I always hear stories about secret spots in the woods still today full of old cars shived into a ditch once upon a time. I live in otegon, anyone know of any that are real? Why keep em a secret? Put me on em, have a shovel, truck, trailer, willing to dig! Lets save some treasures
I recall a deer hunting trip when I was in the 7th grade to Utah, my mom had relatives there. Across the road was a river that was about 40-50 foot below the road. There must have been well over a 100 cars/trucks that lined the banks. I’d imagine they’ve returned to the soil by now. Heading up to the Sierras, there a road known as old Priest grade, very steep and windy. Used to be many cars over the side, ***ume from running off the road. Never could figure how to get down to take a look, well, getting down maybe, but not getting back up!
When I lived in gold country I did a lot of exploring. There are known and undkown spots. I've found lots of fenders, hoods, an old AMC Matador cop car, 57 Chevy wagon, beetles, a dump with multiple cars from the 20s to 50s, even the 38 Chevy sedan delivery a high school buddies dad drug into the woods in the 60s. I never found the stolen 57 fuelie car in the yuba river canyon, but I did find the 48 Plymouth dumped at the same time . Get out of your car and explore corners, ravines, and dirt roads. Make sure your on public property, and familiarize yourself with the Cannibis growing and harvesting season. A double barrel in the face will kill your interest in the 57 Chevy convertible real fast.
I spend a lot of my time out of my car and hiking public property. I am an archery elk hunter, i hike miles and miles of it. Lets see...5 yrs, probably 2000+ miles of boot time im the woods and ive found 1 car and a cpl wheels...hence why i figured id just ask!
One thing to keep in mind, is over the past years “the environment “. I’d bet here in Ca that many cars on government land that were abandoned, etc, were removed and crushed. Might be the same up your way as well, but I’m just guessing. I do recall every year we’d hunt just below Sonora P***, in the summer my dad would take me fishing is the same area, used to be a car (no idea what it was) on its side, just all smashed up, shot up, etc. I always wondered what kind of car it was, took a drive up in the late 80’s, not a trace of the car left.
Just about every body and car out in the sage brush in this area ended up in my neighbor's yard back 40+ years ago. He has been selling some of the cars off for his sisters lately but I haven't talked to him for quite a while. As finding stuff out in the brush you have to make sure that you are on public land and the further off the beaten path and away from major highways the better.
Just be aware... anything you remove from private property without permission is theft. Get the landowner's approval before entering their land (known as tresp***ing if you don't). Also be aware that removal of ANYTHING from government property (except legally hunted animals and permitted firewood and Christmas tree harvesting) is considered theft of government property. Proceed with caution.
Back about 1968 (tenth grade) I heard about a creek outside of town (Owego NY) that had it's banks lined with old cars to prevent erosion. Me and a buddy spent a couple of weekends digging out a '28-'29 Ford roadster body that was SO badly rusted/dented up, that we left it behind. We were also attempting to dig out a'30-'31 Ford coupe body, but once we saw how bad the roadster was, we gave up. After hurricane Agnes, and the flood of 1972, the DEC bulldozed the creek (and cars) and rip-rapped it
Depends on what they consider trash, trash removal is encouraged on gov land and blm is our land so even more so.
That should sorta' tell you that there just aren't many out there. Yes, there are always some stashes here and there, but they are not as common as the rumours and myths would have you believe. You might be on somewhat of a Don Quixote quest, running around tilting at windmills......
I have found some good [older] stuff on the outer fringes of a couple local j yards. dust by now. also know of a closed up used car dealer, a hangout for a few old gents. behind the 12 ft fence out in the woods [now] lrg sheds w/signs, 30s doors,40s doors,30s hoods and on and on. nothings for sale or exists according to the owner. i swing in every couple of years to no avail.
That would be Rick Snyder's (and other relatives) place. His Dad died several years ago. I was there and talked to Rick the day of his Dad's memorial service. Rick was loading up grilles and cool car parts to take to his service. Last time I talked to Rick, cars and parts were for sale but none of the big trucks, Dave
when I first moved to Northern Arizona in the mid 70s there were cars and parts all over the place… out in the woods and bush, reservations, BLM and forest service. most all had already been stripped of the heavy metal stuff (like drivetrains, axles- suspensions)… sometimes some bodies with mostly intact frame rails were there. I hope the 46 Oldsmobile convertible body (with seats and complete torn top) and 50 mercury body and a complete 63 pontiac le mans 326 coupe survived. i know that a real straight 37 ford 2dsd body didn’t. it was crushed by a bulldozer a few weeks after i first saw it. and now it’s a very rare sighting to see anything cool now.
Threading my way across Southern OH, IN, ILL ( late 90s ) I rolled up to a crossroad and spied less than twenty early and mid 50's all stuffed in the corner of the land. Getting closer and p***ing showed lots of blisters, crust and out right rot. YUK Never have I ever opened that "Sitting and Rotting" thread True however I had seen bodies in the S.W. that would clean up, after sitting long before the fifties.
Where you go for the elk is most likely too far off the beaten track. There would have to be relatively good access to get the car to where it is left. Most of the old stuff was left in the woods at the back property boundary in rural areas, and most of them are long gone. Let's face it, you gotta' be lucky to stumble across good finds these days.
Looks like @oliver westlund's stomping grounds have a lot in common with Southern Ontario...rrrruuuusttt...Lots!!! of it...to bad really but reality around here... To that, it still excites to find an old relic resting within the wild blue yonder...rusted beyond most salvation...
Yeah 57 plymouth wagon, was a cool rig at one point, i removes the stainless with no tools, just lifted right away
Western oregons a wet place but still a lot of neglected stuff around buried in the ground. I get a kick out of saving old stuff thats rotting away
15 years ago I could have taken you to about 15 different locations where old cars, trucks, and farm equipment have been sitting for years, but removing anything from any of them would not have been good for either of us. Most collections were on private property where the owners might let a few people wander around to look at and enjoy the stuff. Never was it considered appropriate to remove anything from those places. Many of those places no longer exist, or can no longer be visited (because of stuff coming up missing). Some have been cleared out as the owners have p***ed, some are so over grown now that you probably couldn't see a car body 10' away from it, some of it has rotted into the ground and probably couldn't even be found these days. There are still a few places that still have some stuff, but taking other people to see the stuff is no longer going to happen. I'm picturing 3 places right now that if you look in the right direction from the right road, at the right time of the year, you can plainly see the glare of the sun off the gl***, and the different shades of faded paint, but your going to have to find them yourself. If you do find them and decide to go have a closer look, expect to be met with a double barrow shotgun pointing in your face. The view from the road is about as good as your going to see, and I wouldn't advise you sitting there and staring very long. The guys that have this kind of stuff are getting pretty old, they don't like many visitors.
Yes, without a doubt a knock on the door or a phone call might be the only way to have a chance at anything visible from the road or Google maps... I've certainly have got the evil stare or cranky ambience some can put out without saying a word and the stuff did indeed rot away or disappear perhaps by auction after p***ing...that said I've met a few that were open to chat and bargain at bargain ba*****t prices...in my history of being a nosey Stogy...a couple relics are still there...even today...
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