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Buried treasure in Hollywood

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Bumpstick, Nov 23, 2010.

  1. Bumpstick
    Joined: Sep 10, 2002
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    In the the Shadow of the Hollywood sign. One day I noticed a crew clearing debris from a hillside. So I come by and parked to get a better view and lo and behold what do I see, but this!

    1940 Ford coupe. Musta' went over the side back in the day.

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    Also a couple of safes! This one had a hole cut in it to get to the loot.

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    The canyons are full of these things. We salvaged what we could. -stick
     
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  2. big creep
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    hahaha thats rad!
     
  3. junk yard kid
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  4. Chris Casny
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    Let's dig it out.
     
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  5. hombres ruin
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    damn thats awesome,i wonder what the history behind this was? Did they take the car away? or is it still there? need more info on this!
     
  6. RatBone
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    Thats crazy!! Someone fix that 40! The safe is classic!
     
  7. LANCE-SPEED
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    Just goes to show, they're still out there. But wouldnt expect it in LA?
     
  8. skyrodder
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    get it all out!
     
  9. Flat-Foot
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    Awesome, I would love to know the story that goes with that safe.
     
  10. Gigantor
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    That has all the makings for a fantastic Crime Caper Pulp Novel. Cool!
     
  11. fiat128
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    Looks like you are digging it up there, hope it's usable:)
     
  12. alwayzarat
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    Having that safe would be awesome!!!
     
  13. Sledge
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    Looks like they drilled a bunch of holes to cut the safe open, like so many hot rod tail lights were done back on the day. hahaha, too cool!
     
  14. Maybe it was an old movie crash scene car and they just figured it was disposable.
     
  15. temper_mental
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    Man that might be worth getting out. I would call the city see if you could clear some old scrap metal for them.
     
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  16. Moondog13
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    Awesome, get that sucker out of there! There's been worse brought back to life around here. :D
     
  17. Mr.Musico
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    i like that, very cool
     
  18. stude_trucks
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    The car surprisingly still has a fair amount of paint on it.
     
  19. Deu55
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    Cool story...Rod.
     
  20. cool, i'm thinking sam spade type movie.
     
  21. Bumpstick
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    Might go back and get the cowl. I pulled one of the plugs and and it was rusty so the motor's probably toast. Getting it up the hill would take a winch and a lot of cable.
     
  22. autobodyed
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    cool. might have a pretty neat story behind it. maybe gangster related. "you dirty rat, you killed my brother, see"
     
  23. skiviskaves
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    it might be cool to preserve it where it is. i wonder if someone may have died in it :eek:. Is this gov't owned property? Is it accessible...how far would someone have to winch it out?
     
  24. jokerjason
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    Bad ass man!!!! Up here where I live there's a creek that is lined with cars, usually every summer when the water is gone we go through it, still some cool crap laying in there.JOKER JASON.
     
  25. fiveohnick2932
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    Thats rad! Still looks like it has the passenger front fender? Bitchin find!
     
  26. Boones
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    cut the firewall out of it to fix a butchered up on, the rear window surround might be saveable. and the dash ???
     
  27. Kustomline54
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    man dont just get the cowl, get the whole car outta there! thats worth it to me! hope you can take it out of there and not let it dissolve into the earth, its been waiting for a longtime.
     
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  28. Just needs a bit of buffing compound and a fresh coat of wax.
     
  29. flatheadhero
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    "Ran before parked"
     

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