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You know that sounds like it could be right, it does look like one. Not much left to it though. I still haven't figured out how it got where it is, it's well away from any road, in a national forest...
Good question. Is the vin tag still on it? Perhaps it was a theft from years ago dropped off left for dead?
In Muscle car Review magazine a few months back, a guy out in Texas finds a '69 Road Runner flipped upside down on it's roof at the bottom of a ravine. The vin tag is gone and there's only a sliver of license plate left that reads the car was from Indiana. (the rest of the tag is cut off) No engine or trans. Been in the same spot for 30 years. Thought to be a theft that someone pushed off the side of the road into the ravine and left for dead.
Judging by the dash and the way the fenders are contoured, I'm willing to bet that's a 1970-1971 model Ranchero.
I think you're right. Here's one without a tree, which I'm guessing was an ash. They grow pretty fast. If the car was left there in, say, 1985-1990, that would look about right to me.
Good question. Is the vin tag still on it? Perhaps it was a theft from years ago dropped off left for dead?
In Muscle car Review magazine a few months back, a guy out in Texas finds a '69 Road Runner flipped upside down on it's roof at the bottom of a ravine. The vin tag is gone and there's only a sliver of license plate left that reads the car was from Indiana. (the rest of the tag is cut off) No engine or trans. Been in the same spot for 30 years. Thought to be a theft that someone pushed off the side of the road into the ravine and left for dead.
Judging by the dash and the way the fenders are contoured, I'm willing to bet that's a 1970-1971 model Ranchero.
That roadrunner would not be worth a restore Another thing you will often see is that many cars just parked dont have a clear title. Perhaps money was owed on it and the repo man never found it.
Good question. Is the vin tag still on it? Perhaps it was a theft from years ago dropped off left for dead?
In Muscle car Review magazine a few months back, a guy out in Texas finds a '69 Road Runner flipped upside down on it's roof at the bottom of a ravine. The vin tag is gone and there's only a sliver of license plate left that reads the car was from Indiana. (the rest of the tag is cut off) No engine or trans. Been in the same spot for 30 years. Thought to be a theft that someone pushed off the side of the road into the ravine and left for dead.
Judging by the dash and the way the fenders are contoured, I'm willing to bet that's a 1970-1971 model Ranchero.
You know I didn't even think to look for that. Almost anything on the car of any use or value has either been stripped off or shot full of holes.
I suppose it could have been a theft, or maybe someone crashed it through the brush and trees. The ground is slightly swampy there in the summer, here and there, though it could have happened when the ground was frozen. There's a slight hill nearby that blocks it from view of any trail or road, so it could have gone undetected a while.
That roadrunner would not be worth a restore Another thing you will often see is that many cars just parked dont have a clear title. Perhaps money was owed on it and the repo man never found it.
That's what barn find A pillar/titles are for haha
No. The Road Runner, when found and pictured in the magazine, was still upside down on it's roof, bullet holes shot in the left quarter panel, driver door missing the door panel, front bumper pulled out on, entire underbody was nothing but solid red rust.
I tried to find it on the internet but to no aval. Maybe I'll see if i can scan it if anyone really cares to see it.
To deviate from the topic a little let me tell what I did to a rental agent that ripped me off once. I found a picture of a 63 vette split window model that was dirty sitting in a barn and then put an add on craigslist showing the car. I went on to say I was a widow who was selling old stuff my husband had collected AND NEEDED TO CLEAN OUT THE BARN. The contact number given was THAT OF THE RENTAL AGENT AND HER NAME. Lordy I bet she was on the phone for a long long time...lol
Sometimes owners want restored money for their unrestored old cars, and refuse to sell them, so they store them (and their resentment) in a barn, shed, back of the yard, until they can get the money they think they deserve. Then, after they die, some relative sells them off for what they are truly worth. Sad but this happens all the time.
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I have seen that happen many times Sayants.
There is a similar situation here in Lincoln, NE. I have shopped at a local Russ' Market grocery store at Hwy2 and 33rd street for years. One of their employees drives a 1964 GTO. A two door hardtop. When I first saw it about fifteen years ago it would have been restoreable. It must be in decent mechanical condition because I see it in the parking lot quite often. It is nothing but a pile of rust now though. I cannot understand why someone would let such a potentially valuable car rust away to nothing. This guy had a car worth a thousand or two as recently as ten years ago but anyone paying over $500 for it now would be a fool IMO.
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