Trucks just sitting/rusting away

[Boyd67]

Doesn't it just piss you off to see trucks sitting and rusting away. And the owner won't sale them. There is 2 69-70 swb's within 5 miles from my house. A green one sitting outside rusting away they won't let go, it's been sitting for already 5 years and then a black one that I personally tried to buy before I bought my 67 that's been sitting under a shed for a good 15-20 years and has not moved in that whole timeframe.

[In The Ten Ring]

Don't I know it! I used to be an exterminator in Kinston, NC, and brother, I'd come across old vehicles like that all the time.

They refuse to sell and just let it rust away into junk.

Maybe after they die the children will sell it. Seriously.

[SoMsippi_B-tie]

My buddies dad had a 68 SWB step side in his yard for years and I would ask about it all the time and he would just tell me to quit asking about it. One day I was hassling him about it and asking him why he would not sell it and just let it set and rot like it had been. It got under his skin and he told me that it was father's truck and would never leave his yard and could rot to the ground right where it sat and don't ever ask about it again. We got older we went our separate ways and I haven't seen my old buddy in years, but a few years back I passed by his dad's and the truck wasn't there any more.

[chefk85]

72 fleetside cheyenne hugger orange/white sitting in a field by my house for 10 years. It's in great condition. No dents and the paint still shines. He Won't sell it. Atleast take care of it!

[Already Gone]

This a timely thread. Saw this in Ebay this morning and it looks like it been sitting for a while.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/141985804434...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[old Chevy guy]

Not sure about anybody in particular but I know myself that there's a few vehicles here that will probably rust into the ground before I get yo them. It's not because I don't want to fix them but it's always hoping something will change and I'll find enough time to finally get it done. You know , after I hit power ball, retire and build my new 40 x 80 garage to restore all my cars in. If I lived closer to the street I'd have people stopping here everyday probably.

[DBK81]

There is a 1966 Chevelle Mailbu SS 396 4 Speed that I've tried to buy many times in town that is just sitting out in the elements wasting away, owner insists that he is going to restore it, going on 7 years now.

[Dave K.]

A good friend has a Dodge Daytona with matching numbers sitting outside. Winter buried in snow, summer rains pouring on it but he travels all the time and is saving it for retirement. Body is shot anyways so he's looking for a donor. That doesn't keep folks from slamming him but it's his right to do with it what he wants and it will ultimately get done. Usually what happens is some idiot offers him a pitinence and expects his "higher use" to somehow sway him--not a chance. He gets a good laugh out of it....

[CG]

I have a couple of interesting cars that I have let rot away. Didn't store them correctly and had no intentions of working on them anytime soon. My cars, my loss.

I don't worry about what people are doing with their old cars and trucks.

[Gmc.guy]

I don't worry about what people are doing with their old cars and trucks.[/QUOTE]

Same here. These trucks are very common. For every one that you see there's 50 more in the trees or behind buildings that you can't see. You could have a trillion dollars and hardly save half of them. Many get crushed up here still. Some people feel the same way about tractors, 150 year old barns with bad roofs or old gas pumps, all kinds of stuff sitting around You have to let them go Hard feelings and getting pissed off about someone else's business is a waste of time and worry If you can save some that's great but being sour about it when you can't will not help you any

[Willie Makeit]

Originally Posted by CG

I don't worry about what people are doing with their old cars and trucks.

preach. not my place to get mad about what another guy does with his own property.

[96blazr]

One thing I've learned all these years..........YA CAN'T SAVE THEM ALL!!

Ya just can't.

[Boyd67]

What made me think about this again was I had to go a certain way home and I saw the trucks still sitting. I knew they would be but I guess I was kind of hoping at least one of them wouldn't. There is a guy my dad knows with a 69 Z/28 sitting in a barn he will not get rid of. He told my dad that it was going to be his sons car but he never come back from Vietnam. So the car sits and will continue to sit

[In The Ten Ring]

What cars have I seen go that way?

In 1994 I noticed a 1967 Camero convertible under a tarp. It was always there until the tarp finally wore away.

In 2000 I came that way again and it was still there, but the top had gone and the interior was completely shot. I found the owner and the old lady exclaimed "YOU HAVE THAT DISEASE TOO! YOU LIKE OLD CARS!"

That was her husband's and he had refused to sell it until he was dead. She ad decided to give it to the grandchildren to "restore." Later I noticed it was gone.

There is a 1973 Pontiac Grandville convertible that has been sitting outside at least 14 years. Apparently I'm not the only person to try and buy it. It has the rare rear defrost blower. The owner refuses to sell "saving it for the grandson." Backin 2000 I warned him, "if you don't get it inside your grandson won't be rich enough to restore it."

If the vehicles were parked inside it wouldn't be too bad but outside, the UV rays and hot/cold cycles just destroy them.

[Dave K.]

Per my post above..... I'm sure some thought "yeah, sure"--well, here ya go. If I were restoring this I'd put the PBR sticker back on the wing!

[Dave K.]

And another with a bit more snow to get people even more torqued up! Most everything of value on the car has been removed and is stored save for the wing. Nosecone and so on reside under lock and key.... and yes I believe that's his GTX slumbering next to it....

[tommys72]

There is a handful of trucks I'm aware of but the one that gets me is a 67 chevelle ss 396....just rusting away in an old fellas yard. Hasn't had a plate on it since 93 and he intends to "fix er up". Car is all original

[richards72chevy]

[RANDY COX]

Originally Posted by richards72chevy

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WOW I see a whole lot of RAT material hiding there in that bank...WOW...

[VWNate1]

Until recently I knew of several Wreckers here in Los Angeles , all were cheap @ $1,500 +/- no one wanted them , period .

[special-K]

I figure trucks are possessions and people can do with what they own whatever they want. I don't like seeing these taken off people's property, straight into a shop, hacked, cut chopped, and polished into a $40-60k show queen, but it's not my truck and they can do what they want and I'll do what I want. I've owned trucks for way longer than 5 years before tearing into it to turn it into something nice. My '67 project has been stalled at least that long sitting under a tarp. I hope I'm not pissing anyone off. Some of the body parts, including the cab, I have sat on for over 20 years. I figured it was mine to do what I wanted.

[67ChevyRedneck]

It used to bother me a little... until I became that guy... :/

[frenchy51]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

It used to bother me a little... until I became that guy... :/

I'll second that.

[Coley]

Originally Posted by frenchy51

I'll second that.

....apparently you CAN save 'em all....ha ha
Nice job...and nice grouping!

All Good
Coley

[VWNate1]

"I see some dude with a hot looking woman I'd like to be with. I don't see him giving her any affection. So, since he's not doing what I'd like to be doing should I go up and see if I can take care of that? (I've tried. Didn't turn out so good) ".

I didn't try , I moved right in and am still there 20 years later , he's remorseful for being an ass , she's happy and I'm delirious .

Moral : if you value a thing , take care of it as someone else will .

My truck is now painted but the body shop got in way over his head so I have to assemble it ~ I retire this week and hope to get it running and driving again before I die .