# West Virginia Motherlode **URL:** \ **Category:** Much Ado About Nothing\ **Created:** [June 7, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815 "2022-06-07T00:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/1 "2022-06-07T00:37:45Z")
On a visit to my brother in West Virginia, we swung by a property where the widow of car collector is looking to sell off his menagerie. What a motherlode! Lots of MoPars, but many other brands as well. Including a Kaiser! There’s a very special Cranbrook - I think, a '52 - that has an overdrive transmission in the trunk. I couldn’t get under to see if the trans was out of the same car, but there’s very little rust and the interior is in excellent shape. A little TLC will bring it right back. Message me on Facebook, or email me (dan at 59plymouth dot net) and I will provide location and contact info. Here’s a sampling, mostly MoPars, with a few other photos here and there. I wish I had more time to spend taking pictures! There is easily a hundred cars, and dozens of motorcycles and ATVs. ![IMG_3938.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/5/8587fddcf1dada3e0e16a7f1d80e85a2a43e5326.jpeg) ![IMG_3939.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/9/6/96fbfa448b909318f6eb4f9459d252b2746c5f93.jpeg) ![IMG_3940.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/5/2/529ca985f1e78dbff0bba6a133c5bd1a20eeb26b.jpeg) ![IMG_3941.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/5/f/5fec57a7ff09a49c4b07ab86ed1f8cb2321e9b62.jpeg) ![IMG_3942.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/5/b598358843c1a2a5a4ac43d465cba8c61b0df6c0.jpeg) ![IMG_3943.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/4/1/41c7a44ba059104419fba2f842c0589586aa46d3.jpeg) ![IMG_3944.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/1/8110c729886f23d88de95751d70e90fde2d90b47.jpeg) ![IMG_3945.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/4/7/470c326225d4a1aa6ea72d658f4ea15f61cc9437.jpeg) ![IMG_3946.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/c/e/ce6b73b71f44a556dde0ccd6b171d912d5883b25.jpeg) ![IMG_3947.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/7/87cbce99bb1d25026a7f2bf7b46b04ef0495adf0.jpeg) ![IMG_3948.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/5/b51cbdee632358b61bd85006edb2cfef4861b995.jpeg) ![IMG_3949.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/a/c/ac118fcef15253ddf28efd690f6753a262338864.jpeg) ![IMG_3950.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/5/b5f7182d9d22a168fb308d47865b302559cfe1c2.jpeg) ![IMG_3951.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/9/3/93661a2160aa724e69098fe869c940bfece98350.jpeg) ![IMG_3952.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/d/e/de7a1d642a9fe31acb93c1fa2cc0d6aa868c8ea7.jpeg) ![IMG_3953.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/5/35ac26d4cc12a0ab4ac7b076c138b5f81d3b96d2.jpeg) ![IMG_3954.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/7/774f39264bd003f6ef22c1fb80b5cde72c1e95af.jpeg) ![IMG_3955.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/3/73db7c27a020d47bab72412e2a46e1061c8e7014.jpeg) ![IMG_3956.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/d/c/dc1e1a0e23252be6dd7183de26f896505b65cf64.jpeg) ![IMG_3957.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/c/3c7d3e6181201075b86cea867ef0572e698379bd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/2 "2022-06-07T00:39:52Z")
Yet more cars… ![IMG_3958.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/0/70b2de1fd2c43cd98a2ab24d173be5bace7f1af7.jpeg) ![IMG_3959.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/e/7/e7f1255295378fcaaa3c565c2c192d18c0ef2882.jpeg) ![IMG_3960.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/4/b44a8da24beec8a11f3b4cdf8ac29a409f949345.jpeg) ![IMG_3961.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/1/b/1b7b4c5d5466ab118c89bf5a9a9434ee5c6002b7.jpeg) ![IMG_3962.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/c/b/cbe39ccc2f62cae0761ced9d78fd39dfbce09f02.jpeg) ![IMG_3963.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/0/9/09c85361b6abec7d6653f8b02f4244de65e8d41f.jpeg) ![IMG_3964.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/f/7/f74d258789190c42c93189a99e36d5b87cc92430.jpeg) ![IMG_3965.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/f/b/fbb3d41c1321f82e3fa247907ddbb2e01e5c1682.jpeg) ![IMG_3966.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/9/0/907f5a7cbc9e4727e4d752ae706923800811c00d.jpeg) ![IMG_3967.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/d/b/db481f29fa7c9b4096ff2304a40340a674a6c71f.jpeg) ![IMG_3968.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/9/e/9e1eda4f69be3bf2e230982177612286f3cb260c.jpeg) ![IMG_3969.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/b/3bb9932e8207612562ecd3a39a51b36d39a78fff.jpeg) ![IMG_3970.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/4/b/4bebdc701dd66d8a83c8ac9cc4f5acd79f5d0544.jpeg) ![IMG_3971.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/6/d/6d27212cb12f36936cef3d6ff6e2bb677b65c6e8.jpeg) ![IMG_3972.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/e/8e3ad9aaf8ab5daf57fea1502dd23686d339b738.jpeg) ![IMG_3973.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/d/f/df6f54b773158b64bd8ae43a02bd813c40113ab2.jpeg) ![IMG_3974.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/1/31233e3f60cdd87bdc09fdb63bcc5284331546ac.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/3 "2022-06-07T00:41:35Z")
Oh yes! A very special Dodge Suburban! ![IMG_3975.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/5/b57143fe64f74ea10ddb7a1705dbf6c3d35af47b.jpeg) ![IMG_3976.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/0/a/0af9499fddc9393dbaff6ff6d58e10a2f205449f.jpeg) ![IMG_3977.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/4/2/4255357965641746d8f631c8ed6422b9c33e5b6f.jpeg) ![IMG_3978.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/3/7/377e102f6a92e4dd4edeebcedcebc6de7ee487bc.jpeg) ![IMG_3979.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/c/5/c5b7b7ee292b7ef443e13cf19b666c906deb0930.jpeg) ![IMG_3980.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/c/3/c3e23dca59ba06278e3e8abef20ac52e145b6a6b.jpeg) ![IMG_3981.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7e7210d78f601a499b71b466ec199d023a7db3dd.jpeg) ![IMG_3982.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/1/6/162ba184d75f9905f7d3c03dbc317bbb7dd2ff53.jpeg) ![IMG_3983.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/a/1/a12bb731ff3e5e71b5547e7add278514c88dd50f.jpeg) ![IMG_3984.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/0/f/0f81fc8275d5b56d78b68b487609a81c43243456.jpeg) ![IMG_3985.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/687bce1feb1564e974281c586ba44776994a85e1.jpeg) ![IMG_3986.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/1/b1e498a4d477e2ba3ea81657bf53709f0a6f6d49.jpeg) ![IMG_3987.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/2/6/2663c391fb7fe8a4d0e20f365765b85bf652825a.jpeg) ![IMG_3988.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/b/2/b29172bdad4dc170aeec89beac780a49e9ad70d4.jpeg) ![IMG_3989.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/7/8/7865e79c83eb7ebfced3bdf8d3ad1ad2d7de1269.jpeg) ![IMG_3990.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/2/b/2bb6a389fb9c893cc8164b3f1b98459a6c8c444a.jpeg) ![IMG_3991.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/4/b/4bec88252e5b169a0971bb9ed706b1c67b1866bb.jpeg) ![IMG_3992.JPG](https://59plymouth.net/uploads/default/original/3X/5/6/56662a47d66b45945b1ffa1ea079ba327dbf29ce.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Finnegan](https://59plymouth.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Finnegan](https://59plymouth.net/u/Finnegan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/4 "2022-06-07T02:56:21Z")
Holy Moly! I could spend a week there! What a place! Quite the eclectic collection! ---
**Author:** ![Bernie\_B](https://59plymouth.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@Bernie\_B](https://59plymouth.net/u/Bernie_B)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/5 "2022-06-08T17:09:41Z")
Dan, Where is the beautiful Kaiser? Bet you know what comes next - I’ve got Kaiser stories to tell too!! BB ---
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/6 "2022-06-08T17:40:49Z")
Bernie, sorry I didn’t take a pic of the whole car, just the grill and hood (ornament). The pic is just before the last set of Pontiac pix. She called it “The Bison Car”! I should have updated this post, as I did on Facebook (damn FB! 👿 ) - the woman is no longer taking my calls, or responding to my texts. I think her neighbor told her to “pay no mind to them city slickers”, and got cold feet. Too bad… Rusting away. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Merritt](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/mark_merritt/32/48_2.png) [@Mark\_Merritt](https://59plymouth.net/u/Mark_Merritt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/7 "2022-06-08T23:23:30Z")
Dan: I like the Olds in the 2nd pic (blue one on the left). They are so ugly they are cool. Mark ---
**Author:** ![Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/user_avatar/59plymouth.net/faulkner/32/21944_2.png) [@Faulkner](https://59plymouth.net/u/Faulkner)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/8 "2022-06-09T01:22:50Z")
So is the customized Ford next to it, Mark! Honestly, I never saw so many half-finished projects in my life. What this guy could have been thinking, I will never know. ---
**Author:** ![Bernie\_B](https://59plymouth.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a587f6/32.png) [@Bernie\_B](https://59plymouth.net/u/Bernie_B)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://59plymouth.net/t/west-virginia-motherlode/3815/9 "2022-06-09T18:37:53Z")
So I overlooked the older Kaiser, sorry about that. Was hoping you found a '51, the kind I used to ride to Kindergarten in with a bunch of other 5 year-olds squished together in the back seat for a 5 minute ride each way, each day. Back when the car was almost brand new! Thanks for the trekking