Old Ford resting place

[Fredb_]

Took some photos recently while visiting a friend who's been stashing old cars for awhile. I thought I would share a few.

[19Fordy]

Gee whillikers!
Your assignment is to talk your friend into selling his stash before it all turns to rust.

[scicala]

Stashing or trashing ?

Sal

[Fredb_]

The barns are only so big, and that's where the good stuff is kept. He says some of these he pulled out of creek beds, junk yards, etc. Too bad it's so wet here.

[corvette8n]

What's the dump truck, it that considered an F4 or F5.

[sunshine]

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The dump truck is a 39 Ford did not have an F series until 1948. Sunshine

[rotorwrench]

They just had long, medium, and short wheel base trucks. Most larger trucks were 1 1/2 ton. There was an in between large pickup that was between 3/4 & 1 ton but they had a Timken rear axle.

I've seen guys resurect worse examples than that coupe body is.

[RalphM]

Stashing for awhile?
More like 75 years!

[harvest]

Fred, thank u for sharing. What a cool place. Not many moss yards left. I'm happy I'm not his neighbor and so is he! LOL.

[bigdoor]

why not sell them so they can be put on the road and out of the field if not on the road at least for parts this is not right

[KDL]

Those are very cool pictures! Thanks for sharing.

[paul2748]

Just like a lot of other "collectors" - keeps until they rot to nothing or get crushed when they pass.

[cas3]

my goodness, i thought the swamp in minnesota was bad. here the moss doesnt grow so thick. always love seeing these grave yards though, thanks

[Fredb_]

I am in the process of helping him sell some stuff as he is now interested in letting go of certain things. These are like some kind of strange "art" to me even though they are wasting away. I have already sent many of his parts far and wide and hope to salvage more for guys like us who also want to preserve them. Glad some of you enjoyed the pictures, sorry to upset others.

[Ron Pilger]

These photos would be great for a calendar project - Neglected Fords from the past.

[jim galli]

My daughter lived in Coos Bay for a time and then north to Rockaway Beach. It only takes 20 years for a car to completely disappear beneath blackberry vines. I was always disappointed coming from Nevada where everything is open to the naked eye, nothing hidden. That guy should advertise in photo mags as a destination. Pay $80 to come in and take pictures. Which raises another question. Why do we photogs get drawn to dereliction? Everybody wants to photograph mossy things. Pretty color with our digital cams I suppose.

[Karl Wescott]

A local urban legend near here goes as:

A person purchased a property (this is about 10 miles from us) with the back 15 or so acres in 20 foot tall blackberry bushes (yes they really grow that high). They decided to clean it up and found an old shed completely covered. And behind the shed, also completely covered was a 1955-56-57 Chevy convertible with dealer plates and less than 100 miles on the odometer. Of course the car was totally rusted with virtually nothing salvageable, and the plates came back with a police report that the car had been stolen from the dealer when new!

[SuperDave]

Any Hudsons in there? I saw a Nash grille..

[5851a]

Makes you think if they could talk, the stories.

[Fredb_]

Might be a Hudson somewhere and he probably would part with it. I'll keep that in mind next time I'm there gold mining. There is stuff literally hanging everywhere! It's a fun place to hang out, and he's a great guy.