Some Things Just Crazy

[DJ194950]

See attached for some vintage patina and just for Paul some very rare Rust.

 

Ready for some travel Paul??

 

 

Sorry to everyone who cannot see the attached file- I cannot either, still slowly learning a about peuters! 

 

DJ

Edited December 6, 2014 by DJ194950

[Labrauer]

It is a darn shame that these great old cars are just rusting away. Sometimes it is just that people that purchase these great automobiles don't appreciate what they have.

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

if not put aside...odds are they could well have been wrapped around a tree in the meantime...so what side of the coin should come up the most...or should it lands on its edge...at least the man did not sell them for scrap or all allow salvage of parts..

[wayfarer]

...at least they were not chopped up and turned into rat-rods....

[Old School]

I am not sure that such collectors can appreciate what they have.  I wonder if such an assemblage is a matter of compulsion.

[desoto1939]

well at least as someone stated they did not go to the crusher. They probably bought these for pennies on the Franc or might even they were given to the this person because back when these cars were no longer worth fixing and not in style they were not really worth keeping.

So be thankful that this person tried to keep them. He or she was just the caretaker of these fine cars.

I currently state that I am not the owner of my 39 Desoto but just the current caretaker and that hopefully there will be another caretaker to this car after I have gone.

Rich Hartung

desoto1939@aol.com

[deathbound]

In some cases like this, there are owners who tell themselves everyday for the next 50 years "I'll get to that one, one day". That day never comes & the guy passes away, his kids/grand kids/great grand kids want nothing to do with them & scrap them. Meanwhile, for those 50 years, the guy probably had offers from people, that would've restored to original, hot rodded, wrecked, whatever......but, at least someone would've enjoyed them instead of them rotting away. I have friends like that & I'm sure more than a few can relate.

[50fordtruck]

When restoring my 47 Ply I found a 47 just like it in the woods that was in really good shape, but even though the trees were starting to grow around it, they would not sell it.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Personally I love this stuff...the models shown there are representative of cars that just a mere handful were made in comparison to the jelly bean factories of the big three...the few cars on the outer fringes of the pole barn constructed shelter took a bit of a hit but for the most part even they are in belter than average condition given their age and long life of just sitting in disuse...sitting idle is about the second hardest thing on a car next to a telephone pole....the shear fact that so few example of these cars exist will ensure the correct people will get these and do them justice

[ggdad1951]

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/sixty-classic-cars-unearthed-after-50-years-in-massive-barn-find-201601990.html

 

try this.

[DJ194950]

Thanks for posting the link I could not!

 

DJ

[pflaming]

The neighbors certainly weren't very interested. To have such in plain sight and no one cared, more amazing than the find itself.

[Plymouthy Adams]

none of the neighbors business Paul..it appears by looking at the scene it is somewhat an isolated estate type setting....and if seen by the neighbors..some villages such as this still operate under the premise it is of no concern to me...what harm is it causing...we could do well to get rid of the self appointed yard Nazi's here in your own neck of the world..

[plymouthcranbrook]

I often wonder if one of the reasons that people hang on to old cars and I am sure other things as well is the fact that some time during their early ownership someone told them that " Wow that car is worth 10,000 dollars"  That thought settles in their mind and as the car or whatever slowly deteriorates and they get offers for less that $10,000 they still have it in the back of their mind that it's worth $10,000 and I am not gonna sell it for less.  My wife sees this all the time selling for people on E-Bay. They want way more that what something is worth either because they paid a lot for it and it must have gone up in value by now or they see online what others are asking for something and feel that theirs is worth that too. Many are adamant and will not accept the fact that things are only worth what someone will actually pay.

[Don Jordan]

While it is true that you can't take 'em with you it's a shame to keep others from enjoying them. Most of them looked classy. Like it was said earlier when the dude dies the kids will probably pay some one to tow the junkers away. Sad indeed.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Consider......they more than not brought the man joy...and he was probably very happy to the end...the disrepair or the lack of bond his protégée attachment aside..he owned them and that was his dream...

[james curl]

      someday you to will be old and begin to understand the thinking behind the old owner, be it an airplane, a boat or a car the reason is the same.  In his dreams he is either physically able to work on the car himself or has the means to have someone else do the work for him.  He hopes to once again enjoy the vehicle.  When the vehicle leaves his possession his dream dies and he now has lost a lot of what kept him going in life.  How many times have you heard someone say I intended to restore it someday, they sincerely believe the statement.  I have two friend who now are widowers in their early 80's , one who has a 48 Ford coupe for 40 years or more and has just had it made into a full on street rod.  The other finished a 54 Chevy pick up street rod just two years ago and is now working on a 68 Camaro convertible.  Ones wife was an invalid and he was her care giver and the other ones wife had Alzheimer and he was also her car giver so you never know what life holds for you.

[BobT-47P15]

That is just another collection that has now surfaced...........there are many more along that line in places like Mexico,

Argentina, Buenos Aires and so forth.  A lot of houses have "courtyards" full of old cars, but you have to know just

the right people to see them.  And then, not all are for sale.  And there are dangers from the criminal element on top

of everything else.  

 

One fellow on the HAMB has been living in Mexico the past several years.........has managed to see a lot of old

cars......has bought a few and shipped some back to the U S.  He says it's not that tough to get them back into

our country.  Lots of mysteries left in the old car field.   

[Young Ed]

Don't worry guys it doesn't sound like any of those cars will be getting scrapped and the kids will be laughing all the way to the bank.

 

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/12/09/la-grange-ultime-trouver-artcurial-unearths-a-treasure-trove-of-collector-cars/?refer=news

[pflaming]

I just finalized my airplane tickets an accommodations. LOL 

[DJ194950]

Better empty your family piggy bank and raid the wife's cookie car!

 

Best of luck!

 

DJ

[Plymouthy Adams]

pflaming, on 09 Dec 2014 - 5:21 PM, said:

I just finalized my airplane tickets an accommodations. LOL 

I know for certain that Mrs. PP did the actual flight reservation (don't tell PP but it is only a one way ticket)

[deathbound]

Thread on the same subject in the OT (hint, hint) forum started the day before:

 

http://p15-d24.com/topic/37538-patina-for-paul-f/

Edited December 10, 2014 by deathbound

[falconvan]

The good news is that we wont run out of old iron to build any time soon as it looks like there's still a lot of it out there. I wonder what our grandkids are going to be building when their time comes?

[Plymouthy Adams]

falconvan, on 27 Dec 2014 - 6:57 PM, said:

The good news is that we wont run out of old iron to build any time soon as it looks like there's still a lot of it out there. I wonder what our grandkids are going to be building when their time comes?

Yugo's and Pontiac Azteks....