Below is a quote from an email one of our local NER members posted to our email list.
I hope some of you find this interesting. Some very impressive automobiles in the collection. Enjoy!
Frank Cooke had one of his Steamers flying down Rt 67 like a banshee and past the farm one summer day. I still can recall the steam trail it left.
All too often I would see one of these "old cars" tooling around and have little or no idea what it was all about. Frank Cooke passed away late last year, having been ill for some time. Unfortunately, he left no will, and from what is understood around town, his family is split on how to handle the artifacts and are "forcing" a sale of "stuff", although his son is attempting to retain some control of the restoration business itself.
http://www.osa.org/news/release/02.2006/InMemoryCooke.pdf#search=%22frank%20cooke%20north%20brookfield%22[/size]
The cool stuff is lot 1000 to 1029 of the online catalog:
http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=carsusacooke
Wow, that's one seriously impressive collection. I'm amazed that he had that many of those old cars (mostly Rolls Royce) in one location and all in what looks to be pristine condition. It appears that the car community has lost another great member. He obviously loved these rare old cars and preserved them for another generation (depending on what happens to them).
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