Have You Ever Driven Past An Old Derelict Building And Wondered What Might Be Lurking Inside?
While driving through a small New Hampshire town on his way to find an abandoned car. John Amesie discovered a cluster of ramshackle buildings on the side of the road, in front of which were a few dilapidated cars, he decided to stop and take a closer look.
The place looked completely derelict, with lots of broken windows and discarded around it. The wooden doors on a long section of one of the buildings that fronts on to the roadside looked rotten. And parts of the roof were completely caved in. Sitting on the sidewalk out front was a rusty old Lincoln Continental.
But when John took a closer look inside the buildings he discovered an Aladdin’s cave of classic cars.
First Glimpse Inside The Abandoned Dealership
A number of very desirable old classic cars were just lying around inside, silently gathering dust. In one of the more stable sections of the buildings, behind a large viewing window, he found a white Ford Mustang convertible. It looks like it’s in pretty good condition too apart from a few inches of dust. And on the glass inside the window there was a handwritten inventory list of cars. Some highlights on the list include a 1941 Ford Woodie Wagon, 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible, 1977 Corvette, and more. It’s unclear how old the list is, but it’s pretty clear that he’s stumbled on an old car dealership. A place that looks like it hasn’t seen life for decades.
A curious John wanders around the buildings and looks through some small broken windows. He spots a really cool red Thunderbird, and each window reveals a new treasure. Some classic cars inside are partially covered by tarpaulin, so it’s hard to make out exactly what make and model they are. But it’s highly likely that they’re on the list above. One easily accessible section of building looks like a bomb has gone off inside it.
It’s quite a sad sight. The whole roof has collapsed in onto an old Buick and an old Seagrave fire truck, and daylight is shining in on them. Parts of the place look so bad he could be filming in an old scrapyard.
Revisiting The Abandoned Dealership A Few Months Later
When he returns to the same location three months later, John is keen to see what’s happened to the cars. This time he’s done some research on it, and the place appears to have a slightly sad story behind it.
It was once called the South Wear Ford dealership. And the family that owned it unfortunately hit hard times. Apparently after a death in the family they abandoned it. The plot and the cars still remain under the family’s ownership but for years, possibly decades, they haven’t bothered with it.
This time he notices a few changes. One of the Cadillacs is gone. But the cars on the sidewalk are still in place and the old fire truck is still there, now covered in snow. In another section of building he spots a Chrysler Imperial buried in dust, squashed up next to two other old cars, which he didn’t film on his previous visit.
A Year Following The First Dealership Visit
A year after his first visit, he makes a trip back to the old dealership. And this time there are some even more notable changes. The collapsed roof section over the old fire truck has gone. The fire truck is now standing on a patch of open concrete and the Buick is gone too. The remaining buildings appear to be more secure. Some windows are now boarded and the heavily weathered external doors are now shut tightly. When he looks inside them, a couple of the cars that were there last time are now gone too. The white Mustang convertible is still there, albeit covered in more dust. And the inside of the old showroom housing the extremely desirable Ford is pretty much just as it was on his first visit.
John questions what could have happened to the missing cars. Have they gone to new buyers? Or has someone removed the vehicles without the owners consent? It’s hard to tell. But one thing that is clear, is that with the level of interest that he’s stir up in the place, it’s definitely not abandoned anymore.
