Speedster 26 T
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A good friend of mine inherited his father’s antique car collection (around 50 cars) and he had to move all the cars that he wanted to keep. The cars had been in long term storage for around 60 or 70 years and stored in building in very bad condition. The cars were in remarkably condition. I was able to see a few of the cars and talked with another friend of mine who help him mover the collection. He told me that the “old man” had did some strange things to the more valuable cars when he prepared them for storage. They found piles of short pieces of wood laying on old newspapers in the floorboard of the cars. He said he didn’t understand why someone would want to store firewood inside old cars.
I laughed at my friend and ask him, what kind of condition was the interior in? He said it looked like new. I told him to leave the wood in the car because it was Cedar Wood and with the old type of mohair material used in the interior, the Cedar Wood had been protecting the interior all these years. No signs of mice or any damage done by any type of animals.
Some of the more valuable cars were 1926 to 1934 Cadillacs, lots of Model A’s, some Model T’s, some early 1910 to 1920 cars of different makes. Too many to list and he has no intention of selling any of them.
I laughed at my friend and ask him, what kind of condition was the interior in? He said it looked like new. I told him to leave the wood in the car because it was Cedar Wood and with the old type of mohair material used in the interior, the Cedar Wood had been protecting the interior all these years. No signs of mice or any damage done by any type of animals.
Some of the more valuable cars were 1926 to 1934 Cadillacs, lots of Model A’s, some Model T’s, some early 1910 to 1920 cars of different makes. Too many to list and he has no intention of selling any of them.
