Here’s additional info and a huge batch of new photos of the Oliver Jordan junkyard car hoard in Oklahoma, which will be sold at auction June 7, 2014.
Two weeks ago, MCG reported to you the Oklahoma lost junkyard story. To recap, Oliver Jordan opened his Enid, OK automotive salvage yard in 1945, and then closed the business eight years later, in effect freezing the junkyard in time at circa 1953. The collection is not really a barn find, exactly, but manages to capture some of the same mystique and excitement.
Jordan passed away in 2003 at the age of 95, and now his heirs are selling off the entire collection in a one-day auction on June 7. The sale will be conducted by VanDerBrink Auctions, the same outfit that handled the sell-off of the now-legendary Lambrecht Chevrolet dealership hoard last fall.
The VanDerBrink Auctions folks have now released another big load of photos and information (available here). In summary, it turns out there are not one but two coffin-nosed 810/812 Cords in the hoard, one with supercharger and one without. We’ve seen a few more choice cars, including a 1956 Continental Mark II and a ’57 Chevy Bel Air Sport Sedan, aka four-door hardtop.
Also, there are lots of ’30s and ’40s Ford V8 cars, which should draw hordes of hot rodders to the June sale. And we’ve been give a closer look at the quantity and quality of the parts in the former wrecking yard’s inventory. A few of the new photos are included in the slide show below.
Hey folks, still have some of your kids inheritance left over from the Lambrecht deal, here’s your chance to piss the rest of it away. However, with a few exceptions, looks like mostly parts cars, and look, in photo 10, the proverbial kitchen sink! The wrecker, I believe, in photo 17, is a 30’s D model IH. Getting pretty scarce. Thanks MCG.
Hilarious, love your observations. I liked the IH wrecker too.
While parts cars may abound, the real benefit is to have such old cars sold with a legitimate a bill of sale in order to get titles issued or re-issued.
I’m no expert, but I’m 60 and seen a few old cars & trucks in my daze. LOL I’m going with ’38 International wrecker.
How does a 57 Chevy end up in a salvage yard that closed in 53? Perhaps the owners definition of closed is different than mine, or the 57 was part of a personal collection.
The yard closed in 1953 but the owner continued to collect a few more cars. There’s also a couple of Chrysler products and a Continental Mk II. Several years ago the family tried to sell some cars but it was too much hassle, so the auction.
How can I get the serial number for the Mark II?
You could try calling Yvette VanDerBrink at the auction company.
The 1937 Supercharged Cord with the 228 on the windshield is being restored by Okoboji Classic Cars In Okoboji, Iowa and is nearing completion. You can find several pictures of the restoration on their facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/OkobojiClassicCars/photos