The Ford Barn

Pete · 02-28-2024, 11:33 PM

$1000 museum presentation grade hack saw once used to chop model A bodies.

nkaminar · 02-29-2024, 06:26 AM

I cut several cars into pieces with a Sawzall. The cars were scrap, not Model A's. They went into a dumpster and then to a scrap yard.

katy · 02-29-2024, 09:40 AM

When we were cutting up cars for scrap in the 1950s we used axes. $19-$20 a ton for scrap steel.

Fairlane514 · 02-29-2024, 09:42 AM

I used laser vision......quick and easy

brito36 · 02-29-2024, 11:28 AM

When I was a youngster back in the early 1960's, my neighbor cut up a tudor sedan body behind his house and put it in the trash. He used a hack saw. I wish I had that body today !

California Travieso · 02-29-2024, 03:53 PM

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In the 1970’s, the L.A. Rams drafted a Linebacker named Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds. The story was that he got the nickname in college when they lost a game he got so mad that he cut up a car with a hacksaw.

From Google:

How did Jack Hacksaw Reynolds get his nickname?
He earned his nickname in 1969 by cutting an abandoned 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air (some accounts claim it was a Porsche) in half with a hacksaw after his previously unbeaten Volunteers returned from an embarrassing 38–0 road loss to Ole Miss. "I came back to school and I was very upset," Reynolds said.

David Serrano

02-29-2024, 06:26 AM	#2
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 3,897	Re: Tool review. I cut several cars into pieces with a Sawzall. The cars were scrap, not Model A's. They went into a dumpster and then to a scrap yard. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

02-29-2024, 09:40 AM	#3
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,046	Re: Tool review. When we were cutting up cars for scrap in the 1950s we used axes. $19-$20 a ton for scrap steel. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn! Last edited by katy; 02-29-2024 at 09:41 AM. Reason: Addition

02-29-2024, 09:42 AM	#4
Fairlane514 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Brenham, TX Posts: 105	Re: Tool review. I used laser vision......quick and easy

02-29-2024, 11:28 AM	#5
brito36 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Marengo. Illinois Posts: 262	Re: Tool review. When I was a youngster back in the early 1960's, my neighbor cut up a tudor sedan body behind his house and put it in the trash. He used a hack saw. I wish I had that body today !

02-29-2024, 03:53 PM	#6
California Travieso Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Moreno Valley, CA Posts: 949	Re: Tool review. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) In the 1970’s, the L.A. Rams drafted a Linebacker named Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds. The story was that he got the nickname in college when they lost a game he got so mad that he cut up a car with a hacksaw. From Google: How did Jack Hacksaw Reynolds get his nickname? He earned his nickname in 1969 by cutting an abandoned 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air (some accounts claim it was a Porsche) in half with a hacksaw after his previously unbeaten Volunteers returned from an embarrassing 38–0 road loss to Ole Miss. "I came back to school and I was very upset," Reynolds said. David Serrano