ratghia
ratghia Reader
5/24/12 8:17 a.m.

I stumbled across a lm Corvair that appears to have been sitting for a while, and even has a tarp that looks to have fallen apart off of it. The second car is hard to see in the picture because it was far back off the road and taken with a cell phone, but its a fd RX7 sitting in amongst some weeds. There is also an older truck, but I honestly don't know much about them so couldn't say what it is.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo UberDork
5/24/12 8:19 a.m.

Some of my cars look a abandoned.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/24/12 8:19 a.m.

That Corvair is so cool it almost looks staged.

stan
stan GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
5/24/12 8:22 a.m.

FD is intriguing. (also one of the best looking cars -ever)....

Ranger50
Ranger50 SuperDork
5/24/12 8:32 a.m.

Geez. All I find are the ones either on the side or in the turning lane broke down around here. Like yesterday, there was a nice looked fairly rust free 2dr early to mid 90's Lumina in the turn lane broken down. I drove past it like 4 times to figure out why it was there.... Without getting out to look at it, the front subframe bolts in the back have broke or dissappeared and the rack is the only thing keeping the subframe from touching the ground.

fasted58
fasted58 UltraDork
5/24/12 8:38 a.m.

tarp fallen off? staged?

naw boy, that theres called bait

foxtrapper
foxtrapper UberDork
5/24/12 8:41 a.m.

Put some dollars in your pocket and go knock on some doors!

integraguy
integraguy UltraDork
5/24/12 2:13 p.m.

The VERY rusty truck in the pix is an early '50s Chevy.

Ian F
Ian F UberDork
5/24/12 3:13 p.m.

Damn... that Corvair looks perfect for a "Barn Find" class. Want.

Edit: Oh crap... you aren't that far away from me either...

mndsm
mndsm UberDork
5/24/12 3:28 p.m.
Woody wrote: That Corvair is so cool it almost looks staged.

Yeah, it really does. But i'd imagine it's hard to stage that much dust without an autobody shop around it.

Conquest351
Conquest351 Dork
5/24/12 3:46 p.m.

RX7 is begging for an LS swap... Just sayin...

ratghia
ratghia Reader
5/24/12 3:59 p.m.

I had to do a double take when I saw the rx7. It was the last car I'd expect to see in some farmers woods. I absolutely love them.

Also I've know about the Corvair for 2 years and just never gotten a picture until yesterday, and I can assure you it hasn't moved an inch since I first saw it.

mndsm
mndsm UberDork
5/24/12 3:59 p.m.
ratghia wrote: I had to do a double take when I saw the rx7. It was the last car I'd expect to see in some farmers woods. I absolutely love them. Also I've know about the Corvair for 2 years and just never gotten a picture until yesterday, and I can assure you it hasn't moved an inch since I first saw it.

Especially next to a couple of giant MERICA trucks.

Argo1
Argo1 GRM+ Memberand Reader
5/24/12 10:55 p.m.

Based on where that badge is on the side of the Corvair, that looks to be a Corsa model. Go knock on that door!

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy GRM+ Memberand Dork
5/24/12 11:50 p.m.

Tell me how much they want for that FD. I'm heading north tomorrow evening, anyhow.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid SuperDork
5/25/12 12:52 a.m.

I wish I could find an FD just "sitting around" like that, I bet you could offer that guy scrap price to $500 and he'd let you take it.

My luck would be that the guy would be like, "I'm planning on fixing it up" or "Its my Sons/Brothers/Friends and I don't think they want to sell it"

That's usually the runaround I get when I find an abandoned car that I've seen sitting around for a year.

novaderrik
novaderrik SuperDork
5/25/12 2:13 a.m.

if a car has a late model truck parked next to it and a kid's slide about 20 feet from it- and the grass is neatly mowed- i don't think the word "abandoned" really fits..

"neglected" or "i'm gonna fix it up someday" would fit better..

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
5/25/12 9:36 a.m.

I want the FD. Add V8, stir and pore out liberal amounts of fun!

fasted58
fasted58 UltraDork
5/25/12 9:40 a.m.
novaderrik wrote: if a car has a late model truck parked next to it and a kid's slide about 20 feet from it- and the grass is neatly mowed- i don't think the word "abandoned" really fits.. "neglected" or "i'm gonna fix it up someday" would fit better..

yea, not enough weeds... sumbody still cares

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