COLOSSAL! HOLMDEL ESTATE SALE ~ FURNITURE, ARMANI, HUMMELS, SEWING, JEWELRY, ‘69 DODGE CHARGER
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The address for this sale in Holmdel, NJ 07733 will no longer be shown since it has already ended. Dates
Fri
Apr 27
9am to 6pm2012
Sat
Apr 28
9am to 6pm2012
Sun
Apr 29
9am to 6pm2012
Terms & Conditions
NUMBERS AT 8am FRIDAY.
WE ACCEPT CASH, VISA, MASTER CARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS and DISCOVER.
We are more than happy to answer any questions regarding our sale, so please feel free to call at any time! 732-322-0831. Due to our busy schedule, we are not always able to respond to emails, so it is always best to telephone.
WE ACCEPT CASH, VISA, MASTER CARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS and DISCOVER.
We are more than happy to answer any questions regarding our sale, so please feel free to call at any time! 732-322-0831. Due to our busy schedule, we are not always able to respond to emails, so it is always best to telephone.
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Description & Details
Wonderful home! Loaded with Stuff! Fabulous quality!!
Furniture, including:
Antique Oak China Closet,
1940s French Club Chairs,
Marble-top tables,
Chrome & Formica Bistro set,
& More!
Spectacular! One-of-a-Kind, Fully-Restored 1969 Dodge Charger!
Many Vintage Hummel Figurines,
Florence Guisepi Armani Figurines ~ My Fair Lady series, with boxes:
Lady with Fan, Lady with Book, Lady with Peacock, Lady with Muff, Awakening, & Pierrot,
Villeroy & Boch Heinrich Indian Summer Coffee Pot,
Made for Tiffany China Dinner set,
Made for Tiffany Maddock England Breakfast set,
1940s Taylor Smith Taylor Gold Rim Dinnerware set,
1950s Japan Moss Rose Dinnerware Set,
Lenox Village Spice & Canister set,
Vintage Salt Shakers & Salt Cellars,
Waterford Stems,
Tiffany Ice Bucket,
Heisey Footed Bowl,
Vintage Collector Plates,
Vintage Jewelry,
Depression & Antique kitchen Glassware,
Vintage Linens,
Vintage Barbie Case & Outfits & Clothes,
Vintage Madame Alexander Dolls
Vintage Toy Sewing Machines,
Vintage Singer Sewing Machines, including a Model 221 Featherweight, Model 99, Singer Spartan- Great Britain, Attachments & Presser Feet,
Sewing Supplies,
SCADS of Beading & Crafting Materials,
Vintage Wool including:
Columbia Minerva, Bernat, Sirdar, Wool Ease, & More,
MANY Books & Cookbooks,
Loads of Quality Kitchen Stuff,
Stairmaster FreeClimber 4400 PT,
Pilates Machine,
Assorted Kid's Toys,
Christmas & Holiday,
Patio Furniture,
File Cabinets,
Tools,
And So Much More!!
Be sure to check back for more details & photos as we get closer to the sale!
732-322-0831
Information regarding the 1969 Charger, provided by the homeowner:
1969 Charger R/T S/E 440
One of only 4,243 1969 Charger R/T S/E 440 built; with 64,000 original miles, and a sticker price of $5053.25 (you could have bought a Chevelle SS for under $3000 in 1969). This car has leather seats, power windows, (ice cold) air conditioning, power disc brakes, AM stereo/FM 8 track (working) with Automatic and 3.23 highway gears. This car had a 2 year complete nut and bolt professional rotisserie restoration (by John Balow, Muscle Car Restorations http://www.musclecarrestorations.com/
This was a no expense spared (over $110,000) restoration that included a DuPont 13 step electro coating process that involved dipping the entire car in several vats and then baked (prior to painting) to rustproof the car, giving this car the best possible protection from ever rusting again. You will find other cars that may appear beautiful on the outside but Chrysler saved money and precious weight by using a thinner gauge steel on their cars (GM used a thicker gauge) internal all Chrysler products are prone to rust, this car appeared to be in beautiful shape when I purchased it but when taken apart it was full of rust! If you want a Charger that will last for many years this car has been restored to live for a very long time and every part was either restored or replaced with NOS including a date coded original vinyl roof and many other parts. The car comes with an extensive list of documents; Original Sticker/Build Sheet/Invoice/Warranty Book/Chrysler validation/1969 orig. Dodge Promos/key fobs and keys/Insurance cards/registrations/various new car stickers and beautifully restored original California Black Plates with the original 1969 sticker still on one plate! (When it was restored by Darryl’s who is the premiere restorer for plates, said he had never seen a plate before with the original sticker on it! http://www.darrylsplates.com/
The car also has the original spare (in excellent condition) replacement styled steel wheels and replacement original red line tires (also have the original wheels and set of Cragars with period tires). Validated by Galen Govier (the Chrysler Guru) in 2004 to be original and #34 of 101 registered Charger R/T S/E. http://www.gvgovier.com/registry.htm
This car was entered into the two biggest and most recognized Chrysler shows in the country. It took 3rd place at the Mopar Nats in Columbus Ohio and was awarded a 94.75 out of a possible 100 at the Carlisle PA All-Chrysler Nationals, judged by Dave Ferro of Totally Auto http://www.totallyautoinc.com/
Car comes with 100s of restoration photos and complete information on original owner who lived in Torrance CA, was in his 50s when he purchased the car and traded in a Ford Thunderbird for it. He kept all the registrations and insurance cards and all the dealer information, this car is one of the most documented cars in the country and one of the most highly optioned Charger R/T S/E still in existence. (Most Hemi Chargers stickered for much less) this was an adult driven car that was never raced and well cared for in sunny California that had a better than new restoration! I purchased this car because I had an original 1969 Charger R/T (my first new car) and had to sell it when insurance rates went sky high. I always regretting selling it and after many years I finally purchased this car, but I have other priorities now and reluctantly need to sell the car and would like someone who loves the car and has a passion for it to take care of it and preserve it for the future.
Information on Electrocoating (E-Coating):
E-Coating is actually the second step in a process which a metal surface is prepared for painting. First, the body of the vehicle is chemically stripped and cleaned of any unwanted materials such as body filler, paint, grease, rust, or any other material that could affect the quality of the final product. This step provides us with a vehicle that is reduced to its basic elements and ready for the metal work to begin without weakening or removing any good metal. In many cases, it will provide for a much more accurate time and materials estimate since we know exactly what we have to work with.
Once the vehicle has been chemically stripped and the majority of the metal repair and replacement has been completed, the vehicle is ready for E-Coating. The coating process consists of a series of 13 operations that provide the metal with a surface that is ready for finishing coats of paint. The first eight steps of the process prepare the metal by submerging the body of the vehicle in a series of tanks that wash and then coat it with a rust inhibiting layer. The next step is to dip the vehicle into the electrostatically charged E-Coat tank, which covers every square inch of the interior and exterior of the body and electrically bonds the primer to the surface of the metal. After the body is passed through three more conditioning and washing tanks, it is cured in the baking oven at 375° for 40 minutes. The vehicle is now ready to begin the final body work touches and be prepped for paint.
This story really begins in 1969. I had just turned 21 years old, working hard to make some money and working extra hard at being a Brooklyn kid with a nice new set of wheels. My first car, a 1954 Plymouth Savoy, I paid $50 for and ran into the ground within a month. The 1966 Ford Custom came next. It looked like a cop car and had over 200,000 miles on it serving as an ex-cab for my father the taxi driver. I hated that car, and the day that it broke down on 18th Avenue in Brooklyn was the last day I drove it.
I'm not sure why I picked the 1969 Dodge Charger RT, but I did; and it changed my life for the next 35 years. It was brand new, it was sexy... and it was different. The typical neighborhood car at the time was a Chevy, but I wasn't the typical neighborhood kid. So I marched into a dealership on Coney Island Avenue and I bought it for $3900 outright. No test driving, no questions (things I've learned to do since that day in 1969). I just fell in love with the look and decided on the spot. This 440 engine, 375 horse power hot-rod right out of the factory was all mine. And I was intimidated to say the least. However, when I got behind the wheel, I felt like I belonged there. So with my mother riding shotgun, tires screeching and heads turning, I started my life-long love affair with the 1969 Dodge Charger.
We would drag race on 1st Avenue on the weekends. It was a beautiful thing; Beautiful yet extraordinarily dangerous. There were even refreshments being sold as rubber was being burned. I beat plenty of cars and won like crazy to the surprise of a few of my friends who were 'Chevy guys'. Who could imagine a Chrysler car beating a Chevy? I did, and I made it happen over and over again.
When I started 'fixing it up' is when the problems started. I figured if it was that fast as just a stock car, whatever I added on would make it faster. Bigger tires, new exhaust, new rear end... and it to my surprise, it never raced the same again. Insurance went through the roof, I had nowhere to park it and 2½ years later I sold my baby for $1700.
Fast forward 30 years and I regretted selling it every single day. I talked endlessly about my 1969 Charger and always had money set aside for the day I would buy it again. I got married, had children and put it on the back-burner, but never put it completely out of my mind. And that fateful day, while flipping through a car magazine admiring a Charger on the glossy pages, my wife stopped me, looked me dead in the eyes and said, 'You're making me crazy. Just buy the car already'.
So I began my search. I wanted the same color that I had originally and I needed the car to have paperwork. I had to verify that this was a legit car if I was going to buy it. When I found what sounded to be exactly what I was looking for in California, I hired an appraiser to check the car out and drive it. I bought it sight unseen and within a few weeks, the trailer dropped off my new '69 Dodge Charger RT/SE.
The seller was the third owner and he had put a little money and work into it. However, having it thoroughly inspected yielded a list of things that needed to be done. Let me be clear, I wasn't looking for a perfect car; I was looking to have fun with it. I wanted my old car back to drive around and enjoy again, but I needed to fix it up, even if it was minimally. There was a crack in the dash, the windows needed to be aligned, the trim needed fixing... so I did my homework and found John Balow's Muscle Car Restorations. If I was going to do it, I was going to do it right.
I didn't realize at the time what that meant; but I soon found out there was a lot more under the hood, so to speak, than I ever imagined. When it arrived at MCR, they revealed that which I did not want to hear: the entire inside of the car was rusted. Then came the choice: close it up and leave it the way it was, sooner or later having problems and selling it to an unsuspecting buyer, or put my new baby in the hands of capable professionals and turn it into exactly what it should be... the hot rod I remembered. What began as a small undertaking became the possibility of a full blown restoration. Now, I'm not the type to screw someone else, and selling that car as it was would have been doing just that. So I made the decision to undertake a project I never expected and truly didn't want on my plate. But it was my responsibility to the car. I knew I had something special already since there aren't many cars with all of the paperwork this car had; it was my chance to turn this car into exactly what it was meant to be.
The only way to do this was to do it the right way, which was undeniable. Everything in the car that wasn't new, was made new again. The interior had been done over before, but everything that had been done, was done again. And it was done right this time. The cost blew up from one number then doubled. It actually almost tripled. And as time went on and more and more was being done to the car, I began to worry. I bought this car to drive and have fun with, but was I even going to want to drive it when I saw it? There was so much money put into it, so much time. Was I going to be paranoid and end up having to sell it because I couldn't enjoy it and drive it?
When I finally got to see the finished product at Muscle Car Restorations, not only was I blown away by the sight of the car, but I was welcomed with open arms by the staff. Every one of the people at Muscle Car Restorations stepped up to the plate and made us feel welcome and reassured. From morning to night, we were shown around the shop, had all of our questions answered and were introduced to the men behind the work. And the car itself was a work of art, aesthetically and mechanically. From the bolts and the chrome tips on the exhaust to the undercarriage, the workmanship of the complete restoration was stellar. The original vinyl roof was back; even the exhaust smelled like it did 30 years ago. It had the look, the smell, the sound... this car exceeded my every expectation and was way beyond my original Charger.
I was immediately taken back in my mind to 1st Avenue in Brooklyn under the Gowanus... with the cars lined in the street and the engines roaring. It's a damn shame that I'm 30 years older and wiser, because although I know I'll never drag race again, I'd love to see the looks on their faces when I rolled up in this.
Furniture, including:
Antique Oak China Closet,
1940s French Club Chairs,
Marble-top tables,
Chrome & Formica Bistro set,
& More!
Spectacular! One-of-a-Kind, Fully-Restored 1969 Dodge Charger!
Many Vintage Hummel Figurines,
Florence Guisepi Armani Figurines ~ My Fair Lady series, with boxes:
Lady with Fan, Lady with Book, Lady with Peacock, Lady with Muff, Awakening, & Pierrot,
Villeroy & Boch Heinrich Indian Summer Coffee Pot,
Made for Tiffany China Dinner set,
Made for Tiffany Maddock England Breakfast set,
1940s Taylor Smith Taylor Gold Rim Dinnerware set,
1950s Japan Moss Rose Dinnerware Set,
Lenox Village Spice & Canister set,
Vintage Salt Shakers & Salt Cellars,
Waterford Stems,
Tiffany Ice Bucket,
Heisey Footed Bowl,
Vintage Collector Plates,
Vintage Jewelry,
Depression & Antique kitchen Glassware,
Vintage Linens,
Vintage Barbie Case & Outfits & Clothes,
Vintage Madame Alexander Dolls
Vintage Toy Sewing Machines,
Vintage Singer Sewing Machines, including a Model 221 Featherweight, Model 99, Singer Spartan- Great Britain, Attachments & Presser Feet,
Sewing Supplies,
SCADS of Beading & Crafting Materials,
Vintage Wool including:
Columbia Minerva, Bernat, Sirdar, Wool Ease, & More,
MANY Books & Cookbooks,
Loads of Quality Kitchen Stuff,
Stairmaster FreeClimber 4400 PT,
Pilates Machine,
Assorted Kid's Toys,
Christmas & Holiday,
Patio Furniture,
File Cabinets,
Tools,
And So Much More!!
Be sure to check back for more details & photos as we get closer to the sale!
732-322-0831
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Information regarding the 1969 Charger, provided by the homeowner:
1969 Charger R/T S/E 440
One of only 4,243 1969 Charger R/T S/E 440 built; with 64,000 original miles, and a sticker price of $5053.25 (you could have bought a Chevelle SS for under $3000 in 1969). This car has leather seats, power windows, (ice cold) air conditioning, power disc brakes, AM stereo/FM 8 track (working) with Automatic and 3.23 highway gears. This car had a 2 year complete nut and bolt professional rotisserie restoration (by John Balow, Muscle Car Restorations http://www.musclecarrestorations.com/
This was a no expense spared (over $110,000) restoration that included a DuPont 13 step electro coating process that involved dipping the entire car in several vats and then baked (prior to painting) to rustproof the car, giving this car the best possible protection from ever rusting again. You will find other cars that may appear beautiful on the outside but Chrysler saved money and precious weight by using a thinner gauge steel on their cars (GM used a thicker gauge) internal all Chrysler products are prone to rust, this car appeared to be in beautiful shape when I purchased it but when taken apart it was full of rust! If you want a Charger that will last for many years this car has been restored to live for a very long time and every part was either restored or replaced with NOS including a date coded original vinyl roof and many other parts. The car comes with an extensive list of documents; Original Sticker/Build Sheet/Invoice/Warranty Book/Chrysler validation/1969 orig. Dodge Promos/key fobs and keys/Insurance cards/registrations/various new car stickers and beautifully restored original California Black Plates with the original 1969 sticker still on one plate! (When it was restored by Darryl’s who is the premiere restorer for plates, said he had never seen a plate before with the original sticker on it! http://www.darrylsplates.com/
The car also has the original spare (in excellent condition) replacement styled steel wheels and replacement original red line tires (also have the original wheels and set of Cragars with period tires). Validated by Galen Govier (the Chrysler Guru) in 2004 to be original and #34 of 101 registered Charger R/T S/E. http://www.gvgovier.com/registry.htm
This car was entered into the two biggest and most recognized Chrysler shows in the country. It took 3rd place at the Mopar Nats in Columbus Ohio and was awarded a 94.75 out of a possible 100 at the Carlisle PA All-Chrysler Nationals, judged by Dave Ferro of Totally Auto http://www.totallyautoinc.com/
Car comes with 100s of restoration photos and complete information on original owner who lived in Torrance CA, was in his 50s when he purchased the car and traded in a Ford Thunderbird for it. He kept all the registrations and insurance cards and all the dealer information, this car is one of the most documented cars in the country and one of the most highly optioned Charger R/T S/E still in existence. (Most Hemi Chargers stickered for much less) this was an adult driven car that was never raced and well cared for in sunny California that had a better than new restoration! I purchased this car because I had an original 1969 Charger R/T (my first new car) and had to sell it when insurance rates went sky high. I always regretting selling it and after many years I finally purchased this car, but I have other priorities now and reluctantly need to sell the car and would like someone who loves the car and has a passion for it to take care of it and preserve it for the future.
Information on Electrocoating (E-Coating):
E-Coating is actually the second step in a process which a metal surface is prepared for painting. First, the body of the vehicle is chemically stripped and cleaned of any unwanted materials such as body filler, paint, grease, rust, or any other material that could affect the quality of the final product. This step provides us with a vehicle that is reduced to its basic elements and ready for the metal work to begin without weakening or removing any good metal. In many cases, it will provide for a much more accurate time and materials estimate since we know exactly what we have to work with.
Once the vehicle has been chemically stripped and the majority of the metal repair and replacement has been completed, the vehicle is ready for E-Coating. The coating process consists of a series of 13 operations that provide the metal with a surface that is ready for finishing coats of paint. The first eight steps of the process prepare the metal by submerging the body of the vehicle in a series of tanks that wash and then coat it with a rust inhibiting layer. The next step is to dip the vehicle into the electrostatically charged E-Coat tank, which covers every square inch of the interior and exterior of the body and electrically bonds the primer to the surface of the metal. After the body is passed through three more conditioning and washing tanks, it is cured in the baking oven at 375° for 40 minutes. The vehicle is now ready to begin the final body work touches and be prepped for paint.
This story really begins in 1969. I had just turned 21 years old, working hard to make some money and working extra hard at being a Brooklyn kid with a nice new set of wheels. My first car, a 1954 Plymouth Savoy, I paid $50 for and ran into the ground within a month. The 1966 Ford Custom came next. It looked like a cop car and had over 200,000 miles on it serving as an ex-cab for my father the taxi driver. I hated that car, and the day that it broke down on 18th Avenue in Brooklyn was the last day I drove it.
I'm not sure why I picked the 1969 Dodge Charger RT, but I did; and it changed my life for the next 35 years. It was brand new, it was sexy... and it was different. The typical neighborhood car at the time was a Chevy, but I wasn't the typical neighborhood kid. So I marched into a dealership on Coney Island Avenue and I bought it for $3900 outright. No test driving, no questions (things I've learned to do since that day in 1969). I just fell in love with the look and decided on the spot. This 440 engine, 375 horse power hot-rod right out of the factory was all mine. And I was intimidated to say the least. However, when I got behind the wheel, I felt like I belonged there. So with my mother riding shotgun, tires screeching and heads turning, I started my life-long love affair with the 1969 Dodge Charger.
We would drag race on 1st Avenue on the weekends. It was a beautiful thing; Beautiful yet extraordinarily dangerous. There were even refreshments being sold as rubber was being burned. I beat plenty of cars and won like crazy to the surprise of a few of my friends who were 'Chevy guys'. Who could imagine a Chrysler car beating a Chevy? I did, and I made it happen over and over again.
When I started 'fixing it up' is when the problems started. I figured if it was that fast as just a stock car, whatever I added on would make it faster. Bigger tires, new exhaust, new rear end... and it to my surprise, it never raced the same again. Insurance went through the roof, I had nowhere to park it and 2½ years later I sold my baby for $1700.
Fast forward 30 years and I regretted selling it every single day. I talked endlessly about my 1969 Charger and always had money set aside for the day I would buy it again. I got married, had children and put it on the back-burner, but never put it completely out of my mind. And that fateful day, while flipping through a car magazine admiring a Charger on the glossy pages, my wife stopped me, looked me dead in the eyes and said, 'You're making me crazy. Just buy the car already'.
So I began my search. I wanted the same color that I had originally and I needed the car to have paperwork. I had to verify that this was a legit car if I was going to buy it. When I found what sounded to be exactly what I was looking for in California, I hired an appraiser to check the car out and drive it. I bought it sight unseen and within a few weeks, the trailer dropped off my new '69 Dodge Charger RT/SE.
The seller was the third owner and he had put a little money and work into it. However, having it thoroughly inspected yielded a list of things that needed to be done. Let me be clear, I wasn't looking for a perfect car; I was looking to have fun with it. I wanted my old car back to drive around and enjoy again, but I needed to fix it up, even if it was minimally. There was a crack in the dash, the windows needed to be aligned, the trim needed fixing... so I did my homework and found John Balow's Muscle Car Restorations. If I was going to do it, I was going to do it right.
I didn't realize at the time what that meant; but I soon found out there was a lot more under the hood, so to speak, than I ever imagined. When it arrived at MCR, they revealed that which I did not want to hear: the entire inside of the car was rusted. Then came the choice: close it up and leave it the way it was, sooner or later having problems and selling it to an unsuspecting buyer, or put my new baby in the hands of capable professionals and turn it into exactly what it should be... the hot rod I remembered. What began as a small undertaking became the possibility of a full blown restoration. Now, I'm not the type to screw someone else, and selling that car as it was would have been doing just that. So I made the decision to undertake a project I never expected and truly didn't want on my plate. But it was my responsibility to the car. I knew I had something special already since there aren't many cars with all of the paperwork this car had; it was my chance to turn this car into exactly what it was meant to be.
The only way to do this was to do it the right way, which was undeniable. Everything in the car that wasn't new, was made new again. The interior had been done over before, but everything that had been done, was done again. And it was done right this time. The cost blew up from one number then doubled. It actually almost tripled. And as time went on and more and more was being done to the car, I began to worry. I bought this car to drive and have fun with, but was I even going to want to drive it when I saw it? There was so much money put into it, so much time. Was I going to be paranoid and end up having to sell it because I couldn't enjoy it and drive it?
When I finally got to see the finished product at Muscle Car Restorations, not only was I blown away by the sight of the car, but I was welcomed with open arms by the staff. Every one of the people at Muscle Car Restorations stepped up to the plate and made us feel welcome and reassured. From morning to night, we were shown around the shop, had all of our questions answered and were introduced to the men behind the work. And the car itself was a work of art, aesthetically and mechanically. From the bolts and the chrome tips on the exhaust to the undercarriage, the workmanship of the complete restoration was stellar. The original vinyl roof was back; even the exhaust smelled like it did 30 years ago. It had the look, the smell, the sound... this car exceeded my every expectation and was way beyond my original Charger.
I was immediately taken back in my mind to 1st Avenue in Brooklyn under the Gowanus... with the cars lined in the street and the engines roaring. It's a damn shame that I'm 30 years older and wiser, because although I know I'll never drag race again, I'd love to see the looks on their faces when I rolled up in this.
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