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He Wrapped An Olds Around A Cottonwood Tree
"I saw a car in a junkyard with a tree growing through it, and I thought it looked kind of cool," says Noel Johnson, who decided to "grow" his own tree car for his front yard.
He found a 1950's Oldsmobile back in the woods at a neighbor's place and traded some labor for it.
"The biggest challenge
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He Wrapped An Olds Around A Cottonwood Tree FARM HOME Cars I saw a car in a junkyard with a tree growing through it and I thought it looked kind of cool says Noel Johnson who decided to grow his own tree car for his front yard He found a 1950 s Oldsmobile back in the woods at a neighbor s place and traded some labor for it The biggest challenge was getting it out of the woods Johnson says It didn t run so he and his friend Matt Menzel pulled it out with a tractor and skidsteer It took about a day to take off the front end of the car and remove the engine transmission and other parts to make the tree fit Then they pulled the car up around the tree and reassembled the grill and front end From the nearby highway the tree looks like it grew up through the car People are always stopping to take photos Johnson says He got the yard art he had imagined and he made a few other people happy too I gave away all the parts we took out Johnson says It was recycling at its finest Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Noel Johnson 10526 Hwy 22 Glencoe Minn 55336 ph 952 237-3673; noeljohnson67@yahoo com
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