It is pretty rare for an entire junkyard to be up for auction at one time. Well, on Monday, November 15th, it becomes reality. This awesome collection of cars and trucks is being offered by Dickensheet & Associates where they are auctioning 40 years’ worth of automotive history. Located in Englewood, Colorado, just south of Denver, there is something for everyone at this auction! If you aren’t close to Denver, check out the list here on the Dickensheet & Associates website. Let’s take a closer look at some of the highlights!
Lot number one is this awesome 1950-ish Chevrolet tow truck. Like most large auctions, there aren’t many (or any) details regarding each lot. It is up to the buyer to inspect the vehicles and decide on a bidding strategy. The auction company indicates most of the lots are sold on a bill of sale with no titles.
This awesome GMC COE would make a really cool project. Unfortunately, the passenger side fender is a little dinged up around the headlight area, but other than that, it looks pretty solid. This truck is lot number 7. There are quite a few nice heavy-duty trucks in the first thirty lots of the auction.
Lot 39 is a bit of junkyard muscle. This Dodge Dart Swinger is ready for a second lease on life. It actually appears to be pretty solid and a great project for a Mopar fan.
There are a ton of Ford Mustangs at the auction. Unfortunately, like lot 53 above, they have been picked over pretty hard. It would take several of the cars to put together one good car. Since most of these 60s Mustangs are coupes, they will probably go pretty reasonably.
There are a wide variety of vehicles in this junkyard. Everything from the 20s to the 90s and everything in between. How about a nice 40s Chevrolet sedan? Lot 67 appears to have most of its trim and chrome intact, which is amazing.
This retro-cool Dodge Van is lot 117 and it has a title. You can see on the windshield, they were hoping to get $1,800 or best offer. The van features a 318 engine and besides a little roughness around the passenger front headlight, it looks like a nice old van.
Speaking of survivors, this 1962 Ford Thunderbird looks like it could be cleaned up and put on a classic car lot. It doesn’t appear to have been picked over at all and the sheet metal looks amazing! Check out lot 171 for this beauty.
I have absolutely no use for it, but I do like the COE. Drove one once, well all summer, and it was a dumptruck.
Boy, how’d you like to have THAT for a name, Dickensheet,,,like all time great Dick Butkis,( how could someone name their kid that?) anyway, that’s how I think. The author states “rare”, IDK, these “collections” seem to be popping up quite often, with vehicles the collector had a hankerin’ for, and don’t necessarily reflect that interest to others, these folks are an eccentric group. It’s why they amass such “collections” in the 1st place. Like most, some cool stuff, naturally, I like the trucks, but most will shredded, there is barely interest in nice ones, much less fixing up something here. There should be a category here,,”Another one bites the dust”,,,
68 XR7 cougar with a 390 and manual. Hmmm….
Starting prices are too high and they can’t even get the proper year of a number of the vehicles advertised. No doubt there will be a lot of unsold lots. Is $1500. the new $500.?
Family there is greedy that’s why.
Most all of the damage on the vehicle was done by the yard, being careless. There’s a good chance that the unsold vehicles will be crushed, maybe that’s an incentive to save a few.
I have storage in Peyton if anyone needs it for one of these survivors.
To me, with a few exceptions, they all look pretty well picked over. And yes, l too think the starting prices are way too high. 100.00 would be more reasonable if they actually want to sell the stuff.
These were all of Norm’s special collection that were never for sale.
Several of these I would like to take home and add a lot of love to. Then turn them out just like they came off the car lot, but with a twist