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

These are all at Parts R Us in Orland, CA

 

2 of my friends helped this guy take this sedan delivery 32-34 Ford apart when we were in high school as a side job. We were in auto body at the time. Oh did I mention we graduated in 1979 .yeah he died now his son in in charge of the sitting and rotting department. Fekkin Egits

 

Now why in tarnation would somebody not be saving ( rescue that is) a perfectly solid panel delivery. Also, which one of youse hoodlums left that dadgum sledgehammer sitting there? Yeah I’m talking to all youse guys.

 

35-36, not 32-34. JW

 

All on Kauai island, Hawaii.

 

The guy busting up the cement blocks probably broke the back door window with a flying chunk of cement dropped it and ran

 

Sorry, yes the firewall I should have noticed ,Thanx

 

Just picked this up from where it was sitting and rotting for the past 20 years.

 

It’ll buff out. Hehe.

 

My niece's '53 in port townsend Washington

 

This is always interesting to look at but sometimes painful.

 

I didn't think an old Chevy would hold a boat that big on it's roof!

 

Of course it can!! It's a Chevrolet!!

Larry

 

What's up with the Imperial next to the panel ?

 

With a little luck and some chewing gum no problem! She wrenches on it herself she does work on boats after all and the Chevy is a little boaty!

 

Here's the work on that old Plymouth....he's changed out the door already also.....

 

Some people are just idiots having good cars like this as yard art.

 

Willy's wonderland! SMH that's sad

 

everyone is entitled to their own opinion…

 

caseyajones has managed to get a photo of every Willys ever made...

 

To most of the population these are just rusty scrap metal. Even most car guys would never imagine they could be made into a desirable hot rod. Easier to buy a Mustang that someone already fixed.
We are a different breed.

 

Here's another one for him.

 

And another one..

 

Early slant six​

 

Damn! I can’t believe that is sitting that close to the road! I’m surprised that nobody has stolen it. Sadly most would steal it and haul it away for scrap.

 

Makes you wonder whats in the shed or out of sight down in the gully

 

IIRC, the first blue Willys was the "Mystery Willys" from Bristol, Connecticut. I think it ended up in Maine.