_shel_ny Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 (edited) ... Edited September 15, 2011 by shel_bizzy_48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 make a good deer blind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 How do you make a good deer blind? Same way you make a bad deer blind, shine a real bright light in his eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspeed Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Shel, that's a heck of a wrecking yard there. I'm amazed at the parts that are remaining after all these years. Anyone know what year and model that car is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle-Pekka Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Judging by the form of the body I'd say it is a 1938 GM car, but there are strange looking big chrome trims on the front fenders, thus I am kinda lost... This needsstudying, when I have more time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertKB Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Sure do appreciate all the pictures you post of that yard. They are really fascinating and I always like to wonder about who owned them first as new cars. Some cars are survivors, some parts cars, and some beyond anything but providing interest to old car junkies. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspeed Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I'm with Robert, I always enjoy those photos and I'm green with envy at the number of genuine old cars in some of the yards you guys frequent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hiebert Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I'd like to know what that is myself. Ran across one in the middle of Crow Flats (desert north of Dell City, TX), NM several years ago, but haven't fugured out what it is/was, yet. I thought a Buick at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 to make a good deer blind I guess you would have to either poke or shoot him in the eyes.. I do know how to catch a unique deer however.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james curl Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 If you were outside of Dell City you were a long ways from home and any place else. You just have to want to go there to get there, really out of the way. I used to go there every year to inspect their airport for the FAA and State of Texas. Since they closed the cantaloup packing house and started raising Alfalfa the town is dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Maybe Olds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Most anyone can identify this one. And this one. And..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I don't suppose biz coupe trunk lids would swap between Dodge and Plymouth would they???? Nothing else seems to interchange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I can say this much....I had a D24 four door sedan at the house..and a P15 four door sedan...I had the deck (trunk) lid removed from each..the P15 will fall through the D24 opening and the D24 will cover half the P15 right taillight when aligned to the opening on the left side... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle-Pekka Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Here's another shot of the same car. This is from June.Lighting seem about the same. It has to be 1938 Buick or Cadillac... but those odd trims on the fenders... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 The answer in 1937 Nash...I admit I did not find this myself..had a bit of help...HAMBer knew what it was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle-Pekka Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 The answer in 1937 Nash...I admit I did not find this myself..had a bit of help...HAMBer knew what it was... Gosh! - It never crossed my mind! I've seen 1939 Nash on the road here in north corner of the earth, but never a 1937. Take a look at '39 and it is completely different look from this baby. 1937 must have been the only year with those massive fender moldings for park lights? ...Well... knowing the make of the once proud car will make us feel even more sorry for it's current miserable condition. 1938 Buick is a fine motor car, but I belive there are plenty of more them around than the Nash. (?) Thanks for the great pictures Shell - Your posts are the most entertaining on the forum these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat1955 Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 My guess would have been a Buick as well.....body styles are very similar to this Nash. I love that body style and hope to find something between '36 & '40 next year to start building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle-Pekka Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 The car at the yard was missing the grille, but looking at the picture Tim posted; the grille is almost like 1936 Ford, isn't it? Being born in the beginning of the sixties, I always said that the cars begun all look like each other in the eighties, but I never came to ask my grandpa how he felt it to be... What I mean, the designer have probably always been adapting ideas and styles from each other. Some people have stated, that Ford copied the spinner from Studebaker prototype for 1949 and cultivated it a bit conservative. This Nash does not look very individual compared to competitors. 1939 Studebaker is said to be a first triumph of Raymond Loewy, but it looks quite much like 1938 Lincoln Zephyr, at least the grille does. ...Well, what the heck I am babling here? - The cars were wonderfully styled all through the 30's, 40's, 50's and even 60's. Some forms and details were common, but they individuals each and every make. period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat1955 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Hmmmm....does it still have a floor? Were you able to open the doors at all? What did the other side of body look like...and what do you think he'd want for it? Just curious...and probably " wishing". Come and get it:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspeed Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 To me, born in 47, the first cars I remember, the cars that caught my eye were an older brother's 37 Ford flatback two door, a neighbor's brand new 57 Chevy, and oh yes, the same older brother's 41 Plymouth coupe. And a high school buddy's red and white 57 Ford Fairlane 2 door hardtop. Memories.. >Being born in the beginning of the sixties, I always said that the cars begun all look like each other in the eighties, but I never came to ask my grandpa how he felt it to be... What I mean, the designer have probably always been adapting ideas and styles from each other. Some people have stated, that Ford copied the spinner from Studebaker prototype for 1949 and cultivated it a bit conservative. This Nash does not look very individual compared to competitors. 1939 Studebaker is said to be a first triumph of Raymond Loewy, but it looks quite much like 1938 Lincoln Zephyr, at least the grille does. ...Well, what the heck I am babling here? - The cars were wonderfully styled all through the 30's, 40's, 50's and even 60's. Some forms and details were common, but they individuals each and every make. period enfinneigen;49423] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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