Late last fall, I finally decided to reclaim the third spot in my garage and banished our pop-up camper to a gated storage lot in town in exchange for a monthly fee of $25. Having switched credit cards I visited today to make sure that the camper was in fact still there and to give them the new card information. Upon arrival, I saw our camper but not the attendant, so I decided to take a stroll through the lot with my camera.
Besides campers and boats, some people have decided to park their (presumably extra) vehicles in this lot and I was surprised at the variety of not just vehicles, but also the state that some were in and that people seem willing to pay the fees. These cars all seem to be waiting for the day when their owners come back to take them home . Without further ado, please join me on my stroll…
Our first sighting is this Fiero 2M4. Judging by the bumpers and the oh-not-so-sporty plastic hubcaps, this appears to be one of the later models.
The paint has faded from it’s original golden hue to more of a white gold, at least it’s uniform and the plastic panels appear to be in good condition.
Speaking of condition, the interior is virtually immaculate with the exception of the center console skin which looks like it is trying to escape its attachment points and take some kind of round form. I think the last time I saw tan seats in a Fiero that were this clean, the car was still in the showroom.
Here is a stately lady, resting in the shade of a tree that may have been here for less time than the car.
A 280SE with automatic but alas, not a 4.5liter model. I’ve always been a fan of these and could certainly see myself tooling around town in one. Not this one, however, as I fear the years of rest have done it no favors.
Just behind the Mercedes are not one, but two Javelins. No doubt our man from Kenosha, 64bler, can clue us in on the year(s) and other interesting details.
The green one is an SST version. The blue one looks sportier but I’m no expert on Javelins.
Just off to the side is a Suburban, packed to the gills with someone’s treasures, this one has Historic Vehicle plates, so maybe it sees the outside of the storage lot occasionally.
The barn doors on the back are cool and I know these came in a variety of two-tone schemes but I don’t think I have seen metallic green over white before. No matching plate on the back though, so maybe this one doesn’t ever leave after all.
I believe this is a Chrysler Windsor, dating to 1961. I have no idea what is in that trunk and didn’t really want to get any closer to find out.
Actually here is another one in a different color.
And right in front of that a Plymouth. Someone is going to have to chime in with the year and model on this one though.
However it’s not just old cars. Turning around I saw a Corvette with its top down, which I thought foolish given the clouds on the horizon.
As I got closer I realized it wasn’t in as good a shape as it appeared at first glance. Looks like the hood is gone.
Oh, not just the hood, also the interior! I can’t even begin to imagine what happened here. Stolen and stripped maybe?
Coming around the front, it’s obvious something major is missing. As is the windshield. I have no idea why someone would pay to store this here. Just to the right is a Cherokee Sport with Wyoming plates and a driver’s door latch that has seen better days.
Another (final) view of this Corvette. It was interesting to be able to see the frame so clearly.
Here are a coupe of Firebirds. The orange one looks to be a 1970 with a natural racing stripe borne of exposure to the elements…
…and the white one is a 1975 Trans Am as far as I can tell with what may be a bullethole right in front of the driver’s position. It’s still the Wild West out here sometimes.
Here is the oddest duck in the lot, a Wildfire WF-650T. Apparently it is powered by a 650cc four-stroke twin engine. It was built in China and sold by Wildfire Motors Corporation of Ohio. I don’t know anything about the pink trailer.
Not surprisingly it does not carry a license plate. In 2013 the US EPA withdrew its certification of all Wildfire vehicles citing falsified certification information. I’m just amazed that people actually buy this kind of stuff. How is this appealing? This may be one of the few motor vehicles that I have trouble finding a redeeming feature for.
Here’s one for the truck fans! A Ford with TWO V-8 logos inches apart on the front. Sporting collector plates, this looks like it sees somewhat regular (or irregular) use and with not a huge amount of effort expended would be too nice to store outside.
Alas, besides the Corvette this was probably the sportiest car I spotted in the lot, a Porsche 914 with an unfortunate fiberglass front bumper. I do like the wheels on this one, they are made by Mahle (of piston fame although they make all kinds of stuff including oil filters).
Montana plates. I don’t know if that would be a fun trip down here or not in this car. At this point it’s sitting here waiting to appreciate. It looks fairly complete, some paint and new bumpers would do a lot for it. Sitting in the weeds though can’t be doing the undersides much good.
Another Ford truck, a 1963 F100 if I am interpreting the grille correctly. The cap on the back is sort of interesting in that it doesn’t have any side windows.
And here’s an Impala convertible waiting for its turn to rise again. The top looks in good shape but the wheels are mismatched and the paint obviously needs help. This is one of the few cars that was parked head-in which really means nothing but made it stand out more.
I believe this is a 1981 Jeep Cherokee. It looks more or less ready to go, and is from right before the new smaller Cherokee came out and set the sales charts on fire back in the early 80’s.
There appears to be an all-Jeep junkyard in my town, I drive by it every now and again, I really should try to find the time to see if I can walk around there as well.
This is just a sad, sad, sad little 190E. Obviously neglected and probably too far gone to economically be brought back to life, I can’t figure why people would pay money to keep this in storage.
It looks a lot better from this angle but believe me, the camera is flattering this car. Still, a 190E 2.3 was a fine car in its day and could easily still be running around today if kept maintained.
It seems to be Ford Truck day today with yet another one, this time an F100 Ranger from either 1968 or 1969. Great color combination on this one, I could probably enjoy this truck myself.
Here is the other car that was parked head-in, a VW 1300 Beetle. I love the rack on top but will have to wait for Ed or Adam to chime in as to what year this one is.
It has a little bit of the “Cal-Bug” look going on with the reverse-popped engine cover and sort of looks like an on-again, off-again project. It needs help but isn’t too far gone yet.
Hey, you don’t see many of these original Nissan Pathfinder 3-doors anymore! This was a bit of a surprise. The paint is severely chalked on this one but it looks complete except for the side view mirror.
Inside it looks in remarkably good condition. The higher-end Japanese cars of the 80’s really did seem to use fairly decent materials. Of course a lot is shared with the humble Nissan pickup but that seat material looks very plush and the plastics, while being, uh, plasticky, do their job well.
And the back view with the common-to-the-era swingaway spare tire carrier. What a pain those things were, doubly so on these, being mounted curbside and thus getting in the way every time. Those wheels (on the truck, not the spare) are one of my favorite wheels of the era, they look so strong and really match the character of the truck.
This MG is probably only lightly less sporty than the 914 we saw earlier. Actually I take that back, when these got the rubber bumpers and the increased ride height to go with it, they kind of lost all of their sportiness and were left with British charm and a large dollop of character. That top isn’t going to do much to keep the weather out but the body appears to be in okay shape.
A little bit of damage to the front of the hood, but otherwise decent. At this altitude it can’t be a lot of fun to drive, which may be why it’s here…
Well, looky here, a far more dignified Brit, this time an early Jaguar XJ6 with a remarkable Historic Vehicle plate in that it calls out not just one, but two other British staples!
This one’s kind of a shame to park outdoors, blue isn’t usually a color I associate with Jaguars but it works on this one.
Early 300ZX’s are getting fairly thin on the ground, this one doesn’t do much for me, slight body damage on the front corner, and badly faded paint along with T-tops make me think of Elvis in the 70’s. Unlike Elvis though, the 300ZX came back to vehicular glory just a few years later, only to sort of slide back down once again.
These are getting rare as well, at least without being “tuned” and driven completely sideways. Rust is nibbling away at this Nissan 240SX, with its Minnesota plates it likely belongs to a college student that perhaps brought it here on a one-way trip…
I like this Dodge Coronet, great design, lots of presence. I always image a man with a hat and a pipe driving these back in the day. The color is not very exciting but it works on this one, even though there are at least three different shades in evidence just on this side…
Finally a truck that’s not a Ford, this one’s a Dodge. The patina looks authentic but maybe there’s just a good patina guy in town.
It looks good from the back as well, and there is another wheel with a perfect hubcap in the bed.
Another one from the Patina Collection, this time a Tri-5 Chevy, but I’m too young to identify it for sure.
Oh yes, gotta have an S-Class as well, a 450SE in this case. This one looks like it was ridden hard and put away wet.
The silver is rare, usually they all seem to be that copper color and some in blue. The wheels are from a later model and at least it doesn’t have the chrome “chicken lips” on the wheel arches but again, the camera is making it look better than it really is.
This one is beyond me. I’m going to say Mopar but it could be a Chevy. I don’t think it’s a Ford. I know most of you will know what it is immediately.
It even comes with a spare front end and suspension.
Of course there is a Volvo 240, this time a luxurious GL model. Tom Klockau would be all over this. I don’t think I’ve seen another in this brown color, it appears to be original paint though.
Some of these cars look like they’ve been here a long time, when I looked at the back of this one I saw that it has a dealer badge from Littleton (about an hour South) on it but then I glimpsed the registration sticker as well.
Last registered in 2002. Off the road for thirteen years now. I wonder what its issue is (besides the tail light).
However the Volvo does not take the verfiable longest-off-the-road title. No Sir, that honor belongs to this Chevy (II) Nova. As I sit here I can’t recall if those weeds are trying to grow into the car or out of the car (it could be both) but this car was in the far corner of the lot.
Last registered in 1982. And parked head in.
Thanks for joining me on our stroll, time to see if the man has returned and give him my new credit card number.
The VW is a one year wonder. 1966 Paul did an article on this and I once owned one. Outside looks in good shape. Can’t tell from the picture but I don’t see stock exhaust and the popped hood tells me it might not be stock. Mine grew a blower and got it’s hood popped. It was sure tough.
Btw in the theme of things today, I bet the vette ran when parked.
Nice fine.
My first car was a ’66 Beetle, with pop out rear windows, AM-FM radio and 12 volt convertor which raised and lowered the sound level in time with the turn signals when idling. Purchased from Dad in ’72 who had it from new. Sadly it only lasted about 6 months in my 16 year old hands before being wrecked. Same color as the one Paul did the article on. A nice collection on this lot.
Beat me to it, but I would have had to google to be sure of ’65 or ’66… Technically, they were *all* one year wonders. (c:
“65 didn’t have a push button for the deck lid, they had a tee handle.
The 1300 was only in ’66, in the US.
Beat me to it. The Coronet is a ’66 too, not that anyone asked.
I’m unsure of the climatic conditions there in that part of the US – but parking automobiles long-term on grass, wiII, in northern Europe rot them out real quick because of the damp ground. Most of these may be suffering that way – which is a pity. Anything worth keeping needs to be on concrete with at least some cover over here.
The weather in Colorado is quite dry and there is not much humidity, but still, parking on grass is never ideal.
Within a few years in SE Texas mold, rodents, insects and of course rust will have made themselves at home.
It’s generally dry here but it has been an extremely wet spring. My trailer is on one of the few spots that is half concrete, half gravel. Still not ideal, but at least it’s not on the grass with weeds growing around and under it..
Great collection of treasures.
The F-100 seems to be a ’69, judging from the grille, in Ranger trim. The shorties are favored by collectors, but I like the long beds.
Agree on it being a ’69.
The Plymouth is a 1960. First year for full sized unibody Mopars (except for Imperial).
What a collection…impressive. Love the Series 1 XJ6 (way too nice to be parked outside on grass) and the double Windsors. The ’61 Chrysler is one of my favorite cars of the era, with the canted headlights but before the big fins were shorn off the following year. That full-size 2-door Cherokee/Wagoneer looks good too.
The engineless green car is a first-gen Chevy II, not sure of the year though. Before ’65 I’m pretty sure. The tri-five is a ’56, I think a 210 post sedan.
And what on *earth* is that white and pinkish-red…thing…in the background of the Suburban and Wildfire shots? Is that a 2-story camper? With a Dodge A100 van body as the upper story? With a bay window in back? Such…confusion…
There is a better shot of the two-story camper bus thing if you look at the rear shot of the Suburban. And yes, A100 on top. I meant to take a better shot of that and then just…didn’t. Sorry.
Oh, I’m sure there was some CC overload going on, way too many interesting things to get a good photo of everything! That one just caught my eye in a “WTF” sort of way.
The Chevy II is most likely a ’63. Something about those flutings on the front fender . . . . .
The “mystery car” is a Chevy Nova, or more accurately a Chevy II as the Nova was still just a name for the top trim level when that car was new.
Would like to find a 3 door Pathfinder (they are indeed quite rare now) and this one has the bonus of being a 4WD and having a manual transmission.
Several of the cars pictured look interesting, but I suppose up close they lose quite a bit of their
attractiveness.
BTW, I’m no expert but believe the Javelins are 69 models….perhaps 70s?
What do you want to bet that the yellow Corvette was stolen, driven to the storage lot, stripped, then “driven” out in boxes?
The befinned Plymouth is a 1960.
The ’63 Chevy Impala SS looks suspiciously like a vinyl-topped hardtop. The rear window appears to be glass, not plastic, and the chrome trim where the roof meets the body is another indicator. From 1962-64, though, GM did try to mimic the look of a convertible, and the vinyl roof even includes some additional convertible-top-like ribs, it appears. It also looks like there’s a towel laid across the package shelf.
The mid-50s Chevy is from 1956. and it’s a mid-range 210 (more chrome than the most basic trim, but not as much as the Bel-Air).
The little gray two-door sedan without a hood, engine, or front suspension is a Chevy II from 1962 to 1965 (no real body changes during that time).
It’s really sad to see so many cars seemingly abandoned in a storage lot.
I agree on the 63 Impala – someone glued some black fabric to a hardtop. But if ever there was a car that could make a passable fake convertible, it was the 62-64 Impala 2 door hardtop.
Absolutely! I think I saw comments even when those cars were new about the fake convertible roofs, ribs and all.
Quite the collection indeed. The blue Javelin with the body-colored bumpers, scoops and spoiler is a rare bird. Betcha’ it’ll get restored eventually.
I wrote up a pair of Wildfires I caught motoring, er, trailering through Peoria a couple years ago… https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-capsule/curbside-capsule-the-wildfire-wf650-c-ugliest-vehicle-ever/
Wow, I had completely blocked that out of my mind! Great find!
Love those ’69 Javelins! The Big Bad Blue one has the Go Package, so it’s got either the 343 or the 390 + dual exhausts, heavy duty cooling, handling package, and posi rear end. It’s also got that goofy little roof spoiler, they must have really made a difference at top speed. I’ve always had a 2 seater AMX near the top of my want list but this Javelin would be a nice consolation prize.
You really got to wonder who’s still paying storage fees on that Nova. I expect it’s got full length Flintstone floors at this point.
I’m always amazed how people will spend many times a cars value on storage fees. Goes double for storage rooms where nearly worthless items get big bucks spent on storage fees. And then often after a while the fees stop being paid and the items go unclaimed. I’ve seen people go coast to coast renting a truck, fuel for 3500 miles, $100.00 monthly storage fees for junk that nobody would buy at a garage sale.
With the extent of the inventory at this place, especially given that much of it appears to be in somewhat poor condition and not having been moved in some time, I suspect many of these belong to the lot’s owner, perhaps via reposession from non-payment of storage fees.
Very nice tour of an interesting lot, Jim. I too am not so sure that $25/ month is a good value for some of these vehicles, but I suppose if you’re going to keep something that you have no place to store, you don’t have a lot of options.
Now the Javelins. The blue one (very weathered Big Bad Blue) is a 1969. It shows hints that it could be a Mark Donohue, though the rear spoiler is absent and the roof spoilers were added to a lot of cars after the fact. It has what I believe is a 390 badge on the quarter panel.
The green one (probably P90 Golden Lime) is a 1970, but someone decided that a ’68-69 front bumper would fit. It doesn’t.
I want the gray Cherokee. Badly.
What a varied group of cars. Of the Mopars you found, there is not a one that I would turn down (at least if it was a running/driving car). The trucks are all keepers too. And we don’t often see two Javelins together. At least they aren’t lonely.
Perhaps the Corvette was stolen and is being stored due to insurance company purgatory. The Jeep must have been parked with its tailgate facing south or west.
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Interesting pair of vehicles right there. Wonder if all the Wildfires have crapped out or if there is still a road going one out there in the Contiential 48?
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Never have seen that license plate which is on the Dodge before.
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Nice looking 1955 Chevy and hoping I guessed right.
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I like seeing all the cool Colorado license plates especially plates with the “Football Zero.”
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I think that’s the first version of the Colorado collector vehicle plate, from the late 1970’s.
That 70-73 Firebird is a Formula model, very nice.The white MGB is identical to the ones my neighbors had when I was a kid.
Yes, that is a 1966 Beetle. The windows were enlarged in ’65 and I believe that’s the year they also ditched the “kingpin” front suspension and went to ball joints. I had one fail and the car dropped on one side and was supported by the top of the tire hitting the fender. In ’66 they also changed to the flat hubcaps seen here. The last year for the six volt system, and the glass headlight covers (here in the US).
The 1963 Impala is not a convertible (the glass rear window is the giveaway) but a two-door hardtop designed to imitate a convertible top. Saw quite a few of those back in the day, but not many were covered with vinyl. I was always a bit mystified by that roof design.
That is a 68 or 69 nova at the end. It’s a 4 door. Very rare and very UNdesirable.
Wow ~
Lotsa nice things there , all will be ruined in short order by parking over grass , no matter the dry climate , grass rusts ’em out so quickly it’s amazing .
The 914 would be nice too but those rusted like VEGAS even when new .
-Nate
“Some day, I’ll restore it [car] and it will bring in millions”!
Some casual car fans need to know that parking a car outside and not driving it doesn’t “preserve” it.
My pick of the litter today (and some of this is genuinely litter) is the 1940’s Dodge pickup. Not too terrible shape…
Has anyone ever done a CC article on the Porsche 914? Several of my co-workers have various Porsches and it’s been suggested to me several times that I join the fold. After some research I’ve concluded that the perfect Porsche for me is the 914, preferable one that doesn’t run. Any car with a chronic rust area called the “Hell Hole” is the car for DougD…
That old Dodge certainly is sweet .
If you’re serious about a 914 , unless you’re in a State that’ll allow you to rub carbys , get the 1.8L one it has the air flow fuel injection that’s not only trouble free , it’s very easy to adjust so the car goes *much* faster & gets better fuel economy doing so too .
Me , like the idiot I am , I had two 2 liters , both had the wretched Bosch D-Jetronic F.I. I’m familiar with , it was O.K. but not as good as the AFC F.I. .
To park on grass all you needs do is : get a sheet of that corrugated fiber glass roofing and lay it down them park on that ~ it forms a great vapor barrier .
Or lay a cheap tarp and plywood over that ~ anything that stops the moisture will do .
-Nate
DougD:
I once owned a 914, one that looked decent on top but was a real piece of crap underneath. I was lucky that the rusty “hell hole” didn’t go terminal until it was back on a local “buy here, pay here” car lot. When the rust gets bad enough, the frame cracks and the right rear suspension/suspension tower collapses. Great cars when they have been taken care of, though.
Great fun – thanks!
The Jag is mine……
I own a 1995 Nissan pathfinder and can confirm the materials used in its construction are very durable. The Interior is complete with no tears or cracks (aside from the passenger side vent getting kicked). The only real visible sign of age on it is the window gutter strip retracting but being left in the heat of Sacramento area 100* summers.
I was under the hood a month or so back and every electrical connection to the chassis is still bright treated metal with zero oxidation or corrosion. The exhaust has a slight bit of surface rust in places but nothing some never dull cant correct.
Best all around vehicle I have ever owned and its a shame Nissan does not build vehicles like this anymore other then the lack of horsepower its dang near perfect.
Wow, I caught a glimpse of a couple of old Chevy trucks in those pictures too. There must be so many more CC’s in that lot. How big is that place?
A few acres. There are 3 or 4 LARGE storage sheds (about 100′ long) in rows like what the Jaguar and Nissans are backed up to. No idea what’s in those, maybe that’s where the Rolls Royce’s stay. Or Jimmy Hoffa.
Then there are about 3 more aisles. About half of the space is taken up by campers and a few boats, with the cars mixed in. I probably took pictures of about 60% of the cars which is about 25% of the total amount of items with wheels if that makes sense.
It’s not huge, but not tiny either. A comfortable spread to start a hobby of collecting old cars… :-). I spent about an hour taking two laps along with deciding what to shoot and went along every fence and aisle.
I’ll take the F100 Ranger or one of the Javelins. What an amazing selection, is that a black Grand Prix in the finned Plymouth rear pic?
Jim, you just described my grandfather to a T. His last car was a 67′ Dodge Coronet 440 two door hardtop. He wore a fedora and smoked a pipe!!
It looks like Month Cargo to me.
It looks like Monte Carlo to me. This stupid computer sometimes decides that the word you typed isn’t the word you want and it changes it to what it thinks it should be. F#%*in technology!
Thanks pbr. Mebbe ‘Month Cargo’ was its proposed JDM name.
I love those 61 Chryslers. As a school bus guy, I ask for a full frontal on the vanbus. What a creation.
Cool lot and looks clean as far as storage lots go. There happens to be one located just south of the east entrance to the former Alameda Naval Air Station and on the base itself. Behind your basic 8ft. chain link fence and through it you will see a bevy of 60’s and 70’s models. Hard to get decent shots as the fence has those slats in it to minimize the street view from the outside.
The ’60 Plymouth is a Belvedere hardtop. The 3 stars on the rear fin gives it away. Like the Merc – had a ’68 300SEL from Italy I bought in Amsterdam, and a ’71 300SEL 3.5 I bought back here in NJ. Solid and surprisingly modern. The 3.5 was the original “small” V-8; they bored it out to 4.5 liters to deal with US emission requirements, IIRC.
What? No dedicated pictures of that Dodge conversion van next to the Impala or the Ford conversion van near the white Mercedes?
Jim, sometimes the greatest service is the service of omission. And for that I thank you.
I know I will be heading back there sooner or later so will be sure to take some pictures to give you nightmares. If the guy is gone again and I have the run of the place I could do a follow up focusing on the larger machinery. There was a VERY nice late model Toyota Dolphin that I know Paul would like and many other motorhomes/conversions.
The green and white Suburban is either a 73 or 74 with a custom grille…..Lime green was only offered from the factory in 73 and 74 on them…
My Dad had a 73 Lime green and woodgrain Suburban.
I’m not sure it’s quite as ludicrous to be paying to store ‘junk’ as it would first appear. For starters, the junk is usually quite varied and re-buying all of it as new, even if it’s technically more economically viable, would be a PIA.
Then there’s the issue of divesting oneself of the junk rather than storing it. That means at least one yard/garage sale, and the headache of doing that.
Or maybe it’s an extension of the demented hoarder mentality. Those people are convinced that all of the crap they hang onto for decades is priceless and, to them, $25/month is a low price to pay to hang onto their treasures.
But, yeah, given the severely dilapidated state of just about all those vehicles, I’d go with the poster who mused that the original owners of the vast majority of all of them have long since stopped paying storage fees and the owner of the lot may just not feel like going through the legal trouble of establishing ownership to sell/auction it off.
I’d also go along with the commenter who stated that the relatively recent Corvette was stolen and the storage lot was where the vehicle was stripped, then the remaining hulk abandoned. Whatever happened, it’s the one that probably as the most interesting story behind it.
Well the ‘Vette could also be a salvage title buyback after an accident, where the owner decided to pay the (usually very low) buyback price and sell the good parts. The good parts (engine/interior) having been salvaged, the hulk is either abandoned here or waiting to be hauled off for scrap.
Of course the stolen angle is more interesting, and probably more likely!
Actually it may not be the most interesting one there There was also a purple one that looked 95% intact that I didn’t share the pic of but then there is also a blue one that ONLY seemed to have the passenger compartment shell sitting on the ground (i.e. from windshield to just behind the doors) but parked next to it was a trailer with what looked like two full frames and assorted other pits and pieces. No pix of that hot mess though. All of them looked to be late C4 models. In totally different areas of the yard so not likely to be same owner. If I go back I will try to take some followup pix.
LOL at the “chicken lips”. Never knew what those were called. Now I do.
I suspect the Suburban started out all green and the white lower half I suspect was a late addition upon some lower body rust repairs or something like that.
I am surprised at the condition of the body on the Suburban being as rust free as it is……Most Suburbans of this vintage rotted into the ground years ago….My Dad’s 73 started rusting when it was only three years old. It ended up with gallons of bondo on it to fill in all the rust holes and was undrivable by 1985….
What’s hiding behind the Wildfire WF-650T? The 60s van on the roof with the wooden balcony.
The Corvette has plenty of salvageable parts there. The whole chassis, suspension and wheels.
Nice to see the chassis is designed for controlled deformation.
The Fiero is actually a first or second year – the wheel covers are aftermarket…
Actually it’s at least an ’86, see the CHMSL. Those hubcaps were factory, they say Pontiac on them. Click on the first picture, the passenger front is readable when enlarged.
Fiero is a 1986 model and those wheelcovers are factory issue.
That Ford pickup is a 1969 F150–maybe even an F250. You can tell by the side reflector aft of the rear wheel that it’s not a 68. My son got one that had been sitting for who knows how long in lieu of payment for a job he had done. We put in new points, plugs and battery and it started right up. We were going to put a timing light on it, and every time we tried to bump the engine over to try to find the timing marks, the 390 would start. You could hardly keep it from running!
Hey, I’ve seen that color on a 240GL before! Behind my very own Volvo dealer in Moline, at that. https://www.curbsideclassic.com/curbside-classics-european/curbside-classic-1984-volvo-240gl-sensible-luxury/
Nice tour Jim. A wide variety of wheels!
It is a shame to see desirable cars sitting abandoned. Especially on grass with the weeds growing around the flat tires. Trying to ressurrect a long dead car can be a real and sometimes futile challenge. A car in even occasional use will usually be in much better condition. Water leaks, rodent infestation, moisture damage from below and corrosion inside the motor tranny and electrical system can make the car a total loss. Still, how many times have we regretted selling a certain car?
Suburban is a 1973 model — that green-gold metallic is unique to the 1973 model year.
Hey Junqueboi, long time since I’ve seen you post, good to see you are still out there.
‘Preciate it Eric! You made my day.
Gosh.. those Javelins are in a decent shape.. kinda easy to restore. I would go for the blue one.
That place is paradise for people like us…