Found this today...

[japody]

You guys did well on naming the car, so I'll try to get close ups of my avatar so we can play "name that tractor". I think that will be more difficult. They both have metal wheels.

 

[AchingBack]

I found this old Case seeder in one of my fields.

 

[ovrszd]

I found this old Case seeder in one of my fields.

I grew up on a farm outside a town of 600. On main street there was a Case dealer. Had a large sign hanging on the front of the building in the Case symbol shape. Wish I had that sign now!!!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I know. Every time I see an old car or piece of machinery I think about the fact that at some time that was somebody's pride and joy. When you see an old homestead that is falling down and know that at one time somebody was very proud of that place - it was very special and now it is just junk to everyone who sees it. Kind of sad but it does show us where we should put our faith and what is important! Still it is fun to reminisce.

Right there with you.

My dad hates to see his home place in ruins....
Dads will probably be the same fate, no one wants to live there but me. Wife doesnt want to. He built everything there.

 

[Creamer]

Right there with you.

My dad hates to see his home place in ruins....
Dads will probably be the same fate, no one wants to live there but me. Wife doesnt want to. He built everything there.

When I moved to the area where I am now a retiring farmer said to me that "you spend your whole life getting the place just how you want it only to watch the next guy spend his whole life getting to just how he wants it".

 

[lennyzx11]

Maybe just leave it there and show it to your friends and family. Letting them dream up their own story about how it got there. Imagine a young boy or girl looking at it and discussing this.

This is our heritage.

I know a place on the backside of a relative's place that had 3 or 4 old cars and a motorcycle lined up in the woods. Had to be done prior to the 60s.
Many happy miles, races, and stories were made there by my cousins and us kids at that secret place.

 

[wngsprd]

While I get your point, I don't think we in this country are at any risk of saving "too much" of our history. Way too many treasures have been destroyed even in a place like Mpls/St Paul that has only been around ~150 yrs. Metropolitan bldg in Mpls being probably the best example Metropolitan Building (Minneapolis) - Wikipedia

Saving the occasional wagon or old car in no way is a risk of stagnating here... IMO

That was a beautiful old building. Seems like the '60s were really rough on old city buildings...a big trend of urban renewal and steel and glass replacements.

Great thread!

 

[Rustyiron]

This shows the critical importance of a gas cap, or lack thereof :laughing:

 

[Sigarms]

You guys are lucky, the only thing I've found on our property is a discarded washing machine.

 

[dodge man]

I am a land surveyor and found these in the past couple of years. The log cabin was on a co workers property and was suppose to have someone living in it up until the 1950's. The chimney was near the Quad Cities Illinois and was near a newer subdivision. You could see part of the out line of where a house had been.