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Junkyard

Behind the Gates at California's Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard

By (author) Roland Loewisch
By (photographer) Dieter Rebmann
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc, United States
Imprint: Motorbooks
Published: 12th May 2020
Dimensions: w 252mm h 296mm d 26mm
Weight: 1275g
ISBN-10: 076036768X
ISBN-13: 9780760367681
Barcode No: 9780760367681
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Synopsis
Junkyard offers the only known photographic documentation of car collector Rudi Klein's famed stockpile of distraught-but rare and valuable-vehicles from Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Maserati, and more. In 1967, Rudi Klein began quietly buying up wrecked, damaged, and worn-out high-end European cars under the business moniker "Foreign Auto Wrecking." Over time, he amassed a stunning collection of treasures. Among the stash is a one-of-one 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500K built for pre-war Mercedes racer Rudolf Caracciola. No one is precisely sure what other prizes rest behind the yard's not-open-to-the-public gates. Some 20 years ago, and after much negotiation, photographer Dieter Rebmann and author Roland Lowisch were permitted rare entree to the salvage yard's grounds to document its residents.This record of Klein's collection is nothing short of amazing for any classic and collector car enthusiast. Sadly, Rudi passed away in 2001, but the collection remains under the care of his sons, who operate it as elusively as their father, maintaining its decades-long air of mystery and desirability.

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"This book will simply blow you away, especially if you enjoy barn findy type books and photos." -- Matt Stone * Matt Stone Cars * "an intriguing and thoughtful reflection on the ravages of time and nature, and it is gorgeously presented."
* ClassicCars.com * "...an intimate and more than occasionally jaw-dropping behind-the-scenes look at an exclusive but secretive European-car salvage yard...For those curious to see glamour amid the grime Junkyard is a feast." -- Benjamin Shahrabani * Porsche Club of America - Excellence Magazine * "Real cars, real location, real photographer...a lovely book." * Sports Car Market * "This record of Klein's collection is nothing short of amazing for any classic and collector car enthusiast." * WorldCat * "Like a hardcover compilation of Instagram barnfind porn..." * Sports Car Market *