Re: IML: Huge parts cleanout at Doc's this summer.

[Drake Rickertsen <ct_drakeula@xxxxxxxxx>]

Kenyon,

 

    If you happen to stumble accross some clean seat belts for my 1960 LeBaron Imperial or the Door Sills for my 4 door Sedan please e-mail me off the list. I really need them and can ill afford to take off to California to browse for these two specific items. If they are clean you have a sale. That's all I really need....they never seem to show up for sale on Ebay. One NOS Door sill did show up on Ebay a few months back but Richard still outbid my riduculous max bid.

 

Regards,

 

Ct. Drakeula

 

ct_drakeula@xxxxxxxxx

Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Doc Bullock is turning 91 this year.
>
> Doc is an interesting man on many levels. 
>
> The one that will interest the List is that he owned
> about 150 Imperials that he accumulated in the late
> 1970's and early 1980's on his large property when
> they were going begging for owners. All were driven
> onto the property and were good used cars at that
> point in time.
>
>
>
> He was having something or other done to his house
> that would require a permit, and the inspector looked
> out the kitchen window and imediately explained that
> said permit would not be forthcoming unless the cars
> were removed.
>
>
>
> Doc liked his wife more than the cars, and complied. 
> To do so,
>  he hired "artisans" from another country to
> dismantle the cars, placing the parts in a stable on
> the property. Doc was a depression-era man and
> refused to see things wasted.
>
> The carcasses were made into manholes or some such
> after leaving the property absolutely stripped to the
> bone. All 150 of them.
>
> That was 1989.
>
> A vast majority of the parts are still there, and I've
> been cleaning out and selling the parts to people over
> the last 3 years. 
>
>
>
> We are hitting a point where Doc is really slowing
> down, and I'm beginning to feel time weighing on me. 
> His wife is likely to want to have everything "gone"
> pretty promptly sooner or later, and I've tried to get
> things out to homes that will appreciate them.
>
> Cars ranged from 1948-1975 with a bubble that ranged
> from 63-68. All were Imperials with few exceptions.
>
> The stable is about the size of a suburban rancher
> house and has parts that are
>  literally stacked to the
> ceiling, so there is approximately a semi-trailer's
> worth left. At least.
>
> If you will be near the SF Bay Area this summer or
> fall, I encourage you to come by and look through for
> some parts. Prices are fair.
>
> Everyone that's been through has left with a smile so
> far as I know.
>
>
> You can contact me off list if interested.
>
> I had some photos of the menagerie but the computer
> failed and I'll have to re-scan them - I plan to do a
> page on what I've found there and what he did.
>
> So far as I can tell, he was pretty much supporting
> the entire Northern California Imperial Owners Club
> back before Mr. Lowell Howe or Bob were here, and the
> place is pretty incredible.
>
> A short list of things that might be of interest:
>
> Door panels - mostly 4D. Giant shelves of them.
> Wheels. Stacks of them.
> Original-style seatbelts. Hanging over rafters.
> Seat skins. Many in bad condition, but
>  some gems. 
> Instruments.
> Drums & Rotors. Stacks.
> Alternators, Generators, etc.
> Window switches
> Heads
> Bumpers
> Stainless Trim
> Manifolds
>
>
> I will NOT go fishing for parts on your behalf, so can
> not accept requests - you must come in person or send
> an emissary to look for you since I can not gaurantee
> that a particular part is right from long distance and
> it isn't worth the headache of dealing with refunds or
> hurt feelings if something isn't right.
>
> These parts are all unlabeled and you have no idea how
> much they vary from year to year until you try to
> manage your way through a stack like this. 
>
>
> I am there every other Saturday at 10am for the most
> part. I'll try to do a push on Ebay this summer as
> well, but this place must be seen to be believed. 
>
>
> -Kenyon
>
>
>
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