That is what we do in Nebraska and it's called carhenge. Located just
north of Alliance. Then there is the affair in Texas I believe.
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Local Parish Ordinances Against Antique Cars On Ones
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Well.... the people with too many cars could just stack em all up to
look like Stonehenge and call it art. Everyone likes art!
D.
Rog & Jan van Hoy wrote:
>Obviously this is a touchy subject. Let me tell you what
>some car collectors in Sacramento, CA did some years ago
>when that capital city started enforcing zoning-- they went
>together and bought ten acres way out in the country for
>their parts cars, built a barn for their long-range
>projects, put up fences and trees.
>
>Fast forward twenty years, when the city grew out to
>surround them. Not only did they make a profit on the cars
>they no longer wanted [such as a clean '56 Belv 4HT with
>power everything] but they made a huge profit on the land
>for development. Took some of the profit, bought land
>farther out, started over.
>
>Now some may say they're just ordinary folks who can't
>afford to buy land. Well, if you go in with enough people
>the price per person goes way down. Shoot, maybe a whole
>bunch of us ought to go in on a spread in the southwest,
>where you can buy ten acres for $10K. You don't need water,
>sewer or electricity, just open land without restrictions.
>
>--Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '41
>Dodge, '66 Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA
>
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