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"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay) 12/01/2013 at 16:38 • Filed to: question, that will buff out

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Was walking through the woods with my family and came across this old wreck. Can anyone here identify what it is, I'm not very good with 50s to early 60s american cars.

*edit* I think it may be a 1960 Oldsmobile 88.

lepie > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:43

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Wow. That's thoroughly gone.

Agrajag > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:43

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No idea, but that is cool. Is there a dirt road leading there? Looks like it crashed into the tree.

twinturbobmw > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:43

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Ford Galaxie?

Edit: Some kind of Ford I think. Can't remember which.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:45

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Can already see the Craigslist ad now. "Ran when parked. Great project car. Needs only minor repairs. $10,000"

Decay buys too many beaters > Agrajag 12/01/2013 at 16:45

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Actually, no. Middle of the fucking woods. I don't have any idea how it got there.

Milky > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:46

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Pretty sure thats a Lancia bro.

Dunnik > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:46

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That tail light assembly rings a bell, but I can't quite place it argh. At first I thought it may be an Olds 88, but it's not quite the same. Definitely a GM product, probably somewhere around 1959-1965. As fins got more muted, tailights were mounted horizontally instead of vertically. A pretty common design cue for many early 60's cars.

Decay buys too many beaters > twinturbobmw 12/01/2013 at 16:47

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The taillights are wrong, the car in the wreck had triangular lights.

Ghost Dog - For the kittens > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:52

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'60 Olds 88

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Milky 12/01/2013 at 16:52

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Haha.

Half
Assed
Humor
Attempt

Agrajag > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:52

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That looks like the biggest tree there. Maybe it used to be farmland and the surrounding trees could be relatively new growth.

Drewp317 > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:54

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I am going to guess Pontiac Bonneville 1960ish

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Decay buys too many beaters 12/01/2013 at 16:57

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18736542

Milky > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 12/01/2013 at 17:04

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:/ … I thought it was clever.

Slave2anMG > Ghost Dog - For the kittens 12/01/2013 at 17:07

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DING DING DING - winnah!

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Milky 12/01/2013 at 17:26

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It was clever and I got the joke. And laughed a little. But I like Lancias too much to not defend them.

Milky > Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS 12/01/2013 at 17:47

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I understand that, they did make quite a few fantastic cars.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 12/01/2013 at 18:09

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I tried calling, but they didn't pick up. Maybe if there was an area code

Kugelblitz > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 12/01/2013 at 21:27

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Firing order?

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Kugelblitz 12/01/2013 at 22:11

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Yep.