The Ford Barn

Rudolph · 06-10-2018, 04:51 PM

This place is a well known legend but some people now would rather scrap it for much less than lots of people were offering, I would say alot of it is junk but there are parts witch could be saved. there were good engines in the sheds. the old guy was a hoarder and collected everything, one shed is full of sticks and another full of wooden pellets, the sheds were full of junk and the good cars left out in the weather, they would have been good about 25 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTS43pdEisc&t=23s

I talked to the brother of the owner and he let me have a few things

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxvHEKS910&t=48s

One guy reckons he is taking all the engines and wouldn't let me have anything,

I made the videos,

Mike in Mass · 06-10-2018, 06:14 PM

Wow ,A long time ago they would have been "good". I haven't seen rot like that since I was up in Nova Scotia ,right on the Bay of Fundy . Yep .What a waste is right

A bones · 06-10-2018, 06:24 PM

My guess is that metal was wasted long before 25-30 years ago....Not that it matters.

I've seen sights in the midwest and Mo. that were similarly disgusting.

34pickup · 06-10-2018, 06:42 PM

I am from the Southeast USA where rust is a moderate problem and I didn't know that cars and trucks would rust that completely unless they were under saltwater. Amazing.

DavidG · 06-10-2018, 06:46 PM

I suspect that the engines are just as bad inside as they are outside. A shame, but one that has been repeated many times around the world. I agree that this has been beyond redemption for a long, long time.

dumb person · 06-10-2018, 06:51 PM

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R.I.P. Most of those cars were in better shape than mine when I got them.

They'd have been fairly rust free 10 years ago but once the leaves start rotting on them into acidic compounds they deteriorate fast.

dumb person · 06-10-2018, 06:53 PM

I want those jail bar fenders, too bad they're flat and on a ship to china now...

19Fordy · 06-10-2018, 07:02 PM

50 years too late.
Rust to dust.

dumb person · 06-10-2018, 07:09 PM

And that gearbox with the crack in it! i want that for the bellhousing (you can cut that part off & re-drill it

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dumb person · 06-10-2018, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 19Fordy

50 years too late.
Rust to dust.

Five years, not 50.

petehoovie · 06-10-2018, 08:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dumb person

Five years, not 50.

Caption under the second video > "About 76 old cars and trucks being scrapped, mostly American, I have been asking about buying stuff for a wile but now its going to another hoarder and most of it to the scrap, one guy was taking all the v8s even tho they had been outside in the rain for 50 years."

Tinker · 06-10-2018, 08:40 PM

I tried for yrs to give good money for okay parts to a guy. Tons of stuff, nothing real special. He always made a point of telling me when they'd junk "in the good old days" they'd stack model A to 30s frames upright around the big truck bed so they could put more parts in the bed. Guess he got off on it, he was a real bore of a guy.

Rudolph · 06-10-2018, 09:47 PM

Where these cars and trucks are the conditions are brutal, high humidity and lots of rain, south pacific tropical zone, the sun will strip the paint off a late model car in a few years, and it can brake down tires to dust.

But serous 25 years ago they were pretty good, people broke the windows witch speeds the decay up pretty fast.

And Dumb person has seen them for him self so has a pretty good idea, he has been there a few days ago.

Kahuna · 06-12-2018, 11:43 AM

Tinker
There used to be a wrecking yard in Norcal in the city of American Canyon.
It had been there since the teens. The owner (son of original) had many pictures of
cars stacked as you mentioned.
It was a fun yard to get stuff from in the 80's. Gone now to make way for houses,
I think

06-10-2018, 04:51 PM	#1
Rudolph Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: North island Newzealand. Posts: 272	What a waste This place is a well known legend but some people now would rather scrap it for much less than lots of people were offering, I would say alot of it is junk but there are parts witch could be saved. there were good engines in the sheds. the old guy was a hoarder and collected everything, one shed is full of sticks and another full of wooden pellets, the sheds were full of junk and the good cars left out in the weather, they would have been good about 25 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTS43pdEisc&t=23s I talked to the brother of the owner and he let me have a few things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaxvHEKS910&t=48s One guy reckons he is taking all the engines and wouldn't let me have anything, I made the videos,

06-10-2018, 06:14 PM	#2
Mike in Mass Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: PLYMOUTH MASS Posts: 860	Re: What a waste Wow ,A long time ago they would have been "good". I haven't seen rot like that since I was up in Nova Scotia ,right on the Bay of Fundy . Yep .What a waste is right Last edited by Mike in Mass; 06-10-2018 at 06:21 PM.

06-10-2018, 06:24 PM	#3
A bones Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: CLAYTON DE Posts: 1,283	Re: What a waste My guess is that metal was wasted long before 25-30 years ago....Not that it matters. I've seen sights in the midwest and Mo. that were similarly disgusting. __________________ Enjoy yer day. Tom Hate can't fix what it started.

06-10-2018, 06:42 PM	#4
34pickup Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Huntsville Al Posts: 1,526	Re: What a waste I am from the Southeast USA where rust is a moderate problem and I didn't know that cars and trucks would rust that completely unless they were under saltwater. Amazing. __________________ Matt 24:36-41

06-10-2018, 06:46 PM	#5
DavidG Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southeastern Michigan Posts: 10,101	Re: What a waste I suspect that the engines are just as bad inside as they are outside. A shame, but one that has been repeated many times around the world. I agree that this has been beyond redemption for a long, long time.

06-10-2018, 06:51 PM	#6
dumb person Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: South pacific island Posts: 1,724	Re: What a waste Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) R.I.P. Most of those cars were in better shape than mine when I got them. They'd have been fairly rust free 10 years ago but once the leaves start rotting on them into acidic compounds they deteriorate fast. __________________ <Link> This is how we roll<Link> "I'm Convinced that no one really reads posts anymore; they just fabricate what they think the post says then ramble on about red herrings."--Bob Outcasts rules of old cars #1 Fun is imperative, mainstream is overrated #2 If they think it is impossible, prove them wrong #3 If the science says it impossible you are not being creative enough. #4 No shame in recreating something you never had #5 If it were not for the law & physics you would be unstoppable

06-10-2018, 06:53 PM	#7
dumb person Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: South pacific island Posts: 1,724	Re: What a waste I want those jail bar fenders, too bad they're flat and on a ship to china now... __________________ <Link> This is how we roll<Link> "I'm Convinced that no one really reads posts anymore; they just fabricate what they think the post says then ramble on about red herrings."--Bob Outcasts rules of old cars #1 Fun is imperative, mainstream is overrated #2 If they think it is impossible, prove them wrong #3 If the science says it impossible you are not being creative enough. #4 No shame in recreating something you never had #5 If it were not for the law & physics you would be unstoppable

06-10-2018, 07:02 PM	#8
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,942	Re: What a waste 50 years too late. Rust to dust.

06-10-2018, 07:09 PM	#9
dumb person Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: South pacific island Posts: 1,724	Re: What a waste And that gearbox with the crack in it! i want that for the bellhousing (you can cut that part off & re-drill it ) __________________ <Link> This is how we roll<Link> "I'm Convinced that no one really reads posts anymore; they just fabricate what they think the post says then ramble on about red herrings."--Bob Outcasts rules of old cars #1 Fun is imperative, mainstream is overrated #2 If they think it is impossible, prove them wrong #3 If the science says it impossible you are not being creative enough. #4 No shame in recreating something you never had #5 If it were not for the law & physics you would be unstoppable

06-10-2018, 08:40 PM	#12
Tinker Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: MN Posts: 7,053	Re: What a waste I tried for yrs to give good money for okay parts to a guy. Tons of stuff, nothing real special. He always made a point of telling me when they'd junk "in the good old days" they'd stack model A to 30s frames upright around the big truck bed so they could put more parts in the bed. Guess he got off on it, he was a real bore of a guy.

06-10-2018, 09:47 PM	#13
Rudolph Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: North island Newzealand. Posts: 272	Re: What a waste Where these cars and trucks are the conditions are brutal, high humidity and lots of rain, south pacific tropical zone, the sun will strip the paint off a late model car in a few years, and it can brake down tires to dust. But serous 25 years ago they were pretty good, people broke the windows witch speeds the decay up pretty fast. And Dumb person has seen them for him self so has a pretty good idea, he has been there a few days ago.

06-12-2018, 11:43 AM	#14
Kahuna Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 2,617	Re: What a waste Tinker There used to be a wrecking yard in Norcal in the city of American Canyon. It had been there since the teens. The owner (son of original) had many pictures of cars stacked as you mentioned. It was a fun yard to get stuff from in the 80's. Gone now to make way for houses, I think