Cars in the Woods

In the wooded hillsides of Farmington, at the intersection of Routes 177 and 6 (Farmington Road) directly across the street from the Tunxis Community Technical College campus, careful inspection will bring you to the smallest of mechanical graveyards.  Only five cars can be located there, but their visual impact is pretty impressive.  They are the rusted out hulks of three 1970-model cars, one 1960-model car and another of unknown origin.  They sit in the woods like some metal gravestones, completely overgrown with thorn bushes, trees and plant life.  On the overcast day that Creepy Connecticut visited, the cars appeared to loom out of nowhere.  Four of the vechicle corpses are deposited together, while the other is approximately 100' to the west.  The area is littered with old colonial-era stone walls used back in the day as property dividers.  I'm not sure why these cars are abandoned where they are, but it is obvious that they have been there a long time, evidenced by the amount of undergrowth.

GOOSEBUMP FACTOR:  5

UPDATE:  It has been learned that the two of the cars are Triumphs, one is a Coupe DeVille, and the last is a Classic.  One of the vehicles still has an intact VIN plate.  The last of the five cars is not identifiable, as none on the staff have any expertise in cars.  If you have expertise in this area, please contact me for the photos of the last car and help to identify it.

December 1st, 2004

UPDATE:  One of our website visitors has helped to identify some of the vehicles in this photo.  "The car in the foreground is a '74 or '75 Plymouth Valiant; the one on the left is definitely a 1960 Pontiac, and the one in the background is harder to identify, but it appears to be a 1965 or 1966 full-sized Chrysler or Chrysler relative (Dodge or Plymouth)."  Thanks, Peter!

May 4th, 2005