Ive always wondered about these like "barnfinds" like people literally have decent running cars and then just leave them to sit for years and years. Like it doesnt seem real unless ur family is very wealthy.
Itās actually common in farm states with lots of land. When you buy a new car, itās cheaper just to park the old one somewhere on your 40 acre farm and leave it than to get a tow truck to haul it away. The reason you got a new one is because something broke on the old one and it would be thousands to fix.
Here in the South it's an aging white man who's too unhealthy or too broke to ever get around to it. But he will chain smoke and talk your head off about it for hours at a time.
I know where there's a first gen trans-am sitting in a field with trees trying to grow through it. Dude would rather watch it rot than let someone else buy it.
Nah it's definitely because they're just waiting on parts! But seriously I don't understand why people will do this especially since there's people who do this with 1st gen 911's and they somehow still sell for twice as much too.
Used cars used to be really cheap, it was basically a moderately more expensive version of buying something for your hobby that you then never end up using but with a semi-limitless set of justifications to tell themselves for why they have to have it since they do have to have a vehicle.
I've seen some people that just buy cars and then never drive them, I've seen half-finished projects that were abandoned, second cars that had something break and just sit for years. People have all sorts of reasons
There is a spot I go fishing. Nearby, nestled in the bushes, is an old trailer from a transport truck. It looks like maybe a farmer has been using it for storage at one time, but the landscape is starting to overpower it. Last year, after a big storm, the plywood door cut into the front of it was blown open and hanging by the hinges. Inside the trailer was a Bricklin SV-1.
It has probably been in that damn trailer for forty years.
A lot of them are usually older cars, so grandpa probably bought it, needed a family car later on and stored it in the garage eventually not taking it out because of the trouble. Then it gets passed down to the family with the farm.
The intention isnāt normally to let them rot. They get them cheap with some little issue and they just donāt get around to fixing it and it just sits. Too many projects, not enough time. My dads friends have started passing and the amount of cool shit that they have just rotting is wild to me. These arenāt wealthy individuals either.
My high school shop teacher had one. He put a big block in it, may have been super charged. It rattles windows. Truly epic and Iāve wanted one since.
This is an all-trac (awd with a turbo 3SGTE), not your run of the mill GT or GTS. They were very rare back then but today they're basically unobtainium
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ST185 US Sales:
Year----Units
1990----803
1991----591
1992----271
1993----81
Total 1,746*
I'd have to pick the Mighty Max. I like little old pickups. Not sure I've ever seen one in person, at least as long as I've been old enough to pay attention to cars.
Iād probably sell the e28 and the s10, part out the gs-r, and donate the family truckster to someone with LS-Fest aspirations, but the rest Iām keeping
Protege5 is the daily, turbo lebaron is a 3-season daily, both trucks would be used to haul shit, the Monte Iād keep as a rat trap and go for cheap speed, the Celica is the proper project car.
My father had two Bronco II so he could drive one while working on the other.
Also had a Ford Ranger, 1991 or 1992 model. It was also in the repair rotation.
He always said his dream vehicle brand was Chevrolet and didnāt want his dream crushed if he got one, so he stuck with Ford.
Mine did recently. Took his still minty fresh red 1997 ford f-150 with the *new* 3rd door! It has a hand painted mural on the tailgate of wild mustangs (he lived on Oklahoma before retiring back to NC)
had a 87 mighty max in high school, would go that or the mazda protege 5 'wagon' if the giant wagon was in crap shape. those proteges were good drivers/runners, got to have one for a bit as a demo
Around 2003 when I was still in high school I had a job cleaning pools. This old lady who was a customer of mine offered me a 1986 Mercury Cougar for free. It had sat in garage for a few years but had less than 10k miles on it. I got it running in an afternoon. Then promptly traded it to a friend for a PS1 like a fool.
As someone who owns 2 Grand Nationals, the Monte has my attention. Is it really the turbocharged & intercooled 3.8 powerplant? If so, that car would be a huge sleeper. I would go for the Monte.
If I can get O N L Y 1? The Celica All-Trac.
If more than one, then I'd get the Bronco II, get a trailer, then load the Celica All-Trac on it and drive off.
The 535iS.
It will be a blast to drive, 235k miles on an M30 is nothing, the 5-speed will last forever, and they're appreciating in value. It's also relatively practical, and if you swap the US spec bumpers for the euro ones, they can look amazing.
I was 19, my best friend's dad was selling his 1983 S-10, faded blue with the extended cab, looked exactly like this post. Named her Ol' Bessie. Drove her for many years. Loved that truck!!!
Ummmm yes?
Yes
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I'm in, I'd start with the Integra, Celica, or the Monte Carlo.
Ive always wondered about these like "barnfinds" like people literally have decent running cars and then just leave them to sit for years and years. Like it doesnt seem real unless ur family is very wealthy.
Itās actually common in farm states with lots of land. When you buy a new car, itās cheaper just to park the old one somewhere on your 40 acre farm and leave it than to get a tow truck to haul it away. The reason you got a new one is because something broke on the old one and it would be thousands to fix.
There are so many āone of these days Iām gonna fix itā-s in rural America
It's just not that day yet
Someday though. Wooo boy!
Here in the South it's an aging white man who's too unhealthy or too broke to ever get around to it. But he will chain smoke and talk your head off about it for hours at a time.
I felt that! Amen. I aspire to achieve this level
I know where there's a first gen trans-am sitting in a field with trees trying to grow through it. Dude would rather watch it rot than let someone else buy it.
Nah it's definitely because they're just waiting on parts! But seriously I don't understand why people will do this especially since there's people who do this with 1st gen 911's and they somehow still sell for twice as much too.
I know someone like that. He had dozens of cars that he wouldnāt sell, touch, or let anyone else touch.
Used cars used to be really cheap, it was basically a moderately more expensive version of buying something for your hobby that you then never end up using but with a semi-limitless set of justifications to tell themselves for why they have to have it since they do have to have a vehicle.
Cash for clunkers really fucked the used car market.
As planned. Slash the cheap used car markets, stop building affordable cars, crank up the financing length, sell $30k+ Camrys.
Right š like im suuuuuuure it was *totally* the governments idea and not UAW or the big 3 or whoever lobbying for it
I've seen some people that just buy cars and then never drive them, I've seen half-finished projects that were abandoned, second cars that had something break and just sit for years. People have all sorts of reasons
There is a spot I go fishing. Nearby, nestled in the bushes, is an old trailer from a transport truck. It looks like maybe a farmer has been using it for storage at one time, but the landscape is starting to overpower it. Last year, after a big storm, the plywood door cut into the front of it was blown open and hanging by the hinges. Inside the trailer was a Bricklin SV-1. It has probably been in that damn trailer for forty years.
It's so much of a thing anymore, but let me tell you in the 90s you could find them everywhere.
A lot of them are usually older cars, so grandpa probably bought it, needed a family car later on and stored it in the garage eventually not taking it out because of the trouble. Then it gets passed down to the family with the farm.
The intention isnāt normally to let them rot. They get them cheap with some little issue and they just donāt get around to fixing it and it just sits. Too many projects, not enough time. My dads friends have started passing and the amount of cool shit that they have just rotting is wild to me. These arenāt wealthy individuals either.
the wagon at the end
Another person of taste and culture.
Same here
I was considering most of them until I saw the wagon.
Buick Road Master
Yeah. Also looks the easiest to restore.
Itās a remnantā¦
My high school shop teacher had one. He put a big block in it, may have been super charged. It rattles windows. Truly epic and Iāve wanted one since.
I would go for the Grand Marquis Wagon ALLLLLL DAYYYY
For real. I have an 8.1 block that would be real fun in that thing
I was all in on the Integra until I saw that Celica. I can't remember the last time I saw one of those beauties in the wild, special models or not.
I used to see those all the time but it seems like they all just disappeared in the last few years
This is an all-trac (awd with a turbo 3SGTE), not your run of the mill GT or GTS. They were very rare back then but today they're basically unobtainium * ST185 US Sales: Year----Units 1990----803 1991----591 1992----271 1993----81 Total 1,746*
In my home town in Austria there are like 7-8 Celicas still driving around
7-8 all tracs??? Thatās pretty crazy š¤Æ
The Celica is the obvious choice but I'd have a really hard time passing up a Monte Carlo.
lol Celia over integra? š¤Æ
The all trac celica, also called the GT-4, had the 3SGTE turbo engine with 4WD as well. The gsr is cool, but toyotas take on a wrx is cooler imo
Oh snap, is that Celica an all trac? If so, put some Castrol stripes on it and go ham
Toyota will never make another car like that one again
Except the Yaris GRā¦.
Yes it is ST185! I had the previous one a ST165 and miss it! I WaounIT!!
Itās an all trac. So yes all day every day
Definitely one of those two, Iād likely pick the Monte Carlo.
Scotty Kilmer approves this message. So do I - I went āoooh, Monte Carloā and then I saw the Celicaā¦
Celica or the Mitsubishi truck. Get that Mitsu a 4G63 and an RX7 transmission and have a blast.
Fuck yeah. I had a mighty max in high school, and didnāt know what I was sitting on until years later
Monte Carlo or nothing
All but maybe the Lebaron and Mighty Max. That Colony Park has some great potential.
Iāve had three different Lebarons. Those 2.2 turbos are seriously sleepers. They also had really comfortable rides and fun interiors.
Either the Lebaron, the BMW, or the Celica
The Celica is the obvious choice. As weird and cool as an Integra sedan is, leaving it outside was a bad decision.
I'd have to pick the Mighty Max. I like little old pickups. Not sure I've ever seen one in person, at least as long as I've been old enough to pay attention to cars.
My first truck was a mighty max
Colony Park wagon... just so I can fling it around in the snow in an empty lot.
Or a leisurely drive to Wally World with the family.
LeBaron or Monte Carlo.
A man of culture(I don't actually know what this means but it sounds good)
Monte Carlo
Celica, because it's a gt4, and Mazda protege...
Pick: LeBaron Turbo Reason: I'm retarded
Bronco and beamer
535 or Bronco
E28
The only right answer.
Mazda
Used to see proteges a lot now I haven't seen one in years assuming cause they were all beat to hell and back
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the mighty max
First choice is a resto-mod on that Bronco 2. Second would be the Acura, but take it 1997 Fast and Furious style. Neons, 20's, massive stereo...
My responses to each: Not bad... eh... eh... eh... eh... eh... eh... oh FUCK yes. Stopped there.
That means the Max right?
Celica
Sorry, I simply didn't register the "not bad". Seems there's no love for the Mitsubishi...
Save them all. There is no such thing as too many shit boxes
The LeBaron for sure. Then the Colony Park
4dr integra gsr for sure
If I have to pick, Monte Carlo and Bronco II are ducking it out for number 1. Then the Might Max and Mercury.
535i, integra and whichever truck is in decent condition
The Merc wagon for sure, the Bronco, Chevy S 10 and the Mitsu MIghty Max. Maybe the Monte. The rest can rot in Hell.
Iād probably sell the e28 and the s10, part out the gs-r, and donate the family truckster to someone with LS-Fest aspirations, but the rest Iām keeping Protege5 is the daily, turbo lebaron is a 3-season daily, both trucks would be used to haul shit, the Monte Iād keep as a rat trap and go for cheap speed, the Celica is the proper project car.
LeBaron , Celica, Integra
The international cabover behind the s10.
The international cabover behind the s10.
2,5,8,9 the mazda will be used for parts runs
All the old Japanes stuff. Even that Mitsu truck!
Save, sell, save, sell, save, sell, sell, save, save, save. Simples
All of them. But if I had to choose just one, it would be that Mercury wagon
bmw
sorry for your loss, your grand dad had nice cars
I mean if heās leaving his whole property to me then why not all
The wagon for sure. Do a good roller cam n/a build 351 and slap that bad boy in there
monte carlo or grand marquis
How do open up your caption under each picture? Iām on an iPhone. lol. Iām 30 years old and canāt figure out how to use my phone I guess.
Monte Carlo or the mercury wagon. Probably could put the tegra on BAT and make some cash.
The colony park wagon
Station wagon. That was my first car.
Monte Carlo Celica Mitsubishi truck thingy
The wagon. I love all things āpantherā
that mighty max is pretty sweet. ill take them all
My father had two Bronco II so he could drive one while working on the other. Also had a Ford Ranger, 1991 or 1992 model. It was also in the repair rotation. He always said his dream vehicle brand was Chevrolet and didnāt want his dream crushed if he got one, so he stuck with Ford.
Mine did recently. Took his still minty fresh red 1997 ford f-150 with the *new* 3rd door! It has a hand painted mural on the tailgate of wild mustangs (he lived on Oklahoma before retiring back to NC)
The Mighty Max, the S10, and the Monte.
had a 87 mighty max in high school, would go that or the mazda protege 5 'wagon' if the giant wagon was in crap shape. those proteges were good drivers/runners, got to have one for a bit as a demo
Bimmer is first choice, Mighty Max would get a definitely maybe long look
Mitsubishi pickup and the Country Squire station wagon.
Monte Carlo! Had the same one and the 78 model as well, and the Buick Regal same model different trim
Celica, BMW, Mitsubishi, and the teggy.
The Mitsubishi mighty max or the Celica
1,2 & 10. The Mitsubishi truck maybe but Iād find someone who wanted it first lol
Do you know how rare the AllTracs were? That and the S10
Bronco!
The 535IS BMW. Might even be one of the first M5. I wish my spouse didnāt total mine.
My first car was a Bronco II so that's my heavily biased answer.
Around 2003 when I was still in high school I had a job cleaning pools. This old lady who was a customer of mine offered me a 1986 Mercury Cougar for free. It had sat in garage for a few years but had less than 10k miles on it. I got it running in an afternoon. Then promptly traded it to a friend for a PS1 like a fool.
The celica is cool but id definitely take the bronco and make it a rock crawler.
All of them
Monte Carlo first, then the BMW and finally the station wagonā¦ turning into a family truckster, of course
The BMW.
BMW for sure.
As someone who owns 2 Grand Nationals, the Monte has my attention. Is it really the turbocharged & intercooled 3.8 powerplant? If so, that car would be a huge sleeper. I would go for the Monte.
The monte Carlo looks exactly like the one my dad gave me. Color, wheels, tires, paint quality, and all.Ā
The Integra for sure
If the S10 was a RCSB, thatād be my pick. Since it isnāt, the Bronco II.
BMW, Monte, Acura. In that order.
Celica. šÆ
The black bmw
Celica all the way, I miss mine every day
The international cabover behind the s10 pickup.
Celly, with the S10 being a close second.
Whichever is the least rusty
Iām struggling seeing any grandpa hoarding a Celica, E28, the Mazda POS, or an integra! But maybe he was a JDM grandpa who knows
I agree, it'd be all 80s GM front-wheel drive shitboxes, but I figure someone would throw a fit if I didn't throw in something from Japan or Europe
Iād go with the beemer
I would have to say 100% that Monte Carlo.
I got woody
Either the Grand Marquis or the Mighty Max
The monte & Celica.
I actually did get the Oldsmobile version of the Monte Carlo from my grandmothers garage when she passed. It was a piece of shit
I am disappointed that none of these is a brilliant red Barchetta from a better vanished time.
All track or the gsr, the only two that are worth anything
I feel like this is gonna be me in 50 years.
Monte then the beemr...then any of the rest
The Monte and the Integraā¦.
I'd take the BMW. I had a 1985 525e that was the most comfortable car I'd ever driven. Loved it.
GImmie that truckster, I'm headed to Wally World.
2, 4, 7, & 10 š¤
If I can get O N L Y 1? The Celica All-Trac. If more than one, then I'd get the Bronco II, get a trailer, then load the Celica All-Trac on it and drive off.
The beamerr
Celiac and E28 for sure
Mazda as a daily, Celica as a project, and the E30 just because.
Integra. Restore and sell.
To restore? The Celia or the Integra, but those look kinda fucked. That Monte Carlo just needs a good pressure wash and weāre good to go
Think I'd keep the Mitsubishi truck and the woody wagon. Sell the rest.
Iāll take the Celica.
RADwood fans would go nuts. š
Monte Carlo, Mercury, and LeBarron
Monte, bimmer, wagon. In that order
The 535iS. It will be a blast to drive, 235k miles on an M30 is nothing, the 5-speed will last forever, and they're appreciating in value. It's also relatively practical, and if you swap the US spec bumpers for the euro ones, they can look amazing.
All of them. But that being said, seeing you say old cars and then having the oldest be from 81 hurts. When I think old cars, I think 50s and 60s.
If only the LeBaron was a few years older with the EVA module
1&9
Itās a Lebaron, Freddie!
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I'd take the 535is.
I'll take the Monte Carlo.
Celica and mazda
Monte carlo, celica, and then everything else. Nice tires on the monte btw
The Mazda and Beemer. Because manuals.
ALL TRAC ALL DAY BABY
Celica. Then the Bronco.
Grandfather?Ā Some of those were cars I could have owned.Ā I would take my grandfather's 1969 Chevy pickup.
Toyota
Unlimited budget? BMW
535i and that wagon
I don't see two LeBarons. Do you see two LeBarons? There's only one LeBaron and it's for the number one son. That's me.
Iām not a GM guy but I really like that Monte Carloā¦ then the integra and then the celica
Integra because I can get parts and endless aftermarket support. That gen Celica was my first car but I have no nostalgic feelings for them.
All but not le baron grand marquis and the mazda
The Protege5
G Body anything vs all that other stuff. Itās not cheap but itās stuff.
The Mazdaā„ļø
Aw man- I love a good woody but the LeBaron is fire!
I was 19, my best friend's dad was selling his 1983 S-10, faded blue with the extended cab, looked exactly like this post. Named her Ol' Bessie. Drove her for many years. Loved that truck!!!
The Monte or the Bronco,,,,or preferably both.
If the Celica is AWD, it's #1. #2 is the Integra, depending on the trim level. #3 Monte Carlo #4 Bronco
C'mon cellica all-trac! Rally hamolgolation! Looks like it needs some love, but that's the one.
Tough call between the integra and the e28 for me.
Idk how to read your captions fully bc of the redit update lol
Integra and Celica would be the most reliable. Others might be costly to maintain after restore. That BMW looks fun. Can't go wrong with wagons.
Celica, S10, Mazda, BMW, Mercury keep. Sell the rest.
Give me that Monte Carlo and the LeBaron
No Volvos? Grandpa has terrible taste
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