[axle]

this may be old news to a lot of you but it was news to me. i bought a june issue of PONTIAC ENTHUSIAST magazine at the phoenix pontiac heaven meet. when i was on the plane i read one of the most amazing articles i have ever seen!
a very eccentric individual in a town called jackson township ohio (just miles from columbus) owned a lot of land. he started having people with older cars (mainly pontiacs and caddy's) store thier old "relics" on his property. when owners couldn't pay the storage after a while he kept the cars....and the cars kept building up and building up.after 20 years he had more than 400 pontiacs from the 50's & 60's and over 200 primo 1955-1960 cadillacs!
in reading the june '99 article it said
that there was a zoning violation and they gave this gave a very minimal time to get rid of the cars and clean the heavily wooded property. the eccentric individual (who often went by different names) coudn't do anything in such a short time and the entire land was siezed.
wooster iron & metal boght all the contents,then soon after TEXAS pontiac collectors joe evans & dick brackin bought all the cars for very reasonable amount!
guys, here's where some of you are gonna drool!
this is just a tiny list of the cars that were in there!
59 bonny coupe.
59 bonny rag top.
10's of 59 wagons.
10's of 60 wagons.
68 endura delete gto.
72 hurst ssj grand prix.
very clean 63 tempest 2 door coupe.
57 bonny 2 door.
2 69 judges.
61 ambulance.
63 bonny rag top,421,4 speed w/ bucket's.
58 golden jubilee star chief 50th anniversary (only executives got these cars).
A ROW OF MAYBE 25 58 2 doors!
AND ANOTHER ROW of maybe 25 57 2 doors!
a row of 57 safari's!
a row of 61 bubble tops!!!!!!!!
58 bonny fuel injection car!
66 star chief executive! (a bonny w/ catalina trim!)
67 2t2 rag top w/ 428 & 8 lugs...parked right next to it is a 67 grand prix 428 coupe.
57 bonny rag top.
66 bonny rag top,421,tri-power auto.
60 bonny rag top with 389 tri power!
this is just the surface of the cars found in this wooded area of ohio!
one pontiac buff said "i use to canoe in a river just 50 feet from where the cars were..and never knew it"!!!!
does anyone know about this? has anyone bought any cars from this deal?
i'd love to hear the stories.
some people get all the luck!!!!!!!!

[axle]

this may be old news to a lot of you but it was news to me. i bought a june issue of PONTIAC ENTHUSIAST magazine at the phoenix pontiac heaven meet. when i was on the plane i read one of the most amazing articles i have ever seen!
a very eccentric individual in a town called jackson township ohio (just miles from columbus) owned a lot of land. he started having people with older cars (mainly pontiacs and caddy's) store thier old "relics" on his property. when owners couldn't pay the storage after a while he kept the cars....and the cars kept building up and building up.after 20 years he had more than 400 pontiacs from the 50's & 60's and over 200 primo 1955-1960 cadillacs!
in reading the june '99 article it said
that there was a zoning violation and they gave this gave a very minimal time to get rid of the cars and clean the heavily wooded property. the eccentric individual (who often went by different names) coudn't do anything in such a short time and the entire land was siezed.
wooster iron & metal boght all the contents,then soon after TEXAS pontiac collectors joe evans & dick brackin bought all the cars for very reasonable amount!
guys, here's where some of you are gonna drool!
this is just a tiny list of the cars that were in there!
59 bonny coupe.
59 bonny rag top.
10's of 59 wagons.
10's of 60 wagons.
68 endura delete gto.
72 hurst ssj grand prix.
very clean 63 tempest 2 door coupe.
57 bonny 2 door.
2 69 judges.
61 ambulance.
63 bonny rag top,421,4 speed w/ bucket's.
58 golden jubilee star chief 50th anniversary (only executives got these cars).
A ROW OF MAYBE 25 58 2 doors!
AND ANOTHER ROW of maybe 25 57 2 doors!
a row of 57 safari's!
a row of 61 bubble tops!!!!!!!!
58 bonny fuel injection car!
66 star chief executive! (a bonny w/ catalina trim!)
67 2t2 rag top w/ 428 & 8 lugs...parked right next to it is a 67 grand prix 428 coupe.
57 bonny rag top.
66 bonny rag top,421,tri-power auto.
60 bonny rag top with 389 tri power!
this is just the surface of the cars found in this wooded area of ohio!
one pontiac buff said "i use to canoe in a river just 50 feet from where the cars were..and never knew it"!!!!
does anyone know about this? has anyone bought any cars from this deal?
i'd love to hear the stories.
some people get all the luck!!!!!!!!

[axle]

no one has ever heard of these cars....or bought any of them?

['ol Pinion head]

Bonneville Joe (longtime POCI'er) out of S.Texas had some major input on that find & some of cooler early boats were saved. Might ck with Dan Gregory in OH & see what was saved GTO wise.

[pontonjon]

There is another oldtimer in Wind Gap, PA that did
the same thing. There were many old pontiacs, cadillacs, chevys(50's vintage) and the like throughout his yard. The yard was called Hawkies. He was an eccentric, knoweledgable old man and very particular about what he sold you. The prices were often quite reasonable but sometimes he would beat you up on a part. I think he measures the price on the look of determination on your face when you find the part you need.

I remember once talking with him about 12 years ago when Japan was buying up everything 'old cars' (Mercs, Big Blok chevys.. etc.) and exporting them to Japan. He told me that several Japanese buyers stopped in and wanted to buy up all his Chevy Big Bloks, get them crated and delivered to a NJ port for export. Old Hawkie said he chased them off.

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Hell Hath No Fury Like a Pontiac Scorned!!

[NOZZLENUT05]

Is old hawkie still there? I am from close by there.
Nozzlenut

[vondy]

I was at the place in ohio when the car halers were there. It was ungodly, There were 8 rows of cars lined up for at least 250 yards. I hope those old ones were saved. I was in awe.

[suzyq]

I have see some of the cars at Dans place in Ohio. He has alot of the parts that were there.
Dan has a prettygood collection of pontiacs down there. I like his 455 powered gto convertable I really wanted the 2+2 65 convertable he had there but wouldn't sell at the time

[cammerjeff]

A freind of mine picked up 2 of the cars, a 64 GP & a 64 2+2 both cars were complete, and heavely optioned, but as the artical said they were parked next to the Ohio river, it flooded that area several times over the years, and the cars were sunk to there axles in the dirt. No floor boards or trunk floor. And the 64 2+2 almost was torn in half tring to get it out of the dirt & onto a trailer. Alot of good parts at a reasonable price though.

Jeff

[Steve Barcak]

Here's some partial pics of my 350 vintage Pontiacs (and a handful of Olds/Buicks) and growing located out in the dry Arizona desert. Very little rust/flooding here.
Fortunately, I worked to get my zoning and permits so it's mine forever. Too bad the owner in the midwest didn't do that. Selling some of this stuff helps to restore/build my Pontiacs and handles my nitro fix. If anyone needs parts and can't find them. Give me a try. Steve www.pontiacheaven.org

[INJUNBOY]

I read a story about those cars in Smoke Signals.It said that there was an auction held to sell them,and many cars that were bought were stripped of usable parts and then crushed.The article said there were cars that would break in half when the new owners tried to load them and there were even some Judges out there.It's too bad someone didn't go out there and make a video of all those INJUNS! I think the article even stated an ad was placed about the cars at one time in Hemmings.

[72 LeMans]

I'm looking for a decent 68 passenger fender for my GTO. LeMans or Tempest fender will work too? You have an extra laying around?

1968 Pontiac GT0
1972 Pontiac LeMans
1977 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ. For Sale

Heart Of Illinois GTO club member

"This aint no damn Chevelle"

[Jack Blum]

Steve, that wagon is just like mine. Even has the rear quarters dented in. But your's don't have a shaker scoop.


Found this pic online:




TigerEFI.com (Classic Pontiac Fuel Injection) [email protected]
Motto: Build it for NASA and drive it like you stole it!

[Trans-Formula II]

While at the '03 Pontiac Nat's in Norwalk I had a converasation with an older gentleman at the swap area selling some parts that said he was at a place (I forget where, mid USA), anyways, he said he was at a place that had tons of GTO parts, and 50 or so complete bodies, that have been collected from the 70's. The guy that had it all had grown tired or something of having them all and his wife had cancer and had to sell quickly. The owner said the first $10,000 could have it all. He said "DONE,I will be back with the money". The guy I talked to went home, not having $10,000 in his pocket, scraped it up from the bank and family, rented 2 tracker trailers, and called the owner back, 2 days after he left. With the same luck I have, the owner told him he just sold it to someone else, after all he said "the first person with $10,000 takes it all." Now this story is a little hard to believe, but, what if... I believe him anyway. Hmmmm

http://members.cardomain.com/ironinjun68

[A.W.Dille]

I remember talking to a guy several years ago in Columbus, Ohio just a couple of months before I moved south that had a collection just like you described. One car in particular I remember him mentioning was the fuel injected Bonnie. I never really knew his name but I think they called him Pontiac Dan (different from GTO Dan). I think he also had several complete and orginal Judges in his collection. It's a shame that he had to lose everything and hopefully these rare cars will be restored.

[dennisk]

Stve Barcak. Do you have any battery trays in nice shape for the 68 catalina. Or know what other years will fit? [email protected]. Email me directly please. Thanks

[61man]

Steve Barcak, Do you have any bucket seats from a 58,59 60 or61 pontiac?????????

http://kurtspontiac.homestead.com/Pre1964Pontiacs.html

[Rob]

I went down the Columbus Pontiac collection, got there after the "good" cars were gone. There were plenty of rows of very rusty Pontiacs & many holes of dirt where the light of day probably hadn't seen in 10-20 years where the better Pontiacs got pulled. I'd say the collection was 90 percent Pontiac too. There was very little left for the auction would have liked to see some of the cars that got pulled.

-Rob

[jimmy daniel]

I would have loved to have seen a follow up story on the Ohio auction. Does anybody else have any stories. I still HATE myself for not going. To me, that was one of the most interesting Pontiac stories that I have ever heard. Didn't the guy in Texas get the good stuff out of there first? Was there any GOOD stuff that was usable. I'd like to see Smoke Signals follow up on it and see how many cars got restored.

[jimmy daniel]

How could this guy afford to get all these cars??? I heard he was storing some but didn't the owners eventually want them back?? What a bizarre story.