In taking advantage of a welcomed lull in my employment schedule I have been travelling around a bit lately. A couple days after I returned from the Puyallup Wa. swap meet and Monroe sickle swap my girl and I took off to do some snowboarding and visit her sister who is studying at an art college in a small mountain town. 3 days with her sister in a small house turned me into a reclusive book worm but the 9 hour drive through the mountains each way was a great exercise in hunting for tin... First plie of bones we came across was this A frame with a couple sets of axles and a great off brand cowl. The owner was friendly and said he had more A stuff scattered around and wanted to sell it...
We drove around the same small town a few minutes and I spotted an A frame leaning against a building. There was a TON of auto parts laying around the small yard and several sheds that where well enclosed???
After spotting the frame we went around and cruised the alley. The yard had a few old trucks in the backyard and this A body was on the roof of a building...
A few miles up the road I actually knew where there was an A tudor but it was sadly gone, as I searched the left side of the road Michelle spotted this dune buggy body on the right. Not tin but I'd love a dune buggy...
The HIGHLIGHT of the trip for me was when I saw this A rpu parked at a store. Almost didn't turn around as I was turning our 9 hr drive into a 12 hr drive but for obvious reasons I had to stop. When the owner came out of the store he kindly inquired with me "Do you think it will start?" (this is his daily) then he was about to speed off thinking I was just another "what year is it?" tourist type. But before he sped off I was able to make enough of an impression that he took a minute to chat and when he found out I had a few old fords he invited us over to see his collection. This is and was the BEST and BIGGEST collection of quality, OLD tin/project cars (mostly open cars) I have ever laid eyes on.
On the way home as Michelle slept I slowed down and really paid attention. In another small town I eyed this old ford tin stashed behind an import repair shop... Kind of junk but none the less TIN...
An A bed and back of a sedan. To the hamber whom just moved across the country into a new home at the top of a BIG hill this is minutes from your new home. Welcome the neighborhood...
Lastly. Not to far out of the city lives this 32- 5 window. Anyone whom has driven past it knows where it is. For years it has been stored in the compound and I have been kindly inquiring from time to time, the owner always lets me out back to oogle it but won't sell it. Recently he put it atop this shed and now it's visible from the highway and sadly no longer a secret...
Again, more deuces on the roof and the end of my tin hunting adventure. They are out there... Anyone whom says diffrently is not looking hard enough...
Thanks for the pictures. Ijust can't get enough of those 'as found' pictures. That T is sweet...maybe one day...
OH YEAH! So, wide, close to my house huh? Come over next weekend. Movers will have dropped of the stuff by then and we can go have a look around. Oh yeah, how are you with replacing pool liners? hahaha! DUNE BUGGYS! Hell yeah!!! Wanted one since I was a kid!
Yah, dune buggy's are great. Besides old cars I'm into ATV's & spend all summer riding in the Oregon sand dunes & having a blast on my Banshee.
So you met Ken. He is an individual's individual. He has a nice stash of stuff. The roadster pickup is powered by an import 4 and I think 5 speed. His 29 on deuce rails looks like it was just pulled out of a barn after sitting for 60 years. He is a hoot. We went up a goat trail up the side of a mountain one nite in his stock piece of crap T tub. I swear to god a 4X4 would have had trouble making the climb. The T put-putted all the way up and never missed a beat or spun a tire. The T was built because Ken wondered what kind of car you would end up with if you used all your worst parts. I have seen better cars in the sticks and his is a driver. He had collector plates on it too. Ken is a hoot. He still has the 29 coupe he drove to high school with the hemi and jag rear.
I thought I'd show some respect and not say a word about what I got to see in that yard. The only photo I requested to take was one of THE MAN himself with his rpu...
I did not ask to photo any of his cars. Sorry. Appaerently it's been his daily for 15 years. I had a HELL of a time keeping up to him as he led us to the treasure...
Well that's cool that you respected him. I was just curious to see what drive train he was running. I think it's cool he did something different with it. Probably with what he had at hand. I sure like the way it looks. Thanks.
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