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Stunning photos of 'rust bucket' car graveyard that became tourist attraction

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It's not the first time motor enthusiasts have found car graveyards around the world

MORE than two dozen early 1900s trucks have filled a field in their final resting place.

A vehicle graveyard in southern Florida has become a tourist destination for collectible car enthusiasts.

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Lines of rusted trucks found a final resting placeCredit: Kelly Gomez
The old relics are missing pieces, but serve as a family memory
The old relics are missing pieces, but serve as a family memoryCredit: Kelly Gomez
The decaying cars have become a road side tourist attraction
The decaying cars have become a road side tourist attractionCredit: Kelly Gomez

Rows of rust-covered Ford pickups and wagons lined up on a family's field and became a tourist attraction.

A professional photographer, Kelly Gomez, visited the lot of rusted pickup trucks and shared pictures on her blog.

Gomez said more than 30 old pickups sit on the lot - they are the proud property of the Harvey Family and serve as a relic of their family lineage.

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Pat Harvey started the vehicle collection years ago, Gomez wrote.

Harvey memorialized the cars that carry memories, like his first car ride, driver test, and several dates.

Each car features dozens of missing parts and completely rusted metal bodies.

Vines and weeds crept through the cabins of several trucks after the vehicles' floors were removed.

Other pickups look like they're winking with a single missing headlamp.

Grills, fenders, and hinges have rusted off other vehicles, leaving the cars in a perpetual state of disrepair.

The cars are arranged in chronological order.

The earliest vehicle comes from the early 1900s - the newest vehicle is from the 1970s.

Gomez said that the field is adjacent to a nearby road, and drivers are welcome to visit the plot of land.

However, the fields are surveilled - drivers who vandalize the family lineage of cars will be captured on camera.

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Visitors can find the site in Wakulla County, Florida.

GRAVEYARD FINDS

The U.S. Sun has reported on several other car graveyards featuring dozens of defunct classic and luxury vehicles.

A graveyard in Dubai is the final resting place for hundreds of smashed and damaged luxury vehicles.

A YouTuber, Discover Saeed, toured the graveyard, filled with Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsche, and Maclarens.

Another YouTuber (@mustie1) found a 1967 Plymouth Satellite in the middle of a Maine forest.

A refurbished 1967 Satellite convertible sold for $66,000 in 2022, according to Classic.com.

But the YouTuber doesn't expect drivers will be able to fetch the sum for the Satellite model he found.

"You'd never get a car out of here unless you flew this thing out of here," he said.

"The stuff that's in here has been off the road for a long time."

Ben Shimkus

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