Digging Up This Car But What Is It?

its either a merc or a ford. i've found the mercury Sun valley is very simlar and the ford victoria is too. but the tailights just dont match the pictures of other cars. I'm planning on fully digging it out wednesday and will post plenty more pictures. This is a once in a lifetime oppertunity for me. I remember dreaming of digging old cars out of the woods on soooooo many occasions! I'm livin out childhood dreams in this project!

heres where i found it. (yes, its in there)



heres me beating down the sticker bushes with a board and yes the cows even walked over to the edge to see what was happening


There it is!!!!


Tailight


heres the symbol on the door pillar


Had an orange interior!!!!


Stuck my head through the window and sifted through a bunch of dirt. found these!








theres a bunch more stuff in the car... im gonna finish digging then pull it out with the tractor. i'll have PLENTY of pics when we fully excavate the car He said if you want the car its all yours and anything in it! He remembers his dad burning everything he could and then anything else he pushed off the hill I'm also gonna hopefully purchase another maverick this saturday scrap prices are unbelievable right now

and man! its been too long since i posted a thread here!

 

The trim on those cars can be worth some good money.

 

thats what i was thinking! for somebody who needs the trim. its flawless!

 

Agreed. Trim is stupid expensive on those oldies. Our body man did a 55 Crown Vic last year. The trim pieces were insanely priced to refinish. 2 small pieces at the rear lights were missing and cost him 300 each . They just arent out there to buy. Even if the trim is beat up its still big money, they can fix it. Cant wait to see whats inside the car. Its like a treasure chest.

 

That looks like Jimmy Hoffa's car!

 

Cool find! DeSoto hubcap's got to be worth something.

 

'53 Mercury Monterey 2dr sedan.

 

Damn it, you beat me to it!

Very cool find. Reminds me of the '63 Chevy BelAir I go the carburetor off of that's on my car, except it wasn't buried!

 

Damn!! that car is BURRIED!!...I'll bet theres nothing left of the floors or other sheetmetal.

 

I was going to say . . . if you find a briefcase with "JH" on it, don't bother opening it. I'll give you $50 for it.

 

i also found some old carberater. its either called an updraft or downdraft. i can't remember.

scrap prices are unbelievable right now. a big bumper maverick that im trying to buy is estimated to sell for $400-500 from the tow lot.

 

Thats OK strip the car then call the cops.

 

Pics!!! See what carburetor is actually on the car as well.

 

Wonder if it has a flathead V-8. I would love to have one, not sure why but I want one!