2007 at the Hammond Barn

[Grant Bowker]

Today was another day devoted mainly to housekeeping duties although a (one holer) water pump acquired from e-bay was freed up. Some farm implements were freed from the weeds, then we settled in for the real objective, moving a couple of cars out of their hiding places to be easier for the scrap merchants to pick up. The first victim was a Mercury Capri that had no redeeming value except that it had been driven by Bob's wife Joyce. Then we moved on to a rarer specimen, the Volvo in the attached photo. A chain was attached to the rear axle and as the tractor began its pull a creaking noise was heard and the whole front end folded upward. So much rusting had occured from ground contact that the floor, firewall and lower corners of the A pillars parted company spilling seats and other bits onto the ground. Of course all the would be comedians had their say; "Things seem to be unfolding as they should", "Too bad it wasn't a Mercedes Bends", "So much for the advertised safety cage for the occupants" etc. We also collected up a bunch of other rusty metal (not CMP parts, except for a winch cable that was beyond saving). With any luck Bob gets a suitable lump of cash for the scrap instead of letting it do the typical farm rust away to nothing. An early end was called to the cleanup by my need to report for work and Bob's need to report for domestic duty.