Register now to get rid of these ads!

What were they thinking?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by sinister13, Feb 20, 2006.

  1. sinister13
    Joined: Dec 17, 2005
    Posts: 146

    sinister13
    Member


    Sad, but so true... especially in these parts. Had seen this a while back and didn't have a camera with me. While working in the area we passed this again and this time with a camera... there were about half as many around the corner and of the same vintage, mostly chevy it looks like. Makes you wonder if ANYTHING at all is still salvageable on any of these, and still the question arises, "what were they thinking?"
     

    Attached Files:

  2. Bruce Lancaster
    Joined: Oct 9, 2001
    Posts: 21,681

    Bruce Lancaster
    Member Emeritus

    And that layer of '55 Chevies is probably on top of a layer of Deuce roadsters and coupes...on top of Model T's.
     
  3. chrisntx
    Joined: Jan 20, 2006
    Posts: 1,799

    chrisntx
    Member
    from Texas .

    You Got it! They are off brand. (chevys) :)
     
  4. Southfork
    Joined: Dec 15, 2001
    Posts: 1,465

    Southfork
    Member

    Such has it always been. When I was a pre-teen I saw them put in hundreds of '30s coupes and sedans as stream rip rap. Now that they are worth something, I go back to those places along the Missouri and the Snake Rivers and see if i can salvage window some moldings etc., but the bodies are now long beyond saving, except for a rare one here and there that didn't quite get below the water line. I've winched a couple of bodies out ('37 Chevy Coupe & '39 Ford coupe). It's till fun to go see what was done to the ole cars.
     

  5. attitudor
    Joined: Sep 28, 2004
    Posts: 3,098

    attitudor
    Member
    from Finland

    Out of sight, out of mind. An easy way to get rid of junk...


    Could you share photos? That would be nice to see!
     
  6. They were thinking "Wow! What a great parking space for me and my sweetheart. Such a great view of the river and nobody else knows about it. I'll just set the parking break and whoa shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii..."
     
  7. I'll tell you what they were thinking, but first, I need to set the scene:
    The year is 2006, and the riverbank needs shoring up. Junkie has a BUNCH of 1990-1995 Toyo Camrys, just sittin' gathering dust. A couple bumps in the bodywork, but they weren't worth fixin'.
    SO, drag 'em out and set 'em up, riverbank is now shored up.

    How bad do you feel about THAT scenario??

    Same as they felt in 1965.

    Face it, at one point they were just old cars.

    Cosmo
     
  8. rodknocker
    Joined: Jan 31, 2006
    Posts: 2,265

    rodknocker

    I remember growing up here in rochester,ny,in my old neighborhood, my friend had an old model T roof popping out of the ground.Kodak was becoming such a huge employer,they were filling in gullies and ravines to make new housing for the workers. they used old cars and whatever else they could find.
     
  9. Alas, to many they still are. I feel the same way (what were they thinking?) when I see footage of old demolition derbies. Almost makes me wanna cry my hindsighted eyes out...
     
  10. ray
    Joined: Jun 25, 2001
    Posts: 3,791

    ray
    Member
    from colorado

    man, i need to do some research...there's a place i remember from my youth, i couldn't have been over 10 or so, but years ago when i lived in Alaska, i remember going with my dad to a place where MANY hundreds of cars were used for erosion control....probably thousands, but hard to say going off a childs memory of things, but as i recall, the cars were stacked on another to probably 8 high or so, for a mile or more. we were there in the 80's, and there were a number of other people there for the same reason we were...to nab parts! too bad AK is so far away, i'd love to go back and find it.
     
  11. dirthawker1313
    Joined: Apr 18, 2005
    Posts: 647

    dirthawker1313
    Member

    ive never seen anything like that. wow
     
  12. guiseart
    Joined: Apr 7, 2005
    Posts: 3,872

    guiseart
    Member

  13. That's about the best thing I can think of to do with a bunch of 4 doors:D
     
  14. Bert
    Joined: Feb 22, 2005
    Posts: 404

    Bert
    Member

    that place looks creepy........................:cool: Bert
     
  15. Aaron51chevy
    Joined: Jan 9, 2005
    Posts: 1,986

    Aaron51chevy
    Member

    yup, I know a guy who figure 8 races, gets 70's pontiacs and pulls the good 400's and drops in 305's. Some of them are CLEAN cars from the south and they get totaled. Most people here probably don't even care about that but those are cool cars, last of an era (before computers). I get sick at some of the cars he's destroyed, Same difference..
     
  16. 50flathead
    Joined: Mar 8, 2005
    Posts: 1,167

    50flathead
    Member
    from Iowa, USA

    I like many rodders have picked a lot of cars and parts out of ditches. I've collected many fond memories of using my sawsall at the end of a gasoline generator and sliding down a bank with a torch to bring back whatever will come off.
     
  17. " drove my Chevy to the levy....":D

    Makes me want this snow to depart so I can go junkyarding... Thanks for the pic. Stu
     
  18. kropduster
    Joined: Oct 19, 2005
    Posts: 681

    kropduster
    Member

    i could probably drive to 10 -15 mor places like that. damn near all the roads around here that border a creek or small river al built on old cars. kinda makes me sick.:eek:
     
  19. squirrel
    Joined: Sep 23, 2004
    Posts: 55,942

    squirrel
    Member

    and for each car that's on a riverbank, do you also mourn for the half a million just like it that were crushed and recycled?
     
  20. No_Respect
    Joined: Jul 27, 2005
    Posts: 1,172

    No_Respect
    Member
    from So-Cal

    Thats a shame to bad some one didnt shoot the mofo that put them there
     
  21. Ole Fish SKOOL !!!!
     
  22. It's "levee" ladies and germs.

    "Levy" is a brand of rye bread on the right coast.

    "Levi" is french blue denin.

    And then "humuma-humuna" is a tax or fee.

    They did this out west along the Russian river, I found a 57 T-bird about 20 years ago when I was canoeing from Healdsburg to Monte Rio but I didn't stop. The winter storms expose fresh'old rotton stuff each year.
     
  23. 40StudeDude
    Joined: Sep 19, 2002
    Posts: 9,536

    40StudeDude
    Member

    Now there's where YOU would have gotten in trouble, Norespect...probably be shooting many County workers...and the Sheriff wouldn't like that!!!

    In all probability, the County put them there to shore up the bank, keep it from eroding...Iowa used up thousands of those worthless old cars back in the fifties...matter of fact, out here in ColoRODo, I could take you to more than a dozen old streams, many now dried up, that has dozens, if not hundreds of fifties and sixties cars nose down in the sand.

    Course then again, as a youngster these days, you ain't got a clue as to what went on fifty or more years ago.

    R-
     
  24. breeder
    Joined: Jul 13, 2005
    Posts: 10,948

    breeder
    Member Emeritus

    I KNOW OF WHAT YOUNG ;SQUATSBYTREE' SPEEKITH....WEVE BEEN TOO A FEW AROUND AND NABBED SOME TRINKETS..RATHER GET KICKED IN THE NARDS THEN SEE CARS LIKE THAT.. BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?? O YEAH....DRINK:D
     
  25. Vern
    Joined: Dec 2, 2004
    Posts: 168

    Vern
    Member

    I've seen that in Oklahoma too
     
  26. carmak
    Joined: Aug 8, 2005
    Posts: 451

    carmak
    Member

    There must be a couple hundred cars within 5 miles of my house parked that way (at least the ones still above the mud). Most late 40's to mid 60's.

    Carmak
    Riverside, Iowa
     
  27. gas4blood
    Joined: Nov 19, 2005
    Posts: 787

    gas4blood
    Member
    from Kansas

    Hey, Sinister, get yer body out to Cottonwood Falls and see if all the early stuff is still lining the banks of the Cottonwood River. As I recall it was visible looking off the bridge right in town. Ask around if not, they'll know where it is/was. This was back in the mid '70's. Used to be some real good yellow cats come out of there, 40 pounders easy. Cappy Grokett's (sp?) Indian shop was still there, had an Indian Chief on a pole outside.
     
  28. Toymont
    Joined: Jan 4, 2005
    Posts: 1,381

    Toymont
    Member
    from Montana

    The riverbanks around here used to be full of stuff like that when I was a kid. We used to fload the river behind our house and I remember one channel full of 30's and 40's stuff on both sides. Then for a couple yrs there was a big kleenup and they were all pulled out and crushed. If I only new then-----
     
  29. elwood blues
    Joined: Sep 13, 2005
    Posts: 462

    elwood blues
    Member

    i think i just vomitted alittle:eek:no no it came out both ends
     
  30. sinister13
    Joined: Dec 17, 2005
    Posts: 146

    sinister13
    Member

    Last time I stopped over there while out on the scoot, we actually made a stop at the old bridge, I don't remember seeing any old cars around the banks, next time I'm there i'll look again though.
     

Share This Page

Register now to get rid of these ads!

Archive

Copyright © 1995-2021 The Jalopy Journal: Steal our stuff, we'll kick your teeth in. Terms of Service. Privacy Policy.

Atomic Industry
Forum software by XenForo™ ©2010-2014 XenForo Ltd.