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

this was sitting for about 20 years i guess out back of the shop i rent, it's now up for sale, one of a kind interior, does not come with a HAZMAT suit.

 

Needed: Commercial shop vac......for interior removal.

 

There never was a 2 door Dauphine.

 

That explains why I do not ever remember seeing one.

 

Some pictures I took in New Zealand, late 70's.....

 

Actually there were some coachbuild ones by Chapron and others, but they are extremely rare with production numbers under 50.

 

These were actually tucked back in a Nebraska Farm Field, way way off the beaten path....I walked down the hill to take the pictures and walked most the length of it. I quit walking once it turned into more of a dump with fridges and other appliances. Rumor has it that if you kept walking in even further it turned into alot of 30s stuff.

 

God I love this thread!!

 

can you KINDA point us to the area?
i'm going up to that way / area soon
onawa (has a car show thing ) right?

 

Yes Onawa has our annual GRAFFITI NIGHT Show & Shine/Cruise Night coming up on June 15th, I can point you in a direction but its been about a couple years since I been by this place, last time i went by i'd say they had hauled out almost all the cars and were in the process of cleaning all the scrap out so i doubt theres anything left

if you see any other pictures that I post feel free to ask me if something catches your eye, I check on them about every year or two just to see if they are still there, sadly scrap has been so high the last year or two that everybody is cleaning out. I try and do my best to help spread the word as i'd rather see most these cars saved if possible, just sometimes they can't be

 

dem dar treasure maps are pricie...lol

 

seen this car about 8 years ago in a small town in Nebraska, been sitting for along time but never could figure out who owned it, it vanished and what one local told me is that it ended up being cut up for a nostalgic stock car

 

Here is a little scrap yard that use to be located in Smithland, Iowa....about 3-4 years they brought in a big scrapper and crushed everything

 

more from the old yard in Smithland, Iowa......

 

more from the same yard......

 

My Dad had a friend who lived down in south central Nebraska near the Kansas border. There was TONS of old stuff in that area. Most of the farmers just left it in the grove. Dad pulled a 27 T coupe out of a ravine that a farmer had pulled the frame for a hay wagon, and used the motor to run a pump, but the rest of the car was all there it even had all the original glass in it for free! . My Dad also used to haul 53-56 ford pickup stuff home from there by the truckload. I keep bugging him to make another run down there, but he figures it's all been scrapped by now.

 

Rambler on bottom...how they hell does this happen?

 

Somone flipp that car to take front and rearend off, a young tree starts growing tadaa...

 

is that a matador ?

 

No 62, a mid '60's Rambler. My buddy had one just like, same colors and 6 cyl., about 1981. It wound up against a tree, instead of having one growing thru it.

 

Now that would be some cool lawn art!

 

me goina get me some yard art ....SOON

 

First try. Took a pic with my I phone. Will try scanning next.

 

Here's one that sat too long. It's been in the ditch near my house for years. Not sure what it is. Maybe a Model T?

 

Here's one I found at my local salvage yard. It will be going home with me soon. I could not resist it's charm.

 

Looks like it's home to a Garter Snake!

 

Wonder if the '60 Plymouth was a state police pursuit unit? Many 2-door sedans were used strictly for this purpose then.

---John

 

My idea of Art

 

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I didn't see the snake until after I looked at the picture!