Why Cars Ended in the Grave Yard

[Blown70]

Ok,  So my father has told me his 69 charger r/t wound up the the salvage yard after the guy he sold it to blew the tranny drove home in 1st and when he was 100 yard from home the motor blew.... The guy was drunk so he revvved the shit out of it.  It went to the salvage yard.  NEVER TO BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

I remember also seeing a Shell of a Charger 69/ in a salvage yard in St. Cloud, MN,  Was an RT car as it was XS29L, nothing looked wrong as far as the body,  But EVERYTHING WAS GONE.... doors fenders grille K-frame etc.  Which makes me think I need to go find out it that is still there.....

ANYONE ONE have other stories or FINDS?

[my73charger]

My dad had a 57 Mercury two door that he parked in the back yard when gasclimbed to a obscene .25 gal!!  He bought a VW Bug and just let the Merc set.  Eventually the Merc was junked out...what a shame....

[Shakey]

Not everyone loved or cherished these types of cars as we all do.  When someone was finsihed with a car, that is where they go.  It is simply a car to someone.

[Blown70]

Not everyone loved or cherished these types of cars as we all do.   When someone was finsihed with a car, that is where they go.   It is simply a car to someone.

Shakey  NOW you OWE A STORY......

I agree.  And back in 1974, it was a used car.... meaning my fathers.  However amazing just because of a blown motor and tranny...

[derailed]

We have a salvage yard here in NY that still has at least 7 or 8 chargers in it and some other muscle cars as well. They are completly picked over.  When I went out to visit my Father in NM about 15 years ago I remember combing the yards out there and Az and seeing  GTXs,Chargers, and Roadrunners in those yards nicer than some of the ones I see on the road now. I remember a red 69 GTX with a blown motor in a yard in Springerrville Az the guy had just gotten in and it was behind the garage. He would have taken $1500 for it but of course I walked away from it.

[694spdRT]

In 1986 I was going through a junkyard in Florida looking for a '68 Charger grill. I found a '68 Charger 383 with a perfect grill and I gave the guy $20 for it and left. That same day I walked right by a rust free complete 1969 Charger SE to get to the '68. All I wanted was a grill at the time so I left the '69. It had a perfect front clip, grill, woodgrain wheel, dash, console, perfect bucket seats, and the original road wheels. I sure $100 would have bought everything.   

[Silver R/T]

thats sad

[JimShine]

There are a few picked over at my local yard. I only know the full story on one. It is a '68 now missing its roof. The guy drove it there in 1978 as the front end was shot, tires were bald, and brakes were worn. Iit was more expensive to have the work done than the car was worth.

[Blown70]

There are a few picked over at my local yard. I only know the full story on one. It is a '68 now missing its roof. The guy drove it there in 1978 as the front end was shot, tires were bald, and brakes were worn. Iit was more expensive to have the work done than the car was worth.

That is just amazing.... this is what I am speaking of

[Mopar440+6]

My grandfather had a 1941 Plymouth Special Deluxe Convertible that was his daily driver until the early 60's when he got married and began to start a family. At this point he needed a good family car so he traded it in. A short time later the car was sold to a young highschool kid. About two months later the kid wrecked the car into a lake. It was sent to the salvage yard never to return...

[694spdRT]

In 1975 it cost dad about $300 to get my '68 Charger. It really wasn't even that much as he traded a guy a trailer worth maybe $300 for it. The car had around 60,000 miles on it and the tranny was slipping in drive. The guy was trying to sell it for quite a while and it would have went to the yard eventually because the guy would not fix it. 

To give you an idea on what they were really worth back then the same year dad passed on an original garage stored 8,000 mile red w/black top 1968 Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed. It was in the paper for months and the guy was asking $2,500 but, mom said NO. 

[hemihead]

My uncle bought a brand new Charger in 69, had it 6 months, bought a 70 GTO, sold the Charger to a 18 y.o. who a week later put it into a bridge imbutment at 125. Bye -Bye 69!

[BigBlackDodge]

Back in the late 80's I pulled my first B-body out of a junk yard. '69 2 door Satellite 318/904 (GREEN!!). I shouldn't really say pulled, in fact I drove it out of there! The former owner could not pay for the work the junk yard owner (he had a shop too) had done to it. New fuel pump, timing chain.....etc. The yard owner just drove the car back into the yard and it sat there for a couple of years. Mechanicaly there was nothing wrong with it! Some fresh gas and a new battery it came back to life.

600 bucks later it was mine.