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As I stated in the "Been there awhile" thread...have a look at the web page below for some amazing pics of Fred Johnston's car collection:
Unfortunately Fred is no longer with us. He died earlier this year. He had always stated that when he died, his daughter was going to get rid of (crush) all of these cars, and that's exactly what happened earlier this month (around April 11th). Do NOT contact the person listed on the page; the woods have been cleared, the cars have been taken to the crusher.
Fortunately some of the cars and many parts were able to be saved, but as you will see in the pics, many of the cars were so far gone that they almost weren't cars anymore. If they had remained in good shape, they would have been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Instead they were left to rust away.
I visited Fred Johnston a few years ago with my brother. He has a Honda 600. I have a VW Type 3, and went to see parts for them, as well as some cars my brother may have been interested in buying from Fred. Fred was quite the character, he was very friendly and helpful... he gave us the full tour of his property. I know we were there at least 3 hours and I don't think we actually saw everything. He had quite a few Subaru 360 micro-cars that my brother wanted to see, but unfortunately when we went there, they had all "returned to the earth"....such is the life of a car in the damp woods of central PA. The best car there was a Nash Metropolitan. It was all there and pretty solid; I hope someone got it before the crusher!!
The pictures do not do justice to his collection. There were many more than what you see. The buses you see are (or were) full of car parts. He had a Packard Tow truck!?!. Many, many Renaults, corvairs, BMW's and Subaru's. Three wheeled cars. VW's.
Just so sad that everything is gone.
Funny sidenote: when we visited Fred, it was early summer, and the woods were full of life and very green. We had to go through very heavy brush to get to some of the cars. We weren't looking at what kind of plants we were hacking our way through....then Fred casually states... "oh, be careful there...there's lots of poison ivy around here".
D'oh!!
Rest in peace Fred.
Hope you enjoy the pics:
Unfortunately Fred is no longer with us. He died earlier this year. He had always stated that when he died, his daughter was going to get rid of (crush) all of these cars, and that's exactly what happened earlier this month (around April 11th). Do NOT contact the person listed on the page; the woods have been cleared, the cars have been taken to the crusher.
Fortunately some of the cars and many parts were able to be saved, but as you will see in the pics, many of the cars were so far gone that they almost weren't cars anymore. If they had remained in good shape, they would have been worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Instead they were left to rust away.
I visited Fred Johnston a few years ago with my brother. He has a Honda 600. I have a VW Type 3, and went to see parts for them, as well as some cars my brother may have been interested in buying from Fred. Fred was quite the character, he was very friendly and helpful... he gave us the full tour of his property. I know we were there at least 3 hours and I don't think we actually saw everything. He had quite a few Subaru 360 micro-cars that my brother wanted to see, but unfortunately when we went there, they had all "returned to the earth"....such is the life of a car in the damp woods of central PA. The best car there was a Nash Metropolitan. It was all there and pretty solid; I hope someone got it before the crusher!!
The pictures do not do justice to his collection. There were many more than what you see. The buses you see are (or were) full of car parts. He had a Packard Tow truck!?!. Many, many Renaults, corvairs, BMW's and Subaru's. Three wheeled cars. VW's.
Just so sad that everything is gone.
Funny sidenote: when we visited Fred, it was early summer, and the woods were full of life and very green. We had to go through very heavy brush to get to some of the cars. We weren't looking at what kind of plants we were hacking our way through....then Fred casually states... "oh, be careful there...there's lots of poison ivy around here".
D'oh!!
Rest in peace Fred.
Hope you enjoy the pics:
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