A Car Collection Filled With RADwood Gems, and They Are All for Sale

Colin
By Colin Wood
Aug 21, 2020 | RM Sotheby's, Radwood

Cars from the Malaise Era, depending on who you ask, tend to have a negative connotation surrounding them. In more recent years, though, RADwood has celebrated these cars, as well as other oddballs from the late '80s and a lot of the '90s.

The tricky part, then, can be finding examples of these cars in clean enough condition, let alone run. If you've been on the hunt for some good RADwood candidates, then RM Sotheby's may have what you are looking for.

As part of its upcoming Auburn Fall sale, the auction company will be selling off the Dave Leimbach Collection, which may be one of the most unusual collections to ever go up for auction. Don't believe us? Just take a peek at just a few of the 65 cars included in the collection:

A 1985 Ford LTD

A 1984 Chrysler Executive Limousine 

A 1991 GMC Syclone

A 1995 Ford Taurus SHO

Read more about the upcoming sale, as well as the rest of the cars in the collection over on Classic Motorsports.

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Comments
slowbird
slowbird SuperDork
8/21/20 5:30 p.m.

Oh dang. Those 80s Fords are right up my alley, except for the fact that they're way too mint for my budget.

BlueInGreen - Jon (Forum Supporter)
BlueInGreen - Jon (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
8/21/20 5:46 p.m.

Syclone and SHO in the same place?

Mmmmmm.

Aaron_King
Aaron_King GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
8/22/20 8:38 a.m.

I am really glad that LTD LX is an auto.

Patrick (Forum Supporter)
Patrick (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
8/22/20 9:29 a.m.

I want the syclone.  

calteg
calteg Dork
8/22/20 10:21 a.m.
Patrick (Forum Supporter) said:

I want the syclone.  

I suspect you and 2,000 of your closest friends all want that Syclone

wspohn
wspohn Dork
8/22/20 1:10 p.m.

Looks like a good opportunity for some flame thrower practice...except for the SHO - I'd want the engine out of that one first!  That is one great looking engine!

 

02Pilot
02Pilot UltraDork
8/22/20 5:28 p.m.

The 302-swapped Rambler wagon is glorious.

jimbob_racing
jimbob_racing Dork
8/22/20 6:05 p.m.

That LTD LX is on my want list but that thing looks like it's been outside for its entire life.

Ben Jolly
Ben Jolly New Reader
8/23/20 11:33 a.m.

Not one, but two K-car limos in there.

So both of those predate my birth by a few years, but I'm curious: Would a K-car, especially a limousine, be a contender for an Index of Effluency trophy? 

 

 

dropstep
dropstep UltraDork
8/23/20 11:56 a.m.

I really want a sho to daily. But the foxbodys are awesome 

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