7' Hard bed 13" in NY for parts or restore, public auction

If I were really into 13's this would make a good project. I'm curious, short of a boating accident, how does a lathe get submerged in salt water?

Public Surplus: Auction #2292512

Looks like a fairly complete machine that was in good condition before tragically used as a anchor in the disappearance of someone who was not in good graces with the mob. Note that the compound rest was not chewed up.

The chips in the pan look pretty fresh for being in salt water? Was there flooding in that area recently, maybe brackish water?

Looking at last pic, I'm guessing it was in a flood, maybe foot or so of water, and is an insurance right off.

I was going to make an offer to pick this up for someone, buuuuuutttttttt....... I may snatch it for selfish reasons.

IDK- it was in a sanitation plant....not sure I'd want it....salt might not have been the only thing in that water.

Nothing that a little Clorox won't take care of!

Well, if you saw the cars that got submerged in the city during the Sandy storm a few years ago you could easily see how a lathe got submerged as well. The good thing is that a SB is nothing like a car with a computer system in it. Of the batch of collector/exotic cars I saw get totaled by the insurance company and then sold the only one I would have messed with personally would have been the Model A coupe. From the looks of it I'm scratching my head as to how much it was submerged. Might make a good project.

And since my first job - at age 6 or so - was as a trash pickup expert (later I progressed to hauling garbage in a dump truck)- it was useful in losing any fear of dump picking. You have to grab the nuggets where you find them......

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