Massive Muscle Car Stash In South Dakota!

[340challconvert]

Looks like a lot of Mopars and other cars to go to auction in June

Alan Rietz, who sadly passed away last year, amassed an amazing collection of cars ranging from Road Runners to Imperials and just about every other desirable Mopar ever built


Massive Muscle Car Stash In South Dakota!
Happy Hunting

 

[Grady Cain]

Wow - amazing!

 

[rbbruno3]

Holy cow!!! Wish I was closer

 

[74 challenger]

WOW

 

[seneca]

I agree with a couple of the posts in the comments section. Mr. Rietz had every right to collect as many cars as he desired; it is a free country and you can do what you please, within the law, of course. But why does a person stockpile all those vehicles to collect dust and go nowhere? Why not sell them off to those who would restore them and enjoy driving them? Seems a waste when these collections come to light after the owners die and the heirs have to auction them off. At least now they will find a willing owner and be back on the road in the future.

 

[Cuda Hunter]

Now that looks like a fun auction!

 

[DetMatt1]

I wonder if there’s anything we’re not seeing yet in at least 2 buildings in that video.

 

[challenger6pak]

You also have to remember when he bought them. I had 50 ebodies at one time. Almost all were given to me between the years of 1982 and 1990. I had to sell the property and the cars in the 90's. Had I not had to sell I probably would still have a lot of them. Some of these collectors got these cars for almost nothing. Not many people wanted them. They couldn't even resell the cars. Had they not taken and held them, the cars would be gone. When demand came up for the cars, I don't understand why they held them so long. As stated, the cars were theirs to do as they chose.

 

[340challconvert]

I kind of miss what I call the good old days.
I would have 2-4 mostly Challengers or an occasional Cuda at one time. I would pick them up usually for under 1k and at times under $500 or even less. I would work on them, fix and sell or break up for parts.
I lived in an urban area and was renting a 3 car garage for about $15 dollars a month. Never really desired to stock pile cars. I do wish I had some of those Mopars now but who knew?
I would also find cool cars just sitting in junk yards in the late 70's, early 80's, mostly intact and would just strip parts off to keep or sell. I still have some of their build sheets.
Looking at the collections in today's context, it makes me thing that the best thing a collector/hoarder could do would be to sell off cars they will never get to and fix up one or two to really enjoy them before it is too late. (Benefit of hindsite)

My generation is mostly in their late 50's, into their 60's in age. There will be other hoarder collections that will come up to auction as people pass on.
I keep thinking of Ben Snobar. Everyone else will enjoy the cars or parts when they come to market.

Time stops for no one.
Enjoy them while you can!

 

[moparlee]

I kind of miss what I call the good old days.
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My generation is mostly in their late 50's, into their 60's in age. There will be other hoarder collections that will come up to auction as people pass on.
I keep thinking of Ben Snobar. Everyone else will enjoy the cars or parts when they come to market.

Time stops for no one.
Enjoy them while you can!
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Man you got that right!

 

[jeff968]

It's all about having that storage property. I remember visiting the local junkyards here in Norwalk CT back in the early eighties. They had a constant changing stock of mopars coming in. They would come in for 3-6 months and then be crushed. By contrast, I would visit the junkyards in upstate NY and nothing was ever crushed at the yards there. Just moved further down the hill.

 

[340challconvert]

It's all about having that storage property. I remember visiting the local junkyards here in Norwalk CT back in the early eighties. They had a constant changing stock of mopars coming in. They would come in for 3-6 months and then be crushed. By contrast, I would visit the junkyards in upstate NY and nothing was ever crushed at the yards there. Just moved further down the hill.

Jeff
I know, it really was amazing. You would go to the bone yards and find multiple Mopars and other muscle cars piled one on top of the other. It wasn't uncommon to find several e body Challengers or Cudas just sitting there with parts on them that people would die for today!

 

[hofilbert]

Here's one for you...I haven't seen these cars being sold yet, so I presume this is still a valid story. About 10 years ago, when I sold my first Mustang to Australia, the buyer hired an inspector to come down and look at my car and do an onsite inspection of it. While he was inspecting my car he told me he just got back from a major insurance inspection of a giant original collection of cars. The collector wasn't really a "collector" as you might think, but he had a car towing company and would buy a new car he liked and put it away. He had been doing this since the early 60's. Supposedly, each car was either low-low miles or still brand new even with plastic seat covers. Some were cars he bought from owners he towed. But the inspector said he had vettes, Mustangs, all kinds of cars and 2 whole large metal storage building full he had to inspect. You guys in the Minneapolis area may have heard of this guy as his buildings are along the river by Minn. and Wisc.
I don't know how true it is, but I had to believe this inspector as he didn't seem to be the type to just rattle off a story like that. So, if it is...there are more stashes of cars yet to come and talk about.

 

[70440cuda]

I was at Alan's last summer, of course nothing was for sale at that time, but he did seem receptive to moving some and even throwing out some numbers at that time. I'm surprised they don't show the 'Cudas/Barracudas that were there. This one's a real U-Code 440 4bbl. car (one of 334 4-speeds), but I've seen no mention of it on any boards or auction photos. Wonder if someone already got it?

 

[340challconvert]

I was at Alan's last summer, of course nothing was for sale at that time, but he did seem receptive to moving some and even throwing out some numbers at that time. I'm surprised they don't show the 'Cudas/Barracudas that were there. This one's a real U-Code 440 4bbl. car (one of 334 4-speeds), but I've seen no mention of it on any boards or auction photos. Wonder if someone already got it?

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One of the cars to keep an eye out for!!!!!!

 

[Cuda Hunter]

Anyone think that if I was to go to the farm equipment sale in march that I might sneak a peak at some of the other cars in the june auction?
I think me and the wife are going to do this auction and make a mt. rushmore trip out of it.

 

[Cuda Hunter]

I was at Alan's last summer, of course nothing was for sale at that time, but he did seem receptive to moving some and even throwing out some numbers at that time. I'm surprised they don't show the 'Cudas/Barracudas that were there. This one's a real U-Code 440 4bbl. car (one of 334 4-speeds), but I've seen no mention of it on any boards or auction photos. Wonder if someone already got it?

I'm a little overwhelmed by the pictures that are available. And the lack of fender tag information on all those cars sucks. Do you have more information about what is there? Vanderbrinks doesn't do a very good job of listing what's actually there.