Hot Rods WWII hanger ...find... found, 32 Ford

I found a hanger I mean, while in my 32 Ford...

While out driving the other day, I stumbled onto an old army base. I decided to pull over and take some pics. While snapping away I was surrounded, by a history freak. I was then invited to enter the non working base for a tour after I volunteered to help fix a building. When I told the historian in charge of the old base, all I do.... he gave me free reign to pick an old building and start using it. Looks like I'm going to start a non profit museum. Early pre and post war hot rods with history. Really, I get to do some good deeds, help a cause, and get to store some more of my stuff. More later as I gotta run.

If anyone wants to help... I got a few ideas up my sleeve! There are so many unused buildings in need of help or sponcership.

 

Good Luck and thats a really rad roadster. Cool place for a museum.

 

thats awesome! Good find, job, and luck! I wish I was closer, Id love to investigate that spot.

 

Very cool. Grand ideas, good luck with it!

 

plain awesome.

 

Now that is rad.

 

lets built A pen house on top of the guard tower!! What kind of base was it, and what was the name? hopeful it has A runway. Jared

 

Cant wait Mel...

 

I would love to find someplace like that for an art studio.

 

NO F-IN WAY! REALLY! Thats just awesome will they let you use the other buildings for "in progress builds"? can u store stuff? insurance? electrical service? I'm just droolin' none of that cheap industrial space is available out where i live. i can see all kinds of up-side potetial on this deal if you can form a group of HAMBERS that have some "financial" CRED. Good lord, I almost would move to N.J.OK,i wouldn't move to N.J. but you know what i mean.

 

Now this is some cool dig's. Is there an underground?

 

Long story short, the base was closed years ago and put on a list to be demolished. A historic society was given a few years to clean it up and get some viable organizations going to house empty buildings or else. The two gents incharge are cool, smart, but lack man power and most know how.
Any building can be cleaned up to house non profit organazations. So far there is a small military museum, some history stations of the bases prior history, a surfing museum, and a radio operators museum, and a guy with some army jeeps and such. Boy scouts, eagle scouts, lifeguards, all also help and have a part in the place. They do have a small car show, but I hope to do a neat little show when I get enough cleaned out and ready to go. Have a few other neat ideas in the vault too... maybe a little movie theater, etc. All old time style stuff.

 

Camp Evans, like the heads! It was the 1st radar station on the east coast, with a sister station in Ca.

 

oh man...lookitcher car...whatta mess

you need fenders

 

Haha...Showdown mud.

 

I only got a quick tour the other day, but I would assume.

 

Nice, why do you have to be so far away ?

 

That 'baby silo' look's to be a fresh air inlet for something.

 

Have a look around for an industrial Hemi powered air raid siren.

 

Whoa Mel! Were the heck is that, sounds like good cleanup project for my Scout den or at the very least a good "Go see it" activity.

 

Interested......let me know.

 

a little out of my daily circle but I would be in for any big "events"

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not sure how far this is from me but i could lend a hand if you want/need. im a heavy equipment mechanic but i sent 5 years in the navy sea bees so i learned to do what ever was needed(block,framing,etc) Jack of all trades and master of none type shit. hit me up if you want.(besides i love history)

 

Thanks guy for the offers... I'll let you guys know when something might go down. USMC myself. This place is sick...

I only filmed a few buildings. There are hoards of old hangers, warehouses, etc. I just got a new camera, so I'll go back and take some film. Just shot this and uploaded for the 1st time. Now I need to get some action shots. Stay tuned.


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Shite... wrong vid. That was near my old hanger at a local airport where I 1st started playing with cars.

Here is more of Evans...

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surfing and hotrods, you just saved me a trip to cali. i would love to help any way i could. Really im broke but could work to clean up, build,...... anything. If you need it im there what a perfect place, slice of heaven.

 

Part of Ft. Monmouth? That was a big Army Signal Corps training location during WWII. That radio museum fits right in. They trained telegraph (Morse code) operators there too.

 

Damn that is cool, wish I was closer.

 

That is cool! Now you need a drag strip for "exhibition" purposes.

 

Building designed by Buckminster Fuller. It's called a Dymaxion Deployment Unit. Was designed to be prefabbed housing but adopted by the military. It may be a historic building in it's own right. If they have to tear that one down I'd drive from NC to pick it up.