Ray Lambrecht, ex-Chevy dealer who sold vintage cars at auction last year for $2.8M, dies at 96

[Omaha Steve]

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Before the start of bidding, the crowd flocked around the highest-profile vehicle at the Lambrecht Chevrolet auto auction, a turquoise 1958 Chevrolet Cameo pickup truck with 1.3 miles on the odometer. The pickup was one of nearly 500 vintage vehicles, many never owned before, that longtime Chevy dealer Ray Lambrecht had collected in a field near his home. The Cameo eventually sold for $140,000.


POSTED: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 12:09 AM
By David Hendee / World-Herald staff writer

Generations of northeast Nebraskans remember Ray Lambrecht for the cars and trucks he sold.

A year ago, the rest of the world got to know the small-town Chevrolet dealer for the cars he kept.

The 96-year-old Lambrecht died last week at his home across the street from the Chevrolet dealership he owned and operated in Pierce for a half-century.

His death Sept. 22 came a few days shy of a year after car collectors and enthusiasts by the thousands turned tiny Pierce into the Detroit of the Plains for a once-in-a-lifetime auction of vintage Chevys from a time capsule of automotive history.

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