Dead Pics
The original ODV collection with a few additions (some cars that were alive when the original site was made have now passed on).
Fairly complete under the hood in this shot. I recently lifted the exhaust manifold (twin-pipe) and a nice fiberglass fan. I want that collapsible steering column!
The wheel is very cool.
Close-up. Beautiful!
Big empty. The souped B20 is in Jake’s good 122 2-dr now.
Antenna hole or just hole?
in his natural environment, surveying the “Collection” with a beverage close by.
What can I say?
Spent some time in Providence, betrayed by this 88-89 RISD parking sticker. Beach goer too?
Now you can tell she’s a 2-door. The pine needles are intense- everything is covered in pitch.
This ’68 wagon has no name that we know of. What an incredible rotbox! Jake says it was full of new and good used parts.
Many of the parts are in Prince Albert tobacco cans. Hmmmm… I took the rear end out to keep as a spare for Sadie.
These lichens are cool looking. I’ve never seen them growing on a car before. Perhaps I’m not well-traveled.
Jake’s cat Zippy. Old enough to vote in this pic, she died at 20.
My friend Stephen and I opened the trunk ant there was a really creepy face staring out at us. Turned out to be an old Paul McCartney doll. Shiver!
Cool patterns of rust and paint and primer.
Meet “The Ox” a brick with a funny story behind it, which should be up here soon when my friend Jeff gets around to writing it…
Yours truly. With a beverage nearby of course.
A really good shot of the main collection with Sadie from Sweden in the background.
Typical rust. Oh, well.
And here an original SU float needle. NEW!
This hub cap can be yours for the low, low, price of…
A parting shot from above. She has been stripped down pretty well since this was taken.
Here’s the back. Jake warned me not to close it tightly because it will never open again. Yikes!
The 122 wagon from above had some cool old packages of parts, here a spedo drive gear.
This is some of the more interesting patchwork- unfinished aluminum flashing kinda falling through.
Just nasty.
A little evidence of filler, wouldn’t you say?
This is “Speck the Intrepid Swedish Speedster”. I had him in grad school, but he’s dead now.
Nice, convenient place for bolts. And the many became one…
I wish the rack were in better shape.
Looks salvageable from this angle, but the ’68 1800 is really beyond repair.
This is ‘Ol Yeller. She had about a half-million when she was out to rest. Her overdrive made it into Sadie. Great patch below the headlight!
The 544 is sadly fascinating. It was very good mechanically, but was vandalized while Jake was away. Shame!
Stephen and his ’61 when it was running.
The top of The Ox- note special firewood and tire storage. The Beverly Hillbillies would be proud.
I can’t remember why I took this shot, but it is cool how completely rusted the headlight trim ring is. They aren’t really supposed to rust…
This shot was off the roof of the 240. Interesting perspective.
The floormat has “Volvo” embossed in the middle. Great touch.
Rust Never Sleeps
There is just something neat about this shot- rust creeping from every seam, mangled bumper guard, and twisted grille.
All of her save certain mechanicals has seen better days. Note spedo stuck at 70…
Sad. Just sad.
Just busting out all over. Got all they could out of the original paint job.
Um, I always meant to clean out those drain holes. Note pine needles sticking through.
You can’t see them, but the trunk was filled with ants when I took this.
More creative patchwork, this time with unfinished fiberglass. Enough to pass inspection at any rate.
My friend Carissa with her ’79, now parted.
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