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).
This is “Speck the Intrepid Swedish Speedster”. I had him in grad school, but he’s dead now.
Antenna hole or just hole?
Here’s the back. Jake warned me not to close it tightly because it will never open again. Yikes!
Just busting out all over. Got all they could out of the original paint job.
Cool patterns of rust and paint and primer.
Rust Never Sleeps
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…
Stephen and his ’61 when it was running.
This is some of the more interesting patchwork- unfinished aluminum flashing kinda falling through.
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!
A little evidence of filler, wouldn’t you say?
Big empty. The souped B20 is in Jake’s good 122 2-dr now.
Yours truly. With a beverage nearby of course.
A really good shot of the main collection with Sadie from Sweden in the background.
All of her save certain mechanicals has seen better days. Note spedo stuck at 70…
The 544 is sadly fascinating. It was very good mechanically, but was vandalized while Jake was away. Shame!
Just nasty.
More creative patchwork, this time with unfinished fiberglass. Enough to pass inspection at any rate.
Typical rust. Oh, well.
Looks salvageable from this angle, but the ’68 1800 is really beyond repair.
Close-up. Beautiful!
My friend Carissa with her ’79, now parted.
This shot was off the roof of the 240. Interesting perspective.
The 122 wagon from above had some cool old packages of parts, here a spedo drive gear.
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!
A parting shot from above. She has been stripped down pretty well since this was taken.
in his natural environment, surveying the “Collection” with a beverage close by.
The wheel is very cool.
This hub cap can be yours for the low, low, price of…
Now you can tell she’s a 2-door. The pine needles are intense- everything is covered in pitch.
What can I say?
Spent some time in Providence, betrayed by this 88-89 RISD parking sticker. Beach goer too?
There is just something neat about this shot- rust creeping from every seam, mangled bumper guard, and twisted grille.
These lichens are cool looking. I’ve never seen them growing on a car before. Perhaps I’m not well-traveled.
Um, I always meant to clean out those drain holes. Note pine needles sticking through.
I wish the rack were in better shape.
Sad. Just sad.
Jake’s cat Zippy. Old enough to vote in this pic, she died at 20.
The top of The Ox- note special firewood and tire storage. The Beverly Hillbillies would be proud.
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!
Nice, convenient place for bolts. And the many became one…
Many of the parts are in Prince Albert tobacco cans. Hmmmm… I took the rear end out to keep as a spare for Sadie.
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.
And here an original SU float needle. NEW!
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…
The floormat has “Volvo” embossed in the middle. Great touch.
You can’t see them, but the trunk was filled with ants when I took this.
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