Wolfy Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Amazing what is still found - http://www.autoevolution.com/news-g-image/a-wwii-treasure-buried-in-the-forest-photo-gallery/148868.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenkinov Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Great looking bike ......but I am amazed at the low level of corrosion...I could understand this in part if it was in sand in a desert ......but in a conifer forest with lots of rain I am just amazed at how little rust there is.... There is less rust on that petrol tank after 70 years than one I am having restored....I am always short of space at home so maybe I should bury mine in the back garden...lol...my wife certainly would approve... Sceptical jenkinov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenkinov Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Wolfe ....can't paste a link ok on but if you type in Harley Davidson liberato buried ..you will find a photo of a bike buried for 50 years ..if I remember the story the bloke crashed the bike and buried the remains in his garden....now after 50 years that has the sort of rust I expect.... Jenkinov If they can survive as well as the first photos I know where there are quite a few buried..not ww2 ..but post war bikes from th e 60s and 70s...true story as my grandfather had a motorbike shop...I expect they will all be scrap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfy Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 http://justacarguy.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/harley-davidson-liberator-ww2-buried.html Found it, very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agmerlin Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Amazing what still turns up, you can't help wondering what else is still out there waiting to be discovered!! andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty2 Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Amazing what still turns up, you can't help wondering what else is still out there waiting to be discovered!! andy I think it heard a while back something about buried Spitfires in Burma :-D:-D:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeferret Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 WOW.What an amazing find.Thank you for posting about this stuff guys...very interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeferret Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Great looking bike ......but I am amazed at the low level of corrosion...I could understand this in part if it was in sand in a desert ......but in a conifer forest with lots of rain I am just amazed at how little rust there is.... There is less rust on that petrol tank after 70 years than one I am having restored....I am always short of space at home so maybe I should bury mine in the back garden...lol...my wife certainly would approve... Sceptical jenkinov It is the lack of oxygen that slows the rusting process or preserves it........I have opened some old mines from the old 1876 gold mining rush days in Deadwood South Dakota USA and have found a few things made out of wood and steel that are perfectly preserved...Really amazing to find the stuff I did as the mines I worked in closed around 1920 and over 80 years later I found the items.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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