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

International r-110, been sitting around for years

 

...man, that's a peice of heaven rite there!

 

Damn horders.....Letting good cars sit and rot, if they are not going to build them why don't they sell them!!!

 

Where abouts in Saskatchewan is this?

 

my f100 when I found it

 

Blaine Lake Sk.

 

Don't you mean Ford, GM and Fargo?

 

... and Mercury? I'd sure like to just wander thru that yard!

 

Bandera, Texas. Right downtown. He won't talk to me about selling so good luck to you.

 

I noticed that. Is Fargo a truck bed manufacturer or something??

 

Fargo's were a sister to Dodge, like Mercury is to Ford and GMC is to Chev.

 

Thanks, never knew that. Very interesting, just looked it up.

 

Bandera Texas?? I thought the Holy Grail was in the Middle East!

 

Not quite. Fargo's were the export Dodge truck.

 

LOVE the new cowl tank he put in !!!

 

I think that's stock for Willys.

 

OOPS- my bad! I thought that was a T... guess my 20/20+ isn't so "plus" any more.

Thanks, Chris !

 

partially right, Fargo was Dodge's import name, mostly for the Far East, Canada and Europe.

 

Can we buy some of these cars?

 

Though in Canada the Fargo is more of a sister as it was built here and not imported and we also had the Dodge along side it.

 

what kind of coupe is in the left bottom corner? maybe a 3 window??

 

Yes it's a '32 Ford 3 window. Go back one page and there's a pic of it.

 

Have you let cash do the talking? I'm sure he's hounded about selling that 3 window constantly if it's in plain sight in the middle of town.

 

Yes, I meant to say that the Fargo was similar to the Dodge, but built elsewhere than in the USA.

 

Better go ask about it, it never hurts.

 

Bunch of stuff sitting and rotting

http://www.carsinbarns.com/

 

Sad picture's !!!

 

oh yes now I want this too! lol

 

Very true.
That comment reminded me of a good one here in town.
I've always liked 1955-57 Chevy wagons. Since before they were "cool".

About 15 years ago I saw a '56 Chevy 210 wagon an older guy had here in town.
I could just barely see it from the street and asked about it.
Typical nosy car nut I guess.

He was nice enough to show me the car & said it was always for sale - he would want $3500. for it though (& back then you pretty much couldn't give them away and my NICE original driver '55 210 4-door wagon had cost me $1500., and was a nice unrestored car!).

It had been sitting there along time. Silly, but he was a fun guy to talk to, though.
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In 2010, I was nearby again. I figured he came to his senses and sold them along time ago (he had lots of cars), but I found the house again and inquired.
The first time, there was also a red *1960 Nomad that was amazing...just parked years earlier.
Since his $ were off the wall, I was hoping it was still there, too.

Someone had paid his price for the '60 Nomad, but everything else was still there. Weird.

The '56?...Still would sell it, still a really nice guy.
But, "You know those go up in value" he said.
He figured it to be worth $10,000 now. Grrrr.

I asked about a rough 1957 Chevy truck he had, and he fumbled for the "Old Car Price Guide" and flipped to the right page, (oh brother).

He qouted a price about 2 up from lowest. (Those $ are not based on cars sitting for 30 years)..."$5500.", he said.
"Gonna sell some of these now that I'm retired".

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Sometimes those cars are sitting there for good reason - the owners just don't get it, or the think if they let stuff degrade for 30 years, they can retire like Trump because they will all be worth so much $$$$$.


But yes - sometimes they are STILL there.