The Ford Barn

Chris in WNC · 01-01-2014, 07:41 PM

on our recent two month camping excursion, we visited the Elliot Museum in Stuart FL. a very nice museum with dozens of old cars, most of them Model As.
they are displayed on an automated system that plucks the storage platform off its rack, moves it laterally to an elevator and lowers it to a viewing turntable where it can be seen. the whole system is visible through glass walls three stories high. Apparently it is a system that many big-city parking garages use.
I commented to the guy who was "fetching" cars down by request that the storage/retrieval system must have been VERY pricey. He replied that it was not expensive at all. When I insisted more than once that it certainly LOOKED expensive, he finally relented and shared the cost: it was "only" $1.3 million.
one man's fortune is another man's bargain.........

QGolden · 01-02-2014, 08:05 AM

He was probably speaking to the relative cost of building out instead of up. The floor space to store all of those cars would have required a substantially larger building in a location where real estate is very pricy. Also more square footage to heat, light, clean, secure, etc.

ronn · 01-02-2014, 08:38 AM

I agree with Q-while 1.3 mill sounds like a lot of mulla
it is only a couple of nice houses....

the 20. dollar bill is the "new" 5. in America today.

Chris in WNC · 01-02-2014, 10:18 PM

"a couple of nice houses" ???
more like 10 or 15 in my world.
once again, it's all relative :-)

Marco Tahtaras · 01-02-2014, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronn

I agree with Q-while 1.3 mill sounds like a lot of mulla
it is only a couple of nice houses....

What is your idea of nice? It sounds good on the surface!

ronn · 01-03-2014, 09:19 AM

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01-01-2014, 07:41 PM	#1
Chris in WNC Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Spruce Pine, NC Posts: 1,458	It's all relative, I suppose........ on our recent two month camping excursion, we visited the Elliot Museum in Stuart FL. a very nice museum with dozens of old cars, most of them Model As. they are displayed on an automated system that plucks the storage platform off its rack, moves it laterally to an elevator and lowers it to a viewing turntable where it can be seen. the whole system is visible through glass walls three stories high. Apparently it is a system that many big-city parking garages use. I commented to the guy who was "fetching" cars down by request that the storage/retrieval system must have been VERY pricey. He replied that it was not expensive at all. When I insisted more than once that it certainly LOOKED expensive, he finally relented and shared the cost: it was "only" $1.3 million. one man's fortune is another man's bargain......... __________________ our next Model A is out there in the unknown......

01-02-2014, 08:05 AM	#2
QGolden Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 1,231	Re: It's all relative, I suppose........ He was probably speaking to the relative cost of building out instead of up. The floor space to store all of those cars would have required a substantially larger building in a location where real estate is very pricy. Also more square footage to heat, light, clean, secure, etc. __________________ It's not what people think they know that will hurt them, it is what they think they know that aint so! -Mark Twain. It is the very things that we think we know, that keep us from learning what we should know.- Unknown

01-02-2014, 08:38 AM	#3
ronn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NNNNNNNNJJJJJJJJJJ Posts: 6,785	Re: It's all relative, I suppose........ I agree with Q-while 1.3 mill sounds like a lot of mulla it is only a couple of nice houses.... the 20. dollar bill is the "new" 5. in America today.

01-02-2014, 10:18 PM	#4
Chris in WNC Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Spruce Pine, NC Posts: 1,458	Re: It's all relative, I suppose........ "a couple of nice houses" ??? more like 10 or 15 in my world. once again, it's all relative :-) __________________ our next Model A is out there in the unknown......

01-03-2014, 09:19 AM	#6
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