Hard to believe that car could have been there long enough for a tree that big to grow out of the trunk. I would guess a tree that size would take 50-80 years to grow that big. (not knowing what kind of tree it is, Using Pennsylvania trees as a guide) That car was less that 10 years old when it landed there.
I would love to have that bus and it's not far from me. Is it on private property or on the river bank?
From the looks of the bark in both photos it appears they are Cottonwood trees,they are the fastest growing trees in North America and a young tree can grow as much as 6 foot each and a mature tree can be 100 ft tall. HRP
Old cars with trees growing through them are cool. Here's a couple from the interweb. Not the biggest, but give em time.
There are close to two dozen buses along about a half mile stretch of the riverbank. Some of them were aluminum skinned, and have had most of the aluminum hacked off of them. Also one old fuel tanker, and a couple more cars. They're all really rusted on the ends that are lowest on the bank. I suppose you could make a "short" bus out of a couple of them. There is one car that is upside down that I may try to pull the rear axle out of, looks to be a 9.3 inch Olds/Pontiac. Just in case its got a limited slip in it.
Would you share the location? I like to do photography and I would love e to go shoot some pics of that stuff. Sent from my SM-N900P using Tapatalk
That bus looks like the one I have in my yard. If it has the Flxible emblem still on the front you should grab it. I understand they are worth some money.
They are pretty well stripped of anything that can be removed. Three or four of the buses look like the one you posted, with the slanted windows and that curved grille on the door behind the rear wheel.
It was common practice to put car bodies etc along river banks to reduce erosion, sometimes cabled together. Has not been allowed for several decades. B
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