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I am NOT a car enthusiast but this amazed me....😮 They should open up a car museum and save all the hard work the Dad did and collect COVER for people that love cars like this gentleman that knows so much about vehicles that held my post nterest until the end of the video. 😮 TOUR THE COUNTRY AND DON'T SELL AND KEEP HIS LEGACY AND LOVE FOR CARS GOING FOR DECADES, JUST THE STORY IS AMAZING HOW HE COLLECTED THEM 😳😍🥰
@@archibaldsamu5873 After he wins the Powerball or MegaMillions cause these babies are gonna be expensive as hell! I guarantee, 40 years from now, a Prius is still gonna be a vehicle no one wants.
Imagine having a car collection like this!! And to be able to keep them in a nice shop like that!!thats a dream almost all of us will never have but hats off to the family for showing it to us!!
I always wonder what these guys did for a living. Seems like many worked for the government, others were in tech before tech blew up, made a killing. Surely not a factory worker's salary.
@@ALCRAN2010 well, the guy had his own landscaping business but it’s like his daughter said a guy would just come up to him and say hey you know someone died I got this car for sale you wanna buy it! I have friends that have collections of 25 cars and that’s how they accumulated a lot of their collection people just come up to them say you know I got this such and such car…you wanna buy it six grand that’s all I want for it!
Ok, so dad was an Italian in Brooklyn with a "landscaping" business in the 60s-80s and did pretty well? And he collected Cadillacs? Who's gonna tell her? LOL
I wish I could "like" this episode more than once. What an epic collection, and Tom's in depth knowledge and enthusiastic appreciation of it, really does justice to this man's legacy.
I have seen 50 barn find video's probably more and not 1 has come close to the volume of magnificent cars in this video. This was really a MUSEUM for excellent quality barn find cars. The LaSalle's were magnificent and love the 67 Caddy mama mia what a sexy ride!! Kim your father would very proud of you.😘
Was a wonderful discovery of vehicles. To see his daughter Kim light up with fond memories of the cars when she was younger, and she understands the importance of finding good homes for the car. By far one of my favorite episodes. Thank you for sharing.
What a Dad, what a collection. You sisters are so lucky and yet humble to show them to us. Otherwise most folks don't care about their inheritance and just sell it right away.
Tom, you have done it again! This episode is definitely one of the best! I have followed all of your videos and this is surely in the top five!. Kim and her family should be very proud of their dad, he left them a legacy! What a collection!
Her & their fathers friends personalities was the icing on the cake for this ep!! Seems possible her whole family would be great company! The STORIES they must all have.. some remarkable automobiles in this collection; cryin’ shame about that building’s climate control system going defunct, as upholstery mold can be quite a massive undertaking to fully remove/restore. My two ‘55 Buick Super’s are both coupe’s and use them GM “flipper” trims above door glass edge.. they work pretty cool, for how & why they were engineered. I could spend a month in that building and would still NOT be settled on a favorite!
Tom that was just totally amazing how you made it to that barnfind! Totally one of my all time favorites for you. Kim and her sisters are reaping the benefits of her Dad's passion for cars.
Growing up in 60/70s my dad had the same teal and white Caddy but it was a 4 door hardtop. Had a black 58 4 door b4 that. I always wanted a 1960 2 dr Caddy or Impala cuz it's the yr I was born. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you Kim for letting Tom show all those beautiful cars, your father collected some nice vehicles. They are all so clean . I hope you , your sisters and other family members can keep some and enjoy them and talk about your father at family gatherings . 😊
This was awesome! And all of them in a great condition in a well cap barn. Yes, some are going to need some cleaning, and probably some new tires, but none of these look like a true “project”. All of them look like they’d be ready to go in a matter of hours or a weekend at most. I love it when collectors actually maintain their collection, and don’t just collect their own junkyard. And you can tell with Kim and her family, but even when they sell off some of these, there’s probably a couple that each of them will keep and leave to the next generation of their families.
If I’m not mistaken the mold can be blasted off with a professional who does CO2 blasting. It’s kind of a new process for interiors but people are figuring it out and it makes the interior look good as new. It even works on carpets.
Absolutely an outstanding episode of barn. Find hunters with with Tom Cotter and Haggerty. Thank you to Kim for allowing you to go there and film and then a tremendous thanks to her dad and her dad‘s best friend for taking the time and money out of their lives to save, some amazing cars!
Wonderful episode featuring an absolutely wonderful collection of a wonderful generation of automobiles. My dad was a Chevy, Oldsmobile, Cadillac salesman during the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. I remember cars like these when they were new. Several of them I would love to have. Thanks to Kim for allowing us to see the collection and to you Tom for bringing the collection to us.
The mold was probably avoidable even without environmental controls. A nice dry space is great but warm and cool swings aren’t the issue really. It’s when everything in the barn is cold and you get a sudden warm and humid day. The humidity gets inside faster than the temperature inside goes up … and the humidity condenses on everything. Just using a fan to allow the temperature inside to rise with the outdoor temp probably would have done it. Or leave some windows open.
This was probably my favorite Tom Cotter episode so far. Tom is always great and this time the collection was being kept indoors in more or less mint condition. I never did understand horders who would leave their cars to waste away outdoors, while refusing to sell. The quality and variety of the cars were a pleasure to watch. I do hope Kim & Co. can find a good home for all except for a few keepers.
Thanks Bruce, dad was a passionate man for work as well. 7 days a week for over 60 years, sacrificed alot of family time, a perfectionist in his landscaping for sure. His customers became long time family friends as well. He still managed make great memories. That was the old school way. Happy New Year
This is making feel nostalgic, I was in my 20s in the early 80s and you could find so many old cars like these and for a pretty decent price if not cheap. I actually owned a couple for everyday driving. Life will never be like that ever again
I have to say that the daughter's knowledge of these cars was absolutely amazing as well her dad would be and I'm sure he is looking down on her very very proud he probably sitting on the roof having a beer with a big grit on his face
This is my favorite episode in a long time. I’m not a New Yorker, but one of my good friends lives in Brick NJ and listening to them talk really put a smile on my face. Good people. Thank you Kim for sharing your family’s piece of Americana…. I could see the anxiety in your face when Tom mentioned the mildew problem….. a halfway decent detailer will have those interiors looking like new in no time. Adding ventilation at each end of the building, at the highest point, will help a lot in the summer to move the warmest air out of the building. (Like a large greenhouse) Thanks again for sharing.
Wow what a collection and what nice italian folks.. reminds me of my relatives....Kim is a sweetheart ... im sure you'll find good homes for the cars as your father is watching from above 😉 Caio e tanti auguri
Amazing, my grandfather had a collection too, of all the cars he wrecked. They sat on the north 40 in a big heap pile of about 20 vehicles, we did a lot of playing in them as children.
This was an extraordinary episode Tom. Keep doing what you do, it make's episodes like this possible. Thanks for the cars but most of all thanks for the great people!!
With as rare as those all are, I would have definitely invested in top of the line heating and cooling to maintain their pristine condition. Man what a collection . Beautiful
This is probably the most amazing car collection that I have ever seen. I believe that every one of those vehicles is capable of running and driving with minimal effort. I hope anyone who inherits antique vehicles of any type are at the very least grateful. I would be so appreciative and extremely grateful if someone in my family left me a car of some magnitude and a cool history. My grandfather left behind an original 1959 Chevrolet Police car he used daily for many years. He said it had a Police Interceptor Engine and was extremely fast and durable. That car went to my cousin. I was and still am very disappointed. With this collection I would get every one of these cars running and drive every single one of them. To me that would be so much fun and would honor the person who created this fine collection.
This goes to show how times have changed and that people were able to keep cars rather than trade them in and get into a new one. Dad was a proud man and worked for everything he had.
Thank you Kim and your siblings, what an absolute treasure to have tangible objects that connect you directly to your Father. Be very selective with the next custodians of these gems. One of my favorite episodes !!!!!! Thanks Tom !
@Superlongy.....Yes , thank you soo much for being grateful. My intention was not to do this to sell,but to show my Dad's collection that he loved so much. It has helped us tremendously, especially connecting with some original owners! Tom is awesome!
For the mold, the experience I got with my cars, that sit outside throughout four seasons, is that it develops if water gets inside the car, let's say for example with wet boots or washing carpets and not completely drying them out, not with temperature change, it does not produce enough water, but once enough water is there, it is trapped, then mold will develop. It can easily be removed with a mixture of water, soap and vinegar and then drying the interior completely by keeping the doors opened in a dry weather for hours (not sure how much is enough, I often open the doors during day time two days in a row)
Wow, what an excellent video and an incredible collection. As a UK viewer I really enjoy learning about and seeing cars that are not really seen here. Some I know and have seen before as I frequent many classic car shows others are new to me. All of them are interesting to me though. Already looking forward to the next episode of Barn Find Hunter.
@@geoffwatches It's funny you say that, because I just watched @TheLateBrakeShow pull out and start-up a 'barn find' Aston Martin V8 Vantage. We've got interesting stuff too! Just not this sort of stuff (which all looks magnificent; what a period for American car design the '50s-'60s was in particular).
I did see a car meet on cable TV just a few weeks ago and I was surprised with the number of nice American classics and some large land yachts plus a few muscle cars thrown in the mix had me wondering how nice it would be to hear the back stories of how they ended up in the UK?
Thanks for sharing your family memories and treasures. Your father truly loved these classic historical vehicles, respect, what a great inheritance to his beloved daughters. Great story ❤
I would block up the cars to take weight off of the tires so they don't Crack, and use a product inside the vehicle called DRIZAIR to absorb moisture .... to avoid the mildew..... thanks Tom, amazing collection. Also the Chevy Power Pack was not just the Rochester 4bbl but also the Heads
Unless the car is ONLY for show, it's a bad idea to use really old tires on the road. The rubber inevitably decays, carcass cord too. Even the wire in the beads can rust to an unsafe level. Best to set them aside if you want to hold onto them and use modern repro tires for driving.
The 48 buick hood cantilevered forward, the 47 could be opened from either side, split hood. My uncle restored a 47 convertible, took him 10 years to complete, all work done by himself. Sadly he passed away a year after the car was completed. I wanted to buy the car, but I didn't have the funds at the time to do so.! Sorry Uncle Gary.
As he said, the unique thing about this collection is that everything is spotless. And, aside from some of the tires, they all look ready to go. I would love to know where they all end up and how much they sold for.
I had one in xlnt condition in 1970. Silver and black, matching interior, super clean. Spun out on a rainy night and hit a parked car and totaled it. My biggest automotive regret!
Wow! What a collection. I hope they have the resources to sort some temperature control if they are going to keep the cars. I used to get a bit annoyed at the collections that some people have in barns in the middle of nowhere but I'm over that now . I'm just annoyed at the ones that are clearly just rotting away.
The Buick hood tilts to either side. You push the emblem, pull the lever and lift it, the prop is in the center of the firewall. I have a 48 Sedanette, wish I could find a convertible like this!
LaSalle was the lower prices alternative to Cadillac. The custom Chevys grill is from a '58 Buick. The '48 Buicks hood is opened from either side for services. The way you opened it was for complete access/removal.
Such a time capsule to a beautiful time in life. Things were so different. Tony and Tom must've spent a lot of time together in the garage. A lot of memories. A super rare vehicle that looks like it came off the factory yesterday. What a dream
What an incredible collection and they’re from my old neighborhood in Brooklyn where I grew up but how can you just skip over that beautiful 63 Buick Riviera one of the nicest cars in the collection!!
❤ My Dad was the same, cars were his passion. The most cars (and a few trucks) he had was 19. He was a mechanic. He started collecting cars in the 70s.I was about 8. I remember his first 65 Mustang. It was Sky Blue outside, with medium blue inside. He only paid $400.00! He bought it off a used car lot. I remember going to the grocery store with him All the time! Oh, in 74 we moved into a house on "La Salle", in California. He lived in that house until 2014. He passed away at 80. 😢 i love and miss you Dad. ❤ P.S. this video brought back SO many memories. 😊😢❤
We called those Buicks RoadMatresses in the day… As an Olds/Buick/LaSalle enthusiast, this episode was a winner. Being Tom’s age, my Dad and Grandfather owned a few of these. When I got my license you could pick these up cheap. 200 bucks for a nearly identical ‘59 Olds. One day I bought a ‘68 Chevelle 396 4 speed ($600.00), beat the crap out of it while partying hard that evening and eventually got it stuck in a ditch. Couldn’t afford to bail it out of the tow lot right away and by the time I got my next paycheck, they wanted 300 for towing and storage (way more than my paycheck). Never saw it again. Oh well, there’s more where that came from. Good thing I hadn’t sold my ‘61 Olds yet.
Thanks for Story.. interestingly, a close Friend ( I graduated in HS *;WOLF LAKE HS, NObLE COUNTY, IN, 1965) borrowed 1967?? , of these MALIBU 396 /4 speed/ Bench Seat : we broke the seats in acceleration s, etc. Anyways,fun times.. probably safer, more productive activities than running Thru the gears today.?.,,
Wow, that's a pure goldmine! Most of these cars look practically brand new! And Kim and Tony seem to be such cool persons. Another awesome episode, Tom!
Ditto, and my Grandfather was the plant manager at the Cadillac Clark Street assembly plant in the 50’s where they made all those Cadillacs. Pretty cool to learn something new.
We had an old Chevy truck like his sprayer truck that was used as the farm trap wagon, there were bulk holding tanks on it for diesel and gasoline of 150 gallons each, a compressed air operated bulk barrel supplied grease gun and a box containing various tools most likely to be needed to repair breakdowns while operating machinery in the field. Was a great low mile farm truck.
Most fun is to take a 3 on the tree to a restaurant with valet, they will have some one that can drive a stick. But seldom will they have some one that can drive a 3 on tree. It can be fun
Don’t know if you bought the 48 Buick but your problem with the hood was that you both opened the latch thereby releasing the hood. Open one side and it pivots to the other. Had one! My first. Ran like a Swiss clock. 3 on the tree. Poppy
The '57 Chevy "custom" ol school...has Oldsmobile headlamps, '58 Buick grill...and hopefully the spotlights are Appleton...Packard taillamps x2 inverted on each other..
Man what a beautiful collection full of very cool cars. The one that bummed me out was not being able to see that 68 skylark but from what you could see that was beautiful too. I'd be like a kid in a candy store walking around looking at those fine automobiles
enjoyed the cars.the lasalles .when i was a boy in a little town of fairland indiana,people by the name of perry,had a coupe and a 4 door sedan setting in their yard .i saw them after many yrs in the late 60,s. aman from flordia bought them and took them down there.i have often wondered if he got them restored.would love to see them again.i am 85 now.thank you.
No better time to sell those cars than today. Anyone expecting a wealthy Millennial or Gen Zer to pay top dollar for this era of vehicles in 20 years is uninformed at best.
Man, some people just don’t know how lucky they are. When my dad died I got nothing nor did my three brothers. My first car was a 88 Cadillac DeVille midnight blue. Fell in love with them after my dad drove one and his mother before him. My grandmother had multiple. I still remember her picking me up to go trick or treating when I was a kid in her late 60s caddy that had a gold almost bronze paint job. Some stuff you just won’t ever forget.
Dang be easy slamming the doors. Every time someone gets in my 59 Belair they slam the dang door. I now tell them before they get in- the doors shut sooo easily, as I demonstrate, just push and click
I just watching this guy about old american cars who is sponsored by hagerty this guy knows his cars & is famous for going round peoples propertys & showing us though us through you tube the peoples cars or garages well I did enjoy this episode of hagerts. hope there more to come just cant stop watching theirs more places in america than in the UK .
They use to call a 4 door with no post a 4 door hard top. With a post, it was a 4 door sedan. I hope you three were able to have that glass of wine (or two) This was a real good one for me! I would take any of them around the block. Back when I was in high school a 4 door was called (Mommy"s Wheels!) Hand me down. I'll be 81 in Feb. Still do the maint. on my 2 20 yr. old cars.
You could travel the world, and never see a collection like this... that's why we're grateful that y'all shared it with us. My first car was a 69 Camero ss blue and white @ 16, had know idea how special it was
My birth family built these cars but I was adopted in 1980. Mom's cousin is married to top engineer who retired in 2004. He was teaching after that... My cousin retired 1990 to 2000 she designed GM; then 2000 to 2007 she sold Mac Tools for Roush Team. Now she's working in MI and I'm located in TX. Thanks for showing us the cars. They're beautiful. 🎉
This just goes to show you gotta enjoy life while it lasts and drive/ride the hell out of everything you got, you'll be long gone before soon and it's all gone to dust, the family's gonna pick the bones
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There is beautiful cars
Lot money invested in vehicles put in museum
Wow 21:08 ... don't ever try that learning curve, what if that chrome rocket had broken off in his hand?
I am NOT a car enthusiast but this amazed me....😮 They should open up a car museum and save all the hard work the Dad did and collect COVER for people that love cars like this gentleman that knows so much about vehicles that held my post nterest until the end of the video. 😮 TOUR THE COUNTRY AND DON'T SELL AND KEEP HIS LEGACY AND LOVE FOR CARS GOING FOR DECADES, JUST THE STORY IS AMAZING HOW HE COLLECTED THEM 😳😍🥰
I would have killed for just one of those cars, but I guess I will have to keep driving my 5 speed 26 year old Sentra
Thank you Kim and your sisters thank you for letting us see your dads collection truly amazing!
I second this! Thanks!
they want to sell them, so why not show them to people you act like its a privilege when people are trying to get rid of stuff!!!
@@yeahright302 for car people, it’s also fun to see old car collections even though I’m not shopping
I would have kept at least 5 vehicles
Love watching these collection videos! The stories behind them are always so cool to hear.
I wish my dad was like this guy! The collection is insane!
not all is lost. its your turn to be that Dad..😆😆😆
@@archibaldsamu5873 After he wins the Powerball or MegaMillions cause these babies are gonna be expensive as hell! I guarantee, 40 years from now, a Prius is still gonna be a vehicle no one wants.
I hope your dad don’t see this. He may be disappointed. I wouldn’t love to have these cars. All vanity.
@@archibaldsamu5873 well said.
@@boxoffisa I don't see any vanity..on the contrary its an art..an excellent way to store value.
Imagine having a car collection like this!! And to be able to keep them in a nice shop like that!!thats a dream almost all of us will never have but hats off to the family for showing it to us!!
Really, I'm thinking of buying a lawn mower so I can get a collection like this too ;
Sounds like she's gonna sell the property too. But boy did that man have some complete beautiful cars.
I always wonder what these guys did for a living. Seems like many worked for the government, others were in tech before tech blew up, made a killing. Surely not a factory worker's salary.
@@ALCRAN2010 well, the guy had his own landscaping business but it’s like his daughter said a guy would just come up to him and say hey you know someone died I got this car for sale you wanna buy it! I have friends that have collections of 25 cars and that’s how they accumulated a lot of their collection people just come up to them say you know I got this such and such car…you wanna buy it six grand that’s all I want for it!
Amazing collection, gotta love it. Thanks Tom. So kind of these folks to welcome ALL of us into their private world.
i'm European and i watch this from the other side of the ocean i was like
Ok, so dad was an Italian in Brooklyn with a "landscaping" business in the 60s-80s and did pretty well? And he collected Cadillacs? Who's gonna tell her? LOL
@@terrapinrocks what job?? Gangster?
And owned a lot of cars with big trunks! 🤔 ha
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@@terrapinrocks it’s the dads homeboy that gives it away lol
i was gonna say, "check for Gotti's DNA"...😂😂😂
I wish I could "like" this episode more than once. What an epic collection, and Tom's in depth knowledge and enthusiastic appreciation of it, really does justice to this man's legacy.
Roger that! 👍🏻
I have seen 50 barn find video's probably more and not 1 has come close to the volume of magnificent cars in this video. This was really a MUSEUM for excellent quality barn find cars. The LaSalle's were magnificent and love the 67 Caddy mama mia what a sexy ride!! Kim your father would very proud of you.😘
She's a gem, I love her. God bless her dad! Tom, please help these woman, Hagerty, please help them!
What an amazing collection, props to the gentleman’s years of hard work that enabled him to own such a vast collection. The American Dream.
This is not a collection. This is a complete museum!!!
I could almost see Jay show up to see what's going on.
Jay would be amazed!
Trying to understand how a landscaper can afford all of that? We know hes Italian lol ??
Trying to understand how a landscaper can afford all of that? We know hes Italian lol ??
@@georgebender1070 Get a bargain in its best price at the right time. Land developers end up meeting lots of people.
Thanks for the tour. Your dad had excellent taste!
Was a wonderful discovery of vehicles. To see his daughter Kim light up with fond memories of the cars when she was younger, and she understands the importance of finding good homes for the car. By far one of my favorite episodes. Thank you for sharing.
What a Dad, what a collection. You sisters are so lucky and yet humble to show them to us. Otherwise most folks don't care about their inheritance and just sell it right away.
Tom, you have done it again! This episode is definitely one of the best! I have followed all of your videos and this is surely in the top five!. Kim and her family should be very proud of their dad, he left them a legacy! What a collection!
Her & their fathers friends personalities was the icing on the cake for this ep!! Seems possible her whole family would be great company! The STORIES they must all have.. some remarkable automobiles in this collection; cryin’ shame about that building’s climate control system going defunct, as upholstery mold can be quite a massive undertaking to fully remove/restore. My two ‘55 Buick Super’s are both coupe’s and use them GM “flipper” trims above door glass edge.. they work pretty cool, for how & why they were engineered. I could spend a month in that building and would still NOT be settled on a favorite!
Tom that was just totally amazing how you made it to that barnfind! Totally one of my all time favorites for you. Kim and her sisters are reaping the benefits of her Dad's passion for cars.
Kim and Tony, thank you for sharing your stories and your father and friend’s collection with the world to see. God bless you both.
Growing up in 60/70s my dad had the same teal and white Caddy but it was a 4 door hardtop. Had a black 58 4 door b4 that. I always wanted a 1960 2 dr Caddy or Impala cuz it's the yr I was born. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you Kim for letting Tom show all those beautiful cars, your father collected some nice vehicles. They are all so clean . I hope you , your sisters and other family members can keep some and enjoy them and talk about your father at family gatherings . 😊
thank you for what?showing cars that she wants to sell?lol
This was awesome! And all of them in a great condition in a well cap barn. Yes, some are going to need some cleaning, and probably some new tires, but none of these look like a true “project”. All of them look like they’d be ready to go in a matter of hours or a weekend at most. I love it when collectors actually maintain their collection, and don’t just collect their own junkyard. And you can tell with Kim and her family, but even when they sell off some of these, there’s probably a couple that each of them will keep and leave to the next generation of their families.
Very amazing collection! Glad to see that she wants them to go to people who will actually appreciate the cars and not just try to flip them.
If I’m not mistaken the mold can be blasted off with a professional who does CO2 blasting. It’s kind of a new process for interiors but people are figuring it out and it makes the interior look good as new. It even works on carpets.
Absolutely an outstanding episode of barn. Find hunters with with Tom Cotter and Haggerty. Thank you to Kim for allowing you to go there and film and then a tremendous thanks to her dad and her dad‘s best friend for taking the time and money out of their lives to save, some amazing cars!
You dad is what made America great. Good cars, good music, good friends, good food and good hobbies.
Thank you so much! I feel the same way♥️
This era was GREAT, GREAT GREAT
Wonderful episode featuring an absolutely wonderful collection of a wonderful generation of automobiles. My dad was a Chevy, Oldsmobile, Cadillac salesman during the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. I remember cars like these when they were new.
Several of them I would love to have. Thanks to Kim for allowing us to see the collection and to you Tom for bringing the collection to us.
The mold was probably avoidable even without environmental controls. A nice dry space is great but warm and cool swings aren’t the issue really. It’s when everything in the barn is cold and you get a sudden warm and humid day. The humidity gets inside faster than the temperature inside goes up … and the humidity condenses on everything. Just using a fan to allow the temperature inside to rise with the outdoor temp probably would have done it. Or leave some windows open.
Man, this so cool. Does not matter what brand of cars are the in the barn. I always enjoy reading and seeing stories about barn find cars.
We need AMMO NYC to clean these gems up!
What an awesome find, Kim is awesome for letting you film, and I thank you for making a video longer than 15 min!
Paradise Landscaping on Burnett Street in Brooklyn. Lived there in the 60’s! Across from the lagoon.
This was probably my favorite Tom Cotter episode so far. Tom is always great and this time the collection was being kept indoors in more or less mint condition.
I never did understand horders who would leave their cars to waste away outdoors, while refusing to sell.
The quality and variety of the cars were a pleasure to watch. I do hope Kim & Co. can find a good home for all except for a few keepers.
And I can’t understand why they just keep indoors and not drive them
They all seem to be crammed into one building which is probably why.
That's quite a collection for a landscaper
❤❤❤ I gotta respect the man.
Thanks Bruce, dad was a passionate man for work as well. 7 days a week for over 60 years, sacrificed alot of family time, a perfectionist in his landscaping for sure. His customers became long time family friends as well. He still managed make great memories. That was the old school way. Happy New Year
What a beautiful collection I hope the family gets the most value for them and thank you for showing them. God Bless!!!
Kim's a delight. You can tell her home Is warm, wonderful & full of love!
Kim is so lovely, great stories and history and what a celebration of Dad's life.
This is making feel nostalgic, I was in my 20s in the early 80s and you could find so many old cars like these and for a pretty decent price if not cheap. I actually owned a couple for everyday driving. Life will never be like that ever again
Thanks to Kim for letting us see her Dads collection.......WOW!
I have to say that the daughter's knowledge of these cars was absolutely amazing as well her dad would be and I'm sure he is looking down on her very very proud he probably sitting on the roof having a beer with a big grit on his face
That black La Salle was my favorite from this episode. What a beauty!
This is my favorite episode in a long time. I’m not a New Yorker, but one of my good friends lives in Brick NJ and listening to them talk really put a smile on my face. Good people.
Thank you Kim for sharing your family’s piece of Americana…. I could see the anxiety in your face when Tom mentioned the mildew problem….. a halfway decent detailer will have those interiors looking like new in no time. Adding ventilation at each end of the building, at the highest point, will help a lot in the summer to move the warmest air out of the building. (Like a large greenhouse)
Thanks again for sharing.
Wow what a collection and what nice italian folks.. reminds me of my relatives....Kim is a sweetheart ... im sure you'll find good homes for the cars as your father is watching from above 😉 Caio e tanti auguri
Amazing, my grandfather had a collection too, of all the cars he wrecked. They sat on the north 40 in a big heap pile of about 20 vehicles, we did a lot of playing in them as children.
Nice and relatively well-kept than other barn finds.
The man sure knows what to collect.
The family’s company truck is, by far, my personal sweet-spot in the collection … dang ! Big smile on my face
This was an extraordinary episode Tom. Keep doing what you do, it make's episodes like this possible. Thanks for the cars but most of all thanks for the great people!!
I Love how she calls her father "daddy" still. He raised a great family obviously.
Incredible collection, when a '64 mustang gets 30 seconds you know you have a special episode on your hands
I used to work for Tom at Cotter promotions many years ago ...Just a really nice guy , respect him greatly
Man, the gentleman who owned these had exceptional taste in cars. What a beautiful collection!
Wish I owned just one of these.
With as rare as those all are, I would have definitely invested in top of the line heating and cooling to maintain their pristine condition. Man what a collection . Beautiful
This is probably the most amazing car collection that I have ever seen. I believe that every one of those vehicles is capable of running and driving with minimal effort.
I hope anyone who inherits antique vehicles of any type are at the very least grateful. I would be so appreciative and extremely grateful if someone in my family left me a car of some magnitude and a cool history. My grandfather left behind an original 1959 Chevrolet Police car he used daily for many years. He said it had a Police Interceptor Engine and was extremely fast and durable. That car went to my cousin. I was and still am very disappointed.
With this collection I would get every one of these cars running and drive every single one of them. To me that would be so much fun and would honor the person who created this fine collection.
Your farther has a style like no other amazing taste in cars knowing what he liked 🎉 you ladies are blessed 💖
Great episode Tom! These folks feel like family and take good care of their dads collection. Can't wait for the next episode!
This goes to show how times have changed and that people were able to keep cars rather than trade them in and get into a new one. Dad was a proud man and worked for everything he had.
Thank you Kim and your siblings, what an absolute treasure to have tangible objects that connect you directly to your Father. Be very selective with the next custodians of these gems. One of my favorite episodes !!!!!! Thanks Tom !
thank you for what?she is advertising them to sell them!!
@@yeahright302 ….apologies mate, should have contacted you first (for permission) before being grateful to see an amazing collection.
@@superlongy no need,why be grateful she is selling the cars.
@Superlongy.....Yes , thank you soo much for being grateful. My intention was not to do this to sell,but to show my Dad's collection that he loved so much. It has helped us tremendously, especially connecting with some original owners! Tom is awesome!
For the mold, the experience I got with my cars, that sit outside throughout four seasons, is that it develops if water gets inside the car, let's say for example with wet boots or washing carpets and not completely drying them out, not with temperature change, it does not produce enough water, but once enough water is there, it is trapped, then mold will develop. It can easily be removed with a mixture of water, soap and vinegar and then drying the interior completely by keeping the doors opened in a dry weather for hours (not sure how much is enough, I often open the doors during day time two days in a row)
Wow, what an excellent video and an incredible collection. As a UK viewer I really enjoy learning about and seeing cars that are not really seen here. Some I know and have seen before as I frequent many classic car shows others are new to me. All of them are interesting to me though. Already looking forward to the next episode of Barn Find Hunter.
I know right. Barn finds over here are all xr3is and Vauxhall nova se's😂
@@geoffwatches It's funny you say that, because I just watched @TheLateBrakeShow pull out and start-up a 'barn find' Aston Martin V8 Vantage. We've got interesting stuff too! Just not this sort of stuff (which all looks magnificent; what a period for American car design the '50s-'60s was in particular).
I did see a car meet on cable TV just a few weeks ago and I was surprised with the number of nice American classics and some large land yachts plus a few muscle cars thrown in the mix had me wondering how nice it would be to hear the back stories of how they ended up in the UK?
Thanks for sharing your family memories and treasures. Your father truly loved these classic historical vehicles, respect, what a great inheritance to his beloved daughters. Great story ❤
I would block up the cars to take weight off of the tires so they don't Crack, and use a product inside the vehicle called DRIZAIR to absorb moisture .... to avoid the mildew..... thanks Tom, amazing collection. Also the Chevy Power Pack was not just the Rochester 4bbl but also the Heads
Unless the car is ONLY for show, it's a bad idea to use really old tires on the road. The rubber inevitably decays, carcass cord too. Even the wire in the beads can rust to an unsafe level. Best to set them aside if you want to hold onto them and use modern repro tires for driving.
When cars were cars not plastic.
The first one 🎉🎉hI showed has a lot of plastic
My parents said people would get in fender benders, and look wipe and drive away with maybe a scratch!
A simply amazing and eclectic collection. So many rare cars intermixed with ordinary family cars.
The 48 buick hood cantilevered forward, the 47 could be opened from either side, split hood. My uncle restored a 47 convertible, took him 10 years to complete, all work done by himself. Sadly he passed away a year after the car was completed. I wanted to buy the car, but I didn't have the funds at the time to do so.! Sorry Uncle Gary.
Such a unique collection! And should be relatively easy to bring back to life!
As he said, the unique thing about this collection is that everything is spotless. And, aside from some of the tires, they all look ready to go.
I would love to know where they all end up and how much they sold for.
That 60 Impala deserved more screen time, would probably be my pick of the lot.
I had one in xlnt condition in 1970. Silver and black, matching interior, super clean. Spun out on a rainy night and hit a parked car and totaled it. My biggest automotive regret!
It’s really hard to pick a favorite from all those classics.
Remember the line from the intro of all in the family Archie and Edith, gee our old LaSalle ran great those were the days!
Wow! What a collection. I hope they have the resources to sort some temperature control if they are going to keep the cars. I used to get a bit annoyed at the collections that some people have in barns in the middle of nowhere but I'm over that now . I'm just annoyed at the ones that are clearly just rotting away.
The Buick hood tilts to either side. You push the emblem, pull the lever and lift it, the prop is in the center of the firewall. I have a 48 Sedanette, wish I could find a convertible like this!
LaSalle was the lower prices alternative to Cadillac.
The custom Chevys grill is from a '58 Buick.
The '48 Buicks hood is opened from either side for services. The way you opened it was for complete access/removal.
Buick Limited Grille right?
@@JohnSmith-rw8uh They shared grills on all series I believe, so yes.
The Northeast Classic Car Museum in Norwich, NY would be a good place for these wonderful cars.
@stephenkutney9626 Yes, I have been in touch to possibly have 2 on display in memory of my Dad. Thanks for the input! Happy New Year
Such a time capsule to a beautiful time in life. Things were so different. Tony and Tom must've spent a lot of time together in the garage. A lot of memories. A super rare vehicle that looks like it came off the factory yesterday. What a dream
What an incredible collection and they’re from my old neighborhood in Brooklyn where I grew up but how can you just skip over that beautiful 63 Buick Riviera one of the nicest cars in the collection!!
❤ My Dad was the same, cars were his passion. The most cars (and a few trucks) he had was 19. He was a mechanic. He started collecting cars in the 70s.I was about 8. I remember his first 65 Mustang. It was Sky Blue outside, with medium blue inside. He only paid $400.00! He bought it off a used car lot. I remember going to the grocery store with him All the time! Oh, in 74 we moved into a house on "La Salle", in California. He lived in that house until 2014. He passed away at 80. 😢 i love and miss you Dad. ❤ P.S. this video brought back SO many memories. 😊😢❤
We called those Buicks RoadMatresses in the day…
As an Olds/Buick/LaSalle enthusiast, this episode was a winner. Being Tom’s age, my Dad and Grandfather owned a few of these. When I got my license you could pick these up cheap. 200 bucks for a nearly identical ‘59 Olds. One day I bought a ‘68 Chevelle 396 4 speed ($600.00), beat the crap out of it while partying hard that evening and eventually got it stuck in a ditch. Couldn’t afford to bail it out of the tow lot right away and by the time I got my next paycheck, they wanted 300 for towing and storage (way more than my paycheck). Never saw it again. Oh well, there’s more where that came from. Good thing I hadn’t sold my ‘61 Olds yet.
Thanks for Story.. interestingly, a close Friend ( I graduated in HS *;WOLF LAKE HS, NObLE COUNTY, IN, 1965) borrowed 1967?? , of these MALIBU 396 /4 speed/ Bench Seat : we broke the seats in acceleration s, etc. Anyways,fun times.. probably safer, more productive activities than running Thru the gears today.?.,,
In1965, I bought a 59 Bonneville convertible, white with red leather interior for $300.
Wow, that's a pure goldmine! Most of these cars look practically brand new! And Kim and Tony seem to be such cool persons. Another awesome episode, Tom!
How did I go all these years not knowing about the flip-up rain deflectors? Just proves even the most diehard car guys can learn something new!
Ditto! And I'm a car guy too.
Ditto, and my Grandfather was the plant manager at the Cadillac Clark Street assembly plant in the 50’s where they made all those Cadillacs. Pretty cool to learn something new.
Hopefully someday my kids will be showing my collection and my wish is that they keep, take care and enjoy them with their kids.
What a great collection! The Lasalle 4-door convertible is the star for me. I think the grille on the chopped Chevy could have come from a '58 Buick.
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We had an old Chevy truck like his sprayer truck that was used as the farm trap wagon, there were bulk holding tanks on it for diesel and gasoline of 150 gallons each, a compressed air operated bulk barrel supplied grease gun and a box containing various tools most likely to be needed to repair breakdowns while operating machinery in the field. Was a great low mile farm truck.
That is the absolute best collection of vehicles so far!
The "Flipper" You Refer To , Is Called A Drip - Rail , At The Top
Of The Door Windows For Water !
This is my 2nd show.. I totally loved it.
Kim, treasure indeed!
All I can say is this collection is simply unbelievable 😮!!!
Most fun is to take a 3 on the tree to a restaurant with valet, they will have some one that can drive a stick. But seldom will they have some one that can drive a 3 on tree. It can be fun
I'll be laughing my ass off😂
Fun? Yeah i bet, if you have money in your fridge instead of food 😂 fun he said
They could do more damage than the enjoyment seeing them struggling
Fond memories of driving a friend's left hand drive 3 on a tree in the UK when I was 18. Some beautiful cars in that barn.
Try a 4 on the tree.
Don’t know if you bought the 48 Buick but your problem with the hood was that you both opened the latch thereby releasing the hood. Open one side and it pivots to the other. Had one! My first. Ran like a Swiss clock. 3 on the tree. Poppy
I can't believe there is absolutely no vermin damage 😮
A well built hall for sure. An investment in itself, kept those cars in great condition.
Guy was a big time, professional landscaper. I'm sure he had access to the "good stuff". 😉
The '57 Chevy "custom" ol school...has Oldsmobile headlamps, '58 Buick grill...and hopefully the spotlights are Appleton...Packard taillamps x2 inverted on each other..
Man what a beautiful collection full of very cool cars. The one that bummed me out was not being able to see that 68 skylark but from what you could see that was beautiful too. I'd be like a kid in a candy store walking around looking at those fine automobiles
enjoyed the cars.the lasalles .when i was a boy in a little town of fairland
indiana,people by the name of perry,had a coupe and a 4 door sedan setting
in their yard .i saw them after many yrs in the late 60,s. aman from flordia
bought them and took them down there.i have often wondered if he got
them restored.would love to see them again.i am 85 now.thank you.
Sisters first action: Liquidation.
No better time to sell those cars than today. Anyone expecting a wealthy Millennial or Gen Zer to pay top dollar for this era of vehicles in 20 years is uninformed at best.
Man, some people just don’t know how lucky they are. When my dad died I got nothing nor did my three brothers. My first car was a 88 Cadillac DeVille midnight blue. Fell in love with them after my dad drove one and his mother before him. My grandmother had multiple. I still remember her picking me up to go trick or treating when I was a kid in her late 60s caddy that had a gold almost bronze paint job. Some stuff you just won’t ever forget.
Dang be easy slamming the doors. Every time someone gets in my 59 Belair they slam the dang door. I now tell them before they get in- the doors shut sooo easily, as I demonstrate, just push and click
I just watching this guy about old american cars who is sponsored by hagerty this guy knows his cars & is famous for going round peoples propertys & showing us though us through you tube the peoples cars or garages well I did enjoy this episode of hagerts. hope there more to come just cant stop watching theirs more places in america than in the UK .
They use to call a 4 door with no post a 4 door hard top. With a post, it was a 4 door sedan. I hope you three were able to have that glass of wine (or two) This was a real good one for me! I would take any of them around the block. Back when I was in high school a 4 door was called (Mommy"s Wheels!) Hand me down. I'll be 81 in Feb. Still do the maint. on my 2 20 yr. old cars.
Much luck and respect!!!!! From Sydney Australia ❤️🙏🙏🙏
Thank you ❤
Gee our old Lasalle ran great! Those where the days🎼
Archie was right 😉✌️🍻
You could travel the world, and never see a collection like this... that's why we're grateful that y'all shared it with us. My first car was a 69 Camero ss blue and white @ 16, had know idea how special it was
My birth family built these cars but I was adopted in 1980. Mom's cousin is married to top engineer who retired in 2004. He was teaching after that...
My cousin retired 1990 to 2000 she designed GM; then 2000 to 2007 she sold Mac Tools for Roush Team. Now she's working in MI and I'm located in TX.
Thanks for showing us the cars. They're beautiful. 🎉
This just goes to show you gotta enjoy life while it lasts and drive/ride the hell out of everything you got, you'll be long gone before soon and it's all gone to dust, the family's gonna pick the bones