"Collections are cared for". This was just plan hoarding with no obvious plans to work on any, let alone restore any.
Oh Yea: some will say he "saved" them years earlier from being scrapped.
He just prolonged their final destiny, that's all.,
I posted in the comments: "Calling it a car "Collection" insinuates a collection of cars protected from the harsh elements of time environment and nature. This is a gathering- a hoarding of cars left to rot while the owner was alive- and then after the passing of that owner this collection becomes the
responsibility of the next of kin."
Bring in a portable crusher; seems that his "collection" became a Major Headache for next kin or new owner.
With scrap prices up all-around, ideal time to "thin-the-herd" I'd guess.
Yeap: I've seen many junkyards better managed.
