OT: Question for Folks In Nebraska

Two cousins of mine are contemplating making a trip to your state and travel the back roads to look for old cars. Living on the coast of SC all we have here is rust. Is some thing like that feasable or is it an urban legend?
Ron

Admittedly, I am not from Nebraska.
But I do know Nebraska uses road salt like every other northern state.

Maybe not what you think. Yes, there are old cars out there if you know where to look. But you get out in the rural areas where the houses are 20 miles apart and the cars are hidden in tree rows out of sight from the road and it's tough hunting. I know where there is a really neat Studebaker wagon that ought to be restored. it's a late 50s model with lots of chrome. But you would never find it. It's north of Brewster on the Calamus River

Dont live in NE anymore but I know where there are/were some old tractors. An Oliver and an F12.

steveormary

There are less all the time. iron prices were high again this winter.

Most all of our cars are rusty as well. Greg

You can come to Texas, we have plenty of cars around from the 60's and 70's with no rust.
The problem is the "wet backs" turn them into "low riders" and they make these old cars jump 6 plus feet into the air.

I live in NE and have bought and sold old cars. they are tuff to find. If they are serious about doing this, I'd charter a light plane and do it that way. alot better view from the air and will cover lots of ground, quickly!

i don't know where my mind is this Am, It is a Rambler, not a Stude

I do insurance inspections on real estate properties and get a lot of windshield time in eastern and occasionally, western, Nebraska.

You won't see much by driving down the road. If you drive around in small towns, a lot of back yards have old vehicles sitting in them but they're usually rust buckets like everywhere else.

The odds of finding a clean, rust free older vehicle in Nebraska are about the same as anywhere else, pretty slim. In fact, there's a local fellow who makes good money hauling in trailer loads of rust free pickup boxes that he gets from sources in the Southwest.

There might be rust free vehicles, mostly pickups, out in the Sandhills, but like someone else said, it would take an airplane to find them. And usually by the time any vehicle out there is parked for good there's not much left. I once had a fellow work for me who had a daughter and son-in-law who ranched near Valentine, Nebraska. From their house on the ranch, the closest place they could buy a hamburger was 42 miles. So you're not going to find anything by driving around that part of the state.

Wish I had better news, but if someone is looking for a Mecca of old, rust free vehicles, Nebraska is not the place.

beautiful car, and looks like factory fresh too, probably not another one in the us like that, yes there are restored buicks, but there only original like this once, id say it was well bought, 17 grand sure wont buy that much detroit iron these days

Here ya go "Carsinbarns.com" none for sale but amazing finds

Hi TomNE: By air is most times best... but getting a charter pilot to fly low enough to make out what kind of a car or truck it is will hard to do. Most charter pilots are not comfortable below 500 feet and willing to slow up and turn in close to a farm place. There are FAA limits on doing that but Ag-applicators have a waver (in the act of doing their job). 35 years ago in Montana I talked to a couple guys who came in from California who used their own small plane and had a ground crew doing the buying. Later the ground crew came back with big flatbeds to haul stuff back to CA. So... it has been done by air but the crew was very serious and had two things. That was "Time & $$$$." Myself, retired many years, I would get an ultra lite aircraft that folds up and can be hauled in/on a trailer. Take along a GPS and digital camera. That should be enough to have a heck of a interesting vacation even if they don't end up buying anything...
ag...
Ps: even without an ultralite, it still may be an interesting vacation and I would suggest going to higher & dryer areas such as: CO, WY an MT..

found lots of old cadilacs just west of torrington wy I did buy a few parts 812 699 0011

Bill, they'll get you in Indiana with that phone number, not the junkyard at Torrington.

Good morning old friend your right about phone. All I could tell the fellow is aboutwhere to find the place. In miles as you possibly have noticed my rant about folks who don't know difference between time and distance. For the record it's roughly 15 miles south west of torrington. Localy will have to tell exacy place as cars are down in a large ravine. Owener took me bach and till we went over the rise I wondered if he was an av-murder and going to dump my body in a ditch. So whats happining in MT. If new wife getts to feeling better we wish to take that canidan trip, passing through great falls Bill