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And are parts. oliver runs the salvage yard successfully for seven years, but then in 1953 he gets into a nasty argument with a town of enid over zoning and regulation. two words he detests. >> he cuts himself off from most of his family and rarely lets another soul inside the salvage yards. >> pretty much everybody in this town would drive by grandpas property and see all these old cars sitting right there. some people they thought they were an eyesore. you know? >> he recalls venturing over to...

And that was the open door. >> it took until his 90s really. >> because of who he was. he didnt want to need anybody. >> stewart hop on a plane to oklahoma be not knowing what to expect. new here i nook on the door. he is 64", and even at 94, he has quite a commanding presence. he is covered from head to toe in feathers. he and ruby had a couple of dogs. one of the dogs had torn up the featherbed. there was something about him that still just commanded respect. even covered in feathers. >> being...

>> theres about 220 of them. theyre mostly american cars. theyre prewar which is pre-1942. very rare cars because of the start of world war ii, they started limiting production, and you could only get one from a ration coupon. >> stewart and yvette make plans for a one-day auction right here on the salvage lot. word begins to spread about oliver jordans old treasures. stewart soon learns that not altogether, a good thing. >> we arrived on the property, and then had a hole in the side of this bui...

Oliver jordan dies at the age of 95. leaving his enormous automobile collection to stewart and his siblings. >> the original windows that they would stick in the sides -- >> stewart tells me that 1924 roland touring car is one of his personal favorites. the model was popular among bootleggers during prohibition. >> it was toggle switches on the dashboard where they would turn off the taillights if they were being followed by somebody. >> to hide the booze. >> thats right. >> but these cars repre...

Kill derening wrin, have you one? well, after a long pause he bachxly said well, its going to be $50. came back about a month later with my $50. he said nope, $75. a little bit of horse trading at that point in time. >> as a boy, stewart never gets to know grandpa oliver. stewarts mom, olivers daughter, dies when stewart is only 6. a tragedy that separates him further from his grandfather. >> we would come to town to visit my grandfather, and he had all these cars in front of his property. its l...