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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Ghost town with a decaying car collection/museum that's been pilfered for years

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Learned about this in Motor Trend Classic, spring 2012 issue, and the same photos are used on Jalopnik http://jalopnik.com/5844657/an-oregon-ghost-towns-abandoned-car-museum but in a nutshell, a ghost town tourist destination and annual sheep wool gathering contest had a small collection of cars that no one took care of. This is the obvious and inevitable result.
These photos were taken last week by a FerrariChat.com member who visited the museum in Shaniko, Ore., when it opened in the 1970s, and had last dropped in nine years ago. Where the original museum was "pristine," the barn holding the cars now appears to be neglected; there's no power, the walls have holes and the windows are gone

Thursday, January 12, 2012

the 1955 Porsche convertible in the Arkansas Ozark woods... just one of dozens of cars found in the Ozark Natl Forrest, a Natl Park for petes sake! Perhaps they had been stolen and dumped?

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 8:46 PM

Found in in this months (Feb 2012) issue of Auto Enthusiast, a good all around magazine

If you get a thrill out of learning about abandoned cars, like Barn Finds, but up for grabs because they were left in the middle of no where, on public property (the desert, the wide open places between towns in the midwest) you might alos like a book by Will Shiers, it's called Roadside Relics. Which is on Amazon.com starting at 15 bucks used, all the way to a hundred bucks for new hardcover editions http://www.amazon.com/Roadside-Relics-Americas-Abandoned-Automobiles/dp/0760327483

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Ganesha photographs cool stuff in Buenos Aires (I think) and found an abandoned cart racing speedway (damn it looks like it must have been fun!)

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 9:50 PM

Isn't that amazing? ! Terrible that the business ended, but what a photographic situation!
Found on http://pensandolabronca.blogspot.com/2011/10/circuito-abandonado.html

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Unimog abandoned or long term stored, what's the difference really?

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 8:07 PM

these tires have been flat and rotted for a while

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Howtobuildatimemachine tumblr, check out the good stuff they post

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 7:56 PM

That is one bad muddy main street

For more good stuff http://howtobuildatimemachine.tumblr.com

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

In the end, the forest takes it all back

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 6:43 PM

found on http://www.forum-auto.com/automobiles-mythiques-exception/section5/sujet225087-5775.htm

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Jewels in the rough

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 9:32 PM

Makes me want to crawl through junkyards for that hemi.

found on http://customsicklesdiaries.blogspot.com

Thursday, February 17, 2011

is this a 300sl?

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 6:53 PM

this proves that Gabriel can find the proverbial "needle in a haystack" , so keep checking back to see what else turns up at http://fosilesmecanicos.blogspot.com/

just passing time on the curbside in Argentina and Uruguay, from aptly named Fossils Mechanical, by Gabriel and his friends

0 comments Posted by Unknown at 11:07 AM

Notice this cab is chained to the tree

and this is cabled to something out of the shot

the above and the below pair are Mercedes

Above 1938 Ford

The above 2cv Citreon has a unique story, there is a special compartment under the seat where it's owners ashes were put, as his dying wish was to be a part of the car, and the city, until it may be towed away. (Doesn't look like towing is a big priority)

1934 Ford

Above, 1960 panhard that was pulled out of storage
If you enjoy the wonder of what is just over the next hill, around the next bend, and on the next block that is waiting for someone to notice and fix up, you'll enjoy http://fosilesmecanicos.blogspot.com/

Friday, February 11, 2011

The bullet bus (aka: while taking on the improbable, meeting people and finding out that fellow VW fans donate parts)

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This 21 Window Deluxe was abandoned and partially stripped in the Nevada desert and then promptly used as target practice for passersbys. After being rescued from the desert, a massive donation project started as bus owners from across the country donated parts and services to get this bus driving again. (that is so awesome! I believe the praise must go to the Samba.com, great VW website)