Saw an 1800 in East New York, Brooklyn

Old Iron · 12-06-2011, 10:08 PM

During a site visit 3 months ago for my design project in East NY, Brooklyn I randomly saw a
dismantled 1800. Today I had my final crit. there and went back to check it out and found this....................

Who's is it!!?

I only had a cell phone on me!

kburgess · 12-06-2011, 10:32 PM

clean!

RDC · 12-06-2011, 10:42 PM

clean AND hot

Old Iron · 12-06-2011, 10:46 PM

needs bigger wheels to fill those wheel arch's, fresh wheels!

Old Iron · 12-08-2011, 08:36 PM

wow I guess no one like 1800's?

Henry10 · 12-08-2011, 09:51 PM

Those plates have long expired...

FunkyStankyChicken · 12-08-2011, 09:54 PM

wait...in the garage taking pics and you don't know who's it is?

Old Iron · 12-08-2011, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Henry10

Those plates have long expired...

YA RIGHT, I remember when the new plates came out 10 years ago now they have been replaced by those terrible yellow and blue ones!

Quote:

Originally Posted by FunkyStankyChicken

wait...in the garage taking pics and you don't know who's it is?

No it was in a Bodyshop in Brooklyn, actually in one of the ****tiest neighborhoods in NYC. it did not belong to the shop, and i wasn't about to pry him for answers he probably would have thought I was looking to steel the thing, besides he didn't seem to want to talk about it!

wisturbo · 12-08-2011, 10:16 PM

Holy crap, those are my old wheels... I sold a set to a guy in New York a few years back... awesome!

edit: sort of want them back now,

Henry10 · 12-08-2011, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Old Iron

No it was in a Bodyshop in Brooklyn, actually in one of the ****tiest neighborhoods in NYC. it did not belong to the shop, and i wasn't about to pry him for answers he probably would have thought I was looking to steel the thing, besides he didn't seem to want to talk about it!

There are still remnants of the old generations there. Bushwick or Ridgewood for example -- not many people know these neighborhoods were heavily German not too long ago. Now, there is nothing German around there. At least Orthodox Jews still walk on Eastern Parkway,

East NY and Bed-Stuy got heavily Caribbean in the 80s and 90s, but have seen a huge changeover in the last 10 years. That car might have been either owned by the old remnants or brought to NY by some bohemian 25-year artist.

I grew up in East New York and Forest Hills but I still go there cause of extended family.

Old Iron · 12-09-2011, 12:13 AM

Really, wow! Ya I had my design competition on site (The Final review) and one of the guys who work at the community center it took place at came and talked to me about my project............... he said he loved the project and all the things it would bring to the community! But his only fear was that as he put it "you white people will want to come and visit this place now and then you'll want to buy my East NY house for 500k, flip it and sell it for 1 million" WHAT. Oh and where will I live then, he asked. East New York is not the type of place you bother to visit nowadays and is not the place you would expect to find a restored 1800. The place has so much potential though and I met a lot of great people there.

12-06-2011, 10:08 PM	#1
Old Iron I Roll Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Long Island/Delaware	Saw an 1800 in East New York, Brooklyn During a site visit 3 months ago for my design project in East NY, Brooklyn I randomly saw a dismantled 1800. Today I had my final crit. there and went back to check it out and found this.................... Who's is it!!? I only had a cell phone on me! __________________ Turbobricked

12-08-2011, 09:54 PM	#7
FunkyStankyChicken Rad Panda Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ithaca NY	wait...in the garage taking pics and you don't know who's it is? __________________ '79 242 GT - Project '91 SR5 Pickup - Work Beater '84 BMW 533i - Summer Daily

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12-06-2011, 10:32 PM	#2
kburgess Newbie Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: 717 PA	clean!

12-06-2011, 10:46 PM	#4
Old Iron I Roll Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Long Island/Delaware	needs bigger wheels to fill those wheel arch's, fresh wheels!

12-08-2011, 08:36 PM	#5
Old Iron I Roll Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Long Island/Delaware	wow I guess no one like 1800's?

12-08-2011, 09:51 PM	#6
Henry10 Board Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: NY, NY	Those plates have long expired...

12-08-2011, 10:16 PM	#9
wisturbo Thanks Obama. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: WI & PA	Holy crap, those are my old wheels... I sold a set to a guy in New York a few years back... awesome! edit: sort of want them back now,

12-09-2011, 12:13 AM	#11
Old Iron I Roll Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Long Island/Delaware	Really, wow! Ya I had my design competition on site (The Final review) and one of the guys who work at the community center it took place at came and talked to me about my project............... he said he loved the project and all the things it would bring to the community! But his only fear was that as he put it "you white people will want to come and visit this place now and then you'll want to buy my East NY house for 500k, flip it and sell it for 1 million" WHAT. Oh and where will I live then, he asked. East New York is not the type of place you bother to visit nowadays and is not the place you would expect to find a restored 1800. The place has so much potential though and I met a lot of great people there.