Good news! Hot rod collector left it all for the county to auction off!

Those vehicles were moved to the Public Administrator’s lot in Santa Ana, where staff have been attempting to identify them and determine their value ever since.

Ford Model Ts and Model As, Volkswagen Buses and Beetles, and dozens of other models, including many Chevy work truck 3100 and 6400 models, an F100, and they did not yet inventory the vehicles to give us an accurate list of year make and model, but they did say there is a 49 Ford convertible

There are piles of tires, a truck bed loaded with rusted Ford flathead V8 engines and a frame for a 1900s Ford pickup, as well as hubcaps, headlights, radiators, tailgates and gas cans.

Seems like nothing is very firmly known for a fact yet, not the day of the auction, or what they are auctioning... so, lot's of interest but not enough to kickstart anyone to do the right thing and get answers.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cars-655106-condition-public.html
http://barnfinds.com/hoarders-collection-to-be-auctioned-off/

hot rod parts and car collection stash finally coming to public auction, the Bob Koepke sale

above, 1958 Porsche 356  https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644447&title=1958-Porsche-356-Coupe-104168

The Ferrari needs a fuel pump, 65 thousand miles https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644458&title=1978-Ferrari-308-GTS

3800 miles on this 73 Pantera... it still has the original tires... 42 years old original tires... that is pretty rare. https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644468&title=1973-Ford-DeTomaso-Pantera-Coupe

a prototype for a big-block version of the Cross Ram intake used on the 302 V-8 in the 1969 Camaro Z28, built by Yunick for General Motors and signed by him on the side.

58 Corvette body https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644510&title=1958-Chevrolet-Corvette-Body

there are at least four 427 tri power intakes

Some Smokey Yunick intakes, and a ludicrous amount of aluminum intakes by every aftermarket manufacturer ever... from Edmonds and Evans to Weiand and Fenton

even unusual superchagers

some deep Halibrand mags are already bid up to a thou https://www.proxibid.com/asp/LotDetail.asp?ahid=1530&aid=92266&lid=23644472&title=Halibrand-Magnesium-Rims

Found on https://autos.yahoo.com/photos/hot-rod-hoarder-s-stash-goes-to-auction-in-photos-1426614003-slideshow/the-bob-koepke-auction-photo-1426612968395.html

see the auction at https://www.proxibid.com/asp/catalog.asp?aid=92266&ipp=100&sort=0  and bid for the next 22 days before the auction goes live

there are nine 57 Chevs, two of them are Nomads, and three 56 Nomads

A look in side the Alfa Romeo historic club by Petrolicious

just 3 of 2 dozen photos... check out them and the article at http://www.petrolicious.com/a-visit-to-the-official-alfa-romeo-historic-club

VW hoard

Found on https://www.facebook.com/VWBusJunkies

Hot Wheels collection display case deluxe

All the toys are VW

Found on http://darkdraggon.tumblr.com/

A success of the American dream for this guy who grew up in the Philippines, admiring cars, and now he collects and restores them

Found on http://www.autosaur.com/too-poor-to-buy-car/

Lo Scorpione nel Cuore, the incredible collection of Bruno Dorigo

Thanks to Daniele at Quartamarcia.It for letting me know about this video!

The Villeneuve Private Collection, 100 years of Parisian public transportation

100 years of transportation in Paris in a single hangar, this private collection of the RATP is not opened to public

from https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.773855496030440.1073741860.682602418489082&type=1

the cemetery of fire trucks at Saint Barbe

Found on https://www.facebook.com/DarkTazPhotography?fref=photo
and https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.638883809504116.1073741889.193626194029882&type=1

In 1990, several departments wanted to part with their old fire engines, without selling to the public. The goal was that these vehicles become a museum. A warehouse was secured and each department of the 4 corners of France brought their old truckes to be stored, repaired and sent to different museums.

In 2002, the studio temporarily closed for lack of funding. An association restarted it a year later. Only 18 months after, it closed the doors again. Some vehicles too damaged went to the landfill, and those in better condition went to another storage site in the event that a museum in Belgium might open its doors in 2009.

Of course there is a lack of aid and subsidies and the museum never opened despite the contribution of a private collector. Fire trucks are very expensive to restore. But hope is reborn, and in 2013, a museum that may theoretically open in 2014 near the Swiss border has spoken up and might give them a good home.