Another desert find

[bertha66]

I don't have pictures, but I past a dairy every day that has about a acre of Fords, from what I can see, early 60's to 80's Ford trucks and late 60's to 80's Ford cars, Mustangs and Galaxies/LTD's. They are in Redmond, Or.

[fabmandelux]

Found this on craigslist. Nice coupe!





Not a bad deal for a grand: 1950 Ford 2-Dr Sedan

[NumberDummy]

Take a gander at the Genuine Ford factory accessory backup lamp on the left (drivers) side lower body panel on that 2 door sedan.

Someone would pay good money for that "goodie." Fits all: 1949/51 Fords.

Look out Oregonians...the big Dummy will be up your way in a coupla weeks.

[fabmandelux]

Time to hide the Ford stash boys! What part of Oregon ya going to Bill?

I could probably post up a dozen good deals like that one. There is still a lot of old Ford stuff that hasn't been hauled off to California yet...............

[bertha66]

I don't know, I kinda like the racing stripe on the 50 2dr.

[NumberDummy]

Originally Posted by fabmandelux

Time to hide the Ford stash boys! What part of Oregon ya going to Bill?

Driving Highway 1/101 from LA to Astoria, then working our way over to Hwy 395, then south to CA 49, back to LA LA Land with a side trip to Yosemite.

I'm planning on hitting a few dealers on this trip.

So...if your local dealer sez they don't have obsolete parts or parts catalogs any longer for the old stuff...because someone bought them all...you can guess who that someone was!

There's lots of old cars/trucks everywhere. Some ppl think these do not exist any longer because they all make the same mistake.

They drive the Interstates...and what will that get them? To their destination faster, but they'll miss all the CREAM the old highways and back roads have to offer!

[fabmandelux]

Nice trip! I've driven most of the roads you'll travel. If you take your time it's a beautiful trip. If you take I-80 east from Portland maybe I could buy ya a cup of coffee in Arlington. I'm about 30 miles south of Arlington but if you can give me a heads up when your coming by I'll sure drive up to Arlington and meet ya. Not a lot of dealers around here any more. One of the best was Pendleton Ford, but it closed about a year ago. My brother was the service manager at Phillips Long Ford years ago in Baker City Oregon. It's an old dealership ( since the 20's), it changed hands about 18 months ago, but their still in the old buildings they've been for the last 60 years. Never know what you might find there!

[NumberDummy]

Originally Posted by fabmandelux

Nice trip! I've driven most of the roads you'll travel. If you take your time it's a beautiful trip. If you take I-80 east from Portland maybe I could buy ya a cup of coffee in Arlington. I'm about 30 miles south of Arlington but if you can give me a heads up when your coming by I'll sure drive up to Arlington and meet ya. Not a lot of dealers around here any more. One of the best was Pendleton Ford, but it closed about a year ago. My brother was the service manager at Phillips Long Ford years ago in Baker City Oregon. It's an old dealership ( since the 20's), it changed hands about 18 months ago, but their still in the old buildings they've been for the last 60 years. Never know what you might find there!

I think you meant to type I-84.

I-80 follows much of the original Lincoln (trans-continental) Highway which ran from San Francisco to NYC. This highway was entirely paid for by the automakers, tire and petroleum industries. It was the brainchild of Henry Bourne Joy, the former president of the Packard Motor Car Co.

I've driven the gorge from Astoria to The Dalles, but little of the coast from Brookings to Astoria, not much of anything SE of Portland.

I'd suggest you visit that dealer...there aren't many still in old buildings any longer. Old buildings mean old parts/catalogs/service manuals/dealer stuff.

When dealers move...usually everything no longer viable (to them!)...gets tossed out.

I crawled around in the attic of the Ford dealer in Anacortes in 1989, found a 50' x 5' canvas banner that said: THE NEW 1956 FORD'S - HERE NOW!

[wmjoe1953]

Same goes here Bill, if you get into Central Oregon, let us know. Coffee's always on, but I've beat you to the dealerships, there aint nothing left.

[NumberDummy]

Originally Posted by wmjoe1953

Same goes here Bill, if you get into Central Oregon, let us know.

Coffee's always on, but I've beat you to the dealerships, there aint nothing left. Uh huh...wanna bet?

You know...I've heard that a 1000 times....but it isn't always true, because...

Besides the fact that most parts managers and etc don't want to bother...

Many parts managers learned from the flathead guys not to let ppl roam around in their parts departments...then passed this info on.

The flathead guys hit 1000's of dealers back in the 1950's. Most were clueless, didn't know one part number from another. So they opened one box, then two, then dozens.

Pretty soon, there's a mess, because loose parts were scattered all over the floor, no one had a clue what boxes they came from.

However.......if one has Ford parts experience, and is into this stuff, most P/M's will let you come on in, roam around...start piling stuff up...cuz...they know that with Ford parts experience, not one box has to be opened to see what's inside.

Beginning around 1966, I've cleaned out well over 300 Ford dealers obsolete parts inventories, mostly on the west coast.

Last Friday, I had my Fusion serviced at a local dealer...just for the hell of it, I asked the P/M if he had anything. THREE hours later, I left with the trunk and back seat full of parts catalogs, 2 microfiche viewers and other assorted jazz.

Who said they're nothing left?!

btw: Next time any of y'all hit the Ford dealer in Ridgecrest CA, there was a TON of 1950's Ford truck parts there.

I passed on all of it...cleaned out the Mustang and Galaxie stuff. For all I know...the other stuff may still be there.

There's another HUGE HORDE of goodies at a dealer off Hwy 1 in Nor/NorCal. I tried for years to buy this stuff, but the P/M wanted a Kings Ransom.

It was too far to go back and argue over the stuff...so this is another dealer I'm gonna hit again. No...I ain't saying where the stuff is.

[fabmandelux]

You silver tongued devil you!

PS. You were right Bill, I meant I-84, must of been a senior moment...................

[wmjoe1953]

Well, you da man. I've checked with two of the local dealers (I'm in pretty good with the Madras parts manager, and the one from Redmond I knew real well is no longer there), but I aint made it to the Bend dealers. Nothing that interested me in either dealership, but you would probably come out better.

[NumberDummy]

Originally Posted by wmjoe1953

Well, you da man. I've checked with two of the local dealers (I'm in pretty good with the Madras parts manager, and the one from Redmond I knew real well is no longer there), but I aint made it to the Bend dealers. Nothing that interested me in either dealership, but you would probably come out better.

Nothing interesting?

People pay BIG BUCKS for parts catalogs, shop manuals...greasy or not, sales brochures and etc...even if the jazz means nothing to you...someone will buy it.

There's an old saying... "There's a seat for every azz!"

The same principle applies here.

[wmjoe1953]

Well, that's true. I agree. I was brought up on the "one mans trash is another mans treasure" way of thinking. In my travels, I have had to limit my interests to what I could use, and afford at the time. I hope, not too far into the future, that I'll be able to enjoy the opportunities of others that allow me to be a little less narrow minded in my search for stuff. Right now, if it's not something that pertains directly to the things I currently have, I am not able to pursue it. I do wish that this was different, becasue you are right, original manuals, and literature are gold to many people, and are very interesting things to thumb through. I enjoy reading the older books, and seeing the major differences between them and the modern books I have to read. I find more peace in the older ones.

[Old93junk]

Bill, If you decide to swing thru the southern Willamette valley, PLEASE let me know!.....Heck, I might even take you fishing!.........You might want to check out Gibson Ford in Junction City, they recently closed but seem to still have a good deal of "stuff" still on the premises.......Damn shame, there since 1921.