THINGS YOU FIND IN THE WOODS - OLD CAR GRAVEYARD

[Fishinfool]

Back about 13 or 14 years ago, I was walking around in the woods in central Maine, when I came upon this collection of old cars. Don't know how many years they have been sitting, but there was no dirt road, just a foot path, and trees growing up through some of the cars. It was pretty cool, and just goes to show you never know what you might find in old farm country. Thought some of you old car nuts might get a kick out of these pics.

Larry

Antique cars #1 by Larry, on Flickr

Antique cars #3 by Larry, on Flickr

Antique cars #5 by Larry, on Flickr

Antique cars #8 by Larry, on Flickr

Antique cars #7 by Larry, on Flickr

 

[KKECK5]

LOVE to have the money to fix one of those old beauties up...

 

[the ringo kid]

Take th remains and store them, then contact those folks at American Pickers and see if they'd be willing to part with a few grand?

 

[OMCHamlin]

Take th remains and store them, then contact those folks at American Pickers and see if they'd be willing to part with a few grand?

Man, no joke, that HAS to be some $$$ sitting there and rotting...

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Have seen a number of old cars out in the woods and deserts,
But never that many in one place.

 

[427mach1]

Anyone ever heard of Old Car City USA in White, GA, approximately 45 miles northwest of Atlanta? 34 acres, 4000+ cars...

Old Car City USA | Since 1931

Old Car City USA - Art, Nature, History & Cars

 

[eveled]

First set of suicide doors I ever saw were on an abandoned car in the woods.

Once found a plane crash sight, all the wreckage was piled up, so I knew I wasn't the first to find it.

Coolest thing I found was a huge witches caldron with 4 little legs. It was as big as the cannibals caldrons in the cartoons. Unfortunately it had frozen and split in half.

Found a chain drive Mack once.

Also found a car that sunk into the mud so far that only the roof was showing, then realized it was a roof somebody cut off. LOL!

Eeriest thing I've found is a set of cement stairs with lylacs growing on either side, but no house. Small hand print in the cement. Made me sad.

 

[rustythread]

My aunt Janie, who had been a Navy aircraft mechanic in the Pacific in WWII, collected and rebuilt cars for about 50 years after the war. When she finally sold out her parts grqveyard, there were over 40 acres of cheek-to-jowl oldies to haul off. Every road in her part of the county was gridlocked with car haulers and trailers from all over the country.

I bought my 1942 Packard 120 convertible from her; no longer have the car, but it was the real deal.

At one point, she had a '37 Buick with a hellacious big engine. Daytimes, we hauled grain and hay wagons with it; summer nights a couple of times a week 'til all the locals were burned out, the hired hand would race with it on the blacktop roads and just about always won if the run was over 10 miles and he could get past its slowness off the starting line.

 

[Watchdog]

I wonder if they are still there? Someone would love to have them for parts if nothing else. And a couple of those bodies didn't look too bad years ago...wonder if anyone claimed them? Do a custom chassis, crate motor, etc., etc.

I kinda hate to see those old cars like that...anywhere. Knowing it'd take some serious money to bring 'em back, but still...kinda sad.

 

[Muss Muggins]

Looks like the first paragraph of a Stephen King novel . . .

 

[snubbyfan]

Found this while wanderin' around in the West Virginia mountains one fine spring day.
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9LLDeBRyxk[/ame]

 

[meaneyedcatz]

Wish I could find something like that. That would make some awesome photos!

 

[meaneyedcatz]

Anyone ever heard of Old Car City USA in White, GA, approximately 45 miles northwest of Atlanta? 34 acres, 4000+ cars...

Old Car City USA | Since 1931

Old Car City USA - Art, Nature, History & Cars

Heard of it but never been. If I went I would not be back in time for supper.

 

[Breakaway500]

All that fine steel and not one bullet hole. Amazing..

 

[max]

My cousin found a 50's Ford out in the middle of some woods in Northern Wisconisn several years ago.

 

[walkin jack]

I was running north on SHWY 6 between Houston and Waco taking pics of old houses for a collection I dubbed "This Old House", which I'm pretty sure I posted here before but I didn't include these as I was saving them for a possible collection to be dubbed "This Old Car"

I never got around to it so I guess I'll just stick em in here with this'n.

 

[Wee Hooker]

Amazing that none of them have any bullet holes. Seems anything made of steel that was left in the woods around here, ends up with bullet holes .

 

[357magster]

I ran across these in northern Texas.

 

[gsn]

Abandoned Trains of Maine — Dan Tobyne Photography

cannot get the crash link to work; google Elephant Mountain Crash Site

We visited the crash site many times and there were always other people there-never a word was heard; always a moving experience.

Sadly we are told that this hallowed ground has been defaced-

 

[Kernel Crittenden]

My aunt Janie, who had been a Navy aircraft mechanic in the Pacific in WWII .... .

Now, that's a story I'd like to hear more about.