Wrecked Dart

[Drache]

looks like everyone was ok at least

[John_Kunkel]

Typical....traffic jam in opposite divided lane caused by "looky loo's". 

[six-tee-nine]

the guy in the car was probably yelling "where the h*ll did that bag of grass go!"

[Mytur Binsdirti]

The girl looks like she's scratching her crabs.

[Baldwinvette77]

The girl looks like she's scratching her crabs.

or she broke something..... Nah that can't be it 

[Drache]

The girl looks like she's scratching her crabs.

or she broke something..... Nah that can't be it 

She broke her wrist says the photographer

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Since there is no caption in the picture, I still say she's scratching her crabs.

[Drache]

Since there is no caption in the picture, I still say she's scratching her crabs.

Another post by the troll 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

Since there is no caption in the picture, I still say she's scratching her crabs.

Another post by the troll 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zANvYB93u2g

[6spd68]

If I'm not mistaken; I remember reading an article in a magazine maybe 12 years ago about that had this picture in it.   

[472 R/T SE]

That's Hwy. 26 coming out of the tunnel heading west out of Portland, Oregon, it's a stretch going up hill with truck lanes.  The traffic going the other way is like that most of the time, they're getting ready to enter said tunnel with downtown Portland on the other end.

Back when I was able bodied/working I'd pull that hill with one of our old cranes doing about 10 mph.  One of those old cranes only ran 42 mph top speed.  During rush hour was the best.  All kinds of people telling me I'm #1, swerving at me (this one always had me shaking my head).
I would just laugh & wave.  I'm crawling through traffic making $36 an hour...15 years ago, honk all you want.   

The crane I had when I was paralyzed, I had just got brand new that year, 2.6 million$$.  It pulled that hill a little bit faster.   

[ws23rt]

That's Hwy. 26 coming out of the tunnel heading west out of Portland, Oregon, it's a stretch going up hill with truck lanes.  The traffic going the other way is like that most of the time, they're getting ready to enter said tunnel with downtown Portland on the other end.

Back when I was able bodied/working I'd pull that hill with one of our old cranes doing about 10 mph.  One of those old cranes only ran 42 mph top speed.  During rush hour was the best.  All kinds of people telling me I'm #1, swerving at me (this one always had me shaking my head).
I would just laugh & wave.  I'm crawling through traffic making $36 an hour...15 years ago, honk all you want.   

The crane I had when I was paralyzed, I had just got brand new that year, 2.6 million$$.  It pulled that hill a little bit faster.   

You are right about it being hwy 26 in Portland but it is looking east toward skyline. just passed there is down hill to the tunnels. The wreck is on an overpass that goes to canyon rd.
What would be the guess as to the year this was taken?   I say it's at least 25 years old

[TUFCAT]

Since there is no caption in the picture, I still say she's scratching her crabs.

....or she's hiding a bag of weed.  Whatever the case, I have to assume the guy (who's legs are hanging outside the car) had to go inside to "retrieve something"......, que the "bag of weed" reference again.  

There's an awful lot of fluid leaking underneath that car....so he'd better be quick about it!

[472 R/T SE]

Yep, good eye.  I'm a Washitonian (sp?) is my excuse.

There's an overpass that was built right past that accident that I was a part of.  

That intersection is all different now.  There's a truck (slow) lane that completely separates from the freeway on westbound side.

[TUFCAT]

What would be the guess as to the year this was taken?   I say it's at least 25 years old

I clearly remember those "B.F. Goodrich Belted T/A" tires.

The tread design and white letter font was the final swan song for the "Belted T/A" and were last made around 1984-1985 if I recall.  Basing on that, I'm guessing this picture has to be nearly 30 years old.

[472 R/T SE]

Same age as you huh Tuffy?   

I can't remember **** from when I was 30 let alone 30 years ago.   

[ws23rt]

What would be the guess as to the year this was taken?   I say it's at least 25 years old

I clearly remember those "B.F. Goodrich Belted T/A" tires.

The tread design and white letter font was the final swan song for the "Belted T/A" and were last made around 1984-1985 if I recall.  Basing on that, I'm guessing this picture has to be nearly 30 years old.

---I was looking at the cars and what would be the newest as an indicator. In those days all I saw on the road were little boxes from japan and they were not into styling for year change like cars were in the 60s and before.
As for the girl---the wreck maybe wasn't bad enough to scare the piss out of her. She looks like she has to go.
However it could have scared the crabs enough for them hang on extra tight.  

[ws23rt]

Same age as you huh Tuffy?   

I can't remember **** from when I was 30 let alone 30 years ago.   

I'm like you---Some things from the past are clear as a bell and others are waiting to be remembered.
My memory is great-- the problem I have is accessing it when I want to. 

[TUFCAT]

However it could have scared the crabs enough for them hang on extra tight.  

^^^  

Same age as you huh Tuffy?  

I can't remember **** from when I was 30 let alone 30 years ago.  

I ONLY remember car related stuff...and women.  

[moparnation74]

However it could have scared the crabs enough for them hang on extra tight.  

^^^  

Same age as you huh Tuffy?  

I can't remember **** from when I was 30 let alone 30 years ago.  

I ONLY remember car related stuff...and women.  

My kind of priorities!!!

[Charger-Bodie]

What would be the guess as to the year this was taken?   I say it's at least 25 years old

I clearly remember those "B.F. Goodrich Belted T/A" tires.

The tread design and white letter font was the final swan song for the "Belted T/A" and were last made around 1984-1985 if I recall.  Basing on that, I'm guessing this picture has to be nearly 30 years old.

That is the exact tires that I had on my very first charger back in 1985. Love those tires.

[ws23rt]

Those are also the same tires I just tossed with only 100 miles on them. I bought them early in my project and the years went by.
I now have new ones and expect to run some of the rubber off before they are too old to be safe.
BTW the new ones look better than the old ones.---new tec. I guess---

[RallyeMike]

There's an awful lot of fluid leaking underneath that car...

Keeping with the theme.... my assumption is bong water 

[Kern Dog]

1970 or 71 Swinger with a 7 1/4" axle. Probably a slanty. 9" drum brakes ?

[Ghoste]

Big Nike swoops on the weed divers shoes and a concert jersey on the squatting retrieval coach ("hurry up man theres someone out here with a camera") so that must put it around 1980?

[TUFCAT]

Since he was crawling in from the drivers side window, he had to be going after the passenger side glove box (obviously crunched-in pretty good given the shape of the cowl and windshield frame).  They knew it was going to be tough getting that weed, that's why a good sideline coach was there calling the plays! 

[Drache]

Big Nike swoops on the weed divers shoes and a concert jersey on the squatting retrieval coach ("hurry up man theres someone out here with a camera") so that must put it around 1980?

1978 or 1979 if I remember correctly

[472 R/T SE]

Those Oregonians don't have to worry about concealing pot anymore.


On the front page of The Columbian (Vancouver, Wa. paper not a big weed dealer) was a pic of about 5 dudes standing in a circle & the caption said they were having a marijuana break.  Crazy seeing that wrote in the paper. 

[TUFCAT]

We already have one legal drug (alcohol) that causes impaired driving deaths. Now we've got another legalized drug (marijuana) to deal with.  Just sayin'  

[Kern Dog]

I rarely agree with the Governor of my state, but when interviewed about the possibility of legalizing weed in CA, he said..."I see no reason to believe that legalizing it would have a positive benefit on society."

[Ghoste]

Practically legal in CA anyway.

[Kern Dog]

What a load of crap. JUST what we need is slower drivers clogging up our roads.

[moparnation74]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AAP3yH16rs

Go to 3:50

[TUFCAT]

"...Let the coolness get into your vertebrae..."  

[C_stripes]

That's Hwy. 26 coming out of the tunnel heading west out of Portland, Oregon, it's a stretch going up hill with truck lanes.  The traffic going the other way is like that most of the time, they're getting ready to enter said tunnel with downtown Portland on the other end.

Back when I was able bodied/working I'd pull that hill with one of our old cranes doing about 10 mph.  One of those old cranes only ran 42 mph top speed.  During rush hour was the best.  All kinds of people telling me I'm #1, swerving at me (this one always had me shaking my head).
I would just laugh & wave.  I'm crawling through traffic making $36 an hour...15 years ago, honk all you want.   

The crane I had when I was paralyzed, I had just got brand new that year, 2.6 million$$.  It pulled that hill a little bit faster.   

You are right about it being hwy 26 in Portland but it is looking east toward skyline. just passed there is down hill to the tunnels. The wreck is on an overpass that goes to canyon rd.
What would be the guess as to the year this was taken?   I say it's at least 25 years old

I knew that looked familiar, as I live not to far from there.

[dual fours]

looks like everyone was ok at least

Those front plates are 1965-1974 issue, blue back ground with yellow letters and numbers, and the small yearly sticker in lower left corner is a dark color. my guess is 1974, the yearly sticker was green.

[1974dodgecharger]

NO ROLLBAR  NO AIR BAGS  PROBABLY LAP BELTS  yeah all recipes for DISASTER right there.....I know a car called HELLCAT has like 8 airbags, 3 point seat belts, traction control, etc...that will beat that cars safety standards to null.....

[TUFCAT]

Those front plates are 1965-1974 issue, blue back ground with yellow letters and numbers, and the small yearly sticker in lower left corner is a dark color. my guess is 1974, the yearly sticker was green.

Hard to believe....I thought it was from the early to mid 1980s.

[squeakfinder]

     The car behind the girl looks like some kind of early 80's vehicle. Not to mention the early 80's Rabbit 3 or so car lengths behind it.

[ws23rt]

I'm going to stick with this being early to mid eighties. Many people use plates long after they came out so that is not a great tell. If someone can verify the year of that car next to the girl it would maybe place the earliest date it could be.

[TUFCAT]

A 1979 Buick Lesabre wagon

[ws23rt]

A Buick station wagon

I would never have known that.----I do recall a time when I could tell year and make of most American cars from the early fifties to the early 70s by just a corner of the car.  Those were the days they changed every year and that was a big part of getting the next new car. ----It looked new---

[moparnation74]

Still could be in the 80's.  Oregon used year stickers on bottom right into the eighties.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/111292800404?lpid=82

[dual fours]

Stickers on the drivers side (lower left) OK, left or right depends which way you look at it, I'll call it the lower right side of plate as you look at the plate also. Just looked, the ODMV says sticker goes on the lower right of plate.  Dark plate background light numbers and letters. (1965-1974)
Did not Oregon DOT requires two plates on passenger cars, one on front and one on rear?
I will try to identify other cars in photo.
Things just don't add up

[JamieZ]

Looking for other copies of this image to see if I could find one of better resolution or with any details, yielded no useful information.  But I did find this page:

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/mobile.spark?p=topic&topic=23346002&page=44

Which had some interesting images:

and my personal favorite:

[1974dodgecharger]

A 1979 Buick Lesabre wagon

you know the girls name too?  Please provide info...

[TUFCAT]

you know the girls name too?  Please provide info...

No, but her last name was Lee and she had two older sisters....."Home" and "Lone". Based on further research and knowledge of the Lee sisters, I can predict her name to be either "Sick" or "Fug"

[skip68]

But you'd still hit that right Tuffy?    Maybe with the lights off?     

[Charger-Bodie]

It's not even a chick. It's a guy with long hair and a" I'm in pain" look on his face... Easy mistake.

[squeakfinder]

It's not even a chick. It's a guy with long hair and a" I'm in pain" look on his face... Easy mistake.

My mistake (I think?). Long haired stoner's. I'm still thinking early 80's. Not that many 1960's vehicles in the image.
And yes, it's PIA but Oregon does require two licence plates.


So, would Tufcat still hit on that?

[TUFCAT]

.....not even after a good scrubbing.     This planet doesn't get dark enough for that!

[1974dodgecharger]

I think im ready to UNLOAD now......

[HANDM]

It's not even a chick. It's a guy with long hair and a" I'm in pain" look on his face... Easy mistake.

Lets just call it "crab scratcher" and be done........ 

[Ghoste]

.....not even after a good scrubbing.     This planet doesn't get dark enough for that!

I beleive this could be a first.   

[Charger-Bodie]

.....not even after a good scrubbing.     This planet doesn't get dark enough for that!

I beleive this could be a first.   

Someone must have hacked his account.

[TUFCAT]

Okay,  maybe I would hit that.....but just a little.

[odcics2]

Okay,  maybe I would hit that.....but just a little.

really ?