My trip west for some old tin.... Pics

[21willys]

As some of you know I headed to New Mexico last week to get some old tin. I got to put a few faces with names from here and got to meet some really cool guys along the way. I picked up the cleanest model A I've ever saw and a super clean 46 mercury coupe. We also got a truck load of other parts and tin.

And now for the pics...

Cadillac ranch. It was so windy/dusty that this is the only pic that turned out.

It blew my mind how much stuff had simply sunk away into the sand.

To rotten to justify dragging 1500 miles home.

Some people don't realize what they have sitting in the sand...

 

[21willys]

Power pack heads on what I believe us a 283 to hold a mailbox.

 

[21willys]

And a few pics of what I dragged home.

The proper way to load cars in New Mexico.

 

[21willys]

I have some other pics of the landscape also. I might upload those later.

In 7 days we covered 10 states, 3500 miles, 60 degree temp changes, and over 11,000 ft of elevation changes. And had a blast.

Thanks to the guys for the southern hospitality, we will see ya again in a few months.

 

[Country Misfit]

Looks like you had a nice trip. I love that old school wrecker..

 

[donsrods]

It's official.........I hate you now. You are living my dream.

Don

 

[dmw56]

Crap you were digging around in my backyard!
Looks like you stopped in Santa Rosa and Duane's place.

 

[Dirtyrat]

Looks like some good old tin there! Saving some old tin again!

 

[moparcowboy]

Power pack heads on what I believe us a 283 to hold a mailbox.

this a old Dodge?

 

[earthman]

Livin' the life! Wonderful pix.

 

[Gus]

this a old Dodge?

it was a 46/47/48 Dodge hump back..

 

[Neverdone]

Yup............ jealous........... I want to go out there one day and see the stuff. Probably will never happen though.

 

[21willys]

More pics

We found this thing in Albuquerque in a pull a part yard. Not sure what thier vision was...

Tunnel in the Rockies mountains.

I'm going to guess that these guys are wild. They was on a reservation in Arizona.

This guy was sitting in the same pull a part. They wouldn't let it be saved, said it was crusher bound.

CLEAN! And it's not for sale

This is looking east of the cars that are sunk into the dessert.

This is looking west. Just to give ya a idea of far out into no mans land we was.

 

[21willys]

Wolf creek pass, going thru the Rockies

Another tunnel.

The view from the look out.

This pic and many others don't do any justice for the magnitude of he size of the mountains.

 

[21willys]

Crap you were digging around in my backyard!
Looks like you stopped in Santa Rosa and Duane's place.

Never went to Santa Rosa, we didn't have any leads there. Duane did give us a lot of leads that ended up with me getting the load that I bring home.

 

[21willys]

Yup............ jealous........... I want to go out there one day and see the stuff. Probably will never happen though.

Maybe I should start a tour business lol

 

[Got Rust?]

Great photo's, some great sites there.

 

[maverickmk]

That's really cool. Thanks for taking us along, nice pics.

 

[Gus]

You did go over Wolf Creek[cl !!!! I don't think there is better view than that anywhere..
I have so many stories about that bump in the road LOL...... my grandfather hauled the coal and water in his 6 horse drawn freight wagon to the steam shovel that cut that road the first time, a trucker rammed my mom's car one winter to keep us from going over the edge, another time I found out after passing the first runaway truck ramp I had only one brake working on my car hauler weighing in at 80,000 lb, I've been in CLOUDS so thick you could not see the end of the hood on a Peterbuilt, and many more scary stories LOL............and the worst one night a guy ahead of me was asking on the cb where the bottom was and that he couldn't get slowed down enough to get his truck back in gear and his breaks were on fire, I found him rolled over just before the scenic over look "the hair pin" his load came loose and killed him.

I'm glad you had a good trip and enjoyed the view...and survived Wolf Creek Pass

 

[Gus]

Here Eric this was the song I was trying to think of ?? DUH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHb_0Lhegig