Went to the Merkur Place, Found a Whole Lot More, Part I

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips) 09/08/2018 at 19:31 • Filed to: None

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Unfortunately I forgot my camera, so iPotato will have to do. There were Country Squires(the Mercury version as well), Econolines, Volvos, Mecedes, Audis... There was a little bit of everything. There were probably 30-40 Country Squires. It was amazing. The place is Effingham Motors, and if you Google that and click on the Facebook link, the number is correct. Everything is for sale(the parts are at least) except for the Mustang in the garage. So many malaise cars as well.

To start things off, a real Dan Gurney edition.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 19:40

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How does a place like this happen?  There seems to be at least a few neat cars there, slowly rotting away.  Is the owner just asking too much for them, and so they sit there and rust until they are totally gone (or the owner dies, whichever happens first)?

Ash78, voting early and often > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 19:46

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In the South, this could be one summer worth of overgrowth . Amazing stuff in there with probably nobody clamoring for parts.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > BaconSandwich is tasty. 09/08/2018 at 19:47

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No, he sells stuff pretty often. He started as junkyard, and now just parts this stuff out. 

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Ash78, voting early and often 09/08/2018 at 19:49

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Yeah, you can look at Google and it wasn’t that bad as of recently. There is some malaise gold in the trees. So many old Lincolns that you couldn’t see. 

smobgirl > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 19:50

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Well that’s a superfund site waiting to happen.

Definitely some cool stuff parked back there!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > smobgirl 09/08/2018 at 19:51

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I kind of figured the front of the place would be(old service station) but I couldn’t find any wells. 

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 19:53

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Holy fuck.

240Z, two down from an RX-7. The weird beige hatchback? That’s an Isuzu Impulse turbo with Lotus suspension or an Impulse RS. VERY hot hatch. The red thing with the drum rears, looks to be a 280Z .

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 09/08/2018 at 19:54

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The drums one is a 240, the 240 earlier is a 280. 

smobgirl > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 19:57

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Ah, no one will figure it out until the guy dies and a developer wants the land.

I have to say, I rarely call out junkyards (or even unpermitted “car storage facilities” as we usually call the m) but I had a property in LA where the neighbor was living in a shack and hoarding broken vehicles, and what we could see of the dirt lot was completely stained black. It was bad enough that we recommended sampling  at the adjacent apartments. 

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 19:57

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Dear Datsun:
You should have made the tail lights easier to tell apart.
Sincerely, Jalops.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 19:57

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May they all rust  in peace.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 19:59

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Early narrow-body Starion with 4-lug wheels. That was rare even in the 80s. Nearly every Starion I ever saw on the road was a gold or black Conquest TSi

lone_liberal > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 20:02

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If that Gurney Cyclone was complete, and near me, I’d be very tempted to grab it. Sure, you’d never get your money back out of it but sometimes it just about rescuing a really cool car.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 20:03

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I’m totally going to spam this post with snips of photos and unsolicited opinions.

Now if I were you, especially if all 4 (5 perhaps?) of those RONAL stars are good, I’d snag them and post them on VWVortex. Someone would go nuts for them.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 20:05

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Barring anything like serious underbody rust, this is completely saveable.

And it could be a star at Radwood east.  That’s happening eventually, right?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 09/08/2018 at 20:05

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I want them. I also found a set of GTI snowflakes. Also, those had BBS center caps.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > lone_liberal 09/08/2018 at 20:05

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There were several Cyclones and Torinos... One could be pieced back together.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 09/08/2018 at 20:06

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I’ve only seen red ones.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 09/08/2018 at 20:06

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They aren’t(most of them, they are mostly from SC)  as rusty as they look, and they all donate parts so that others might live.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 09/08/2018 at 20:07

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It already happened, and it looked quite clean.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 20:10

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That makes me happy to hear that it isn't going to waste. 

lone_liberal > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 20:12

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Then it’s a good thing that it’s 3000 miles from me because my first car was a 72 Gran Torino and I still have a soft spot for those Torinos and Cyclones.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 20:13

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I confused the BBS RF for the RONAL Penta...

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 09/08/2018 at 20:36

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Narrow bodies are very uncommon this is of the pacific 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 20:39

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I just want to go in with a weed wacker and a 55 gallon drum of  round up.

fintail > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 22:05

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Even a fintail, can’t tell what it is, but I suspect it is a late run car.

The heat and humidity there really shows.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > fintail 09/08/2018 at 22:36

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I want to say he said 230 or something like that. 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/08/2018 at 23:36

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That 1st gen I ntegra LS s pecial addition spoiler and body tupp er ware is worth money to the (relatively few) folks still playing with g1tegs on the street. Did it have good front marker lights (in the fenders)?

fintail > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 09/09/2018 at 00:20

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That’s right, there was a W110 230 and W111 230S, both were later run cars.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 09/09/2018 at 09:29

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I think it was pretty complete, but I didn’t look too closely at it.