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

Believe it or not, this is the very sad remains of a '34 Ford 3 window. I don't think it's there any more, but should go check since I've seen people on here piece together a body from scrap parts.

 

I wouldn't mind having a pair of those Packard quarters to graft onto my '53. Lots of good parts still in those pics.

 

I was thinking the same thing.....

 

Here are a couple from a field I recently got my F100's out of....The Vega and Rambler American can be bought but he wants to keep the old buses. The Rambler is really nice..new floors, runs great...just an abandoned project.

 

It's in such a sad state yet someone still covered the carb.

I'm glad he wants to keep the buses, because if it was a deal I'd have to figure out how to get that Dodge bus home! LOL

 

That 356 Porsche makes me sad.

 

Exactly what I was thinking. Also, why'd they put the Dodge Power Wagons inside and left outside the Mustang fastback, the 356, the '41 Tudor, the Charger, the....

 

Those are CCKW 2.5 ton trucks (WW2 vintage).

 

yeah them packards tail lights and quarter caught my eye, only because i didnt want them to go to waste but if somebody needs them let em have it. also possibly the steering wheel out of that 56 lincoln possibly i would be interested

 

Good luck with that, there is nothing left of that thing.

 

Could have got this for $300, didn't have a way of getting it at the time, '34 Ford tudor. Had a nice frame and dash......

 

Here is my contribution. Just a few pictures of an '39/40(?) International truck and a '48 Bentley MKVI. I apologize if the photos are too large! Let me know and I will re-size them.

 

so sad!

 

so is this gone now? looks like lots of great parts.

 

So much history, each with its own story to tell.............. Do you think Greenpeace may help out and save some of them?

 

33 chev coupe looks to still be in good condition. talked to the owners because i pass by every time i go to my girlfriends house and they said its their yard art and theyll never sell it.

 

Found these down in Ky a few months back.

 

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Get 4 guys and liberate it... I never said that.

 

looks like its time for you to get a trailer and make loads of money

 

Aw man...that camper is too cool. What is that...a Cadillac?

It's probably just gone with rust, but dang, if that was mine, I'd try to save it. It'd be perfect for swap meets and the like.

 

Sad,I know, Those cars are near me and most have been there all my life,the guy may sell one or two along but you will pay top dollar and then some if you can buy one at all,the guy has a late model car lot next to these and a huge salvage yard with mostly later model stuff a few miles away.

 

a few more

 

Heres a few pics a guy on here took of his place back in the early 80s.
The first one I remember seeing leave was the red 57 nomad towards the end of the row,not long after these pics would have been taken.

 

So was there a Popular Mechanics article on how to turn an old Caddilac into a motorhome at sometime in the past? I've seen several of these now! Wierd.

 

some of my projects

 

It was a fairly common practice to convert hearses and Ambulances into trucks or motorhomes, the same companies that built the hearses and ambulances also made camper variants as well, but they are few and far between.

 

Completely false. Sorry for the correction but couldn't let such misinformation slide.

Starting in the '60s when fresh from service hearses and ambulances were retired, a handful of small conversion companies popped up to capitalize turning them into campers. Being second hand, generally well maintained, cheap, unwanted (comparatively), with heavy duty commercial chassis and extended wheelbase all factored in to having a second lease on life. Conversions were mainly carried out with an entire new shell from the B pillar back. Sometimes the original coach built rear lower body was used where a shorter shell sat higher, with a cut out for side door.

Caddy Campers was one such company. The below camper started out as a Superior (and the one pictured by tennesseecouchpotato started out as a Meteor).



The original coach builders had nothing to do with campers. In fact, there is not a single documented case between Superior, Miller Meteor, Eureka, or S&S constructing a camper. Yet all of these (and Barnette as well) have been photo documented as such post-conversion. There was no discrimination between which coach builders or makes were converted. Just because a Eureka badge may be seen on a front fender for example doesn't mean Eureka had any involvement in later conversion. Capice?

By the early '70s these conversions had diminished. Such a niche market was far from common practice and any guess on remaining numbers is speculative. I've seen upwards of 30 alone existing in one form or another in the last 20 years.