An unreserved auction was held Saturday to liquidate TV personality and gearhead Mike Hall's field of 500 classic cars in Tappen. "I've got another one of these Sport Satellite rags, a numbers-matching '60 Road Runner 383 four-speed, two '70 Super Bees, a '70 Coronet wagon, a '67 Formula S, a few Demons, and a Duster 340 four-speed Go-Wing car, although that one's just a shell," he tells me as we walk down the dirt road from the overflow paddock to the museum. Hallstarted buying up cars in his early 20s, and has since sought out hundreds of cars and trucks from the '50s, '60s and '70s and hauled them home. If properly restored, the cars resale value could exceed $40,000. In the end, the sale made a lot of people happy, even within the Hall household. They don't need my old ass in there. One of the rarest cars Hall accumulated, AMCs has been out of production for over 30 years. In addition to needing new wheels, tires, and headlights, the car needs a paint job as well. The gearhead behind the popular TV show Rust Valley Restorers held a successful and bittersweet auction this weekend that emptied out his famed field of dreams in Tappen, B.C. After a full-throttle run down the road, where Hall demonstrates the vibration the SS has picked up above 4,000 rpm in third and fourth gear"I think it's the driveshaft, at this point"we arrive at the gate to the last piece of his empire. A voice calls out to me from the entrance to the parking lot, a hearty "hey, is that you?" Get all the day's most vital news with our newsletter, sent every weekday. What many fans don't know, however, is that he earned most of his money outside the auto industry. emanating from the driver's seat of a burgundy '68 Chevelle SS. One of those women,Auto Body Apprentice Cassidy McEown, has been a major player in several "Rust Valley Restorers" episodes, and her Instagram following rivals that of any of her co-stars. Did the 1964 Ford Galaxie XL sell? In May, Corus Entertainment announced a fourth season of the series would begin airing in February. It's the automotive equivalent of 'Field of Dreams,' only instead of corn, Iowa, and Kevin Costner, we've got mountains, metal, and a far more engaging leading man. I'd driven up here before dawn from Kelowna, with Okanagan Lake's 85 miles of shoreline my near constant companion just off the right shoulder, the sun creeping through the morning mist that until only a few moments ago shrouded the valley's rocky peaks. From the road, row upon row of Mopars, Fords, Buicks, and Oldsmobiles gleam alongside the White Post Auto Museum that abuts the most recent location for Hall's armada, but that's not our first stop. It's our first meeting in person after a few weeks of phone calls, and after shaking hands and waiting for the rest of Mike's crew to join us, we walk into the diner and pick a table near the middle of the establishment. I just don't have a full deck up here," he laughed, gesturing to hishead. You've have to be 300 to get it done, and you still might not make it.". "My first car was a '51 International, but really it was the next one, my '61 Alpine that got things started for me. I mean, the last four properties I bought have been to move cars to.".

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