AN ENGLISH LORD'S PRIVATE COLLECTION OF RARE AND VINTAGE AUTOMOBILES IS NOW OPEN
FOR PUBLIC VIEWING AS WE
DISCOVERED AT AGELESS CLASSICS
IN AURORA.
>> THIS BUILDING WE ARE IN, WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN 1922.
IT STARTED AS A WILLY'S KNIGHT
OVER LAND DEALERSHIP, AND FOR
THE MOST PART HAS ALWAYS BEEN
THE OUGHT HE OWE DEALERSHIP, AND
WHAT A MORE PERFECT PLACE TO
HAVE AN AUTO MUSEUM THAN IN
DEALERSHIP. BEHIND US IS A
53ELDORADO, BUILT IN 1953 FOR
THE CADILLAC DIVISION, 532 OF
THEM PRO PRODUCED.
IT IS ASIA BLUE.
331 CUBIC, LEGISLATURE INTERIOR.
A LOT OF THE CARS OF THE 1950'S
DIDN'T WANTS TO YOU SEE WHERE
THE GAS WENT IN.
THIS CAR, YOU LIVE THE DRIVERS
SIDE TAIL LIST.
THIS ELDORADO, IT HAD THE STEEL
BOOT INSTEAD OF THE CANVAS.
WITH THESE, YOU WOULD FLIP THIS
LEVER, YOU WOULD LIFT THIS BOOT
UP,.
YOU WOULD PUT YOUR TOP UP.
PUT THESE DOWN.
CLOSE IT, AND THEN FASTEN BACK
OF THE TOP AND REAR WINDOW THO
TO THESE THINGS, AND YOU HAD
YOUR TOP UP.
>> THAT'S A 63AVANTE.
THAT'S CONSIDERED THE IRE ONE.
IT IS ORIGINAL CAR WITH
41,000 MILES ON IT.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEEN DONE
TO THAT ON THE EDGES OF THE
FENDERS USED TO HAVE REAR VIEW
MIRRORS, OUTSIDE REAR VIEW
MIRRORS.
IT WAS SOMETHING PEOPLE BUMPED
AGAINST WE WAS CONSTANTLY
REPAIRING SO I TOOK THEM OFF.
A 51RAMBLER.
LOIS LANE DROVE IN THE EARLY
SUPERMAN SERIES.
WE PURCHASED IT YEARS AGO FROM
UNIVERSAL ALONG WITH A COUPLE
OTHER CARS.
IT TOOK AWHILE TOE CHASE THE
PARTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF THOSE
CARS LEFT.
IT IS ACROSS MOBILE, MADE IN
CINCINNATI OHIO.
SOMEBODY WE UNDERSTAND IT WAS A
GERMAN INDIVIDUAL WANTED
ACROSSLY FAST BACK.
SO THEY DID MAKE THIS FAST BACK,
AND IT IS THE ONLY FAST BACK TO
THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE THAT'S
EVER BEEN MADE BY CROSSLY MOTOR
CRUB.
THE LICENSE PLATE IS A 47
LICENSE PLATE.
STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THE WAR
EFFORT MADE THEM OUST SOYBEANS.
SO THAT IS A SOYBEAN LICENSE
PLATE.
IF YOU LIVED IN A RURAL AREA,
PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THAT TIME,
THEY REMEMBER THEY SOMETIMES HAD
TROUBLE KEEPING THEM BECAUSE THE
ANIMALS WOULD EAT THEM.
IF YOU HAD TO PICK A CAR AND YOU
WEREN'T LOOKING AT NECESSARILY
THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS, I WOULD
HAVE TO GO WITH A 57 FORD
FAIRLANE RETRACTABLE, HARDTOP
CONVERTIBLE MADE FOR THREE YEARS
1957, 58, 59.
IT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT FORD
TRIED TO DO WITH IT.
BUT IT WAS FAIRLY PRICEY FOR THE
TIME.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT TOOK 610-FOOT OF
WIRE TO OPERATE THAT TOP.
IT WAS ALL MECHANICAL.
IT HAD WHAT THEY CALLED
INTERCEPTOR V8, WHICH WAS A 312
OVERHEAD VALVE V8 WHICH WAS
AROUND 250 HORSE.
>> THIS IS INFAMOUS EDSEL, 1958,
IN MY OPINION BEING IT WAS THE
ONLY REAL EDSELL.
FIRST SALES FIGURES WAS THE BEST
OF ANY CAR IN THE HISTORY OF
AMERICAN CARS THIS THAT
CATEGORY, BUT QUICKLY WENT DOWN.
THE EDSELL WAS A SAFETY
CONSCIOUS CAR.
THEY HAD A PUSH BUTTON
TRANSMISSION SELECT OR IN THE
CENTER OF THE STEERING WHEEL.
THEY HAD A PADDED DASH.
EDSELL WAS AVAILABLE WITH
SEATBELTS, WHICH WAS VERY RARE
IN THE 50'S TO HAVE THAT AS AN
OPTION.
ALL THESE CARS ARE DRIVEN. THEY ARE NOT GARAGE CLEAN. EVERY ONE ARE DRIVEN REGULARLY.
YOU MAY SEE LADY COLUMBO DRIVING
THEM ANY GIVEN DAY.
>>
THAT WAS ONLY A PART OF THE AGELESS CLASSIC COLLECTION. AT THE AURORA AIRPORT, THE
MUSEUM HAS A COLLECTION OF
VINTAGE AS HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT.
AND TO FIND OUT WHEN AGELESS CLASSICS IS OPEN. CALL 630-896-0888 >>