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