too big to carry home

[mamabear]

found this in the woods after following old fence line. the grave yard on this property has a couple civil war soldiers graves. & earlier. fantastic homestead, fallen in.

 

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[fossis]

Welcome to Treasure-Net Mamabear, good pic, that one should be restorable.

Fossis................

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Cool find Mamabear, that's a 30's vintage Ford isn't it? 33-34? Should be a great hunting site. Welcome aboard we look forward to more of your finds!

 

[gnewt]

Looks like a 29-30 LaSalle or GM product, thats a guess, I'm with Fossis, that thing could be restored and be worth about two Caddies.. Thanks for the picture, I love them old cars. Gnewt

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Welcome to Treasurenet mamabear....trust me ...its never to big to drag home.....if you want some help just holler because I am the Rust hauling expert....LOL

 

[mamabear]

thanx CG I'm hopin it is a good site. this property is pleasing to the eye if nothin else

 

[mamabear]

oops more responses than I thought. it'l take a bit for me to catch on here. I don't know what it is. & yes it should be restored! but the owner of the property is adamant about me only takin pix I hate the thought of this beauty rusting away. if anyone wants to take the owners on, I'll provide all the info. I would be happy to see it lovingly restored!

 

[Bridge End Farm]

found this in the woods after following old fence line. the grave yard on this property has a couple civil war soldiers graves. & earlier. fantastic homestead, fallen in.

I love to have that car do the owners wish to part with it? are you in the southeast

 

[mamabear]

send me an email thru this forum & I will give you the particulars. I live in SE Missouri

 

[packerbacker]

check the floorboards for coins!

 

[mamabear]

OMG! I didn't even think of that! I feel so silly! soon as the ice melts, I'm there!

 

[mamabear]

Gypsy, love the truck! I had a "51 chevy that was my love. I called it the incredible hulk.
here is a pic of the floorboards I will be scouring over as soon as I can get back to it.

 

[civilman1]

check the floorboards for coins!

I was going to say check the seat's but there are none Thank's for the pic!

 

[mamabear]

no seats inside, they have been pulled out. the springs are all right there. there is still wood on the doors, the door latches everything!

 

[Bridge End Farm]

ok PM sent\, hopefully your close to ozark county missourri

 

[rmptr]

It is wonderful when people post pics of old stuff, and there is a possibility to recover it, and restore.

As I've said elsewhere, one of my X's worked on a County payroll advising property owners how to get cash for old cars on their property, and have them hauled off, for scrap.

A LOT of old iron was crunched, in that 'beautify our town' campaign.

What a shame!
rmptr

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Looks like a 29-30 LaSalle or GM product, thats a guess, I'm with Fossis, that thing could be restored and be worth about two Caddies.. Thanks for the picture, I love them old cars. Gnewt

You're right gnewt, it IS a GM product!
It's a 1931 Chevrolet AE Independence Standard-Model Sedan. I thought it looked like a Chevy radiator shell so I did some surfing and found some pics. Most of the pics of old Chevies had a stone guard hiding a lot of the radiator shell detail, but I managed to find a '31 Sport Coupe without a stone guard covering up the radiator.

Here's the Pic, If you compare the radiator shell with mambear's pic you'll see they're the same (except for mambear's car is missing the bottom part of the shell with the cover for the crank socket):



Sorry to say though, this ol' girl is too far gone to be restored, unless you are prepared to spend FAR more than a restored '31 Chevy goes for on the market.

It's cool finding stuff like this when you're out poking around. I'm the same way, I think all of us who swing a coil are.

HH,
SgtSki

 

[mamabear]

thanx for the info everyone. how sad it's too far gone. but should I take any of the chrome that's left on her?

 

[SgtSki in MI]

thanx for the info everyone. how sad it's too far gone. but should I take any of the chrome that's left on her?

well, the radiator shell may be of interest to someone who does restorations. And the chrome around the cowling. Is the engine and transmission still there? They may be salvageable along with the driveshaft and rear axle. It's hard telling from the pic though but there could be lots of parts that could be useful to a restorer. I could write a whole long post about why this car is past restoring. I'd just let her rust in peace and be part of the scenery.

 

[River Rat]

That's neat...there's one in the woods next to us, the car is not that old, I'm thinking the early-mid 50's. There's another old delivery type in our woods, out near the highway, I believe it was a old Hudson...I found a radio frame that had Hudson on it. Still neat...regardless.

RR