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Buses, an old fire engine, several classical autos, some campers and a kit car are among the more than a dozen vehicles parked in a neat row with a large For Sale sign propped out front.
Mixed among the heavy cruisers and fiberglass Bradley GT are curiosities such as the small Suzuki all-terrain rig complete with a snowmobile engine, bars for doors, and a four-wheel drive power
train.
"There are very few of these in the U.S.," he says. "There are very few in Japan, they tell me."
It is the precursor of the now ubiquitous Suzuki Samurai - of which he owns four.
The display catches the eyes of motorists on the St. Joe River Road.
They stop in to browse.
"I got a crowd all the time," Mr. Reimann says of the visitors.
He has sold a few of the vehicles. The Ranchero isn't included in the display.
These are cars the 72-year-old has tired of moving to high ground every spring when floodwaters threaten his property.
"I just can't drag this stuff in and out of the floods anymore," he says, peering from beneath a Panama hat.
From the 1940 Ford pickup ("I had seven of those, but sold them all. This one is all original except the wheels.") to the green, 1946 Buick with the "Buick Eight" emblazoned on its grill bar, most of the vehicles run.
Make an offer, Mr. Reimann tells potential buyers.
Fix some of these cars up and they could be worth upwards of $40,000, he says.
"But, my God, the work."
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