... and NOT rescued vehicles...

[Pete-MJL]

Hi all,

Now that I am at it, I took some more pictures today at an old mate' s place.
He had a breakers yard / garage for many years, doing only American made cars.
Sadly, demand for these cars parts collapsed over recent years, so he closed the place down...
I visited him yesterday - first time in many years, I must admit - to borrow a towbar to get the donor-DAF I bought a few days ago to
my place ( see " rescued vehicle " at http://www.smcars.net/forums/index.php?topic=19941.0 )
When I returned him the towbar today, I had my camera with me, so I could capture the last remains of some cars left to rot...

Sad, isn' t it ?

Peter

ps: the very rusty 1962 Chevrolet Impala, was one of the cars he used to take us to the pub in the late seventies.
He used to call it " Bomma " ( Grandma ) and in those days it was nearly impeccable.
It has been standing there for almost 20 years now. sigh !

[Johnas]

These are sad pics indeed So many nice cars lying there rusting away

[Grungy Harry]

OMG what a waste... :'( Most of those are gone already, but some seem still to be in a good shape (the green Plymouth Fury (?) behind the '79 LeBaron and the yellow thing near the Corvair, most probably a '76-'78 Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volare with Special Edition Package, or the black Dodge Daytona/Plymouth Laser shown behind the red Chevy Monza (?)).
Especially sad for those Chevelles on the last pic, such a nice car.

EDIT: What's the GTA SA Walton-looking car at the photo with the Dodge Ramcharger?

[rallydriver]

OMG it´s a horror show.

My cousin has:
Skoda s110
Sunbeam Avenger
Watrburg Sedan deluxe
Mazda 929 ´70s

Watrburg and Mazda and skoda is gone.. well maybe Skoda would be savable :mrgreen:

[Ravens]

Might you find Herbie in it


indeed sad pictures! Darn rust ;/

[neighbor_guy]

I got all excited when I saw that GS and chevelle but they are beyond rusty! I love old rusty cars.

[Icekid84]

#1 and #5 for me, seem like great shots... as far as artistic points go... if you find any old Barn yard Ferrari's let me know lol

[Pete-MJL]

mmm... never found a Ferari scrapyard... but I ' ll try scanning some of my old Black and White photographs some day.

Meanwhile, here' s one of the cars seen in the above pictures, in about 1977 or 1978 if I am not mistaken.
It certainly looked a bit more solid back then

Peter

[Icekid84]

What happened to it anyhow? Wreck, get tired of it etc. Its sad to see cars in junk yards, thinking of what they used to be and what path led to there current state. When ever I think like that I always think of the 'Brave little Toaster" lol the junkyard scene was cool, also had a catchy song if I remember.