i was at my freind apt today in pasadena ca,i was waiting for them to pull the car put of the garage.when i noticed the concrete under me had something writen in it.9/2/1935 ...i was damn ! thats old ..i started looking around.i could tell that the buildings were old.so i just start snooping around and checking things out.when i noticed the fence post was bent mental.i started walking towards it.it was half of a car frame.i went the next post .it was a crossmenber with a rear axle welded to it.that's when i notice the whole fence line(the post)were all made of of frame and the stronger parts of the car.even the close line...pretty cool. good to know.that they knew.... that chevy was good for something hahaha.must of been a ford guy.hahaha just sharing the story... i've seen close lines made out rearend bells and axles..too..crazy.
That's funny.Last week I noticed a fence made out of 1930's Chevy etc. (none Ford)frame rails out near Watkins. And I'm sure most guys drive right past and never notice.
I have seen several model T and A frames used as fenceposts or more often, support for the fence posts. They are usually in the corners or on the end of a fencerow. They gave extra support for the fence as all the other posts were usually wood. When you add tension to the wire it would tend to pull the corner post in. By putting a couple of old car frames on each side of the post it would keep the corner post from eventually leaning over. Also if the cattle or horses kept knocking a particular spot down (In the days before electric fence they would rub on it to scratch themselves) they would put a frame in the fence to give it support.
Since we are talking about frame-fences. The 1932 K-member in my pick up frame came from a fence. The guy I got it from noticed the 1932 frame used as a tire rack in a old wrecking yard. two 32 frames as the ends and stringers between them to hold up old tires. He had the guy cut it out with a torch for $25.00 (I had to pay $175.00)
Throughout America it was common to see Model T, and less often Model A, frames being used as clothes line poles. The 26-27 frames even have a wider frame which allow you to have four or five lines rather than only two or three. Snow fences throughout the mountains of the West were made from car frames during the 30s-40s as part fo the WPA and CCC programs. There are miles and miles of frames strung together with cable through the side rails in two places. I got my 40 frame from such a fence. And the guys I bought it from got plenty more too.
I cleaned this one up a bit... Nothing makes a man look more stupid than talking shit on the internet... back to your thread...
We scoped out a fenceline made out of old frames, a couple were even Model A, most were GM. They are along a railine and have cable strung thru them to stop debris from a nearby stream when it flooded.