"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
08/09/2015 at 10:36 • Filed to: Hudson, DeSoto, junkyard
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"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
08/09/2015 at 10:36 • Filed to: Hudson, DeSoto, junkyard | 3
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I started a new job in April, and the company I work for has a couple of really big properties in Maryland. My boss asked me to spend the last part of the summer in residence at one of them to study the operation, which means I basically have no defined responsibilities right now and have some time to wander around aimlessly to see what’s here.
It turns out that we have at least two junked ‘40s cars from orphan brands back in the woods - a step-down Hudson and an immediate postwar (‘46/’47?) DeSoto. Both are basically crushed from when the farmer or whoever rolled them in to place with a tractor, and the Hudson may have been in a front end collision before being junked. Not much, if anything, salvageable on either of them, but kind of a neat find.
Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
> ranwhenparked
08/09/2015 at 10:54 |
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I would have the hardest time not taking some sort of souvenir. Like that steering wheel or some chrome piece.
Coty
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
08/09/2015 at 11:05 |
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I’d take the grille off that Hudson.
Laurence
> ranwhenparked
08/09/2015 at 11:17 |
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No idea what demand for parts is like for these cars, but there’s probably someone out there hunting for something (some glass or a piece of trim) on one of these cars.
Shame they had to be crushed to be moved there, but still better than most of the stuff I find
sdwarf36
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
08/09/2015 at 11:24 |
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Make a clock out of the dash bezel+ gauges.
TylerLinner
> ranwhenparked
08/09/2015 at 11:38 |
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Looks like if you could get the engine to turn over, it might run. Just remember to soak it in 10 gallons of PB Blaster for 3 weeks first.
shop-teacher
> ranwhenparked
08/09/2015 at 12:28 |
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Very cool find!