Weird, cool stuff you found in the woods.

That is gruesome...

 

That is a bit of understatement...

 

You didn't call the cops when you first hit bones? I would have.

 

A couple of randoms from today for @RustyGreen

 

Car:
1959 Chev, the bright trim around the windows marks it as a top of the line Impala versus the mid line Bel Air (below) or the budget Biscayne.
A 1960 has the same side profile but doesn't have the twin air intakes on the hood.



Truck:
1957-60 Ford



Historical footnote:
In 1961 Ford redesigned the light duty trucks to look sleeker (and be cheaper to build).
The cab and bed were a one piece unit, sort of a uni-body but with a conventional frame underneath.



Looks clean doesn't it?
This was one of those "looks good on paper" ideas, in service the loaded trucks had problems with doors popping open, bodywork rippling -- guess they didn't do enough real world testing.

Ford was in a bind, modified the cab stamping and started stamping out the older style bed - even though the style lines didn't match at all.



The problem was corrected with the 1964 redesign. But it confuses people today.

 

Amazing!! Thank you!!

 

Just another day at the office.
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The office door says "Past Tech" though... so don't expect me to say anything intelligent about ECMs, CPUs, BCMs, BFDs, etcs...
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BFH on the other hand I am familiar with.

 

We hired a guide to take us to some lesser known Khmer temples/bird watching and was strictly warned to mind the mines! This is all ya get if you don't have a guide BTW...

 

Another gauntlet throw down for Rusty...

I love these

 

Anyone find a gauntlet out in the woods? That would be cool...

Sorry...

 

This was out walking in the woods turned left came to my house and moved in yep a solid white fallow doe

 

Yup. My place is 130 years old and it was really rural here back then. There's a place way in the back of the yard that's clearly where the dump was.

 

International Harvester S-Line truck built between 1928 - 31.
It could be a one ton Speed 6 model so named for the 2 speed rear coupled with the 3 speed transmission giving 6 forward and 2 reverse gears.
This was an industry first for a factory built commercial truck.

Ratios were 5.25 : 1 in high range and 15.46 : 1 in low -- now that is a crawl ratio.
Powered by a thrifty 173-cu.in. Waukesha L-head four-cylinder the Speed 6 could hit 35 mph in third gear high range - pretty quick for a heavy truck in 1928.

 

I've said it before...you're a treasure!!!

 

I need to go find some more abandoned cars in the woods this spring so you can work your magic. I know of one that doesn’t have much left to it that may stump you.