I was in Town visiting the family this weekend and drove by the garage. You've done a Flat out amazing job. What you've done to that property has cleaned up the apperance of that whole section of town. You should be very proud of what you've done, and I'm sure the family is happy seeing someone get more use out of their old property.
As if you didn't already know what nocones is talking about, here are some intermediate clean up pictures. This is Nov '05 - March '06 roughly. When it was dry we'd work outside and if wet or muddy then it was an inside day in the shop.
One of the sons did radio repairs in this trailer. Keep in mind that was 40 years before this picture was taken. There were many. many car radios in the various buildings. One was a fold down unit for under the dash that would play 45 RPM records on it. It was call " Hi Way Hi Fi " That's the roof of the metal tool shed behind.
He was an electrical engineer and I'm told fairly instrumental in the development of the fax. Very bright fellow. Note the white pine tree beyond the trailer on the left.
In the background to the right is about where the new barn is now. Note the white pine tree just to the left.
From the barn the reverse angle looking back where the radio repair trailer stood 3 years earlier. Note the white pine tree to the slight right beyond the " Vee " pair of trees. The property extends to the street in the far background.
This how overgrown the whole 5 acres was. My son has blazed a trail with the bush hog here. If you have good vision right in the middle of the picture, dead ahead is a '74 Monte Carlo.
This would be a Toyota Land Cruiser, don't know the year.
I believe a 1963 Ford pickup.
You tell me, I've forgotten.
That's the pickup beyond.
The Monte Carlo in the back, slowly moving it's way off the property.
Here we have the '57, to the right of it a manure wagon and another hulk to the right of it. In all there were 7 vehicles found including the Terraplane and titles for all.
What property owner wouldn't want to see this in his neighbors yard next door? You couldn't see this stuff until I started to clean out the brush.
A McCormick & Co. planter. We cut the trees out of this because the machine was in good condition, all the sheet metal there and in good shape. A very large planter, about 10' wide with steel wheels as seen in front. I tried to give it away for 6 months and gave up. Everyone said it was too big. Took a torch and cut it up for scrap! Boy I hated to do that.
There is an " A Frame " to the left. That's a portable way to pull engines or in some cases split a tractor in haft and support it using chains. The wood sided wagon in the foreground was made from the pickup bed of a 30's Ford truck, complete with tailgate. One of the sons got it, wire wheels and all!
Note the small white building in the background.
That's a smoke house where meat was smoked. I understand a farmer couldn't pay his repair bill and offered that building in exchange. Mr.Johnson accepted it and moved it here which then provided another way to generate income. Among the items found inside were several adapter rings that would let you use different engine and transmission combinations, say a Lincoln engine mated to a trans from a Cadillac. Still have those.
Thomas
and using a large chainsaw all day can get tiring day after day. I would come home for dinner, shower and then go right to bed. I was spent!!
