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Bandit1978

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I know when we are gone..It's up to who or what family member you designate to do whatever with your personal property,Cars Tools,and whatever..I know make out a proper will and such..Leave you car to whoever..and hope they will take care of it.. Not just dispose of it and sell.. I am sure there are exceptions to this but I am afraid there isn't much we can do..Or where your SO sells your belongings..for just the cash..I sometimes wonder if it isn't a thought as we all get older..Getting close to that time..If we shouldn't sell and eliminate all the unknowns of after the fact.at least we will know where all went. I am just thinking out loud..anyone have any thoughts on this..? As they say you can't take it with you...

PS: Had a neighbor who I saw walking and I stopped and spoke to him.. he was in his 90's..asked about his truck..he said I know I am not able to drive any longer..and sold it..Didn't want the kids to fight over it. . He looked so sad.His wife was homebound..he took very good care of her she passed first..After he passed..I was walking past his house..and saw most of his belongings left on the roadside waiting for the trash man to pick up..one thing that caught my eye was his hat ..Emblem of a B17 on it..I remember him telling me he was a pilot in WW2..I know it was wrong but I picked it up ..Such a cherished memory for him to just be thrown away..I picked it up hung it in my garage..I think of him every time I see it.. After I am gone who will see the hat and remember him or what he did..? I pray it won't be tossed out like the first time when I found it..We still live near his house..New people live there.Once during Halloween took my granddaughter there..and mention to the new owners how good and kind man who used to live there was..They are older too.I wonder if they have people who will remember them..?
 
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Mine will go to my kids, nephews and nieces. Exactly who gets what yet is not fully baked, but that's where they are going.

Once I leave them to them, they are their cars to do with what they want (sell, keep, cut up, modify however they so desire.)
 
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Out of 12 grandkids (some with spouses), 20 great grandkids and 4 adopted kids, only one has expressed interest in wanting the 69 and none has said anything about wanting the 70 Convertible.
(However, I assume my oldest son expects them to be his before long.)

The adopted son that wants it lives in California and I told him he would have to bring $65,000.00 CASH, which wouldn't be that cheap to anyone else and I know that ain't going to happen.

(I call them my adopted kids but they really are kids of my daughter's school friend that we took in when she was in high school and her mother passed away with cancer and they all call me grampa.)
 
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my little sisters kids will probably end up with mine.i never had kids and my wifes grandson isn't into cars,now if it was a truck heck yeah.my nephews both like old cars,one of em has my dads 66 catalina the other one will more then likely end up with my 66 so it will be going home so to speak as it is a kansas car and he lives just outside kansas city kan.
 
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My Son will keep the 63 409 Biscayne, sell the race car and not sure if he will keep the 68 Firebird but who knows.
 
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Mine will likely go to the 1 nephew that I’ve met. My brother has 2 sons that I’ve never met. But, I won’t to get into that on here, not whilst sober anyway.
 
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I have no idea. I have no siblings and we have no children. I have three nephews that live in Texas, but none of them have shown any interest in cars. Of my four closest friend's kids , there are only two boys, and one has no interest in cars. The other is 11, and likes to ride in the Chevelle, but he's really into 40-50's era sleds. We tried to score a 54' Pontiac for him that was for sale on the side of the road, but the owner wanted WAY too much. Assuming these cars are actually still worth anything once the greeny weenies get their way, it will probably just get sold along with most everything else we have, and the proceeds split between the nieces and nephews, a couple of our friend's kids, and some to our favorite charities. We are very much into historic railroad preservation and animal rescue.
 
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I plan on crushing mine and have it buried with me, that way all the scheming family members will never get it. But probably sell it to eat when I am old, or is that older then now. Regardless I probably won’t care when the time comes.
 
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My 15 year old is interested and would want my 67 for sure. And the 90 ZR-1. Whether those will be a cars she can afford to keep, have the skill to drive, maintain or even be allowed on the road is a something TBD. My 64 low mileage, mostly original 6 cylinder is promised to a friend that loves 6 cylinder cars and owns small town AGCO dealership. The rest of the antiques and what not, none of them are high end just simple family pieces. The 15 year old likes them and to some extent wants to have them all, but it's not her decorating style and then she'll need a place to put them all. Most young people don't start out liking old stuff and most all of them won't have the place to put them.
 
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Bandit1978 said:
I know when we are gone..It's up to who or what family member you designate to do whatever with your personal property,Cars Tools,and whatever..I know make out a proper will and such..Leave you car to whoever..and hope they will take care of it.. Not just dispose of it and sell.. I am sure there are exceptions to this but I am afraid there isn't much we can do..Or where your SO sells your belongings..for just the cash..I sometimes wonder if it isn't a thought as we all get older..Getting close to that time..If we shouldn't sell and eliminate all the unknowns of after the fact.at least we will know where all went. I am just thinking out loud..anyone have any thoughts on this..? As they say you can't take it with you...

PS: Had a neighbor who I saw walking and I stopped and spoke to him.. he was in his 90's..asked about his truck..he said I know I am not able to drive any longer..and sold it..Didn't want the kids to fight over it. . He looked so sad.His wife was homebound..he took very good care of her she passed first..After he passed..I was walking past his house..and saw most of his belongings left on the roadside waiting for the trash man to pick up..one thing that caught my eye was his hat ..Emblem of a B17 on it..I remember him telling me he was a pilot in WW2..I know it was wrong but I picked it up ..Such a cherished memory for him to just be thrown away..I picked it up hung it in my garage..I think of him every time I see it.. After I am gone who will see the hat and remember him or what he did..? I pray it won't be tossed out like the first time when I found it..We still live near his house..New people live there.Once during Halloween took my granddaughter there..and mention to the new owners how good and kind man who used to live there was..They are older too.I wonder if they have people who will remember them..?
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Glad to hear you picked up his hat. I find that so weird that family members could toss something like that in the trash like it was spoiled food.
 
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I’m quite sure everything in my shop will be sold within months of my passing, including any cars I may have at the time. My wife isn’t a car person.
And if she goes first I’m selling the house and downsizing. There is no way I would spend as much time in the garden as she does/is required so I’d move before it looked like crap,
It’s just things.
 
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