Any luck finding your old cars?

[SeanD]

I used to have a 68 Polara 2dr hard top with a 318 around 2000-2001. I painted it a sort of grass green and pearl white top. My wife and I took it on our honeymoon through the Smokey Mountains. I traded it in on a used Mustang the day I felt the transmission start slipping. Of course, that's the one car I wish I still had. I heard it was sold at auction to a guy in north Georgia when that guy's friend found my name and wanted me to do some paint work for him. Any one ever have any luck tracking down an old car of yours? I have no idea what the vin was, otherwise I'd try to go through the dmv. I do have a Craigslist alert on my phone for every Polara ad that pops up within 100 miles. Where can I really go from here (other than HERE, of course)?

 

[live4theking]

My firs t NYer is probably vegetable cans by now. the Challenger I had I sold to a local guy that is giong to restore it.

 

[polara71]

Nice car, howd you let that go?

I never had much luck hunting down cars that I lost track of

 

[1978 NYB]

I've been hunting for my 69 Super Bee and 73 Challenger for the last 25 years. No luck so far.

 

[polara66hardtop]

My mother sent my 60' Desoto Hardtop to the Junkyard when I went in the Military in 1970. I'm still mad.

 

[cantflip]

My mother sent my 60' Desoto Hardtop to the Junkyard when I went in the Military in 1970. I'm still mad.

Mother or not... some things just cannot be forgiven...

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

When I left SoCal in the fall of '61 I left a 1939 Triumph 350 single in Mom's garage for safe keeping 'til I could reclaim it down the road.(HAD AH HEADLITE LIKE AH '34 PACKARD ON IT, GAUGES IN THE TANK) In the summer of '64 I drove back out there for a visit and to reclaim said bike just to find that it had been donated to her church for an auction they had the previous fall. She informed me with ah warm and genuine smile on her face that the winning bid waz ah whole $7.50 and it's ah good thing she waz my Mom... whimper..............whimper, AAARRRGGGHHHH

 

[Boomer]

Jer - OUCH! Kinda makes the "my mom threw out my baseball cards/comic books" seem lame in comparison.

Seems nowadays with the internet you'd have as good a chance as any of finding a previous vehicle. Of course, the number of years since you sold it along with its original desirability and condition determine survivability more than anything. If it was a Charger or Road Runner, you'd have many more avenues to post and search. This forum and maybe a couple others are all there are for the C bodies.

You might want to post a want ad on CL as well as broaden your search area a bit. I've seen a few ads for folks trying to find their old truck or car.

Looks like a nice car in great shape, so chances are it's still out there somewhere, waiting to be found. I've come across two of my former cars totally by accident over the years. My old '73 Lincoln was sitting behind a gas station an hour from where I lived, impounded for being left on the street overnight during the winter.

 

[barnfind]

I've only seen one of the cars I let go of, a 73 Newport, its had 4 owners since. It now sports 20 inch wheels and sound / video system that was cut into a cherry dash and pkg tray. Its been in the elements, as the quarters are now rusted thru. Sometimes its better not knowing. I haven't seen it in about 4 years now. Best of luck on your quest. The "looking for my 68" ad on craigslist will get the word out there.

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I run stuff into the ground, so I'm sure they are lost to recycling.

 

[Duncan]

A couple I know went to the junkyard, and a another couple I'd like to find but have so far been unsuccessful. I suspect that probably in most cases the news is not good.

 

[cm23uoc]

6 cars I know where they are and that they survive. 1 car originally owned by my father saved from the crusher from previous owner. 2 MIA. That's quite good I guess.

 

[72Fury]

One of my favorites was a 69 Belair 2 door, 6 cylinder, powerglide. I got it from a 89 year old lady. The car was near mint with 33k miles. I paid $500. I drove it for some time, adding dual exhaust and rally wheels. I went everywhere with it & had great memories. I ended up selling it and moving on, but always thought about that car. After I sold it, the knucklehead put a chain steering wheel, cut the coils and did a few other mods. The car got passed around a bit, I lost track, and sometimes as luck would have it I ran across another car nut that had owned it a few years ago. He had the car on a trailer & was involved in an accident. The Belair was totaled and sent to the crusher. I'm still saddened by it. Sometimes your better off not knowing the rest of the story....

 

[stubs300]

Why would I want to do that? Every vehicle I've had I know where they went because there was nothing left, either mechanically, and what was left is/was rusted to crumbs by now or in something else.

 

[69CoronetRT]

Because I live in the Midwest, daily driver cars rarely have a long life.

70 Chevelle - to junk yard. Engine ('68 - 327) and transmission (Muncie M-22) pulled; rest of car scrapped.
77 Aspen - death by rust
83 Lynx - soup cans
90 Chevy - to You Pull it after alternator went out. Wrecked and rusted out.
79 Bonneville - My Grandpa's car. Sold to some kid that, thankfully, moved away. I would not have wanted to see what happened to it.
83 S-10. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Another victim of Midwest salt and sand.
97 Dodge pick up - we all know how well those held up to rust.

Conversely, in tracking the history of my car, I talked with the original and two previous owners of my Coronet. They were all surprised to find out the car was still around.

 

[polara66hardtop]

Hey, If my 60' Desoto ever comes back from the dead, I still have the Title!:yaayy:

 

[Pete Kaczmarski]

Wow, where to I begin......'71 Sport Fury Coupe now trashed, '73 AMC Ambassador w/Police pkg now trashed, '59 Imperial Conv. somewhere near east coast. Give or take 100 more since 1977. The most valuable??? 1967 Plymouth Satelite HEMI Coupe somewhere near east coast.

 

[Mr C]

I hope not...I need a clean break when they go down the road.

 

[patrick66]

I have no desire to know where any cars or trucks I've owned are. A while back, I saw a Dart GTS I owned in 1988. It was a 340 4-speed car. The Bozo that owns it now, hacked it up into a fake 440 car. He tried to tell me it was a factory 440 4-speed car (NO such critter exists!), until I told him I owned that same car and it was (when I had it) a numbers-matching 340 car. He shut up after that.

 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

I still have track on most of my old cars.
Often they went to friends or people who became friends.
One nice survivor got customized, a few are disassembled for restoration (sometimes since 15 plus years) but out of my head none of my old cars ever died yet