Let's see some car that have(0r still are) being used as erosion control, in rivers,or have otherwise become part of the landscape.
The banks of the Animas River north of town had lots of erosion control cars until various federal, state and local authorities made it illegal and made property owners remove existing cars. We lost an acre of land a number of years ago to high water and crossed swords with the Army Corps of Engineers trying to manage erosion. Having seen the cars used for erosion control up close, probably the only usable items would be tail light lens!
Sorry no pics, but when I was very young and in South Dakota, on my uncles farm we would climb over a number of cars to get across the creek that run through his property. They were big and fat, so like maybe 50's Dodges. I know all the old trucks were never placed for erosion control, they would die a sad death in the yard.
Worked in the Oklahoma panhandle in the late 60's and knew several guys who ran the creek beds and salvaged a lot of Model A and T parts. Carried a cutting torch on a cutdown early 50's Chevy, cut off at the cowl and shortened frame.
I remember that - I grew up near those cars on the animas and used to play in them as a kid. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Called rip-rap in Idaho & Montana. Common until Lady Bird Johnson thought she'd clean up the country. If you get far enough away from heavy population up here, some still exists, but you usually have to know somebody to get to it.
Seems like Lady Bird didn't like neon signs, either. http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/lady-birds-other-legacy-neon-killer/Content?oid=1384023
I guess that clear water is not the Charles River in Boston. Sent from my SM-T377V using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
They're still all over up here in MT. A guy I know literally dragged a deuce ford out of a river where it had been used as rip-rap. This pic is on the Bighorn river, great flyfishing:
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