We get to see quite a few Barn Finds, Field Finds, and last week a Swamp Find, what has been discovered within a major city? There must be a few cars that were stashed in the basement, or stuck on the 3rd of 4th floor of some factory building with a broken elevator.
One of Leno's Duesys came from poor storage right "in" NYC. 1985 or so I messed up bigtime. I could have had a 31 Auburn cabriolet that the original owner "lived with" in a old run down warehouse in Pa. No kidding, the guy lived in there, and kept the non-running Auburn all those years. A resto shop got it from the estate and wanted to sell it because they needed cash for something more impressive.
Posted it elsewhere in here before, but, I found this 33 Olds had been Pushed to the curb on a city street in Chicago by a guy who gave up when his new ride got hit in the street. Got a bill'o'sale from him, too.
There was a vacant lot across the street from my folks place for years with a big shed on it, one there was a guy there burning off some rubbish and I went over inside was a channelled 34 coupe, a channelled 32 sport coupe, and a couple of early trucks and more funiture and crap than you could poke a stick at. Turns out it was the shed from the original farmhouse before it was all developed around, he said the yard used to be full of old cars. On a visit to his farm we counted over 50 cars from T's up to the late 50's.
I have heard about some cars behind some buildings in East Cleveland. Anybody have a bullet proof vest?
I work for the city of L.A. , alone, in some of the most fucked up neighborhoods- South Cental, Watts, Jordan Downs, ect. I'm amazed at some of the stuff I find. I'm also horrified at some of the things I see, but that's another story. Cool stuff is still out there, even in the heart (armpit?) of los Angeles.
Right here in Houston on the east side near the bayou off the north side of Lawndale is a neighborhood in which a late 50s DeSoto was sitting with a "For Sale" sign in the window. I worked nearby and drove by and saw the car several times but had no interest in the finned wonder. GUESS WHAT? Inside the garage at the end of the driveway sat a 1934 Ford 5W Coupe "high school hotrod". Anybody who stopped to look at the DeSoto and talked cars got the tour to see the 34. I guess the guy who bought it was the first guy who took the tour, it wasn't me! The car was chopped and channelled with a 50s Rocket Olds engine, fenderless. The car has been "restored" by the buyer pretty much style wise as it was but nicer. And yes, it was cheap. Don't ever pass up looking at any old car for sale becasue the one that "isn't for sale" out back just might be, really.
I agree with Lazy There is more stuff in LA's garafes and back yard than the rest of the country put together I had a friend that was a county tree trimmer. Always up in the bucket looking down. He found wonderful stuff.
This came out of a warehouse in downtown st louis....there is still a 1965 mustang convert sitting in there
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