Post your POS car ugly and rusty junker

x-ray said:
Field of cars rusting away.

Deardorff 8x10 and Goerz 12” Dagor

Shot this Dec 31, 1999. I was on state right of way and not on private property. Even though not trespassing an old woman came down from a shack on the hill and not so politely invited me to leave or else. Let’s just say it didn’t take long to pack up and go because you never know if her grandson is in the shack making a batch of meth or has a rifle to help convince you to go.
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I used to get asked a lot if I worked for the county. And not in a very nice way either.

PF
 
trix4ever said:
I looked it up on google, front says Vauxhall, turns out to be Vauxhall VELUX made from 1955-1957.
I found this one in outback Queensland.

So no, not remotely Russian!
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Vauxhall Velox EIP ... these were everywhere in Wellington (NZ) when I was a kid. Very popular car!
 
That Ghia was my first auto . Was in the backyard of this fellows place and I had to arrange to have towed to my place in Ottawa .
I stayed to watch it being towed out , I swear almost as much stayed in the lawn as was loaded onto the flatbed . It took months to get
it kinda roadworthy . Talk about a misspent youth 🙂 .
 
Moto-Uno said:
That Ghia was my first auto . Was in the backyard of this fellows place and I had to arrange to have towed to my place in Ottawa .
I stayed to watch it being towed out , I swear almost as much stayed in the lawn as was loaded onto the flatbed . It took months to get
it kinda roadworthy . Talk about a misspent youth 🙂 .
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OTOH the KG is a lovely car. Beautiful to look at, own and drive. And a simple inexpensive engine.
 
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The Anti-Muscle Car — an elusive 1976 Plymouth Feather Duster. Whereas the often brightly colored Mopar muscle cars that came before it focused on straight line performance, the Feather Duster was an increased fuel economy package offered by Plymouth complete with its own graphics package. Though this example had obviously seen better days, it appeared to be an original paint survivor.
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Guth said:
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The Anti-Muscle Car — an elusive 1976 Plymouth Feather Duster. Whereas the often brightly colored Mopar muscle cars that came before it focused on straight line performance, the Feather Duster was an increased fuel economy package offered by Plymouth complete with its own graphics package. Though this example had obviously seen better days, it appeared to be an original paint survivor.
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This sent me scurrying to Wikipedia: Plymouth Duster - Wikipedia I recall several of the other Duster versions, like the Gold Duster (from the TV commercial, sung in a country music style: "With a vinyl roof that's right in style, looks like it come off a gold reptile!").

But the Feather Duster -- no, I don't remember that one at all. Sounds so... un-manly. 🙂
 
I bought this Land Rover in Monson Maine. It belonged to an old guy named Erik who had just passed away. He exactly fit the definition of Norwegian bachelor farmer that Garrison Keillor talks about, except he was Finnish. The truck appears to have been up against every tree in Maine, but mechanically was nearly perfect and he had managed to make to wrinkled bodywork and the doors fit well. The frame had wooden plugged holes and he had religiously shot used oil into it every year, so the normal frame rot in these things had not happened. I followed his lead while I owned it. I plowed with it for years and the mechanical winch was a good one as I did things like haul dump trucks out of mud holes, and I never got too stuck. Think "The Gods Must Be Crazy". When I talked to a couple of long term residents of Monson about Erik they asked if I had found the bottle of whiskey he always had in the parcel tray.
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oldhaven said:
I bought this Land Rover in Monson Maine. It belonged to an old guy named Erik who had just passed away. He exactly fit the definition of Norwegian bachelor farmer that Garrison Keillor talks about, except he was Finnish. The truck appears to have been up against every tree in Maine, but mechanically was nearly perfect and he had managed to make to wrinkled bodywork and the doors fit well. The frame had wooden plugged holes and he had religiously shot used oil into it every year, so the normal frame rot in these things had not happened. I followed his lead while I owned it. I plowed with it for years and the mechanical winch was a good one as I did things like haul dump trucks out of mud holes, and I never got too stuck. Think "The Gods Must Be Crazy". When I talked to a couple of long term residents of Monson about Erik they asked if I had found the bottle of whiskey he always had in the parcel tray.
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Vintage Land Rovers and tough old Swamp Yankees. They don't make them like they used to!
 
oldhaven said:
I bought this Land Rover in Monson Maine. It belonged to an old guy named Erik who had just passed away. He exactly fit the definition of Norwegian bachelor farmer that Garrison Keillor talks about, except he was Finnish. The truck appears to have been up against every tree in Maine, but mechanically was nearly perfect and he had managed to make to wrinkled bodywork and the doors fit well. The frame had wooden plugged holes and he had religiously shot used oil into it every year, so the normal frame rot in these things had not happened. I followed his lead while I owned it. I plowed with it for years and the mechanical winch was a good one as I did things like haul dump trucks out of mud holes, and I never got too stuck. Think "The Gods Must Be Crazy". When I talked to a couple of long term residents of Monson about Erik they asked if I had found the bottle of whiskey he always had in the parcel tray.
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I did my my apprenticeship as a motor mechanic on Rovers in NZ in the sixties. Those old Landrovers are probably my favourite vehicles ... I love them. 🙂
 
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