Turns out, it’s true. The old-timer’s name is George. He’s 85 years old and owns the 45-acre plot of land that he was born and raised on and that his parents bought in the very early part of the 20th century. Some of the cars and trucks were his – cars that he used as daily drivers and parked in the woods when they started to get rusty or tired. Some belonged to friends who just wanted some place to toss their cars when they were done with them, back before a car was worth much in scrap metal.

But the problem now is that the price of scrap metal’s high and George is looking to cash in with some of this metal. He figures he can get $175-200 per car. I didn’t count, but I’d guess he has 35-40 cars up on his property. Most are beyond restoration, I’d say, but a lot of the glass and some of the miscellaneous parts remain in decent condition.

So how to save these cars? George said he can pull them down from the woods one by one (using a 1946 CJ-2A, no less) and that he’d have no problem selling the cars in whole to collectors and restorers looking for parts cars. He doesn’t seem interested in parting the cars out. So if you’re interested in saving any of these cars (pictured above and below) from the crusher, round up a trailer and about $200 and contact me. I can then take you up to see George. First come, first served. I’m not taking a cut; I just want to see these cars put to better use before somebody in China melts them down.