Anybody near Walla Walla Washington?
November 3rd, 2008, 09:18 PM
#1
Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Medford, Oregon
Posts: 13,684
Anybody near Walla Walla Washington?
Hey guys,
I was thinking about bone yards when I remembered about 10 years ago I wandered into an old yard in Umapine Oregon, just southwest of the border from Walla Walla Washington. The story was an old man owned it and died. His widow didn't advertize it as a yard, but when I knocked on her door she let me wander through. I bought some trim parts off a 1969 Cutlass, but the yard was mostly 1940's-50's vintage stuff. Including a 2 door fastback Oldsmobile from I believe the late 40's. A funny thing was that many of the cars had the doors removed and they were stacked up on one side of the yard. I used up the roll of film in my camera snapping pic's of cool old cars. Most wern't wrecked, I guess they got old and had major mechanical failures or just wern't worth enough money to sell. If anybody is in the area I may be able to remember the directions well enough for you to find it. Who knows if it's still there or not, but if it's far enough away from any melting pots it may have been spared the spike in scrap metal prices we just had. If I can come up with those photographs I'll post a couple. John
I was thinking about bone yards when I remembered about 10 years ago I wandered into an old yard in Umapine Oregon, just southwest of the border from Walla Walla Washington. The story was an old man owned it and died. His widow didn't advertize it as a yard, but when I knocked on her door she let me wander through. I bought some trim parts off a 1969 Cutlass, but the yard was mostly 1940's-50's vintage stuff. Including a 2 door fastback Oldsmobile from I believe the late 40's. A funny thing was that many of the cars had the doors removed and they were stacked up on one side of the yard. I used up the roll of film in my camera snapping pic's of cool old cars. Most wern't wrecked, I guess they got old and had major mechanical failures or just wern't worth enough money to sell. If anybody is in the area I may be able to remember the directions well enough for you to find it. Who knows if it's still there or not, but if it's far enough away from any melting pots it may have been spared the spike in scrap metal prices we just had. If I can come up with those photographs I'll post a couple. John
November 4th, 2008, 06:09 AM
#3
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Rathdrum, Idano
Posts: 9,127
I will be looking for property to buy in the Walla Walla and Milton Fremont area after Thanksgiving this year. I am going to build my shop and house there when I retire in two years. Can you remember a general location? I have a few friends who have already located there, one is a motorcycle guy the other a computer head, but if They know what to look for they will find it for me
Pat
Pat
November 4th, 2008, 06:31 AM
#4
Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Medford, Oregon
Posts: 13,684
Old Bone Yard Location
Man I love technology! Do you have Google Earth? If you do, type in Umapine Oregon. It will give you a bullseye on a paved road that runs East and West. Then use the ruler to move 0.94 miles to the West along that road. That will be at an intersection, go North 0.20 miles and you can see the cars in a field on the right, the East side of the road. I don't know how old the google earth photo is, but I'm sure this is the place! John
November 4th, 2008, 06:33 AM
#5
Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Medford, Oregon
Posts: 13,684
Google Earth
Looking at the photo there's new roads pushed into the yard, and I'm sure there were many more cars there when I was last there. If you do have somebody check it out let us know what he finds! John
December 19th, 2008, 06:41 PM
#9
Moderator
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Medford, Oregon
Posts: 13,684
I found the pictures!
I scanned the photos I took of the wrecking yard about 10 years ago. Attached are some of the photos, there are another dozen or so on my photobucket site. To view those go to: http://s90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...ecking%20Yard/
scan0003.jpg
scan0004.jpg
scan0005.jpg
scan0012.jpg
scan0013.jpg
scan0015.jpg
scan0017.jpg
scan0003.jpg
scan0004.jpg
scan0005.jpg
scan0012.jpg
scan0013.jpg
scan0015.jpg
scan0017.jpg
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
