The Ultimate of "Charger in the Bushes" threads - from MySpace

[Crazy Larry]

This is just too priceless of a pic - does anyone know if they can go check on this.....







location Oregon - originally posted by "arrowmntdiesel" on the IsuzuPup.com forum. Any chance he is on this board and can look into this one more?

Great find nevertheless

[bull]

It's on the west side of Oregon somewhere, I can tell from all the blackberries. Do you have any idea of a more exact location?

[Crazy Larry]

It looks like the gents name is Mark A. Martin - but there is no specific location listed on his profile......

Here is where he has the pics hosted....
http://www.isuzupup.com/g2/v/kb-z/arrowmntdiesel_001/?g2_page=3

and here is the original thread where the Charger in the bushes is discussed (at the end).....

http://www.isuzupup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4996..4996


If you want to register with the forum and give him a PM - maybe he'll let you know the exact location.
From what it looks like (his comments), he doesn't know much about the car and just came across it.

[Charger_Fan]

Maybe that's all there actually is...just a rear clip stuffed in the bushes.

[dpm68]

I would imagine that there are a lot of blackberry-eating critters who call that R/T their home...how cute...- dm

[terrible one]

I would think that the frame rails aren't doing too well down there.

[rare69]

anybody smart enough to notice it had an R/T badge back there,pulled it out of the brush and did something with it.

[Crazy Larry]

yeah, but I am REALLY curious to see the rest of the vehicle.

[69charger2002]

could be a hemi car.   
yeah i agree though SOMEONE knew enough to look for the R/T elblem placement. let's assume they are not total idiots...
trav

[Charger1973]

I bet he never went back after it.  Just snapped pictures and left. 

[bull]

I would imagine that there are a lot of blackberry-eating critters who call that R/T their home...how cute...- dm

I'm sure the thing is totally rotted to the ground. You can't leave a 37-year-old car outside in northwest Oregon for very long and expect the metal to remain intact, let alone leave it stuffed inside a huge blackberry tangle. Of course it probably only took three years of neglect for the bush to grow that big. If you don't spray every little leaf with vine killer every summer you end up with a huge mess in no time at all. I fight the friggin' things every year in my own back yard.

[69charger2002]

tail panel and top of quarter still look good.. for what it's worth

[Drache]

I think that car was from that one lot I had posted about awhile back. There was a website supposedly "selling" these cars some buried until a foot of pine needles and a couple others buried under bushes like that. Can't remember the site name though.

[AKcharger]

I bet it's a Hemi 4 speed and would start right up with a new battery and fresh gas!

[RD]

Here are all the mark martin's in Oregon I can find

Martin, Mark
15272 SW Millikan Wy
Beaverton, OR 97006   503-677-2520


Martin, Mark
2 Jefferson Pkwy
Lake Oswego, OR 97035   503-697-5440


Martin, Mark
6024 SE 90 Ave
Portland, OR 97266   503-775-6537


Martin, Mark
610 SW Nevada St
Portland, OR 97219   503-977-0013


Martin, Mark
284 Donet Ln
Merlin, OR 97532   541-474-5885


Martin, Mark
16320 Hillcrest Rd
Klamath Falls, OR 97603   541-885-8006


Martin, Mark & Ann
74085 Fern Hill Rd
Rainier, OR 97048   503-556-0099


Martin, Mark & Cathy A
Newberg, OR 97132   503-538-7932


Martin, Mark & Fayeanne
1640 SE 148 Ave
Portland, OR 97233   503-254-7722


Martin, Mark & Kathy
Sweet Home, OR 97386   541-367-8214


Martin, Mark & Teresa
30 Covered Bridge Rd
Rogue River, OR 97537   541-582-3947

[bull]

Looks like the guy who took the pictures is trying to keep a lid on it. Here's his last relative post on that thread:

Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:28 pm    Post subject: Opp's   

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I guess my secret is really out now! Jack did you clean up my mess I made on my post? Thanks! You saw exactlly what I was trying to accomplish. I guess I got over excited and posted these pics. My intention was to send them to David Freiberger @ Hot Rod and tell him I had a rare find and a big project for him. I know how much of a Mopar Nut he is, I wonder how long it will take now before he ends up with a shot of this in his magazine. This same berry patch has a '68 Mercury Cyclone in it also. I have a picture of the nose of it also. I'll never tell!   Mark

[Crazy Larry]

Looks like the guy who took the pictures is trying to keep a lid on it. Here's his last relative post on that thread:

" I'll never tell!   Mark "

Typical Charger Amateur in my opinion.

If I found something like that and KNEW I had no means of getting it out or restoring it, I would put it out there so someone could restore or at least resurrect it from the hell that it is in now.

This guy probably will let it rot a few more years and then forget about it where it will become an urban legend for another score of years and eventually the car will be beyond repair - if it isn't already.

He's no different then the guy with the RT next to his barn and chasing car collectors off his property screaming "IT'S NOT FOR SALE, I'M GONNA RESTORE HER!"

[tan top]

there is a red / orange 69 charger covered  like that over on  www.moparts.com   cars in yards  2    second from the left 22nd  picture down

[moparfied]

If you mowed your lawn,and found a car,you might be a REDNECK! Maybe the guy was runnin from the cops after a police chase across state lines!

[bull]

The guy never got back to me about it. But, on the plus side, I'm now a member of the Isuzu P'up message board. Maybe I'll post a picture of my Dakota and pretent I think it's an Isuzu.