Buried treasure in Hollywood

[gsp392]

I need those heads!

[gsp392]

I know a moutain in Colorado with ruins of cars crashed long ago all through the years. I actually went off one of them, but my car was pulled out and since.

[LANCE-SPEED]

This is a pretty cool story! Does anyone remeber a movie where a 40 Ford went off a cliff? You should sell guided tours of the crash site, I'd buy one, I would love to trip around down there! And the safe, I agree, there may been a seperate compartment in it?

[patrick66]

I agree with the possibility of the '40 being a movie car; likely a camera platform of some sort, judging from the diamond-tread trunk floor, brackets and lack of a deck lid. Bet that one has been down there 50 years or more. Back then, it would've been a used-up used car.

[wingnutz]

Went through this thread with my Imagination running wild!

Reminds me of the low mileage 1940 Cadillac found on the 12th floor of a building in Chicago with empty Money bags in the rear of car!

[Rat Rod Roach]

That's a cool find.... I was born and raised in the Bellflower / Lakewood area I drove a truck for few years all over that area. I know there are cars over the side of Mulholland dr. from the 70's. Another find is over on Mt. Palomar, in like 57 or 58 a B47 crashed near the observatory. My dad was in the Airforce out at March field in Riverside at the time and had to testify at a court hearing about it. Parts are still all over the place up there... look that one up..

Ghost.....where's Roger when you need a novel... lol

Roach

[mctim64]

This is a fun thread, even the fiction is good.

Elijah Wood drove a black '40 Ford in Stanley Kubrick's "The Killing", 1956 based in LA they robbed a race track in that one but didn't drive over a cliff.

[HotRodMetal]

Great story.

[Chevy54]

Amazing to think in a place where its so busy and not much room left for exploring that a classic car like this is found below the HOLLYWOOD sign in LA...great thread! Some should save it if possible!

[390cad]

Cool as thread and story , the Safe is cool as and the 40' coupe is too cool , thanks for going to the trouble of posting , love how it has got everyones imagination running wild , probably some truth in there but will we ever know ?????

cad.

[Weeks46]

Wonder what the drivetrain looks like under all the dirt?-Weeks

[skoh73]

Thanks for the story and pics. This was a great read!

[Toner283]

Originally Posted by wingnutz

Went through this thread with my Imagination running wild!

Reminds me of the low mileage 1940 Cadillac found on the 12th floor of a building in Chicago with empty Money bags in the rear of car!

Is this true?

More info please, this sounds interesting too.

[The37Kid]

I'm sure the safe was drilled under a cloak of darkness with a cordless drill like this one

[farmer12]

Great story!

[Shaggy]

Supprised you guys aint grabbin the whole car, 40 coupes are made'a gold. if it was closer i sure as hell would, looks saveable in my book

[toml24]

I believe the Offical Police Tow outfits for that area have a clause in their contracts they must perform junk car removal from bottoms of canyons every now and then (saw this on the news). It is remarkable this car is still there. Most likely it's frozen into the ground and the labor to get it out would be very tough.

[badnews 31]

i will even fly over from australia to help dig that thing out.thanks for posting

[OL 55]

See if you can get a VIN # off that frame and run it! Find the owner and get the story! Inquiring minds want to know!!

[ratty_aussie]

Originally Posted by badnews 31

i will even fly over from australia to help dig that thing out.thanks for posting

Im in!

Thanks heaps for posting this buddy, it would be cool if you could get the VIN number off it and track down the owner.