Ever wonder what happened to all the cars in Oklahoma ?

reminds me of a trip to N.Arkansas, Buffalo River area..the old farms around there had fences made of their old cars and trucks, driven to death and parked end to end on the property line..accented with vines and goats standing on top of the cars..wish my area allowed that kind of stuff...

 

Seeing those pictures reminds me of some advice a guy that had a junk yard in North Carolina told me,..... first he said the taller the trees are the older the cars are,..... so we head out, suddenly he runs out the back yard and yells at us "Hey you boys from Michigan ?", we said yeah !,..... then he said "Well if a car starts hissing or rattling at you,... It ain't suppose to to !"

 

Ironically, I found out where a couple more of the cars in Oklahoma went a few minutes ago driving around.

 

that is some very sad pics.

 

Those pics are in no way sad if you're from the rust belt. It means they're still out there. What's the labor time diff in weldin in new for rust or banging out the old?

 

That's down right depressing!!

 

looks to be lots of saveable stuff there, amazing how well preserved they are, I guess miles from the ocean and the river never flooded.....

 

someone at least get all those doors, they always seem to be missing

 

I agree with Jared, doors are always missing, not to mention grills, and I saw a few.

DW, this is a good post, I'm bumpin it to bring it back up for others that mighta missed it.

~Jef

 

That is amazing; but depressing. Great pictures.

 

how sad to see these cars end up like this,

 

I need 36 37 and 38 Chevy parts front end .... ashtray ..... sedan delivery body

 

people who think that is sad need to realize that they were junk cars when they put them in the river... they would have been crushed long ago and if they made new cars out of them those cars would most likely be crushed by now as well.

anybody know where anything like that is within driving distance of the San Francisco/Oakland area?? I could spend all day there and take 1000 pictures. looks ike fun

 

that is very depressing. at least who ever put them there arent like some of the old guys around my area who think they are going to fix up the thirty or so cars in there back yard and never sell them and watch them rot into the ground and ....... i am ranting..... sorry i get emotional.....

 

ashes to ashes, rust to dust.

 

where ever she dies, there shall she be buried......or drug to a c**** bank and pushed over the edge.

bet those would make some killer artsy black and white photos

 

I LOVE how posts on here just keep bubbling up to the top!
Now, where in the Panhandle of Oklahoma were ya? If you were up near Shattuck or Arnette there are a handful of spots FULL of tin like this!

 

there are a few of cars along the colorado river with cables
running through them i snagged a few grille shells when i was younger.................that wouldnt happen to be where this is is it?

 

These caches of cars are to be found all across the country. It was part of state and federal erosion control programs going far back into the 40s and up through the 60s.
The cars were stripped of their running gear,interiors etc. and then hauled in and arranged along river banks, creek banks, bayou banks and other areas in the style of the day as noted by the pictures shown, some side by side, some nose to tail, in single, double, and triple rows strung together with cable anchored at each end and usually covered over with gravel and earth.
Friends of ours from OK found and recovered many old Ford and other make bodies from these river and creek banks. Oddly, sometimes the portion of the vehicles under the earth were actually in better shape than the exposed portion, but it was usually the opposite. They did, however, recover some good solid bodies and many many usable quarter panels, cowls, etc. even some real cl***ic car stuff like Pierces, Cords etc.

 

Hey Caddy-o,

Where are these located? It might be a fun way to arrange a day cruise around visits to some of these sites. If you don't want to publicly announce the locale, I understand, but ask if you'd PM me the details.

Thanks!

 

This looks like a place near my in-laws at Hardesty. There's quite a bit of old tin in that area.

 

Wow, all I can say is damn-it!

 

I was there in June on my way to Deals Gap.

 

Wow, why can't I find things like this around where I live?