There is a river in South Carolina where they lined the riverbank with cars just like in your first post. I wonder where that picture was taken?
Heartbreaking. Some of those cars don't even show any rust on them. But after all, it is evolution. If we didn't scrap the old stuff the country would be buried in junk, same as deer hunting would result in overpopulation.
Notice how few of those cars showed signs of crash damage? Mechanical failures must have put them in the junk yard.
I know there is a place where you can send the pic and they will make the puzzle. Just a question of the copyright? Here's a pic of a groovy album cover. Note the 59 Buick
Cool pictures, today one of those scrap yards would be worth millions. OTOH if the cars never got melted down the prices would never go up. I gotta say that riverbank picture is disturbing to me. All the cars are engine first in the water. All those chemicals going straight into the water. And looks like people are fishing in that water.
I drove over a small bridge in the Bryson City/Cherokee,NC area a few years back and happened upon a similar scene. The difference being that the cars were arranged hood to tail along the river bank. 58 Chevy looked to be little damged,but there it was!
Yep some of those pics must have been a southern yard. Near perfect bodies. The Red GMC pickup - what a waste. Stuff was so cheap back then - a repairable car could be bought for $50 or so. The '64 Impala with the $350 price about sums it up - if that pic was real.
'59 Chevy tail lights reminded me of the junkyard scene from "American Grafitti". Some pretty rare sheet metal there too.
How tall did they stack cars back then? Good lord, did they not have recyclers back then to melt em down?
