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

A friend just found this in the woods. I’m trying to get the location out of him....



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^^That is sweet^^^
I'd love to see a build thread if and when it gets saved.

 

Not rotting but sinking into the ground in Israel.

 

Lewk,...hope you can save that 38 Chevy coupe, they're gettin hard to find,..I believe it's a 38 as it has defroster vents in the windshield garnish, 37's didn't..good luck.
...I've always wondered how many cars on this thread have been saved...anybody saved any of these?

 

From the Hemmings Blog - story at the attached link.

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Looks like the little early 1970s FIAT X1/9 but then on steroids.

 

The rare and elusive 1966 Ford Thunder-vet prototype.

 

if I am thinking of the right one, it was nicely done. I haven't seen it in years and then it popped up in a custom van thread on you tube but I cannot find it now. I thought that Carl Casper's Vanturian was in the same video but I still couldn't come up with it using that in my search for it. Shame to see it in that condition now. Amazing how many nicely built show vehicles end up being found in similar conditions like this one.

 

At the end of the attached story it mentions that "Richmond's Code Enforcement Manager says the city will be looking into the problem on Friday".....Or in other words, it is going to be hauled off and scrapped.

On the other hand, the story has a recent date, so perhaps it could still be saved if someone moves quick enough.

 

Looks like a 56 Chevy front splash pan, laying on the ground, in front of the coupe.

 

Looks pretty far gone to me especially the left side firewall & cowl. But I've seen far worse saved.

 

Can't tell if it's a Chevy or Pontiac.

 

2 door sedan, can't tell the year

 

Cor-vertible. Toasted but engine was still in it.

 

'54

 

More likely it will be eventually offered in a probate sale along with any other items on the property. Good luck to the buyer, though - judging by the vegetation, that garage hasn't had a roof in a long time.

 

'64 from the front trim piece.

 

From what I can see of the dashboard, it's a '51 or '52 Chevy.

 

I got back over to that yard - Yup, '51-'52 Chevy.

 

This just a slam against Robert McNamera who was one of the whiz kids at Ford. He thought the 2 passenger 55-57 Tbird needed improvement so he made it a bigger car. He was also the guy that later became Secretary of Defense under Kennedy and Johnson and whom our readers that served our country in the 60's would remember.

 

I remember him well. Oddly enough, that asshole is buried in Arlington National Cemetery with thousands of heroes. But he is dead and that is a good thing.

 

""This just a slam against Robert McNamera who was one of the whiz kids at Ford. He thought the 2 passenger 55-57 Tbird needed improvement so he made it a bigger car.""

And in '58 it sold like three times better...

 

To me the square Birds were ugly compared to the 55-57 T-birds. I would not have bought a 58 T-bird if I was able to buy one then. If I was a buyer back then, I would looked high and low for a 57 instead.

 

Hey, lets show the entire club, LBJ, Westmorland, and of course McNamera, what is your "body count" over

 

Gonna get banned......no politics.

 

Sitting and rotting ''Picture thread" not Facebook. JW

 

Yep, this is a great thread that has been going for years. Do NOT screw it up for all of us.

 

Just outside of Andalusia Alabama.

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I found another one that needs saved.

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At the entrance to a local campsite.