Merle Duprey California desert car hoarder auction.

[JamesinHBCA]

Did anyone here attend? Any deals you would like to share if you did?



Link to auction results:

https://www.proxibid.com/asp/catalog.asp?aid=137268&ipp=100&sort=0

[big gear head]

Looks like some people got some pretty good deals.

[Xplantdad]

I think Charley said that the good stuff had been already picked through? (I could be wrong)

[Copo_Cartel]

The good stuff is already gone 2 people that I know from this site have already gotten all of the good stuff

[big gear head]

Yeah, but what I saw in those pictures was still pretty good. There were several Chevy aluminum bell housings that went for around $30. Complete ZL1 for $10,000. 4 Camaro fenders that looked rust free for $350.

[StriperSS]

Who was paying $800.00 for a set of wheels?

[Kurt S]

For regular parts, there were some real deals.
The wheels are confusing - lots of sets for $800/set. Did the guy think he bought them all for $800?

[the427king]

Buying a ZL1 motor fully asembled and not being able to see bore/damage/condition/cement filled etc etc etc with all the numbers and castings removed isnt a chance most people would take for 10K

[EZ Nova]

Ya seen that on the ZL-1 engine. Just a bit high to start. Think it would have got some action starting say a 6000 and let people get bidding and hot for it.

I was looking at the 396/375Hp engine???? No chrome valve covers I can see, but Qjet??? And no 163 alum. intake??? That doesn't look right to me.

[EZ Nova]

Umm, is this even real!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok when I looked, I changed the sort by to "PRICE: high to low"

Now look at how many RIMS were sold for 800.00????? Something fishy that all these sold at 800.00 per lot!!

Look at lot 1059? 1 shitty rim for 800.00
look at lot 1058 2 rims for 800.00 or lot 1054??? 2 ugly ass alum rims for 800.00

No maybe someone bought ALL the rims as 1 lot for 800.00, but I can't see that either?

Something just doesn't add up.

[SuperNovaSS]

The rims are weird but does it really matter? The parts are sold. Was anyone there with first hand experience? I considered going but I would risk becoming to the level of parts he had acquired. It’s much easier to buy than sell.

Jason

[Astock]

When I was last there 20 years ago, he had parts all the way up to the rafters. He said he had 5 disc b rears He was going to Pomona since the 70's. Maybe the ZL1 was just bait, the good stuff is long gone.

[JamesinHBCA]

When I was last there 20 years ago, he had parts all the way up to the rafters. He said he had 5 disc b rears He was going to Pomona since the 70's. Maybe the ZL1 was just bait, the good stuff is long gone.

I have been going to Pomona since the early 90's. I wonder if I ever ran across him. Was he a seller there as well as a buyer?

As far as the good stuff being gone, it was advertised within the community and on local craigslist, so not surprised.

It seems these hoarder sales are becoming more frequent for the muscle car stuff. I guess that's why it was so hard to find parts for years and years.