These Poor Cars...

"Segador" (segador) 04/03/2015 at 09:53 • Filed to: None

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... are left just rotting away in a yard a few blocks from my house.

I walk past this place all the time, and these cars haven’t moved. From the look of them, they’ve been there a long while. For months now I’ve watched as they slowly succumb to snow, tree sap, pine needles, and rust. It’s heartbreaking. I wish I could rescue them both.

Anyone know the year on the (I assume) 928? Is that a Buick back there? Early 40s?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Segador 04/03/2015 at 09:55

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NOT THAT 928!!!!!!! ;_;

Can't really tell you anything about it from just the front iirc.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Segador 04/03/2015 at 09:59

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Oh my goodness! I have a case of the wants sooooo bad right now. Convince this guy to sell the 928 to some guy in Tennessee sight unseen and for 2k

505Turbeaux > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 04/03/2015 at 10:04

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^^^^this^^^^^

E92M3 > Segador 04/03/2015 at 10:08

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I'm sure there was good intentions, but I hate when people leave classics to rot under trees. I know a guy who collects mid 50's Chevy's. And by collect I mean just laying around on his property. He continues to buy them, but never touches them after they are unloaded from the trailer.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > E92M3 04/03/2015 at 10:26

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Ever see Dale Earnhardt Jr's race car graveyard? He gets wrecked stock cars from teams and puts them out in the woods. It's not so bad now because they're all newish cars, and there's no real demand for them. I bet a lot of the classic car hoarders start like that...it was just a junk car when they put it there, now it's a classic. Still seems like a waste to me though.

NoneOfYourBiz > Segador 04/03/2015 at 10:45

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"You can't reason with crazy."

There are a bunch of 1960s American luxo-boats parked along a main highway between my city and the next. They've been there for decades.

My dad stopped years ago to ask about them and the crazy old coot who owned them wanted a ridiculous sum for them - think "$15,000." For non-running, not rare, junkers that will cost $30,000+ to restore.

The price has just gone up over the years as the cars have rotted away.

I see so much of this, especially in rural areas where people are living on the fringe of society, with no exposure to "reality" (TV, water-cooler discussions, "jobs").

Don't even TRY negotiating with crazy.

E92M3 > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/03/2015 at 11:03

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True... I just see cars and trucks that someone would love to restore. A couple decades and they won't even have any salvageable parts left.

AutoSavant > Segador 04/03/2015 at 11:14

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What is that old car? Cadillac?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > E92M3 04/03/2015 at 13:28

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Agreed. A friend of mine's dad had a '65 Mustang fastback sitting in his front yard forever. He bought it new, kept saying he was gonna restore it. 50 years of New England weren't kind to the car, and as far as I know it's not salvageable at this point.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Segador 04/03/2015 at 14:57

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This is really unfortunate. This should at least be in the garage. But it looks like the owners just want it as a lawn ornament.

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > Segador 04/03/2015 at 17:08

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This hurts me.

ranwhenparked > Segador 04/03/2015 at 20:05

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'36 Buick? At any rate, looks like it's been there 20 years or more, those pine needles are really building up.