About ten years ago PHeymont published one of our most popular blog posts ever, A Field of (Rusted) Dreams. He reported on a field of abandoned classic cars in rural Colorado.
This story is not quite as dramatic, but not dissimilar. When on a road trip through western Montana, heading to my home in the Idaho panhandle, I passed a few commercial buildings near the small town of Noxon. One of these was a real estate office, and on a large parking lot around it there were dozens of old cars and trucks. Most were quite rusty and not in the best shape (flat tires, broken glass), but there were a number of interesting and unusual models. I never counted them, but there were dozens of old vehicles parked there.
I’ve grown increasingly fond of and familiar with old cars over the past decade, to the point where I now proudly own one. More on that in a future post.
Meanwhile, these were some of my favorites from this bunch:
BUICK (1954)
CHEVROLET (mid 1940s)
DE SOTO FIREDOME (1953)
FORD PICKUP TRUCK (1946)
FRAZER (1947) — you don’t see many of these around!
HUDSON TERRAPLANE (mid 1930s)
HUPMOBILE (1922)
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER PICKUP (1956))
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER TRAVELALL (mid 1950s)
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FLATBED (1920s)
NASH AMBASSADOR (probably 1949)
STUDEBAKER COMMANDER (around 1958)
STUDEBAKER CHAMPION (around 1954)
To round things out, there were also a few great old tractors sitting around, like these two…
It was a fun diversion from all the driving.
