There was a time when something as generic as a spring hanger on a trailer destined to be a work horse it’s entire life was something to be proud of. There was a time when a designer or an engineer took pride in something we generally take for granted. There was a time where a person could create something out of necessity, yet make it aesthetically pleasing. The common spring hanger has been around forever, yet I have never seen one like this. Someone took the time to design a real piece of art, I can without a doubt appreciate the work that went into these hangers.

There are still people out there passionate about the small details, but they are a rare breed. I have experienced them first hand on specialty fabrication and automotive forums, these artisians are kind enough to share their work with others, inspiring the onlookers to go ahead and sweat the details. Take your time, take pride in your work so maybe one day in the future someone will look at your work and think “There was a time”.

Armed with a camera, brown paper bag lunch, and lucid dreams of finding an old abandoned junkyard we were off towards Eastern Washington. The trip was uneventful as it should be. We arrived in the late afternoon and dark thunderstorm clouds started to form above us while we started searching for the hiking trail that would lead us to the Tudor. My cousin who had all the details written down made short work of finding the old jalopy. It is pretty complete sans passenger side door. For 80s years old it didn’t look half bad. We walked around it and pointed out several fun details while snapping pictures. One being that it had friction shocks on the rear frame and that there is still a good amount of interior wood attached to the body.

After looking around for more treasures in the thick woods surrounding it we gave up and walked by the Tudor one last time before heading out. My son asked me “Are we taking it home?” I just smiled and said maybe later… We plan on contacting the county or the realtor to see who the official property owner is and to see if they want us to remove that eye sore off the property for them. Stay tuned.