History Old Time Junk Yard Photos PIX 1920 to 1970

I'm pretty sure it was one of the few Kaisers that was build in the NEKAF (Netherlands Kaiser Factory) and later exported to Sweden and returned at home in Holland.
From the passenger model Kaisers only a few survived.
They build the Henry J and the Manhattan (they only called it the Kaiser Rotterdam).
The Jeep models called NEKAF Jeeps are still plenty in Holland, because they were used by the Dutch army upto the late 80's if i'm correct.

 

Hiya, DutchDeuce! It is well known that the love of fast, rare and customized cars is worldwide. So now someone from Holland joins those from Finland, Sweden, Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Russia, So. Africa, Australia, Italy, Slovenia, Mexico, et.al. in affirming that. So, WELCOME to this thread!

I was aware Kaiser nurtured foreign markets for its vehicles, but i had little education on the European market. If i understand correctly, Kaiser simply renamed its Manhattan the "Carabela" for Argentina, and "Rotterdam" for Holland and nearby nations.

 

Yow-ee, Jimmy! A 3-window!!! I'd give it a home in a heartbeat, man. What in the world would possess someone to leave it outside, even if the engine were blown? If I'm correct that it's a Ford, only around 500 of the three-windows were sold in '32. WAY COOL! Jack Dempsey had one.

 

Whether this pic was shot in 1939 or 1959, I don't know.
It has a timeless, classic quality! Dog 429 of West Chester,
PA, posted it over on the excellent thread, "Sitting and Rotting."
If you live rusting VT and have never visited that thread, it can
soak up HOURS of your time!

 

Looks like an Oakie's ride broke down!The bones are already pretty picked over.Interesting road it's on,out west New Mexico or Arizona maybe.

 

The story behind this deuce is that it was an old rod/race car that was found (thus the picture) and "restored" to original condition and put back on the road. When I say restored, I mean mechanically. The owner left the paint original, and everything else they could.

The story was in a magazine a few years back . . . whatever that Rat Rod one is called. Can't remember. Cool article though; that one was worth reading.

 

Man, ya just have to love well-framed, well-lighted detail
shots like this. Newer HAMBer mt4ss in Washington state
posted it (and more) over on the always-GREAT thread,
"Sitting and Rotting." If you love junkyards with possible
project cars, it's a good place to spend hours and hours!

 

Coming back from Bonneville last year came acroos this old yard 1 Went in town and asked about it and the local said how you get that close with out getting shot at ? Geuss we where luucky

 

TazHog, thanks for the post, man. This is about the fourth time I've heard of this place, and the story is basically always the same, so there must be some truth to it. What state is this actually in?

Having myself had two vehicles stolen (including one with a Ky. State Police 440 pursuit engine in it), I am NOT without a measure of sympathy for the guy who owns the place. BUT, shooting to warn people away (I've had to do that, twice) and actually shooting AT people are two different things (though, I think, some judges might see them as the same thing). If it's taken as common knowledge around there that he shoots at people to run 'em off, he could be playing with fire. He should be careful, 'cause I'd hate to see him on the inside looking out -- through bars -- basically, for trying to defend his property rights.

But somebody getting shot, or some property owner going to prison, isn't going to do anybody any good, That's not why we're all into old cars & parts.

There's NO way to guarantee keeping people (especially intentional thieves) off your property. But first, the guy has to realize that all those cars and trucks in plain view are like a MAGNET, for good guys AND bad guys, right? We see cars sitting, and automatically wanna go LOOK up close! But, legal issues aside for a second, he might do well to be PRACTICAL (instead of reaching for the shotgun) and, first, put up a couple of plainly worded signs. If (as it appears) he's CLOSED the yard as a business, how about:

"Yard CLOSED.
NOTHIN For Sale.
Absolutely NO visitors."
(???)

On the other hand, if he still wants to sell cars/trucks but hates hassles, maybe he could word the sign(s):

"ONLY whole vehicles sold,
NO parting out.
By APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Call BR549."

Yeah, I know old people can be cranky, irrational (and even armed!), but the signs could keep many, not all, unwanted gawkers/etc. away and/or let people know his basic ground rules for dealing any vehicles. I'm just trying to suggest at least a partial, practical solution for situations anything like this.



Here's a "sign" (Jasper, Georgia) that makes it obvious that vehicles
are for sale, and the medium even suggests the owners are friendly.

Anybody got examples of well-worded ways to say: "KEEP OUT!
THIS MEANS YOU!" types of signs??? The best sign I've seen in this neck of the woods (not on a junkyard, though) reads:

"No Hunting,
No Fishing,
No Trespassing,
No Soliciting,
NO EXCUSES."

Even a thick-head like me knows I'm not supposed to go in there (though I sure would like to get close enough to get a good pic of the sign. It's a classic!).

 

Correct Production figures for the <table align="right" border="0" bordercolor="silver"><tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top">
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</td></tr></tbody></table>1932 Ford 3-window which was considered the Deluxe model are 22,148; so there were probably a lot more then 500 sold.

http://www.roadsters.com/deuce/

 

Jim, I meant 3-window coupes, not 5-windows and all the other body styles. The factoid I got of 500 or 550 three-window coupes was from decades ago, so maybe I've labored under a misapprehension for a long time.

I still like the 3-window better than the 5-window though.

 

So far, my quick-search indicated that the sedan delivery body was the loest production Ford in '32, at 406 (six for foreign sale, probably to test thta market). That would seem to hint the 3-window coupes were produced in much higher than merely 500.

But if I've had the wrong number of 3-windows all along, I'd just like to track down the numbers of THREES and FIVES, so I can get this monkey off my back. Don't remember where I read that, but there's nothing worse than continuing to spread incorrect info. I'm on the hunt for stats now!

 

Those were the production figures for the 3 Window Coupe ONLY from the book "The Early Ford V-8 As Henry Built It" Here's the chart;

Cabriolet ............................. 6,091

Convertible Sedan ................. 926

Five Window Standard Coupe .. 51,794

Fordor Sedan ....................... 37,363

Panel Delivery ...................... 6,122

Phaeton .............................. 2,490

Roadster ............................. 12,597

Sedan Delivery ..................... 400

Station Wagon ..................... 1,383

Sport Coupe ........................ 2,911

Three Window Deluxe Coupe ... 22,148

Tudor Sedan ........................ 124,101

Victoria ............................... 8,580

 

Kids these days. LOL All you had to do was click the link I gave you in my original post, scroll down and they were right there. LOL

 

As Robin Williams said in "Aladdin,"

"Well! Don't I feel sheepish!!!" LOL

Yup I got those figs, too, Jimmy, but by the loooooong route. So, a fallacious factoid dies, folks! THE fact is: Ford for '32 made about 2.4 five-window coupes for each one 3-window coupe. NOT as rare as I thought!

Well, that's what I love about the HAMB. If you don't know just ASK (or put out wrong info! LOL). SunRoof, THANKS for setting a well-meaning fan straight!

 

Guys here's another puzzle for you to ponder.All sedan deliveries not panel deliveries started out as tudor sedans.They were converted after the fact.I wonder if they reduced the tudor production numbers by 400.I have a friend here in Detroit who has a friend who wrote a very accurate 1932 Ford book not long ago.I'll see if he agrees with the 22,148 number and ask him about the deliveries numbers.

 

1940 Lasalle. Looks like this one has been saved.

www.turntablearchives.com/automotive/1940-cadillac-lasalle.html

 

Jim-Bo, thanks for the LaSalle post! Every car-lover has a SHORT list of PERSONAL faves, don't they? Your Cord is on my list -- and always has been.


My uncle actually had a '40 or '41 LaSalle. My mom (who was NOT impressed by automobiles!) stepped into it for a ride with him and went gaga. The LaSalle didn't so much go DEFUNCT as it just got SUBSUMED into the Caddy line -- shame. People have tried to bring it back ever since!

For my fifty cents, the last LaSalles had THE keenest front-end treatment of most anything going right before the war!!!!!!!

 

Anyone else catch the disc brake rotor on the 58 Ranchero in this picture?

 

Damn, you're good, Wrench! You even catch the details!

 

Thanks...

Took me three hours to 'refind' this picture in this thread. I wonder what else that old ride has hiding in the way of rodding? Maybe a 427 side oiler? LOL!

 

Since the original post was for photos of old junk yards,I submit this old photo I took in 1968 of what looks like a truck made from a sedan in an abandoned junk yard in southern Mississippi near Keesler AFB.It was about 3 acres of abandoned,rusty cars hidden in undergrowth. It looked like it had not been in business in 20 years or so even back then.Best car there was a 34 Ford sedan but it was pretty rusty also.There was also the remnants of a 1920-30 something aluminum bodied 4 door sedan I thought at the time was a Rolls but I was a kid and didn't have a clue.Stuff was so rusty that I think maybe the place was burned years before.Last time I went down there in the 80s I could no longer find it.

 

56Don, thanks for the post, buddy! You are right. When I started, I asked
a simple question, and I was hoping to turn out pix of junkyards back in the
'20s and up through when '20s/'30s stuff was still just stuffing old junkyards
(it was, 'cause I was there).

Well, we got maybe 50-75 CLASSIC old shots. But the thread quickly branched
into the '30s to mid-'60s stuff that STILL exists in scrap yards almost every-
where. I didn't mind, as I was just happy that guys, wives, girlfriends still have
someplace to get projects and parts (though anything old isn't CHEAP anymore!).

This thread has been fun for me, BUT it has been illuminating, too! I found out
several things. I wasn't so crazy, 'cause OTHER people LOVE to roam the ol'
yards the same way I did -- and still do. And I found that the enthusiasm can
channel itself into FANTASTIC commentary, sentiment and insight. And I
found that lots of HAMBers rival the artistic photos you see in museums. Old,
barely recognizable cars as art? Oh, yeah! And the shoot-from-the-hip cell-phone
pix are a treat unto themselves! As the saying goes, A PICTURE IS WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS!

So, THANKS for this pic, man! Yeah, these trucks made from parts fascinate a
lot of HAMBers! Can anybody analyze what went into that "truck"???

 

He does have signs that state the yard is closed and parts are not for sale ! We actually went thre the first gate as it was open and got close to his house and saw more signs and left ! Quickly !!! The place is in Utah by that sign I posted not to far from that !!

 

That guys & gals have viewed this thread 100,000 times
in just a little over one year shows, I think, how fascinating
junkyards have always been to those blessed with the car
bug. I thought I'd try & mark the occasion by scraping
together the older shots I could find, mostly centering
specifically on the scrap drives that won wars BUT also
diminished vintage tin that would be precious to rodders,
custom folks and restos, too.


Gotta love the civilian fighting spirit in evidence in these
scrap rallies of WWII. Ordinary Americans were called
upon for effort and sacrifice like never before -- because
we could not afford to lose THAT war! Good one, SWI.
One of my favorites is below, previously posted on this thread.


Taken in Detroit about 1942, cars on the way to a nearby
steel mill or foundry. HAMBer CarlS of Indio, CA, posted
this one on the "Old Time Junkyard Photos" thread. Where
SWI's pic sets the bombsight on Hitler, the car here in the
middle targets the Japanese. The sign reads, "NOW MY
DUTY IS TO LICK THE JAPS."

 

LowCat posted these WWII scrap-drive shots on "Vintage
Shots From Days Gone By."Great thread, if you haven't been
there! After MUCH spirited discussion, guys came up with the
actually location and year of this drive, and it was more like
Korean War era, not WWII !!! Utica, NY, on the Mohawk River,
1951. Ya gotta love the HAMB!

 

All of the photos in these next three posts consist
of historical WWII-era scrap-drive photos from the
state of Oregon. These are maintained in the ar-
chives of Oregon State University. The war scrap-
drive point for this thread would be hard to illustrate
without some great photos. As they say, a photo is
worth a thousand words. So, these certainly tell
the story of how the war was won on the home
front, as well as the battlefield. MANY THANKS, OSU!!!

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"Scrappo," mechanical scrap-metal mascot made by the
Marion County Salvage Committee, Salem, OR. Note that
Scrappo also holds a bucket symbolizing collection of home
cooking fat to make explosives for bombs, grenades, car-
tridges and cannon shells.

<INPUT title="Loading automotive junk for salvage shipment in Klamath Falls, Oregon" type=image alt="Loading automotive junk for salvage shipment in Klamath Falls, Oregon" src="http://oregondigital.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=2845&DMSCALE=75.18797&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20scrap%20drive&REC=6&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0" border=0>

Loading automotive junk for salvage shipment in Klamath
Falls, Oregon. Undoubtedly, those vintage cars became part
of battleships, cannon barrels, tanks and M1 carbines!

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Central salvage depot for Klamath County, 6th and Commercial streets

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Truck hoist loads rail car for the trip to the mill!
<INPUT title="Union County, Oregon, collected and prepared for shipment 1006 tons of scrap metal between June 1, 1942 and November 15, 1942" type=image alt="Union County, Oregon, collected and prepared for shipment 1006 tons of scrap metal between June 1, 1942 and November 15, 1942" src="http://oregondigital.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=2849&DMSCALE=75.18797&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20scrap%20drive&REC=16&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0" border=0>

Union County, OR, collected and shipped 1006 tons of scrap metal from June to
November, 1942. That's one county and in only six months! How many tanks
would 100,000 TONS of steel build???
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Works Progress Administration workers loading scrap at a Toledo, OR, depot

<INPUT title="Jake Sonner of the Salvage Committee unloading scrap metal, Salem, Oregon?" type=image alt="Jake Sonner of the Salvage Committee unloading scrap metal, Salem, Oregon?" src="http://oregondigital.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=2861&DMSCALE=75.18797&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20scrap%20drive&REC=4&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0" border=0>

Jake Sonner and other volunteers of the Salem, OR, Salvage
Committee unloading an antiquated piece of farm equipment
for their drive. Looks like the tongue is broken, so I can't tell
if it had been horse- or tractor-drawn, nor exactly what it is
-- a sort of harrow, maybe???

<INPUT title="Lewis & Clark scrap pile in Clatsop County, Oregon" type=image alt="Lewis & Clark scrap pile in Clatsop County, Oregon" src="http://oregondigital.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=2862&DMSCALE=75.09387&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20scrap%20drive&REC=5&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0" border=0>

Junior lends a hand with this load, Clatsop County, OR.

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Scrap metal collection day in Corvallis, OR

<INPUT title="Scrap gathered in the official salvage scrap pile, Klamath Falls, Oregon" type=image alt="Scrap gathered in the official salvage scrap pile, Klamath Falls, Oregon" src="http://oregondigital.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=2848&DMSCALE=75.09387&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20scrap%20drive&REC=10&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0" border=0>

The official Klamath Falls, OR, scrap depot


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<INPUT title="Pine Grove scrap collection" type=image alt="Pine Grove scrap collection" src="http://oregondigital.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=2857&DMSCALE=75.09387&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20scrap%20drive&REC=9&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0" border=0>

Scrap collection day at Pine Grove, OR

<INPUT title="Shipment of silk and nylon hosiery by the Baker County Salvage Committee" type=image alt="Shipment of silk and nylon hosiery by the Baker County Salvage Committee" src="http://oregondigital.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=2854&DMSCALE=75.09387&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20scrap%20drive&REC=15&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0" border=0>

Scrap drives didn't stop at steel, either. Millions of women sacrificed
silk items for making parachutes and other war materials. My mom
remembers wearing regular socks, never nylon or silk hose, all during
the war years. Above, the Baker Co., OR, Salvage Committee displays
collected hosiery before it is shipped off.

<INPUT title="Vic Johnson, County Agent, collecting scrap aluminum for the war effort, Lake County, Oregon" type=image alt="Vic Johnson, County Agent, collecting scrap aluminum for the war effort, Lake County, Oregon" src="http://oregondigital.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=2851&DMSCALE=75.09387&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20scrap%20drive&REC=17&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0" border=0>

Here, Lake Co., OR, County Agent Vic Johnson collecting aluminum for the war effort.

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And, of course, the war effort required rubber! Shown here is part of the
150 tons of rubber tires collected by Union Co., OR, alone in '42. Rationing
meant that guys had to patch inner tubes many times, until tire and tube
wore out completely. Then it was onto the scrap pile for the war. Anybody
remember those old "live-rubber" RED inner tubes???

 

Man are there dudes here old enuf to remember that far back?