Something For Everyone! 116-Vehicle Eclectic Auction

When I came across this 116-vehicle auction, all from a single owner, I was astounded at the variety of vehicles on offer! If you can’t find something you are interested in at this sale, you aren’t a real vehicle enthusiast. Most are in true barn-find or field-find condition, although some have been stored indoors. They are scheduled to be auctioned off Thursday, September 10, in Quincy, Michigan. Here’s a link to the auction site, which we’re told will be updated on September 8 with more vehicle information.

I’m sure you found a car in the cover photo you’re interested in, but I picked out four others to highlight in the post. According to the serial number, this is a 1941 Lincoln Continental Club Coupe, originally equipped with a 292-cubic-inch V-12 producing 120 very smooth horsepower. It’s one of only 1,251 (some sources say 1,250) Continentals produced that year, of which only 850 were coupes. I’m not sure this is a restoration candidate, but think what you could do with that beautiful shell?

Believe it or not, under that pile of stuff, there’s a 1969 Jaguar E-Type. We don’t know much more than that it still has the original 4.2-liter, 6-cylinder engine. How do we know this? It turns out there is a list here of all the vehicles being auctioned. It’s painfully obvious that there’s a lot more information to come, but we can see that Mr. Rostetter liked a bunch of different cars!

This 1994 Mustang GT is one of the vehicles we know a bit more about.  It’s fitted with the 5.0 liter V-8 and has 112,426 miles showing. The Mustang features new tires, a new battery, and has been stored inside. The auction ad says it’s rust-free as well.

Here we have an Opel GT, or the remnants of one. I have a soft spot for these “mini-Corvettes” and the coolest flip-over headlights known! Originally, this small German GT would have featured either a 1.1 or a 1.9-liter four-cylinder engine. The 1.9 was pretty peppy as I recall. Depending on the rust in the lower extremities, this car may well be salvageable.

I’m pretty sure this Shala “Vette” kit car (VW-Beetle based) is the same one Josh wrote up in 2015. Seriously, how many of the 12 (!) produced could have the same color scheme and a hardtop? Since Russ wrote up another one here in 2024, Barn Finds has featured 1/6 of the entire production run of this unusual kit! To quote Russ,

“The Shala Vette (or Shalavette) was the creation of well-known custom car designer Dick Dean. Using a VW Beetle chassis and engine/transmission, these had the potential of being some of the coolest of the dune buggy types that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Though usually built as a kit car, some of the 12 that saw the light of day may have been sold as turn-key cars.”

There are quite a few kit cars and highly modified vehicles in the auction–take a look at the listing and tell us which vehicle is your favorite and why in the comments!