Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly

72Heaven · #1 11-29-2005, 08:27 AM

Probably old news here but I didn't see anything on it (sorry I mostly lurk) but this would have been a neat find!
http://www.depereautocenter.com/

Evidently a Donald Schlag hoarded cars and GM hi-po parts including one, possibly two Yenkos, two LS6 Chevelles, and a ton of BBCs! (heck, I would have been happy with the 1967 RS/SS!)

The link is pics of some of his new finds...Tutenkamen's tomb was NOTHING!

camarojoe · #2 11-29-2005, 08:57 AM

wow!

I love hoarders....

I'd love to read the complete story...did this guy die or how did the collection come to light? Some amazing stuff there....

CamarosRus · #3 11-29-2005, 10:45 AM

First person that hit my mind is Heartbeat Jimmy.....I can just imagine how certain people must be going absolutely crazy, trying to get a piece of this action. I would invest money into buying some of this, but will never have the connections to do so.
I hope we can hear much more on this story, as the details unfold........

**enio45** · #4 11-29-2005, 12:30 PM

Unreal, id love to hear the story on this, did the guy pass away and left this stuff???? What do you think a collection like this is worth?? 2 or 3Million, more??

**MosportGreen66** · #5 11-29-2005, 04:55 PM

My mouth hit the floor after seeing the cars...

But the parts and engines he has must be worth double what the cars are worth...

**SS427** · #6 11-29-2005, 05:33 PM

That is just plain sick! Even the guy taking the pictures is so excited he can't hold the camera steady. What a gold mine that may take years to inventory. It would be interesting to get a list of engine VINs to see how many cars might be reunited with their engines.

**Daves70SS** · #7 12-02-2005, 04:20 AM

If I were the local law enforcement I would have been all over that stuff when it was first uncovered after all these years and I would be checking the vin #s on all the engines,trans etc. and check them against old vehicle theft records to see if anything raises a red flag. Yes,maybe some big blocks were replaced for small blocks during the gas crunch but what about all those complete small blocks with the exhaust manifolds still attached that are there and the trans. with the shifters still attached to them. Maybe the trailers were welded shut and he didn't talk to anyone about his stash for a reason.It looks more like remnants of a 60's-70's chop shop. But the cars seem to have been purchased legally.
Just a thought.

Xelerator · #8 12-02-2005, 06:31 AM

Hello all, I am a first time poster here and wanted to let you know that I got to meet Larry F. tonight (12/1/05), who is a very nice man by the way, and view his new collection. I took over 100 pics and wanted to share the Yenko pics with you guys. Larry did not have a problem with me doing this so I feel comfortable showing them off to you! I know I did not get some very important detail pics but it was cold and dark in that shed and I to be honest, I don't know what to look for! I tried my best. Note, the pics of the big block by itself is supposibly the original 427 out of this Yenko. I just wanted to share these with you guys and hope you get some use from them. Thanks! http://www.aasencamaros.com/Yenko.html

**Rainer** · #9 12-02-2005, 06:56 AM

Cool - thanks for providing these pix. You never know, depending on what happens with the sale and who the car goes to, we may never have seen pix of the unrestored car.

**firstgenaddict** · #10 12-02-2005, 08:41 AM

Good Job especially on the firewall/cowl... the two holes to the right of the cowl tag are for a Stewart Warner Tach sending unit (if you didn't know)