A long time ago in a land far away....actually in the early 70s going to or coming from the Gatlinburg rod run we stop by one of the mountain streams up that way. Buried in the embankment were barely visible cars, used for fill I guess. I could identify a model T fender or two. Everything was pretty well on its way to going back to the earth.
Awesome Pic. You should sell enlarged prints. I'd have that framed and hanging in my shop in a heartbeat. Had a good friend in TX years ago that used several parts from river cars on one of his own builds.
I remember when I was in Boy Scouts and was on a 50 mile canoe trip when we came across 20 or so cars being used as reinforcement for a bank on the North Fork river outside of Hardy Arkansas. It was the first time I had ever seen anything like that and found a 51 Ford in the mix. All the cars were from the 50’s if I’m remembering correctly but that was about 45 years ago
A time honored tradition to fill ravines and re-enforce stream banks. There's a '61 Comet S-33 way down in a ravine in my neighborhood.
Ahh, the memories ..... The ol' lady & I were touring Montana taking gravel & blacktop, around Manhattan & Harrison. One stretch of road runs by a creek lined with rip-rap, newest being a '60 Ford. I was doing a '56 Plymouth Suburban, the cheapest model produced. There was a turquoise '55 Belvedere 4dr with a '67 plate inserted ass first in the row. We'd left town in a hurry with no tools, so we asked at the closest ranch if we could pull parts, & could we borrow some tools. The rancher was a Dutchman about 80 who spoke no English, but his wife did. She said, sure, grab what you need, just bring the tools back ... all the grille parts in the picture came from that '55; only needing a shine ....
I've seen quite a bit of that sort of thing here along the Chena River....Fairbanks,Alaska. Most all of the hulks have been hauled off by now with the environmental concerns these days.
Crazy, as if they were placed and partially covered. When I was a kid, my parents took us to Utah. Don’t recall where, but we looked over a river bank, a whole mess of cars on the side, not close to the river, but maybe for runoff in the snow melt or rain?
I know where some old cars are buried in Wyoming used for a leech field been working for decades. The rancher solved his old shot car and sewage problems in one fell swoop. I don’t think the environment is in much danger if the fluids have been drained, even if the fluids weren’t drained it would take decades to seep out. The ground is full of microbes that eat oil and what not. That is one cool picture @HOTRODPRIMER worthy of framing. Thanks for sharing. Dan
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