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Grizzly · 01-26-2007, 07:25 PM

Stories like this one consistently amaze me.

"An American car collector came across car parts in a scrap heap in Ukraine and took them back to England..."

How does an American car collector just happen to be rummaging through a scrap heap in the friggin' Ukraine of all places and stumble upon one of the more important automobiles in history? Whenever I rummage through a scrap heap I come up empty handed, get stung by Hornets and step in dog ****************.

I remember a story out of Barrett-Jackson a few years ago, and don't quote me on the precise details, but an American collector located a one-off French, pre-war Delage or Delahaye or something in a shed in Europe and had it shipped back to the States. Some years later, he found the engine, the correct engine for that very car, in a chicken coop in South America! How does this happen??? Most of the time I can't find the parts to my own car in my own garage!

Great story. Thanks for sharing it.

01-26-2007, 07:25 PM	#2
Grizzly Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Annapolis Maryland Posts: 1,528	Stories like this one consistently amaze me. "An American car collector came across car parts in a scrap heap in Ukraine and took them back to England..." How does an American car collector just happen to be rummaging through a scrap heap in the friggin' Ukraine of all places and stumble upon one of the more important automobiles in history? Whenever I rummage through a scrap heap I come up empty handed, get stung by Hornets and step in dog ***************. I remember a story out of Barrett-Jackson a few years ago, and don't quote me on the precise details, but an American collector located a one-off French, pre-war Delage or Delahaye or something in a shed in Europe and had it shipped back to the States. Some years later, he found the engine, the correct engine for that* very car, in a chicken coop in South America! How does this happen??? Most of the time I can't find the parts to my own car in my own garage! Great story. Thanks for sharing it. __________________ http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...izzlysmall.jpg '97 986 Cheating Death on 19" Wheels ...no catastrophic engine failure ...yet Last edited by Grizzly; 01-26-2007 at 08:24 PM.