I have a few pics to unload. You gotta love those Fox Body State Trooper Cars!!!
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/randompics409.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/randompics410.jpg
saw this on I-40 just east of asheville some people have probably seen it before but something we have here in NC
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/randompics408.jpg
apple festival in hendersonville NC
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/randompics418.jpg
barneys car
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/randompics421.jpg
walking back to where the car was parked i nearly TRIPPED over this awesome beast
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/randompics425.jpg

this bug was WAY overpriced i dont care how much was done to it
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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/randompics422.jpg
this one was just a couple of blocks down the street from the vert that was for sale, check the tag ;)
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/randompics424.jpg

well drove the kid to town today and he fell asleep so i thought i would snoop around and find some old cars to take pictures of while he was out
notice the tires on the pinto, and to it's right that flat black vehicle(i dont know what it was sorry you guys can probably tell)was beating the ground, it was tubbed and might have been a project wheely car dont know.
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hiding in the weeds past that garage i saw this and stopped dead in the road
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then as i am walking out of the grocery store i hear this pulling in the parking lot...... wow i love cars like this, not perfect but 2 & 1/2 more tons of character than anthing on the road today
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/004.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/005.jpg

A couple of weeks ago Mrs. 54b and I "stole" the beach house away from the kids for a few days of end-of-summer R&R on Cape Cod Bay. These photos were take on one afternoon's drive...

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About 500 yards from the ocean, a buffalo in the woods of Plymouth - might expect to see a turkey, maybe.

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A Ford Ranger with a woody conversion. (What would Beavis say?)

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One of the largest 4-wheeled vehicles I've ever seen - a 200,000 pound LARC (Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo) at the side of the road.
(Compare to size of maple tree and barn immediately next to it)

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The Nantucket lightship moored in Wareham

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The Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge lowered for a train to cross the Cape Cod Canal.

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Going up.

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All the way up now. Bourne Bridge is in the background.

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Boats passing on the Cape Cod Canal near the Sagamore Bridge.

Hey, thanx for lookin'

http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab302/54belair/Photos/IMG_4508.jpg

Maybe he was getting ready for the end of summer BBQ.

http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab302/54belair/Photos/IMG_4508.jpg

Maybe he was getting ready for the end of summer BBQ.



isn't that a Beefalo? google it

Would you steak your reputation on it? Just Ribbing ya...:tongue::)

Love the pix 54b and cih'79!!!

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i wonder if you can have your car on that bridge while it goes up and down?

hmm, might be a roadtrip if you can....

He actually STILL USES a '61 Dode wagon as a "first call" car???!!!
And it's a 413?!?!
Doesn't get any cooler than that.
I really can't wait for the up-coming pix CJTORINO!!!

...I will post some pictures soon, have been granted access
to the 'forbidden zone'.... a rancher/businessman up the highway from me
has a huge pasture full of old cars. ......
....I'm getting excited about seeing what lies out in the fields......:)

Hey Chuck,
Take a boatload of pics!! Maybe you should start a new thread to post them in. You can name your thread, "Montana Gold"!:thumbsup:

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The Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge lowered for a train to cross the Cape Cod Canal.

It is a railroad bridge. Back about 1984 My 2 year old daughter and myself got to ride in a diesel engine across it. There was a scenic railroad company at the time. It owners were using all the state money for themselves instead of fixing the tracks. State found out and it folded soon after.

It is a railroad bridge. Back about 1984 My 2 year old daughter and myself got to ride in a diesel engine across it. There was a scenic railroad company at the time. It owners were using all the state money for themselves instead of fixing the tracks. State found out and it folded soon after.

Not so. The tracks were owned and well-maintained by Bay Colony Railroad from 1981 until their lease ran out in 2006 and its operation was overseen by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The original Cape Cod and Hyannis Railway on which you rode with your daughter (and I with my family) just operated the scenic railroad cars and its route and as a company dissolved in 1988. The Cape Cod Railroad formed in 1989 and ran the scenic railroad until that company went out of business in 1997. The present Cape Cod Central Railroad began in 1999 and has become one of the leading Dinner and Scenic trains in the country. As of 2006 the owners of Cape Cod Central Railroad outbid Bay Colony for ownership of the tracks themselves. The Railroad bridge is operated by the US Army Corps of Engineers as is the Canal.

For anyone visiting the Cape this is a fun ride through some very beautiful countryside and scenic seashore vistas. The trip is worth the price of admission and the Dinner train is rated as one of the country's best.

Here's the link for the Cape Cod Central Railroad: http://www.capetrain.com/

Another great batch of recent pics guys!

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WOW there CJ. Must be nice not having neighbors complaining. Can't wait to see the rest.
When my aunt bought her property out near Bozeman back in 97-98 she had a few cars in a barn and offered them to me. If I wanted them, the only one worth saving (at least to a 18 year old kid) was a 49 Merc 4dr but I could not afford the transportation to New York. :(

Wow. Amazing to see what's still out there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/CJTORINO/jy/100_4970.jpg


That is the money shot....this looks like a photo from a calander! It's now my background!!!! GREAT WORK!

That Ford Model AA "Double A"....I believe for a Double A to have that bed is pretty dang rare.

And the extra long cab on that International....I've never seen anything like it. Prolly the only one left like it in the world.

I gota say I am blown away by these vehicles...and there's more??? Can't wait!!! ThankS!!!!!

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Chuck, you're toying with us!! These "introductory" pics have me wanting for more!!:thumbsup:
How have these cars survived the severe Montana winters?? They're gonna rot to nothing if they stay there.

I don't think they use salt up there in Montana Dad's.

Good god, I need that '69 Fury with the 440!
I got a feeling this thread is gonna make me a bit nUtSo :freak:
Amazing stuff.

Amazing they are in the shape they are in now!!! Outstanding pics so far Chuck,Keep 'em comin'

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Old Chevy Pick up

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/CJTORINO/jy/100_4980.jpg


Last licensed in 1963!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/CJTORINO/jy/100_4983.jpg


Almost all of the vehicles in this pasture
looked they had been brought in, the windows rolled up,
and walked away from. wait until you see the Cars!

God what a thing of beauty.
Don't you wish they made new cars that looked like that? (...but were safe, reliable and had all the modern technology)
Just call the paint color "Patina Brown" or "Factory fade" or "Cancer spots"

Absolutely awesome photos, CJ. Keep 'em coming...

:wave:

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The Caddy powered Ford is wild!! Musta been quite the hot rod in its day.

Wow those pictures are just amazing. I'd love to go wander through his pasture to check them all out. Can't wait to see more pics!

This was chasing me yesterday.

This was chasing me yesterday.

This gives new meaning to the phrase "pussy wagon"...:rolleyes: :tongue:

This was chasing me yesterday.

Did you have a piece of string hanging behind you?

This was chasing me yesterday.
what the heck is that>!?!?!?!?

id have to throw pizza at it or something:dude:

Hey CJ, where are all those wonderful photos?

Did you have a piece of string hanging behind you?

No, but the smoke from the windows sort of, kind of smells like catnip. HAHA :dude:

ok first and foremost the first picture is of a truck from the company that i work for. The driver was forced off the road by a minivan, he hit the ditch to save their lives.......they parked it outfront of the warehouse to remind us how dangerous drivers jobs really are. Driver walked away unharmed....
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3454.jpg
this picture is on top of Grandfather Mountain, notice the sign "Forrest gump curve" Tom Hanks runs up this curve for all of maybe five seconds in the movie.
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3452.jpg
and the last of these first ones WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU PUT PORTA JOHNS IN FRONT OF THAT VIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3444.jpg

Maverick Grabber Clone PIP snagged at night in my work parking lot talked to the guy thats father in law owns it and says he'll try to drive it back and let me know so i can get better daytime pics***look at the sidepipes!!!***** he said they were made for a shelby kit car with a 289 and they had to cut them down for this car
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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3468.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3469.jpg
Saw this buick pulling into work yet again in the parking lot and stopped dead in the middle of the lot to get pics
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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3473.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3474.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3475.jpg

you shoulda heard my wife yelling cause i took this pic WHILE driving down
I-40
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3478.jpg
i have no idea what this is, i just know it's cool,i always thought it was a VW of some sort until today
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3479.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3480.jpg
this BIG truck sits at a local tire shop
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3483.jpg
saw these two lonely mopars hiding in the weeds
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3482.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3481.jpg

alright now these get interesting cause they all belong to the same guy, Bob Killian, he owns several tire shops and a hardware store in Hickory all on the same road and i kept noticing all the outbuildings a couple of weeks ago so i drove by real slow today and there were old cars everywhere!!!! i would've gotten closer on the model-t's? and firetrucks but Mr. Killian is kind of notoriously known to be a bit of an accentric so i tried to keep a little distance.
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3484.jpg
there were two more of these vans i couldnt get pictures of from where i was parked
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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3486.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3487.jpg
yes he has a small train engine in that shed ;) and a caboose
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http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/HPIM3489.jpg

Some very cool cars there, cih. I love that old fire truck. I'm always seeing cool stuff when I don't have my camera and regretting not carrying it with me more often. Here's a little something I found when I actually did have my camera:

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/RobertJ_2007/001-27.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/RobertJ_2007/002-26.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/RobertJ_2007/003-25.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q218/RobertJ_2007/004-23.jpg

Very cool oil truck, Robert. Looks to be well taken care of; probably still runs, too.

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i have no idea what this is, i just know it's cool,i always thought it was a VW of some sort until today
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That's what's left of a Morris Minor.

PWS is right. It's/was a Morris Minor. A Brit car.
This is wone of the coolest threads ever. More GREAT shots guys!!!!
Love that '54 Chevy cab-over in cih's pic too.

And the Corvair van that got hacked into a p.u. thingy? Weird!!!

The Ford cab-over oil truck in Dragnet's pic is about a '37-'38 I think??? So nice!!!

PWSchuh and Lumm thanks i would have never guessed that in a million years, even though if i had gotten out i probably could have read it on the back of the car ;), it's a shame its REALLY REALLY rusty but at least its on blocks. here is a borrowed pic of a nicer one
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee115/cih1979/morrisminor.jpg
That corvair van i'm telling ya is one of literally 6 or 7 behind that building, it was like a corvair graveyard, there was even one in a garage that i could see but i was scared of snooping around for too long, i didnt have permission to take any of those pictures. I might go back and try to butter up Mr. Killian and see if i can take better pictures, especially if i have my 2 year old with me he will know i am not up to no good, and maybe he can appreciate a fellow car nut.

Just a little Dragnet FYI, the Morris Minor was often used as a police vehicle back in the 50's and 60's. And yes, it was a two door police car!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lancashire/3596506440/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnny2bad/3113395276/

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From this weekends trip to Cheboygan, Michigan! (Go Cheifs!)


On the way up Friday on I-75.

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These along US-23 on the way to the cottage.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/Mr.Stubbs/DSCF9424.jpg
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