The time has come.

Got the call from the man today, that being my landlord delivering the unfortunate news that my parts car, Monty, has been declared a derelict vehicle by the City. It has to be removed from the property.
It's the one on the left, but it's up on blocks now with the entire front suspension and steering removed.

I haven't yet received the official documents yet so I don't know how long I've got to deal with it.

 

Ouch. I know around here they give you 14 days to deal with it. Not long.

I know from experience. I didn't drive my 64 1/2 mustang while I was waiting for headers, which took a long long time. So, I had to put on the old exhaust manifold and prove that it ran and moved it in front of some guy from the city.

 

This car has been written off so it's not insurable.
I don't know if I could put some type of property insurance on it, but even if I could it would probably be too cost-prohibitive.

 

Chain your dog to it...call it a dog house.

 

Put a tag on it that says, "EVIDENCE B" "PROPERTY OF _____ COUNTY"

 

haha yah, or some police tape!

 

Or get the dog like SF said and draw a chalk line around someone on the ground. Let them decide what happened to the last guy who tried to get the car.

 

LOL...police tape that says......Crime Scene....Do Not Enter....Do Not Remove...

 

Build a 'shed' around it..........

 

when I lived in salt lake city, utah I had a parts rig for my K-5 blazer that i was having the same problem until I got a restoration permit for it and then that problem was solved.

I had a 3 car garage and about 7 cars at the time so the ordance officer then tried to play the "he's running an auto repair shop" game so I ended up in court about once a month tagging along the registration for 4 cars and copy of that permit so that the charges would get thrown out. Long story short I don't miss living in the city

 

consider a friend

Perhaps a friend would let you tow the vehicle to their place. I found an empty garage in my neighborhood, old guy let me use it. I later saved his wife's life when she wandered too close to the lake. Pretty fair trade.

 

The suggestions are good but it's time to deal with it anyways.
It's not "restorable" because it's been written off. It's not worth restoring anyways.
About the only thing I could is turn it into a drag racer or a farm car due to rust issues.
No, Norm and I will have our way with it and then I'll either sell the scrap, or have the body moved to Midnight Auto, a junkyard Norm and I deal with. At least out there it'll still be sitting somewhere I can go look at it and take pictures....

 

trust me the k5 I had was beyond restore as well. No floor, no axles, no tailgate, the top gone, and various other pieces missing. I was working on stripping it to nothing and scrapping it but at that time I was working 2 jobs and never had the time. So with the permit it could sit for a month unchanged and I loved to really tick off that ordance officer cause she would always show up demanding to look into my garage (that housed 2 un plated cars that i kept for a "some day" project) and i got the pleasure of always telling her "nope, can't let you in there cause it is the interior of my home" or "what's your address? I wanna stop by after work and take a tour of the inside of YOUR house before I let you in my garage"

 

My friend Marshall had a problem like that here in Joplin. Since he was a truck driver and was gone for about a week to a month (usually a month) he wanted to make sure that his 73 Trans Am was safe so some friends of our let him park it behind their house. In order to get to the back of their house you have to drive along a 4 or 5 block long continuous alley way. It was in a parking spot and it was insured and tagged, completely legal, completely drivable, and under a car cover. A day after he went out on the road the city came in and said that it was an abandoned vehicle and they had a week to dispose of it or the city would and they would charge for towing, disposal, and personnel fees. Our friends were able to get in contact with Marshall and he was able to come back to Joplin to take care of the situation. Turns out that who ever it was that reported the car said that it wasn't running or legalized or owned by any one or on anyone's property. Marshall went to court with all proof of ownership and responsibilities made, proof of his job and time spent away from home, and written permission from our friends who own the property it was on at the time for the car to be there while he was away for work. It was dismissed but it didn't end there. Every time he left, no matter where he parked his car there would be some kind of ticket or notice regarding the car. He eventually sold the car and got a new job... Sometimes people with a moderate amount of power go mad with it as if it were total power. I guarantee that if your car was 30 years older this wouldn't be happening the like this... if at all.

In any case, I'm sorry for what is happening and for you having to lose your car, Monty.

 

There are good neighbors---and there are bad neighbors. Maybe those with good neighbors should thank them now and then. And when it comes to those in power.....................