At my store we have a white horse trailer from the 1960's that I use solely for taking cardboard to the recycler (yeah I know, go green and all that, just doing my part). Somehow, a few years back my older brother took the old '57 Ford Thunderbird caps from my Dad's Bird and slapped on the trailer. I had completely forgotten until I lost one . Never the less it got me thinking... Post some pictures of "Unusual" places or things that you have found cool vintage auto parts. Not "hey look at this part on my car", more like "why is there a cadillac fender holding up that wall?" Here's my styling trailer... I think its a weird place to have these hubcaps.
Lots of farmers around here nailed old hubcaps ontop of their fence post to keep the rain - snow from deteriating them prematurely . Also see old car or truck ch***is used as cheap farm trailers , often still wearing wide whitewalls !
How about a tudor humpback used as a fence snow fence? Now before any of you ask, I have not been able to get him to call me back in years. If it doesn't have to do with cattle prices, he doesn't have time to talk.
Two that come to mind are in northern AZ. At a rest stop/swimming hole I took a stroll down a path to the river and halfway down found a buried T or A ch***is, complete with engine intact and now exposed, used as a foundation for a stone gate? pillar. Another is what's used for "rollers" on the dome at the Lowell Observatory. They look to be '49-'50 Ford wheels. It's been a while since I was there but I remember seeing them in various colors, most with hub caps and a white wall or two. Here's one image found on the web.
Just a few home made trailers I bought from auctions. I've only p***ed on a few, Once a Model T ch***is used for a flare wagon. it went for stupid money 1000 plus must have been some special wagon. Cattle ramp with truck axles, or 75-90 bucks is still to high for me. Here are the ones I've drug home: 1) Flare side wagon with Mdl A gear and 35 wire wheels. 2-3) Trailer with Mdl A axle and 36 Buick Artillerys 4-6) Flair wagon with late 30's ford Gear and Wide 5 wheels 7-9) Home made lawn mower with 40 round back spindles and hubs, Narrowed banjo rear. Jeff
Verb Kint, I bet between you and I, we could fill this thread with rip rap pictures used to hold up river banks. that's were all the cars went, in case anyone was wondering. landseaandair, That Observatory roller is great. I bet not very many people realize that. I always look at old trailers I find... waiting for the day what I find a Columbia of something cool.
In the southern hills there are dozens of half buried frames with heavy cable strung between them to catch driftwood and keep it from wiping out the railroad grade.
just down the road from me here theres probably over a hundred cars from the 40s 50s and 60s piled up at the side of a creek keeping the road from washing out
I dont know if I want to let that genie out of the bottle.... haha just kidding ^^^ recently cleaned up.
Where I work there is an old spinning lathe still in regular use that has a 3 speed gearbox from a ford truck (so they tell me) adapted into the belt drive. Only lathe I've seen with a floor shifter!
I always remember the early Ford wire wheels with tires that were mounted horizontally as revolving bumpers on the ends of the divider in the bumper car ride on the boardwalk in Wildwood NJ.. With practice you could just kiss the tire and bring the rear of the car around without turning the wheel which slowed down the bumper car. This was in the 50s and I had no idea what they were until later in life.
This Packard wheel is one of four on an old farm trailer I found in the bush. It has the front spring with axle as well as the rear Packard differential. Free for the taking if I want it.
bought both these moters from a friends uncle. 59ab and an 8ba Was under the staircase in his heated ba*****t buried under a bunch of boxes. Turns over fine.
I sure as hell hope that someone took the grill out of that '53 Chevy,,,I need that grill for my hardtop
haha dont we all. they did get saved. they were pretty ****ty. the rest of the car is gone now. cleaned up by the state.
Our NM Route 66 ***ociation was having a Neon sign restoration program a couple years back and commissioned the restoration of a "rotospear". A big Neon star the sat on a pole that had neon spears that rotated in different directions to attract attention. Use to several around here but only one left. When they took it apart for restoration the whole thing was built around an early Ford banjo rear axle. Thought that was pretty cool. I think you'll find a lot of car parts used for other things around old farms, those old farmers were preety darn good at adapting what they had to what the needed! Love the hardtop saw!
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