30000-cars-in-donated-house/88817062

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

WOW..... just WOW!

 

[rp2813]

I guess OMG would be an appropriate response to this story!

 

[pulltostart]

WOW

Amazing.  What's just as amazing as his collection is the church's appreciation and gratitude for the man.  The woman in the video is just tickled pink to be working on this effort.  Also impressive that she has his ashes.  Truly, the church was his family.

 

lawrence

 

[toploader55]

AMAZING !!!

And I don't mean Grace.

 

[wayupnorth]

I saw that yesterday and never put the 2 and 2 together. Plus they had a pristine 66 Rambler and another classic along with those scale models. It used to be car manufacturers allowed a dealership to purchase a limited amount of those scale models. This guy obviously knew where to get them.

 

[whirlykenmore78]

Simply Amazing:

I have a close friend who I cooked for in his restaurant for 10 years who is a member of that church. I will definitely have to find out more about this. BTW Dave is also a motorhead.
WK78

 

[kb0nes]

Oh my what a story, teared up a bit there. It was quite an involved passion he had.

In the amateur radio world we see this happen every once in a while. Single guys amass a collection and don't have anyone to handle the estate when the time comes. Good idea to have a plan.

RIP Dennis

 

[philcoford]

Great Story

I love the Edsel wagon, and saw quite a few model cars I have as well. How neat that the collection will be put to a good cause too. Quite a lot I would bid on.
Thanks for sharing the story, keep us posted if they post a sale.
Nice also that the story was done with respect.

 

[firedome]

to a fellow car nut...

what a heartwarming story, especially that the man was so appreciated.

The '77 Bonne is beautiful, I'd love to own that.

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

 

In nearby Eagan, too.  

 

Does this story sound like anyone here?  Can't be.  

 

I know though, if I get anywhere close to even 500 washers, dryers, dishwasher, and Vacuum, I will need a 2 level, climate controlled,  80 x 200 steel pole building with cement floor, insulated walls and be situated on at least 40 acres..... or something.  tee-ah-tee-heeee.  ... but that's just silly.

 

I like how they presented this.  So smooth and clean.  He collected, he cared for the cars, he passed on, and now, the church simply has to sell it off. 

 

 

 

 

[warmsecondrinse]

Nice that the man was appreciated.

 

I'm kind of curious as to what kind of personal and professional life he had such that he had the time, energy, and money to spend on this (possibly profitable) hobby. Something like this has never been an option for me.

 

I do hope this church is not one of those anti everybody-not-like-us churches that are a disservice to humanity.

 

Jim

 

 

 

[repair-man]

The article says that he was a career civil engineer.

 

[warmsecondrinse]

Sorry, I missed that. Thank you.