Well fuck

"area man" (hurrburgring) 01/21/2016 at 12:35 • Filed to: On the block

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I have enjoyed seeing this 1964 Impala (edit: Biscayne) street parked in my neighborhood, so much so that I posted !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of it a couple weeks ago. Sadly it looks like its 52-year reign might be over thanks to a careless driver.

It doesn’t look like it was hit in this spot, since it’s still aligned with the curb and there’s nothing on the pavement around it to indicate a collision. It couldn’t have moved far based on how the back is now dragging, but at least the old girl still moves. For how much longer is anyone’s guess - it was already an unrestored survivor with some rough edges, so whoever owns it may not have the dough to fix it, especially with some potential frame damage lurking.

Every time I start thinking about the plethora of free street parking in my neighborhood and how it wouldn’t be that hard to own a car here, something like this happens to make me reconsider.

Cherry_man1 > area man 01/21/2016 at 12:38

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This makes me sad to see a classic like that....

crowmolly > area man 01/21/2016 at 12:38

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Fixable but nowhere near worth it.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > area man 01/21/2016 at 12:38

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:(

area man > crowmolly 01/21/2016 at 12:40

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yep, sad

Agrajag > area man 01/21/2016 at 12:43

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sigh

area man > Agrajag 01/21/2016 at 12:43

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:/

Your boy, BJR > area man 01/21/2016 at 12:55

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That isn't an impala. It's a Biscayne or Bel Air- and Impala would have much more trim and 6 tail lights.

Takuro Spirit > area man 01/21/2016 at 12:57

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crowmolly > Your boy, BJR 01/21/2016 at 13:07

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Yes, it’s a Biscayne.

MonkeePuzzle > area man 01/21/2016 at 13:08

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really liked the B&W picture, wiht nothing else in view, and the building styles, it really looked period.

area man > Your boy, BJR 01/21/2016 at 13:21

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Whoops, I looked up pics of a Biscayne and the front didn't look like the one on this car

area man > MonkeePuzzle 01/21/2016 at 13:21

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Thanks!

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > area man 01/21/2016 at 13:29

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yeah, that car’s done. Too bad. Black four doors are really sinister.

shop-teacher > area man 01/21/2016 at 13:38

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NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haz a sad now :(

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > area man 01/21/2016 at 13:51

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ahh damn

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > crowmolly 01/21/2016 at 13:52

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yep. like, it would be terrible but if someone blasted the Montego like that, it would be done.

crowmolly > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 01/21/2016 at 13:54

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Yeah, I had a car down to the “trunk frame” years ago. TON of work. TON of misalingment risk.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > crowmolly 01/21/2016 at 13:57

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Yeah, Montego is unibody, you can’t even do a “frame off” restoration.

So if it’s slammed like this, it’s toast.

And it’s ensured to over 4x what I paid for it so if it goes I’ll just go find another weird Mercury to own lol

gmctavish needs more space > area man 01/21/2016 at 15:31

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Well, shit. Why do people have to ruin everything.

pip bip - choose Corrour > area man 01/22/2016 at 07:16

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THAT SUCKS!

Mark - Sixpots None The Richer > area man 03/19/2016 at 14:40

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Of all the cars in all the world the fucker crashed into this...