On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:38:21 -0600, "biggus" <dd34e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>"dwight" <tfrog93@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:Q7ydne1GQ4lWiRXanZ2dnUVZ_judnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "BDK" <BDK@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.21f1bd1ff1eb632498c0a7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> In article <78c45246be0349703e9631e2ba5efc65@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>>>> "They were the first generation to come of age with their own cars,
and
>>>> now they want them back. Across the country, middle-aged men are
going
>>>> to extraordinary lengths to locate the actual vehicles they drove
>>>> decades ago..."
>>>>
>>>> Wall Street Journal article: http://xrl.us/OldCars
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I know where my 74 Roadrunner is today. I couldn't possibly afford it
>>> now...It's probably worth more than the new Charger sitting in my
>>> garage.
>>>
>>> BDK
>>
>> Well, if anyone sees a bright purple 1972 Pinto hatchback with wide
white
>> racing stripes down each side, let me know!
>>
>> I don't want it back, just curious.
>>
>> dwight
>
>ditto
>on my 60 chevy, 6 banger, last seen in Jacksonville Fla in 1974 with a
coat
>of green house paint, I bought it that way for $100, put 10k on it then
it
>blew a ring (looked like a fogger of blue smoke going down the road),
sold
>it for $50 to two guys for their weekend, they sold it for $25, then
someone
>fixed it up, saw it on the beach, no blue smoke, a real pos, but wheels.
Had
>lites in the grill. Floorboards were rusted out big holes, had screens
over
>them covered with carpet, but good car for drinking beer and not
stopping.
>
Well, I know where my '57 Fargo is - it's been turned into a pro
street truck - totally ruined, but what the heck, it's HIS money.
Still, I almost cry when I see it.
I'm told my 1953 Coronet Sierra is back in Van Nuys California where
it originally came from. I suspect it is the original owner, or his
family, that tracked it down - apparently paid 100G US for it 3 years
ago, more or less.
I know my 61mini, '63 valiant and '69 dart are scrap. Suspect the 37
Terraplane, 35 Chevy and 28 Chevy are also scrap. Might be some parts
still around on other cars. I hope the '76 Ramcharger is scrap, along
with the '72 Colt wagon. The 1972 Vauxhaul is also scrap( was scrapped
15 years after I sold it)The '76 Dart S****t is almost certainly scrap,
as are both the '80 corolla and the '81 Tercel
The '49 VW was still running around Victoria Falls Zimbabwe 10 years
ago. The '67 Peugot likely died long before that, but over there?
Well, you just never know.
I know where a few others are, and where a few were as little as 2
years ago, but other than the Mini, the VW, and the 53 Dodge and '57
fargo, none of them would warrant much effort to find and recover.And
the Fargo in it's current condition would not even tempt me.
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