47-55.1 Lost and hidden AD

[Russell Ashley]

This a couple of miles from my house and every time I ride by it it makes me a little sad. A little back ground info: I moved out here 33 years ago and it was in the country. The roads were curvy two lane, and things like the hardware store and auto parts store were individually owned and not part of a chain. An older gentleman lived in the house that sits next to this old shed and drove a nice looking blue AD. I spoke with him several times at the local businesses and always asked him if he was ready to sell it to me, knowing he wouldn't. About twenty five years ago he got too old to drive and backed it into this shed, parked it with the grill showing, and it never moved again. There is also a Ford 8N tractor parked next to it. The family got so tired of people asking to buy it that they put up the blue tarp to hide it, and it and the tractor are still there rusting away. They are widening and straightening the road now and the shed was a lot farther from the road before. The fence is new and probably necessary now. Excuse the poor cell phone picture.