Where Old Vettes Go To Die

[TsgtRet]

[chappy]

Reminds me of the old aircraft graveyard.
Bob

[Z-carfan]

Sad looking lot, cool option for a diorama as if anyone has space for that.

[loosewheel]

Looks like my old red '84 up on the rack. I always wondered where it went.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Me too. I thought about an AT-6 I found in a field many years ago, beside a rubble pile of what had once been another AT-6, or maybe a Yale, it had been an over-the-wing exhaust. Harvards and Yales had that early on, and without an engine, I wasn't good enough to tell the difference. In 1965, I saw a gorgeous DH Beaver broken down in pieces in a field outside of London, Ontario, and I am thrilled to say somebody claimed it and as far as I know, it still flies today in Alaska. That experience as an early teen, makes me hopeful someone will do those old Vettes justice.

Sarge, you could act as a liaison between prospective Vette restorers and the owner of that place. Just go to one of the Vette restorer websites and make the connection. There are lots of folks who pay for finders, and the owner or his heirs might be thrilled to have an offer.

[TsgtRet]

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Sarge, you are exactly correct, but the only thing left of the interior of the cockpit was a map case, which I shamelessly stole. The AT-6 was mostly intact. If it had been a P51A or B, it would have been snapped up as soon as someone found it. Replace all the rubber, refit extensively as you would know, find an American Standard prop, tune-up a P&W Wasp, and go flying. I have no idea what happened to it, but there is a shopping mall (now derelict, a gang hideout), there now. Memphis is a disaster area, even in the elite East Memphis areas where this was, in Parkway Village.