I work in a tiny little town that triples its population Monday through Friday via the employees in the industrial park, but becomes a sleepy rural community again on the weekends. On my commute (40 miles each way) I spy what looks to be from the road an old Ford COE back int he weeds. It's in a gr***y field back behind a Dollar General store, along with a couple cars. Today I swung back in to get a closer look. I'm guessing around a 1948? you tell me. It's doesn't look like a true COE, but not exactly like a typical truck of the era. My guess is it's an old F5? Whatever it is, it's been there a while. There's some VERY faded shoe polish on the window that says $1500. But I can't find ANY info as to who owns it. The cars next to it provided no clue (though there was an 87-ish Thunderbird with a chopped top, so someone has a sense of humor at least). There's an apartment complex behind, but that offers no clue as to the owners as it could be ANYBODY at that point. It's not near enough any building to even provide a hint of a clue. And it's far enough behind DG that I doubt they know anything about them either. Check this out...they've been there long enough to even show up on satellite. Here's the pics I took... I know not very many, but it didn't look like something I wanted to get into anyway. Just wondered what I came across here...
Go in the Dollar store and find out who they lease the land from. Dollar General doesn't buy land,they just lease and build a building,so you might get lucky and find the owner.
if I had the time or interest to do so, I would chase it down a little more. Too many other projects as it is! We've got this 47 Ford Coupe that we just brought home for under a grand to get started on first... If anyone wants to check it out, or get more info... it's behind the Dollar General in Litchfield, MI. But if you do, let me know... I'll come help pull it out of the weeds if you need a hand!
So you're saying you won't inquire any further about it because you don't have time, but if someone does track it down and buy it you would take the time to help drag it out of there? OooooK
I was just thinking it would be nice to know if it is for sale and how much. Since you are there, it may be easier for you to find out the info than for someone distant . I may have read that wrong. I already have a COE, so it isn't something I would pursue either. Thanks for posting it up though.
Thats a 52 I can tell by the hood trim thats missing. you could stop in at the county recorders or ***esors office and find out who owns the property then see if a phone number could be found, at least a mailing addresse for tax notices etc to give you a starting point to track the owner down. ive done this a few times, works great. let us know what you can find out. someone will snap that up. later Josh
I might just check the convertible with the torn up roof or the chop top thunderbird next to it and see if there's anything in the glove boxes or in the car interior for a clue. worst case, a VIN number from one of those two may be a lead as well. If someone here's interested, I'll do a a little detective work on this end.
I kind of want to see what this chopped T-bird looks like.... as for the truck, it's worth chasing down even if it's not your bag, they're fairly popular and you might be able to scoop it up and flip it and make yourself a few hundred bucks to play with.
it was open a few inches. I opened it a little further to look inside, yes. As far as flipping it, before I try to track down the seller and get a price, what would a cab and ch***is like this even be worth? there's no engine or trans. If I recall correctly, it's dual wheel rear axle.
As for owner, check the county ***essor website, they usually have maps of property on there and you can get a name of the owner of the property...
So THAT'S what LCF stands for! I guess they started out as a truck with a short hood for engine access. Now they are practically a COE, many with tilt cabs.
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