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pdaddy68
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 Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:59 pm Post subject: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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Hey all
my family and I were driving down the 10 in California towards Arizona when we came to an exit called Rice rd at Desert Center. My VWeyes are always on and I looked to the North side of the road and there was a vast graveyard of old cars and I know I spotted a couple VWs. So I searched on Google Maps and I can definitely spot a couple, one seems to resemble a split window bug. Does anyone live in this area and know of the place I am speaking of??
We will be driving back through that way on the way home and if I can convince the family maybe Ill stop.
Hate to see em wasting away out there.
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| Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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I have seen it when I'm on the 10 but haven't gotten off and checked it out in many years.
I don't remember seeing any VWs there but maybe that has changed.
There are a couple VWs in the Used Car lot South of the Freeway in Quartzite, by the Love's gas station
There was a yellow Single Cab there for a long time.
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pdaddy68
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| Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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well Everett sadly I was in able on my way back through to stop. And it’s weird traveling west you can barely see anything over there, not that the east bound is any higher. But I’m pretty certain I saw one all by itself.
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Mark Evans
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| Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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Now that you've posted this lead, you may want to make sure for yourself SOON, if you want that split.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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| Is it true that years ago they planted the palm trees in formation at Desert Center to guide in the aliens in their landings? |
Or just the truckers...
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| Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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| Is it true that years ago they planted the palm trees in formation at Desert Center to guide in the aliens in their landings? |
Logically, I don't see why that would be needed
I doubt even a modern plane would need that, let alone something capable of traveling here from outer space.
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OvalinAz
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:54 am Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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if its the place i think it is, it has a BUNCH of cars there, all of them are forsale. i stopped there once on my way back from cali, there was a yellow i think 59 or 60 single cab, my buddy found it online and it was really steep!
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:58 am Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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| c21darrel wrote: |
| Is it true that years ago they planted the palm trees in formation at Desert Center to guide in the aliens in their landings? |
Or maybe the "aliens" just hid among the trees to avoid detection. Remember that the palm trees were planted back in the pre-wall days. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2019 9:07 am Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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| if its the place i think it is, it has a BUNCH of cars there, all of them are forsale. i stopped there once on my way back from cali, there was a yellow i think 59 or 60 single cab, my buddy found it online and it was really steep! |
That sounds like the place in Quartzite by the Love's gas station.
They had a yellow Single Cab for a long time.
I don't know if it finally sold.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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| OvalinAz wrote: |
| if its the place i think it is, it has a BUNCH of cars there, all of them are forsale. i stopped there once on my way back from cali, there was a yellow i think 59 or 60 single cab, my buddy found it online and it was really steep! |
That sounds like the place in Quartzite by the Love's gas station.
They had a yellow Single Cab for a long time.
I don't know if it finally sold. |
that's the place. single cab was cool, I think the ad said it had a Corvair motor in it
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| Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2019 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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| EverettB wrote: |
| OvalinAz wrote: |
| if its the place i think it is, it has a BUNCH of cars there, all of them are forsale. i stopped there once on my way back from cali, there was a yellow i think 59 or 60 single cab, my buddy found it online and it was really steep! |
That sounds like the place in Quartzite by the Love's gas station.
They had a yellow Single Cab for a long time.
I don't know if it finally sold. |
that's the place. single cab was cool, I think the ad said it had a Corvair motor in it |
Wacky, I did not see that info.
I found a couple pics I posted in 2014
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| Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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Hey all
my family and I were driving down the 10 in California towards Arizona when we came to an exit called Rice rd at Desert Center. My VWeyes are always on and I looked to the North side of the road and there was a vast graveyard of old cars and I know I spotted a couple VWs. So I searched on Google Maps and I can definitely spot a couple, one seems to resemble a split window bug. |
https://goo.gl/maps/gkU97hd6bqS2 <---- click on the Google Street View link to see Rice Rd heading north as seen from the westbound I-10. But I don't see any vast collection of cars.
You can change the location of the street view by moving the person icon in the map at the lower left corner of the screen. |
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Jmiddle204
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| Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:30 pm Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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I made this drive last week and remembered this thread. I pulled off I-10 to look. I could only see one VW from the adjacent road.
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Emeraldlion
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| Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 5:45 am Post subject: Re: Anybody close to Desert Center CA, car grave yard alert!!! |
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Looks to be a yellow beetle in the far distance too
Edit: zoomed again, maybe not |
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