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I just thought I would post a few more photographs of what I spotted behind an old house here in town. As you can tell, these have been there for a very long time.
Enjoy
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BELLIN68, you are correct, one of these would look great in an Old Navy store.
Thank you very much BELLIN68, timewaits41man & Manikin
Thank you very much gargoylecollector, Vontrike & Lostinspace.
Now this is what I call "Yard Art"!
More, more!!
Thank you very much rocker-sd & DavesCoolStuff. I wish it was yard art in my yard! There are a lot more behind the house, however, I could not get a pic from the fence line. I will try to find a better spot soon.
Thank you very much stonesfan1
Thank you vanskyock24
You better go picking there before MIKE AND FRANK SHOW UP
Love your photos.
Thank you very much PhilDavidAlexanderMorris & pickingupbones. Glad you enjoyed them. If they did show up, at least I could get an autograph!
My kind of yard. soooo artistic .. My wife made me promise not to collect cars..She knows my collecting habits have no bounds..
Does someone live there or is it abandoned. There are some nice projects there.
Thank you very much ozmarty, Trey, crabbykins & scandinavian_pieces.
I do not think anybody lives there right now. There is actually much more vintage tin back there. As soon as I make contact, I will give an update.
ozmarty, I know the feeling, if I had my way, I would be hauling them all home!
Thank you very much mrmajestic1 & vintagemad
Very nice used car lot someone has going on there.... looks like a buy here - pay here situation, LOL !!! Seriously, definitely some nice looking project cars waiting..... Thanks for sharing ! TG
Thrifty,
Thank you very much. There are some great projects here, but the guy will not sell any of them. Just sit and rust away.
Thank you very much kerry10456
You have pictures beautiful.
I like your art.
Yuko
Thank you very much for the kind words Yuko, and thank you very much jimborasco
Wow i wish they would sell them so sad to see this part of history go to rust thanks for sharing i love old trucks anything 2 door.
Thank you very much napua333, mikielikesigns2 & jimborasco. There are plenty more back there, I will get them photographed as soon as I can.
yeah....RUST RULES!!
Thank you very much Hems303 & GlennMart
A nice display of cars,I need to be there with wrenches.