Used Car lot circa: 1980

[TruckDriver]

Cool pictures!!! 

[chargermick]

Thanks Gator, those pics bring back some good memories.

[Lowprofile]

Great pics bro! That Green AAR Cuda is Tough!

[RT]

I'm speechless. Great pictures. Where were those pictures taken?

I sure miss my AAR. I used to be the owner of the Plum Crazy AAR that is currently for sale at legendarymotorcar.com     


Ralph

[superblu72]

Car Village in Lebanon, Pa. I remember visiting back around 1980. I was in muscle car heaven! Car Village is still there but it sells 4X4s now. They advertised in the Auto Locator: hemis, sixpacks, ls6s... There was in article in Muscle Car magazine about them back in the day. Then "POOF" they were gone. Don't know exactly the reason why, but I don't think it was a good a good one.

[dkn1997]

And some have the nerve to call me names! Go figure. 

Hey, I take back almost every bad name I ever called you...  

amazing pics, thanks

[TripleBlackGator]

Car Village in Lebanon, Pa. I remember visiting back around 1980. I was in muscle car heaven! Car Village is still there but it sells 4X4s now. They advertised in the Auto Locator: hemis, sixpacks, ls6s... There was in article in Muscle Car magazine about them back in the day. Then "POOF" they were gone. Don't know exactly the reason why, but I don't think it was a good a good one.

That's them. Yes they are still there but no more muscle cars to be sure. They went through phases selling just about anything on four wheels. Alas poor Car Village I knew thee well. 

[41husk]

I think there was a used car dealer in every other town in the early 80s.  A bunch of muscle, most of it had been modified and beefed up and most had already been driven hard.  The cost were real good even for the time.  In my case it wasn't the price of the muscle car that kept it out of my driveway, but the price to insure a muscle car in the eighties and gas shortage is what led me to the K car

[TripleBlackGator]

And some have the nerve to call me names! Go figure. 

Hey, I take back almost every bad name I ever called you...  

amazing pics, thanks

Almost?

[dkn1997]

ok...I take it all back!!!

[71 RT]

Wow, that is too cool. Thanks for sharing.  If we only knew then what we know today!

[73cudaproject]

Thanks for posting.  Reminds me of when I went to the big city in '75 and took a '70 'cuda 440-6 for a test drive.

[6670charger]

It's funny today to look back and recall that back when these pictures were taken, these cars had the same status as a used 95-96 Monte Carlo does today.  They were just regular cars that nobody wanted anymore due to rising fuel and insurance costs.

[GOTWING]

As some of you already know the orange superbird pictured here in these car village pictures is ours, this is where the cars history comes to a compete dead stop. We got it from the gentleman that purchased it from there but never really did anything more with it. I wish I could track down more history and vintage pictures of the car etc. from 1980 to 2004 he owned it..

[billfury]

Wow.That itself is cool. 

[rave_12000]

i was 4 then.  my dad would have liked seeing that. 

[chargerboy69]

Wow. . old thread with some old members who haven't been on here for years.

[TripleBlackGator]

I haven't been looking or posting in this forum for years. Much to the delight of some I'm sure. It was an e-mail from the orange Superbird owner from Car Village that brought me back. This was posted in 2007. HOLY S&%T BATMAN! Can't believe it has been that long. And yes I'm still a fan of BOLD text as you can plainly see.

[Patronus]

Like everyone, thanks for posting. Makes me wonder though.. not too sure how this can continue. Prices have increased so much with no real end in sight I'm just wondering how it can continue. Progress in this country/world never stops. Will my children's children be spending wheel barrows of worthless cash on something like an old car? My grandparents would have a heart attack I'm sure... sic pics tho, thanks again..

[hemihead]

Thanks for the post ! Reminds me of the good old days when only the true car guys who knew how to work on cars
owned them . I remember a tiny car lot near me who had a real 68 Hemi Dart for sale for $1795 and it sat for months .
Then a guy a couple towns over had a 66 Hemi Coronet for $1200 and another guy had a hell of a time getting rid of
his 440 6 bbl Superbird at $2400 . Non car people had no interest in these cars . Just us gear heads .

[GOTWING]

 

[Tom Q]

IIIIIIthaca NY
cc 1977
J Cards dad owned the lot and the  car back then
Wanted lot's of money for it

[C_stripes]

I'm glad this got revived. Surprised it has less than two pages. Thanks for the pics gator.

[brigond]

Holy smokes! I love old pictures. Thiese  are awsome photos. It's hard to imagine that a used lot today would have the same affect on future car fans. Im really not sure that it will .

Then again, people may have walked by that car lot in the 80s and thought ( look at all those boring, run of the mill cars). It's hard to believe .

Man! All I need is a DeLorean  to take me back to that car lot and buy all the desired cars .  I would store them in a  hidden warehouse and comeback to 2013 .  Marty!  Are we back yet? 

[myk]

Wow, a wing car with a trailer hitch!