{"product_id":"junkyard-behind-the-gates-at-californias-secretive-european-car-salvage-yard","title":"Junkyard: Behind the Gates at California's Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJunkyard\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003cb\u003ea stunning collection of treasures\u003c\/b\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Some 20 years ago, and after much negotiation, photographer Dieter Rebmann and author Roland Lowisch were permitted rare entr e to the salvage yard's grounds to document its residents.This record of Klein's collection is \u003cb\u003enothing short of amazing\u003c\/b\u003e for any classic and collector car enthusiast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.","brand":"Motorbooks International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39325654876260,"sku":"9780760367681","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/junkyard-behind-the-gates-at-californias-secretive-european-car-salvage-yard","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}