Frankentruck

This Memorial Day weekend, after not successfully finding a job at any marinas, I was asked by a friend of mine to go mountain biking to our favorite place in town, Rockland Preserve.  He and I have been here countless times and know it better than the back of our hands.  It's located way up north in town in what people from down south Madison call "Canada."  Anyway, we took a muddy mountain bike ride to kill and afternoon, and we discovered this mutilated old Ford truck.  It's been hanging around for a while given trees were growing through it, but I liked shooting it.  The truck must have belonged to the house at the end of the driveway, and to be completely honest with you, I never want to meet the fellow who lives there because this place looks rather, "unfriendly."  The location of the house reminded me of "Deliverance."  It was strange because the seats were removed and so was the engine compartment and they were placed in the bed of the truck.  The roof was cut right off, and the engine was missing.  For a truck left in an array of such odd mutilation, lets call him, "Frankentruck."

The truck was located off a dirt road that led to a house which had a pond that was turned into a small water  "resort."  There was a zip line, a diving board, and a water slide.

Here's the front of the truck in the bed.

Here you can see the cut off roof (We discovered that the crack windows still work a little)

The floor was rusted out in the truck

55356 and.....1?  The shaded areas under the needle have the gears according to the speed  and indicate when the shift up or down.  The shifter might have been on the stalk because there was a handle on the steering wheel and no shifter on the floor.  However, there was no floor, so who knows.

I took this picture from a funny angle standing where the engine would be and leaning over the dash to take this picture.

A sticker on the inside of the glove box containing information about the Ford.

Rockland Preserve is full of mysteries and curiosities just waiting to be discovered if you know which rocks to look under.  I'll be back to find more obscurities, or maybe just nature, but when I go, I'll keep you posted.