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Car Forum / Antique and Collectibles / Studebaker / August 2005Whatever happened to the Phil Solheim lot?
I was wondering what happened to the lot of cars and parts that Phil had forsale. Keith Kichefski was posting the progress on the web. It has almost been a year, has anyone bought it yet? Nick Not sure, Lee and I were ready to buy them, but could not get together with the owner. (If this is the Avanti stash) I think he offered them up again a few months back, but would not return my calls. > I was wondering what happened to the lot of cars and parts that Phil > had forsale. Keith Kichefski was posting the progress on the web. It > has almost been a year, has anyone bought it yet? > > Nick  SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 T cab truck 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 64 Challenger (Plain Wrapper ?) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 GT Hawk 61 Hawk 54 Starlight John, I had just gotten back from a National Guard deployment at the time and had some extra cash to spend. Plus I was going to South Bend near that time so I told him that I would buy it site unseen. After that I never heard back from him. Nick We told him if we did not buy the stash, we'd take pictures and do a inventory to help him sell it. I think he got upset with us for calling every week for a few months trying to make a deal. He might have wanted to sell the stuff, but could not stand to see it go even as he kept advertising it. > John, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Nick SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 T cab truck 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 64 Challenger (Plain Wrapper ?) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 GT Hawk 61 Hawk 54 Starlight > We told him if we did not buy the stash, we'd take pictures and do a > inventory to help him sell it. I think he got upset with us for calling > every week for a few months trying to make a deal. He might have wanted > to sell the stuff, but could not stand to see it go even as he kept > advertising it. JP **** That is exactly what happened. The whole episode taught me a valuable lesson, about trying to help people who are unwilling to help themselves. So that's it....no more....never again. Everything can sit and rot. KK Kieth, Don't give up that easily, eventually, an answer comes... Death, you see, comes to all eventually. Unless he specifies to be buried with all his Avanti's, they will come to the market soon enough. Man, that's a bit cold, even if true.<g> I'd guess many of would want to hold on to our toys as long as possible. If for example, I had to get out of the hobby for health reasons, that would be a big chunk out of my life. I'd hang on to stuff far longer than logic would suggest I should, at least as long as I can still turn a wrench. On the other hands, there are hobbyists that have not touched their projects in 30 years, are pushing 70-80 years old and still insist they'll finish the 15 cars in the yard. <g> > Kieth, Don't give up that easily, eventually, an answer comes... Death, you > see, comes to all eventually. Unless he specifies to be buried with all his > Avanti's, they will come to the market soon enough. SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 T cab truck 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 64 Challenger (Plain Wrapper ?) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 GT Hawk 61 Hawk 54 Starlight <<there are hobbyists that have not touched their projects in 30 years, are pushing 70-80 years old and still insist they'll finish the 15 cars in the yard.>> Such was the case of a formerly nice 60 Hawk that sat for decades in my small town. Owner was just as you describe and son tried to sell everything when dad died. He wanted $100 for the Hawk but the only thing worthy of saving were the outside door handles. Keith, I can relate, I chased a stash of NOS Studebaker parts from an old gent a few years ago. This guy was a regular flea market parts vendor. He said he wanted to sell them, he even sent me the inventory list. I kept after him, politely calling every few months trying not to be too pushy, for over five years. It was always some excuse, he want to get some more stuff out of storage at a different location, his wife was sick, etc, The last time I called his wife answered and he had had a stroke and his daughter were going to sell off all the parts. I sent her a note, but never heard back. Probably some lucky schmuck picked up the whole lot for next to nothing. I've got a similar deal going right now, which will likely end the same way. These old guys say they want to sell, but down deep they really don't. >> We told him if we did not buy the stash, we'd take pictures and do a >> inventory to help him sell it. I think he got upset with us for calling [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > themselves. > So that's it....no more....never again. Everything can sit and rot. KK I called a guy last month that was ready to sell. He asked me to call in a week, but he died the day after I spoke to him. I'm now giving the widow a a month or two to get things in order before I call again. > Keith, > I can relate, I chased a stash of NOS Studebaker parts from an old gent a few years ago. This guy was a regular flea market parts vendor. He said he wanted to sell them, he even sent me the inventory list. I kept after him, politely calling every few months trying not to be too pushy, for over five years. It was always some excuse, he want to get some more stuff out of storage at a different location, his wife was sick, etc, The last time I called his wife answered and he had had a stroke and his daughter were going to sell off all the parts. I sent her a note, but never heard back. Probably some lucky schmuck picked up the whole lot for next to nothing. I've got a similar deal going right now, which will likely end the same way. These old guys say they want to sell, but down deep they really don't. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>themselves. >>So that's it....no more....never again. Everything can sit and rot. KK SignatureJP/Maryland Studebaker On the Net http://stude.com My Ebay items:http://www.stude.com/EBAY/ 64 T cab truck 64 R2 4 speed Challenger (Plain Wrapper) 64 Challenger (Plain Wrapper ?) 63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk 63 GT Hawk 61 Hawk 54 Starlight |
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