You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

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I had one of those buried in my yard.

There was an old junk car down by the fencerow - an old Ford (probably a '66 or '67). The top was smashed down, bullet holes in the side, the whole nine yards. It actually was on the neighbor's property, but because of where the "natural" fencerow occurred it looked like it was on my side. After living there a year or so I asked him if I could drag that thing out of there and (of course) he said "Sure!".

The next step was to figure out *how*... I knew I couldn't get the trailer in front of it or in back of it, because of the terrain and because of all the other junk down there (old toilets, and there's always an old fuel oil tank - they follow me I swear). Since I didn't have to keep the car nice, it occurred to me I could roll it over onto its top, and then again over onto its wheels, and that would move it out far enough from the fence that I would have some fightin' room and could winch it up onto the trailer.

When the chosen day arrived I started winching, with the strap hooked to the top and using the floor jack up from the bottom. I kept working with it, cranking it on over until it looked like the momentum was going to carry it the rest of the way; we all jumped back expecting to "...thar she goes!!" when EEERRKKKK it stopped about three quarters of the way over. I thought "...what the heck?!" and walked around to the back side only to find the whole backhalf of the suspension, rear axle and drive shaft were still stuck in the ground. It had pulled the whole back of the frame away from the body.

At that point I was a madman - cutting and unbolting enough stuff so that the NEXT time I pulled on it she came right over on the roof.

So - now I've got this dumb thing upside down in my yard with no rear frame or suspension on it. Now what?!? I quick-as-a-bunny ran up to the barn to find some extra 2x4's, plywood, bolts, etc and ran back down to the car. Right there on the spot I fashioned a couple of rear frame rails out of the lumber, attached to the trans crossmember, and then stuck the plywood between this wooden frame and the trunk of the car so that the body would "float" over that frame when the car was upright. I pulled the front wheels and disassembled the brakes, and pumped the front tires up (...they held air!! - lol).

After another couple pulls with the winch - there she sat, proudly on her two front wheels and this newly formed "skid" under the back of the car. I rearranged the tow rig, pulling the car up onto the open trailer and lashing it down. Then it was off to the junkyard ---

[Keith Seymore]

I pulled into the yard and spoke with the guy behind the desk. "Mind if I leave that thing here?" I asked. "No prob", he replied - "just sign this form denoting the VIN and that it's to be scrapped". I signed the form and headed out the door. "Oh - one more thing" I asked. "Can I drop it over by that telephone pole?". He looked at me quizzically but said that would be fine.

I had a plan on how I was going to get the car off the trailer. I backed around in front of the aforementioned telephone pole; put my tow strap around the pole and hooked it to that wooden frame that I had created. The plan was that I was going to pull the trailer out from under the car, leaving the car sitting right in front of that pole. The only problem was, I wondered: how am I going to get my strap off the car if it's pulled tight?

I started moving the tow rig forward, only to find that little problem would solve itself - as soon as the front wheels hit the skids on the trailer the car rolled rearward, taking the tension off my towstrap and letting the car roll all the way down onto the ground. I hopped out, grabbed my strap, flipped the skids up and pulled away, giving a little beep of the horn and friendly wave as I drove off (leaving the desk guy standing in the doorway with one of those "...what in the heck just happened here?..." looks on his face).

:lol:

After I got the car out of there I continued to dig up stuff: the hood, and what appeared to be a stepside box from a vintage Chevy pickup, smashed completely flat.

Seeing your pictures is what made me think of all this: My son, who was probably 8 at the time, summarized all this activity by saying "...wow, Dad, this is great! If you hadn't dug all that stuff up we never would have known it was there!"

[Mr70]

LOL Keith,how did that old Ford get on your neighbors property in the first place?

[Lee Stewart]

Asking Price: $137,900

https://www.rkmotors.com/vehicles/3880/1965-pontiac-gto

[Lee Stewart]

Asking Price: $109,900

https://www.rkmotors.com/vehicles/3879/1966-ford-bronco

[Lee Stewart]

A $64,000 MSRP F150 Shelby Super Snake with 530 miles. Asking Price: $105,900

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[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by big gear head

Why do the headlight doors not match the grill? Is that car photo shopped into that scene?

Probably reproduction doors and they didn't know they could get the correct '68 doors with the silver bars. The doors on the car are '67's.

[Lee Stewart]

https://www.volocars.com/auto-sales/...t-camaro-rs-ss



Houndstooth interior in a convertible: NA except Pace Car. DX-1 stripes: NA on SS. And they are asking $70,000 for this car.

[big gear head]

Those headlight doors!!!

[Lee Stewart]