20 ❘ September 05, 2019 http://www.oldcarsweekly.com
on-site mechanic’s garage. In addition
to vehicles, what remains on the 18-acre
property are several dilapidated mobile
homes and old cargo truck boxes fi lled
with loose items such as drivetrain parts,
trim, wheels and interior parts from cars
and trucks going back several decades.
The yard also contains a large selection
of vintage boats and snowmobiles as
well as farm implements.
In summer months, the yard gets
overwhelmed with brush and trees in
full bloom. Many vehicles on the prop-
erty’s outer edges are either partially or
totally obscured by foliage. Interesting
vehicles that remain visible in the tangle
of growth include a 1962 Pontiac Am-
blewagon station wagon, a trio of Edsel
sedans, a “bullet nose” Studebaker, a
’58 Chevrolet Apache 38 minibus that
served the Boscobel Area Public School
system, a ’54 Chevy 5700 COE tanker,
a ’56 Lincoln Capri hardtop and a ’77
Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon with port-
hole rear-quarter windows.
With word relayed on social media
of the yard’s closing, it brought buyers
Luke Goedert of Cherry Valley Auto in Millville, Iowa, hooks a chain from his newly
purchased 1948 Oldsmobile Dynamic sedan to a front-end loader to pull the car
onto his trailer. Goedert plans to build the Olds into a rat rod.Although a part of Golden
Sands Salvage inventory
for a long time, this 1960
Cadillac Sedan deVille
four-door hardtop remains
elegant looking. It’s com-
plete, but needs signifi cant
cosmetic attention.