RE: IML: Huge parts cleanout at Doc's this summer.

["Kristian Oyen" <kandkoyen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kenyon;

     By "a bubble that ranged from '63 to '68" do you mean that there are a
lot of these, or that there are few or none?

Thanks,

Kristian Oyen 

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Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 10:44 PM
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Subject: IML: Huge parts cleanout at Doc's this summer.

Doc Bullock is turning 91 this year.

Doc is an interesting man on many levels.  

The one that will interest the List is that he owned about 150 Imperials
that he accumulated in the late 1970's and early 1980's on his large
property when they were going begging for owners.  All were driven onto the
property and were good used cars at that point in time.



He was having something or other done to his house that would require a
permit, and the inspector looked out the kitchen window and imediately
explained that said permit would not be forthcoming unless the cars were
removed.



Doc liked his wife more than the cars, and complied. 
To do so, he hired "artisans" from another country to dismantle the cars,
placing the parts in a stable on the property.  Doc was a depression-era man
and refused to see things wasted.

The carcasses were made into manholes or some such after leaving the
property absolutely stripped to the bone.  All 150 of them.

That was 1989.

A vast majority of the parts are still there, and I've been cleaning out and
selling the parts to people over the last 3 years.  



We are hitting a point where Doc is really slowing down, and I'm beginning
to feel time weighing on me. 
His wife is likely to want to have everything "gone"
pretty promptly sooner or later, and I've tried to get things out to homes
that will appreciate them.

Cars ranged from 1948-1975 with a bubble that ranged from 63-68.  All were
Imperials with few exceptions.

The stable is about the size of a suburban rancher house and has parts that
are literally stacked to the ceiling, so there is approximately a
semi-trailer's worth left.  At least.

If you will be near the SF Bay Area this summer or fall, I encourage you to
come by and look through for some parts.  Prices are fair.

Everyone that's been through has left with a smile so far as I know.


You can contact me off list if interested.

I had some photos of the menagerie but the computer failed and I'll have to
re-scan them - I plan to do a page on what I've found there and what he did.

So far as I can tell, he was pretty much supporting the entire Northern
California Imperial Owners Club back before Mr. Lowell Howe or Bob were
here, and the place is pretty incredible.

A short list of things that might be of interest:

Door panels - mostly 4D.  Giant shelves of them.
Wheels.  Stacks of them.
Original-style seatbelts.  Hanging over rafters.
Seat skins.  Many in bad condition, but some gems.  
Instruments.
Drums & Rotors.  Stacks.
Alternators, Generators, etc.
Window switches
Heads
Bumpers
Stainless Trim
Manifolds


I will NOT go fishing for parts on your behalf, so can not accept requests -
you must come in person or send an emissary to look for you since I can not
gaurantee that a particular part is right from long distance and it isn't
worth the headache of dealing with refunds or hurt feelings if something
isn't right.

These parts are all unlabeled and you have no idea how much they vary from
year to year until you try to manage your way through a stack like this.  
 

I am there every other Saturday at 10am for the most part.  I'll try to do a
push on Ebay this summer as well, but this place must be seen to be
believed.  


-Kenyon


 
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