Hot Rods Too Far Gone?

Or is there something to work with here? lol

 

you can't fake that kind of patina.
what's the story? where is it?

 

Is that Truk Lagoon?

 

Looks like another rescue mission for the hippo.

 

Cut and buff.

 

only if you have deep pockets

 

Would make a hell of a before and after

 

I'm thinking of a James Bond-ish, underwater Lotus build with fold-up wheels. Har har. Gary

 

Jim Sibley would have it running in an hour.

 

if you lived where i do it would probably be an option

 

I've heard of dipping the body to make it lighter.... never actually seen the process before this.

 

She sits in about 160 feet of water off of Kokomo Curacao. I was there a few weeks back.

There is a great story to the whole lot of cars there, but she is the only one still in one piece, sort of. At some point in the early 60s, someone decided to fill a barge with cars, anchor the barge, and then chain all the cars to the tug boat, and pull them all off. Now you can dive the cars the barge and the tug. Here are a couple more. One Im pretty sure is a 49 merc dash, the other, not so sure, but someone has to recognize those bumbers! And in the back ground looks like a late 40s olds maybe?

 

Possible trad rod photo op location? Diorama humor / inspiration from model builder "wrongwaywilly" Gary

 

Kind of sheds new light on the "How do I wash a barn find" thread.

 

I just took a look for the 32 Ford Roadster underwater thread from 09, couldn't find it, but found this.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/underwater-chevrolet.701194/

I've seen a few threads on underwater cars, and they are always entertaining.
Looks like you had a nice dive.