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"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 05/04/2015 at 12:55 • Filed to: Patina and parts fo days

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This is how I saw this weekend. I finally took a long trip around my girls dad’s house and property - the place we are seriously looking to move to after we bank some money for a few years. House is free to us, and likely what you see will be left. RamblinRover had told me last time we talked how the best plan would be to take all this stuff and make unholy creations till the end of time. I cannot even begin to fathom what could be built off just this one property worth of metal (out of 3). Maybe I can make a New Englander out of him yet. Enjoy my walkaround and point out anything you recognize (or any unholy creation you can think of). I really need to learn my pre-war stuff. There are barns full of engines, lots of flathead stuff, old Buick V8’s, 283s. We should almost have an Oppo commune up there. Tons of land, noone gives a crap about project cars or 50 laying around. Cheap taxes, trails etc. I have another post coming up with my Invicta trials and tribulations...

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One of about 7 garages full of stuff...

And what is this grill and cowling from? 1.17 liters?

you already know what that canister is for...

mini photodump of the 39 Deluxe Sedan. Whoever was driving this to college in 1969 is my hero

More doodlebugs than you could ever farm with

Actually a pretty nice cab for something

If those arent Beetle bumpers I dont know what is

again with the gravity feed...

Old ford fire truck. The cowling is in the garage...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 12:59

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Oh, hey. W115?

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:01

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way too tall, looked to be W189 to me

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:02

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This, is a fuckin’ British Ford. Late 40s.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:03

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holy crap. I was wondering why I couldn’t peg it!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:05

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_M…

Oddball.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:06

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It’s all in the spelling - litre, not liter! And also, the use of litre rather than cubic inches...

Anyway, RamblinRover’s right, looks like a Ford Prefect.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:06

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Want to bet this started out as a “put the hood over it, it’ll be safe for a couple months” thing?

E. Julius > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:06

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How does somebody even go about acquiring this assortment of stuff? I’m not sure I could do it if I tried.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:07

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I want one of these as a home ornament...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:09

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I can’t tell, but this may be a gnarly old Cub Cadet.

Brian, The Life of > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:09

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“Hi there! So we were just driving by and noticed you had some interesting stuff. Can we just hang out a tape a few episodes here?”

505Turbeaux > E. Julius 05/04/2015 at 13:09

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that is alot of time invested, a little bit of crazy, and a whole lot of land.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:10

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haha indeed it is

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:10

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Is the rest of this Plymouth around somewhere?

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:11

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That’s a goldmine

505Turbeaux > Brian, The Life of 05/04/2015 at 13:11

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hahaha yeah they would probably love it. He would run them off so quick their heads would still be spinning

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:12

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not sure. Have to poke around a bit and see. He isnt much on them like he is Fords but I wouldnt be surprised. This was just the edge of the woods I investigated

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:14

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No later than ‘28, according to a cursory Googling. Is the rest of it around, or was this burgled for use on a T?

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:15

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this one appears to have been burgled. Just the radiator and shell sitting there!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:16

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I ran across a fleeting mention on the HAMB that that was A Thing people did. Kind of a shame, not that there’s any special value for anything Overland. No shame in frankensteining with it, at least!

Your boy, BJR > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:17

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YOU KNOW WHAT MUST BE DONE

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:18

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Also, was this blobbletaurus laid low by a bad Vulcan V6? What an ignominious way to enter the hall of the hallowed dead Fords.

MonkeePuzzle > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:18

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the flames, someone’s hotrod once?

JR1 > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:19

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This one has me thoroughly confused. Is a two cylinder and what does it go in? And why is it Canadian?

http://wisconsinmotorscanada.ca/wthd.html

So many questions and that is just one piece of a massive puzzle

505Turbeaux > Your boy, BJR 05/04/2015 at 13:20

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shit, you are probably so right it hurts

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:24

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ha yeah even the 70’s F250 next to it looks out of place. Didnt ask. It is too bad there was a trooper 2 he scrapped that was over there. Needed front end and interior work, not rusty

505Turbeaux > MonkeePuzzle 05/04/2015 at 13:26

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hopefully

505Turbeaux > JR1 05/04/2015 at 13:26

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ha I have no clue, just laying there hanging out. I didnt do any back work on it. Up here in Maine alot is canadian though!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:28

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As a side note, I know where there’s one of these that’s absolutely immaculate, with under 15k original miles. Guy doesn’t do much with it because he’s a Ford man. WAT

CalzoneGolem > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:29

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<3

Bandit > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:33

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This doesn’t belong! No idea what it is though haha

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:33

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I never understood the hate and rivalry there. Doesn’t benefit anybody. Just get that old thing out and drive it dude!

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:33

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DIBS ON THE SHOEBOX. Sounds like magical candyland to me. This summer I’ll try to get pics of the junk on my father in law’s plot in Yosemite Valley. There’s a flathead buried in the sand, an old Chevy coupe shot full of holes & buried up to its axles in silt, the back of an old Jeep in the river, and other neat stuff. Nothing of this awesome scope & scale though.

CalzoneGolem > E. Julius 05/04/2015 at 13:34

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Some people would find stuff like this and pay you to haul it away. My dad used to haul junk cars and people would pay him to show up in his truck and haul there stuff away and he’d strip out what he wanted and scrap them and get paid again.

CalzoneGolem > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:35

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You pilot this from the bed? Brilliant!

Your boy, BJR > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:35

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Of course I'm right. I'm always right.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:37

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This was also the guy who had a ‘70 Ranchero Squire with mild fender bender damage which has been parked for years undriven. There’s no accounting for taste. I, of course, was all

505Turbeaux > Bandit 05/04/2015 at 13:38

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it was some sort of AC/DC converter!

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench 05/04/2015 at 13:39

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do it! Hopefully you will be out to Watkins and I can steal you for a few days.

This honestly isn’t even scratching the surface :)

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:42

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oh good lord. Dont tell me such tales of woe.

Is it still around?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:44

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Yep, still around. Honestly, if I trucked down there with a big check in hand he might take it, but he’s an old guy with no need for more money.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 13:46

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ugh how big of a check we talking?

Also, are you intrigued enough yet to take that drive? Lets plan on something for June on a weekend

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 13:57

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Not sure how much. Maybe 20% over Fair Craigslist Value (FCV), maybe 40%, or maybe only 80% of the market. It would depend on how he felt that day, and how he was disposed to you. In my case, stating that I would go back 100% factory original (which I would) would probably help my price, because the guy has become an originalist and grew out of a hot rod phase in his youth. How I’d convince him, I don’t know, because he would probably remember me as He Who Does Monkeyshines With His Ranchero.

Definitely still would like to Maine Trip things.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/04/2015 at 14:00

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if this doesn’t become part of your username I am dissapoint “He Who Does Monkeyshines With His Ranchero” hahahaha

He would probably love me, bone stock fo days is how I love it

That line is still killing me

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 14:01

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That would kick ass if I can swing the time. By the sound of it, it’s very likely I’ll be at the Glen. You’ll know when I do.

505Turbeaux > RallyWrench 05/04/2015 at 14:02

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If it does, and you can, I should hold RamblinRover and CalzoneGolem off till you do. Jesus that would be a time

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 14:05

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It’s the full and accurate translation of my Indian name “Monkeyshines with Fords”.

JR1 > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 14:20

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I am sure you get this all the time. What is he planning on doing with all of this?

505Turbeaux > JR1 05/04/2015 at 14:23

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he has about 20,000 ideas of what to do with it, but no follow through. so something, some day

JR1 > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 14:36

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I think this is what the Wisconsin engine is

http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Wisconsin…

And best of luck to the man. He as a whole wide array of beautiful things

RallyWrench > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 14:41

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We’d better get that Matra Rancho coming...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 16:20

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Nice pictures. A little overexposed, but nicely composed.

Thanks for sharing!

505Turbeaux > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/04/2015 at 16:23

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my phone takes terrible pics!!!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 16:32

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I enjoyed them very much; as I said, they’re nicely composed. You have a good eye for a photograph. I especially like the one of the backseat with the sun in the back window.

There may be a setting on your phone that is overexposing everything on purpose. The setting would be called EV, for exposure value . If your phone has that setting for the camera, it may be set to +1, completely accident. I’ve seen the EV get adjusted by mistake a number of times before.

(End of unsolicited photography lecture.)

505Turbeaux > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 05/04/2015 at 16:34

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ha man I need a few pointers like that, and totally appreciated. I may have been out in the dark playing with things too. I keep meaning to at least bring my point and shoot with me that actually takes good pics but always forgetting. And thanks!!!

505 - morphine not found > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 17:06

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All this nicely rusty american iron... and i would still chose you 505 above and beyond any of it. Sorry :-)

Jonee > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 17:35

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Beautiful stuff. I love that there are still properties up there that look like this. I used to love wandering around the tundra looking for these places.

505Turbeaux > Jonee 05/04/2015 at 17:49

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I love they still exist as well. Great stuff

Jonee > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 17:59

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I once tried to pull a Toyota Stout pickup and a Panhard Dyna (!) from a similar looking old farm in western Mass once. It was a “if you can get them out of here, you can have them” deal. The Panhard quickly split into two pieces and the Stout had become one with the earth, so they stayed. Made for some cool photos that I should try and find. This was in the pre-digital era.

505Turbeaux > Jonee 05/04/2015 at 18:03

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yes you should. I have many similar stories indeed!

One was a 1960 VW panel van I was pulling out of the much of 35 years of “storage” - the roof bent and collapsed in the middle as soon as I tugged on the bumper!

Jonee > 505Turbeaux 05/04/2015 at 18:08

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And out here, if there are a few bubbles in the rockers, it’s got “major rust.”

Nibbles > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 05/04/2015 at 18:09

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Nope, this is a Ford Prefect. Note the difference in the grill

You gotta click the link because I can no longer post pictures (when will they give me back the HTML editor???)