What A Terrible Shame

[Qball]

Some of you may recall my my old thread from elsewhere about this car I found 5 miles from my house. It's a 1966 Dodge Charger 426 Hemi fastback. The current owner bought it from the original owner in 1968. Here it is just sitting outside rotting away and going to waste. The current owner won't sell it. Now I'm not one to tell someone else what they should do with their own property. But it's just sickening to see a car like this one, one of only 463 produced that year, just sit and wither away. Especially when it is still in restorable condition and there are people like me out there that are willing to give it a good home. It's just a damn shame.

 

[Majicmike]

If you want to see something that will make you cry,,theres a site called rotting musle or something like that,,,,,It will bring tears to youe eyes. I know where a couple are. Best friend has one

 

[Zedhound]

Then I won't tell you about the baracuda my wife's uncle had in his driveway

 

[Matt.Cross]

That's a pet peeve of mine... letting something that could be restored deteriorate whilst refusing to part with it for a fair sum. Makes me want to break kneecaps.

 

[Pogue]

Statuette of limitations means you could fix it up without repercussions in what, 20 years? lol....I kid.

 

[billyh]

I've got the most rare impala sitting in my back yard collecting rust.

 

[hp468]

Well... I would say that's a shame but my 68 Plymouth just sits in the shop. So I have no room to talk. I do however, keep it out of the weather.

Dave, what ever came of that Firebird T/A you were in negotiations with years ago? Too far gone once you found out it wasn't a S/D?

 

[Qball]

Well... I would say that's a shame but my 68 Plymouth just sits in the shop. So I have no room to talk. I do however, keep it out of the weather.

Dave, what ever came of that Firebird T/A you were in negotiations with years ago? Too far gone once you found out it wasn't a S/D?

Yep. It was way too far gone for a restore job since it wasn't a Super Duty. The woman that owned it was the mother of one of my employees. She lived her entire adult life thinking she had a Super Duty. We found records that in fact that is what she had a local dealer special order for her. But then Pontiac had to delay the release of the Super Duty because of .gov getting involved. So they sold her that regular 455 and evidently told her it was a Super Duty.

I've still got my 67 Mustang that's parked at my office. No way I have time to work on it, but I've got some contacts that I'm going to hire to do the restore, and it will be sooner than later.

 

[hp468]

Gotcha. I had a 5 year goal for the Plymouth but I just haven't had the time to start. The Jeep came into the picture and my ADD got the best of me lol.

 

[Short Fuse]

I have customers like that. They have some very desirable stuff and just let it rot or go to hell. Makes me sick to see things like that. Goes along with the old men that buy Corvettes and every where they drive they go 10 miles an hour under the speed limit. Get the F out the way grandpa and give that car to someone who will actually use it.

 

[HMP]

Some of you may recall my my old thread from elsewhere about this car I found 5 miles from my house. It's a 1966 Dodge Charger 426 Hemi fastback. The current owner bought it from the original owner in 1968. Here it is just sitting outside rotting away and going to waste. The current owner won't sell it. Now I'm not one to tell someone else what they should do with their own property. But it's just sickening to see a car like this one, one of only 463 produced that year, just sit and wither away. Especially when it is still in restorable condition and there are people like me out there that are willing to give it a good home. It's just a damn shame.

out of curiosity - why wont they sell?

I know the pain (eh, to a smaller degree): tried to buy an old 260Z Datsun that's been behind a barn for years, their answer was, "well we plan to fix it up one day when my husband quits working..."
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Yeah, he's about 35/40 now, so it'll be decades. Its just rotting away.
Damn shame.

 

[Qball]

out of curiosity - why wont they sell?

I know the pain (eh, to a smaller degree): tried to buy an old 260Z Datsun that's been behind a barn for years, their answer was, "well we plan to fix it up one day when my husband quits working..."
...
Yeah, he's about 35/40 now, so it'll be decades. Its just rotting away.
Damn shame.

Same reason. "My son is thinking about restoring that old car one day." Meanwhile, it hasn't been driven since 1972.

 

[HMP]

Same reason. "My son is thinking about restoring that old car one day." Meanwhile, it hasn't been driven since 1972.

At a certain point they need to realize it just aint happening.

I had a 'cool' car at one point a few years back, and I neglected it a bit, quit driving it because of my work and such. And while it still ran and wasnt THAT bad, it needed paint and, total, about a grand put into it to get it back to its 'glory days'
Well, I didnt have that money at the time, and I needed the money for other things (was going to go back to college) and so I sold it.

Do I miss it? Hell yes.
But was it the right thing to do? Yeah.

New owner put that money into it and then some, put a smile on my face seeing it after about two months with him.

 

[Crazy Carl]

There's a dude between Rockfish & Parkton with a bunch of old Vettes rotting away, behind a fence.

 

[Hammer12b]

Then I won't tell you about the baracuda my wife's uncle had in his driveway

Or the model A Ford that my FIL had in the barn and the worthless BILs pushed it outside so they could smoke dope in the dry! I know of a dozen people that tried to buy that truck and he wouldn't sell it until about a year before he died. It was running and in good shape when he parked it. When it was sold it was a rusty hunk of junk.

 

[Qball]

Then I won't tell you about the baracuda my wife's uncle had in his driveway

I'll never understand it. Why hold on to something just to watch it rot? I'm not interested in this car so I can restore it and sell it to make a profit. It's a piece of history. It's like vintage aircraft. Hell, if this guy would sell it to me, I'd get it restored and donate it to a museum somewhere. It really does boggle my mind when it comes to this sort of stuff.

 

[Sandman_NC]

A friend of mine is letting a '69 GTO Judge rot away... been after him about buying that car for over 30 years. He keeps telling me "Naw man, I plan on fixing it up one day". He parked it with a blown head gasket. [IMG2=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"http:\/\/img.photobucket.com\/albums\/v167\/Sandman_NC\/faint.gif"}[/IMG2]

 

[Coltdefender1911]

Crying shame. There should be a law against letting American muscle rot away. I know of a few people whom are guilty of it. They have plans to fix/restore it, but they a re too busy buying and playing video games. Get your ass up and work on that car/truck, or sell it to someone willing to put some TLC into it. For Petes sake

 

[Errant_Venture]

This thread makes me weep manly tears. Also, I kind of want to punch some people in the throat for letting those machines rot.

 

[trcubed]

Some of you may recall my my old thread from elsewhere about this car I found 5 miles from my house. It's a 1966 Dodge Charger 426 Hemi fastback. The current owner bought it from the original owner in 1968. Here it is just sitting outside rotting away and going to waste. The current owner won't sell it. Now I'm not one to tell someone else what they should do with their own property. But it's just sickening to see a car like this one, one of only 463 produced that year, just sit and wither away. Especially when it is still in restorable condition and there are people like me out there that are willing to give it a good home. It's just a damn shame.


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You may have already tried this, Dave, but I might make one more pass at the owner. Figure out what you're comfortable paying for it and take that sum in cash along. Sometimes the sight of a wad of cash can change someone's mind.

 

[Sandman_NC]

Some of you may recall my my old thread from elsewhere about this car I found 5 miles from my house. It's a 1966 Dodge Charger 426 Hemi fastback. The current owner bought it from the original owner in 1968. Here it is just sitting outside rotting away and going to waste. The current owner won't sell it. Now I'm not one to tell someone else what they should do with their own property. But it's just sickening to see a car like this one, one of only 463 produced that year, just sit and wither away. Especially when it is still in restorable condition and there are people like me out there that are willing to give it a good home. It's just a damn shame.


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You may have already tried this, Dave, but I might make one more pass at the owner. Figure out what you're comfortable paying for it and take that sum in cash along. Sometimes the sight of a wad of cash can change someone's mind.

Making a pass at him might help too! lol

 

[trcubed]

Some of you may recall my my old thread from elsewhere about this car I found 5 miles from my house. It's a 1966 Dodge Charger 426 Hemi fastback. The current owner bought it from the original owner in 1968. Here it is just sitting outside rotting away and going to waste. The current owner won't sell it. Now I'm not one to tell someone else what they should do with their own property. But it's just sickening to see a car like this one, one of only 463 produced that year, just sit and wither away. Especially when it is still in restorable condition and there are people like me out there that are willing to give it a good home. It's just a damn shame.


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You may have already tried this, Dave, but I might make one more pass at the owner. Figure out what you're comfortable paying for it and take that sum in cash along. Sometimes the sight of a wad of cash can change someone's mind.

HEY! I'll be home at 5. Shouldn't you be fixing my dinner?? lol

 

[ronn47]

Well... I would say that's a shame but my 68 Plymouth just sits in the shop. So I have no room to talk. I do however, keep it out of the weather.

Dave, what ever came of that Firebird T/A you were in negotiations with years ago? Too far gone once you found out it wasn't a S/D?

Yep. It was way too far gone for a restore job since it wasn't a Super Duty. The woman that owned it was the mother of one of my employees. She lived her entire adult life thinking she had a Super Duty. We found records that in fact that is what she had a local dealer special order for her. But then Pontiac had to delay the release of the Super Duty because of .gov getting involved. So they sold her that regular 455 and evidently told her it was a Super Duty.

I've still got my 67 Mustang that's parked at my office. No way I have time to work on it, but I've got some contacts that I'm going to hire to do the restore, and it will be sooner than later.

Hunter in Walnut Cove is a friend of my best friend and does Shelby's and such.
He may be someone to talk with on your restore.

 

[Crazy Carl]

I have customers like that. They have some very desirable stuff and just let it rot or go to hell. Makes me sick to see things like that. Goes along with the old men that buy Corvettes and every where they drive they go 10 miles an hour under the speed limit. Get the F out the way grandpa and give that car to someone who will actually use it.

Many moons ago, turning left off Raeford Rd, onto the All American (towards post), I see an older, silver haired gent in a cherry '70 Chevelle SS behind me & thought to myself what a shame it was that car wasn't gonna get driven as intended.

Man, I was barely off the entrance ramp before that old man blew past me like I was backin' up.

 

[Qball]

Many moons ago, turning left off Raeford Rd, onto the All American (towards post), I see an older, silver haired gent in a cherry '70 Chevelle SS behind me & thought to myself what a shame it was that car wasn't gonna get driven as intended.

Man, I was barely off the entrance ramp before that old man blew past me like I was backin' up.

My 83 year old Dad drives a 565 hp Cadillac CTS-V. He's planning on buying a 2017 CTS-V that has 600+ hp. He drives them as designed and has the speeding tickets to prove it.

 

[Short Fuse]

If they will use the pedal on the right then they are my kind of people. If they prefer the brake pedal than not so much. Brakes are for parking.