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Dee Ashley
Location: DFW, Texas Gender: Female Total Likes: 1378 likes
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| | | | The Unexpected Find (Altus, OK) < on 12/31/2019 9:33 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | It was a warm and sunny day in May when I found myself walking through an unremarkable residential area in the town of Altus, Oklahoma while my friend and I waited on my car to get serviced. We had an hour or two to kill, so we decided to just walk to the downtown. Altus is like many other communities in the rural midwest region; as in it doesn't have much going for it. The crime rate is higher than almost 80% of any other town in the country and the population is poor and steadily shrinking with each passing year. Most people look at these dying rural communities and see only blight and faded remnants of a once-vibrant past. Of course, people like us see these towns a little differently. We weren't expecting to find much on our way to the town's center, but we did get treated to an unexpected surprise. We both noticed a small, unremarkable house across the street from us that we normally would have disregarded had it not been for the neon pink letter affixed to the front door (because we all know what that usually means), and the front door was ajar. The trash bins were overflowing and letters were beginning to spill out over the top of the mailbox. There were lots of clues that the home was probably recently abandoned. Naturally, we had to stop and check it out:
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr We weren't expecting to find anything interesting inside and we were correct in that assumption. Aside from some fake fruit, a microwave, and some loosely scattered junk deemed unworthy of being moved with the rest of the previous resident's belongings, the house was empty and boring. We decided it wasn't worth our time and left without seeing anything of interest. Then we noticed these two old cars along the other side of the property under the car port:
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr The two vehicles were impossible not to notice as they were in stark contrast to the small, unassuming house they resided next to:
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr The Firebird was my favorite:
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr I love that red leather interior!
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr I had never even heard of an "Edsel", before and had to look it up. The Edsel is a discontinued Ford model station wagon, named after Henry Ford's (the founder of the Ford Motor Company) son, Edsel Ford. The Edsel was a dismal failure and was only in production for about three years (circa 1958-1960). If my research of this particular Edsel is correct, only 2,133 of the 9-passenger Edsel Villager (below) were ever made:
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr Of course, I'm kicking myself now for not taking more photos than I did, because this is evidently a very rare find. From the photos I do have, it looks to be in good condition:
by Dee Ashley, on Flickr This had started out as a quick post to the "abandoned cars" forum and grew into a larger post after I started looking into these vehicles, so I decided to just start a thread rather than take up too much space on the car thread. Hope you enjoyed! Cheers, - DA
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| | | | Re: The Unexpected Find (Altus, OK) < Reply # 1 on 12/31/2019 11:37 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Dee Ashley It was a warm and sunny day in May when I found myself walking through an unremarkable residential area in the town of Altus, Oklahoma while my friend and I waited on my car to get serviced. We had an hour or two to kill, so we decided to just walk to the downtown. Altus is like many other communities in the rural midwest region; as in it doesn't have much going for it. The crime rate is higher than almost 80% of any other town in the country and the population is poor and steadily shrinking with each passing year. Most people look at these dying rural communities and see only blight and faded remnants of a once-vibrant past. Of course, people like us see these towns a little differently. We weren't expecting to find much on our way to the town's center, but we did get treated to an unexpected surprise. We both noticed a small, unremarkable house across the street from us that we normally would have disregarded had it not been for the neon pink letter affixed to the front door (because we all know what that usually means), and the front door was ajar. The trash bins were overflowing and letters were beginning to spill out over the top of the mailbox. There were lots of clues that the home was probably recently abandoned. Naturally, we had to stop and check it out: https://live.staticflickr.com/4245/34716358866_b1f5543662_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr We weren't expecting to find anything interesting inside and we were correct in that assumption. Aside from some fake fruit, a microwave, and some loosely scattered junk deemed unworthy of being moved with the rest of the previous resident's belongings, the house was empty and boring. We decided it wasn't worth our time and left without seeing anything of interest. Then we noticed these two old cars along the other side of the property under the car port: https://live.staticflickr.com/4187/34716305206_229917528c_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr The two vehicles were impossible not to notice as they were in stark contrast to the small, unassuming house they resided next to: https://live.staticflickr.com/4194/34716324536_7da83e9d5a_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr The Firebird was my favorite: https://live.staticflickr.com/4173/33914069864_51b495d6b6_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr I love that red leather interior! https://live.staticflickr.com/4155/33914067594_6530f2ec65_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/4202/33914066204_31f5d6a77b_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/4183/34716321916_585688b258_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/4225/34716325616_999ea3251f_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/4243/33914065574_cc9b3b4cca_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/4164/33914064054_cd529634e5_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr I had never even heard of an "Edsel", before and had to look it up. The Edsel is a discontinued Ford model station wagon, named after Henry Ford's (the founder of the Ford Motor Company) son, Edsel Ford. The Edsel was a dismal failure and was only in production for about three years (circa 1958-1960). If my research of this particular Edsel is correct, only 2,133 of the 9-passenger Edsel Villager (below) were ever made: https://live.staticflickr.com/4185/34716318456_8bbd24cd36_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr Of course, I'm kicking myself now for not taking more photos than I did, because this is evidently a very rare find. From the photos I do have, it looks to be in good condition: https://live.staticflickr.com/4247/34594526312_1a625074b0_b.jpg by Dee Ashley, on Flickr This had started out as a quick post to the "abandoned cars" forum and grew into a larger post after I started looking into these vehicles, so I decided to just start a thread rather than take up too much space on the car thread. Hope you enjoyed! Cheers, - DA
| Edsels in that condition are rare. Edsel station wagon in that condition is super rare. That T-Bird is sweet I want it.
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| Dee Ashley
Location: DFW, Texas Gender: Female Total Likes: 1378 likes
Write something and wait expectantly.
| | | | Re: The Unexpected Find (Altus, OK) < Reply # 18 on 1/16/2020 1:16 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by 2Xplorations
Leave only footprints, take only automobiles. That T-bird has no steering column lock, no ignition interlock, would take about 5min to start her up. Maybe Dee can share the location with you in a PM and I will tell you how to hot-wire it.
| Hahaha, I like the way your mind works, 2X. Sadly, the house they resided with (and I assume were considered part of the property), was auctioned by the city for unpaid back taxes. I feel pretty confident that these two vehicles were the only items of value in that auction - the house sure didn’t look like it was worth even a fraction of those cars, lol.
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