For nearly 40 years, Dave’s Goldwest Auto Wrecking has been buying and selling wrecked muscle cars in Southern California. Sadly, after all these years, they are closing their doors and are selling off all their inventory and land. They have about 75 project muscle cars up for grabs that need to go. If you’re in the region, we would recommend stopping by, even if it’s just to roam the yard.
If you paid attention to the recent Barrett-Jackson auction or read my blog (http://wp.me/pKHNM-QF), you might have seen this car and know that it was sold for $100k.
You can research and find out a lot of information. But as Paul Harvey use to say…”And now…….the rest of the story.”
The Crow Lakester
Headlights are from a 1937 Packard
Steering wheel is a yoke from a 1948 Rockwell Aero Commander.
This fantastic car sold for $225,500.00. See pic and video blow.
Year: 1957
Make: DESOTO
Model: ADVENTURER
Style: CONVERTIBLE
VIN: 50417567
Exterior Color: GOLD
Interior Color:
Cylinders: 8
Engine Size: 345
I love car art, whether it be paintings of cars or car parts, photographs of either, hood ornaments, door handles, even bumpers and grills. From time to time I pick up piece, or my wife does.
My Son is a digital art’s major and photographer and he takes some great shots and produce some fantastic images. The image of the two corvettes at an auto cross is his creation. Interesting enough the red vette was my 1984 and the black C6 was an oman, as I now own a black C6.
At Barrett-Jackson besides beautiful cars there is a huge area for venders and car art is everywhere and yes my wife did find a piece for me from photographer Shane Knight – I’ll get to him in another entry. But it is a mecca for creating your own car art. It’s a bit crowded to set up you easel and whip out your paint brushes or charcoal, but a good camera and a little skill even the Average Guy and get some shot to take home and play with.
Now I can’t say as I have a great eye for doing this myself but over the next posts associated with this title, I’ll show you some that we took. Believe it or not my wife did a great job with just her new Iphone 4S camera and of course my son with his higher end digital camera and lens.
First up is a shot my son took. I can’t recall the car but I bet someone out there can.
Photo by RJS - prints are available
Great looking dashand side mirror. Steering wheel is of course, not original. This is one of my favorites.