A little while ago I made mention of a gentleman named Larry Grillett that sold me my Texas 57 Ford.Larry had a massive collection of generally Ford stuff... 3 warehouses of drivers,a personal wrecking yard,memorabilia,etc,etc,.... Larry passed a few months back and his wife is putting a lot up for auction.....
Not sure of the date...but it is in the fall.I may swing down to go check out the auction and see friends.
Anyhow.... here are some pics of some of the parts cars...... they may be the odd Mopar in the bunch(hey!... nobody perfect!)
When I hear of the proper date..I will post.
Larry was a good man.
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love the black 57 Coronet and the 55/6 Mercs. Much underrated cool cars !
I'll be going to Larry's Auction.
Lots of '55&'56 Fords. The most crownvics I've ever seen in one place. Not a lot of '57's in comparison as he preferred the mid fifty fords.
Thanks for posting the info and pics, Jeff. Local word here is it will be October as you had previously thought, and the auctioneer is out of Plainview, Tx.
Where exactly in Texas are these cars located?
Thanks
John
Quote from: KYBlueOval on 2017-07-07 05:45
Where exactly in Texas are these cars located?
Thanks
John
CHILDRESS Texas
Yep, Childress. About 200+ miles north of your relatives that live in Fort Worth(?), John. About 110 miles south of Amarillo on 287.
Keep in mind the pics Jeff posted I believe are of his outside "personal salvage yard". I understand there are at least 3 buildings worth of inside stuff.
Thanks Rich.........good memory...........my son and his family live in Ft.Worth.If you need a great defense attorney, he is the guy. Hope you never need his services! Hoping to see you at the auction in the fall.
John
Not sure if this is still available or price. but my pal Bob Owens is selling stuff for the widow Grillett.
https://www.instagram.com/flattopbob/ (https://www.instagram.com/flattopbob/)
Good for Bob. Any word on when the auction is yet? I've got a friend who is into '56's and is anxiously awaiting word. (One of my few friends with big$$)
...Not yet .......
The Larry Grillet auction (Childress, Tx)date is set. It's in Hemmings events list. October 13 and 14 if I remember. 5 Star auctioneers, Plainview Texas is the auctioneer putting it on. Go to their website for some (poor) pics of a portion of the auction. Each day is a different location in Childress. There's a '56 Canadian Crown vic (not sure what the Canadian model is called) project car, and that tan and white Parklane wagon rumored to be a 98 point car IS included.
https://www.globalauctionguide.com/image-viewer/35301403
That Canadian 56 Crown Victoria is a Meteor, one of only 206 Meteor Crown Victorias built that year. Funny, I know a guy up here that has the identical 3 tone paint scheme 56 Meteor Crown Vic, has owned it for at least 35 years.
When I posted the above link to the auction site, I didn't realize it was starting on pic #195!!!!!!!! This auction is huge. When you go to the above link, click on "back to the auction" button, and you can start from pic #1. about #75 is '57 Fords. I don't see how they're gonna do this auction in 2 days. Yes, lots of Mopars, but SOOOOO many I'd love to have, and the mercs., and that '66 Fairlane 2dr with the unreadable motor size emblem (390, 427??) As Pat said...I've never seen so many CV's in one place. Look at the pallets of parts photos!!.E code parts??
LOL..not a Mustang or Camaro in the bunch, Yeah!!
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2017-08-05 09:42
When I posted the above link to the auction site, I didn't realize it was starting on pic #195!!!!!!!! This auction is huge. When you go to the above link, click on "back to the auction" button, and you can start from pic #1. about #75 is '57 Fords. I don't see how they're gonna do this auction in 2 days. Yes, lots of Mopars, but SOOOOO many I'd love to have, and the mercs., and that '66 Fairlane 2dr with the unreadable motor size emblem (390, 427??) As Pat said...I've never seen so many CV's in one place. Look at the pallets of parts photos!!.E code parts??
LOL..not a Mustang or Camaro in the bunch, Yeah!!
Rich, as I looked through the photos, I had the same reaction.............2 days doesn't sound feasible. I can imagine several scenarios. Simultaneous auctions. And "lots" that contain more than one pallet of parts.
I do know there will be "Lots" of pallets ....... this auction is huge and will be going very fast.As I have seen Larry's collection when he was alive... it is massive.He owned several buildings in town.His personal property was very large with several large buildings on his property.
Wish I could go as the auction is this week coming.. spoke with Bob who is helping the family... all is ready to go...... should be a good one!
Some of my friends are going down, not sure if I'll make it or not, lots of stuff going on in the next 2 or 3 weeks, so I've got to pick and choose..
They've added this to the Hemmings events listings, btw, so easy to find info.
Went to the auction Saturday. there was a pretty good crowd there. I was just curious more than anything, and the auction was moving very slow, so only stayed for 3 or 4 hours. Friday was parts, machinery,and project car day. There were just 4 or 5 '57's there, and I wasn't there when they got to the cars, so don't know if they sold, or how much. Nothing really to be excited about as far as '57's, although there was one convert there. probably a few hundred other cars though, quite a few of them very desirable, and these were just the outside stored vehicles I saw.
Saw lots of folks I knew...Pat Fleishman and his dad were there, and I got to introduce them to Glen Large from Knox City. Glenn is the guy I've talked about in the past that owns/owned 80 ish '57 Fords. Glen was there with a friend who also owns '57's. LOL. Glenn came out to the parking lot to see my '57 for the first time, his friend stayed back to watch the auction. When Glenn got back to his friend, he told him "you go look at his car." Glenn is a very traditional guy, so It made me quite happy that he really liked mine, I really was't expecting it.
I talked to Bob Owens for a short time. Bob has spent months helping the family get prepared for this auction. I'm hoping Bob was able to aquire some of those '57's for his salvage yard.
After I left the auction, I drove to Gainsville for a car show on Saturday. Gainsville is about 310 miles from home, north of Dallas. Nice show, closed off about 5 blocks in the old downtown area, and I parked right across the street from a guy on the Hamb 52-59 forum I'm on. We've conversed for 4 years or so on the forum, so it was nice to get to meet him and his wife. He has a beautiful '56 Parklane wagon.
Pat..if your reading this, I met a guy who asked if I knew you . I can't remember his name, but he said before he retired he was the Dallas area Napa tool rep and you'd know who he was from that description.