Art & Inspiration Sitting and Rotting.............picture thread

Just old junk back then.
How much of this do you think went to the war effort?
And how many more just like it?
We now return to your regular "Sitting and Rotting", depression.

 

alot went to the war effort - mainly bodies and such....the frames the farmers kept and used....

 

Good luck saving the wrecker. What's the deal on the 60 Chrysler

 

These appear to be GAZ military trucks (Russian Model A's), they look burnt, most likely during WWII.

 

At this point I've given up on the wrecker. In 1999 I had to have it. Today if I wanted one bad enough I would just reproduce it based on all the pictures I have.

The 60 Chrysler is finally going under the knife.
I found a guy with 14 imperials in his yard. So
Last weekend we pulled the 413/727 from A 64 destined for the derby.

I have to rebuild the rear "frame rails" and trunk as they are long gone.








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I remember watching an old movie where this rich old lady sent her driver to the scrap drive.
He was driving a '36 Packard limo. Dual sidemounts and exposed driver.
Good thing I was already home sick.
I totally realize the importance of the scrap drives and have extensively studied WWII.
Still, Its like watching W.C. Fields in "Poppy".
Wanna see some great old cars reduced to rubble? They're out hunting, "Road Hogs".
Great fun really.

 

Local CL ad.

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WOW

 

went by this place today....knew they had a couple of A's.....this one has been sitting here for awhile.....you can look at the tires.....hard to see the stuff under/around them we all know that settles after sitting awhile.....

 

Slowly turning to soil....

 

I'll take that sun visor...surprised it's still there..

 

"Floor boards still good, fram still good" (Yeah, I know; but you've seen those adds, too.)

 

I'll play, this old girl is "yard art" at the lake.
My niece is a photographer & she decided to have a little fun at our last family reunion.
it's the most action the old effy has seen in years

 

Wandering through the woods at my Brothers farm today and saw the 3 cars we found 40 plus years ago are still hanging in there. Actually saw a hinge idea on one of them that might work on a current build I am doing.

 

Took a drive to Kalgoorlie, West Australia
Over the weekend and found a few goodies










Flat out fabricating

 

I saved the jailbar fronts and got contact details for the 39 ford but no luck


Flat out fabricating

 

How did they look 40 years ago?


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40 years ago most old stripped cars weren't worth anything. In 76 I bought a complete 57 retractible for $50. Got it running and sold for $225. A 63 fairlane 260 stick that ran for $75. a really nice 65 lemans with the bucket seats and auto console for $175. and a 62 GMC short bed for $225. I still have whats left of the GMC. In 1964 we put a 59 ford custom 500 2 door (with a really nice body) that my dad bought new in 59 in a ravine to stop erosion. It silted full to the top of the doors. around 2000 I ran over what was still above ground with a dozer and pushed a foot of dirt over it. there also is part of a 56 ford 4 door hardtop buried in the same location.

 

I bought 4 of these Studebakers that were sitting and rotting last week.
I picked up these 2 so far. The first picture is a 1962 4 speed car the other is a 1963 automatic.
I am going to list them in the classifieds. If they do not sell they will be parted out.
Hot Rod drivetrains?

 

I've heard all those stories from my father. He used to buy 57 Chevy's for five bucks. I wish I could've been around for that.


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They were all pretty rough and already sinking into the ground 40 years ago bullet holes and all. My other Brother Ralph and I were the car guys in the family and took off anything we thought was good on them back then. Just a fun landmark in the woods that our kids and now our grandkids like to remember and talk about.

 

All these were driven here years ago. They were dealer trade ins. Because they were just old cars and not worth putting on his lot at the time he just drove them out to his farmland and parked them.

 

That's pretty cool. There were countless cars in the woods in my area until scrap went up a few years ago. Then they all disappeared.
My title guy is in his seventies. He told me back in the day when they were doing all the mine reclamation he took 8 cars over to the site and one by one the guys with the dozers pushed them all into the mineshafts and covered them up. Including a 40s Buick with dual carbs on a straight 8.


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