1st Gen and other musclecar graveyard

[DRJDVM's '69]

I went down to LA this Friday to do a photoshoot of my car for Super Chevy magazine (thats another post later on when the issue comes out around June Thanks Steve Rupp for sending them my way....). The theme for the issue is going to be something along the lines of finding old musclecars in fields and salvage yards, so the photographer set up the shoot in a local salvage yard that had some old musclecars in it.

The "day to day" side of the yard was typical crap, but this guy had alot of nice cars just sitting there rotting !!! Take a look at the pictures..... yes thats about 18 1st gen camaros....including SS, RS, Z28's and convertibles !!!! He has about 10 2nd gen camaros.....again including some Z28's, SS and RS cars.... corvettes, a Mach 1 Mustang, GTO, Formula Firebird, El Caminos, a 56 Chevy wagon, early mustang coupes, etc etc etc

NONE OF THE STUFF IS FOR SALE....NONE OF IT !!!

And most its been sitting there for 20 years!!! He doesnt even want any of his info in the magazine because he doesnt want people calling or harassing him to sell any of it. Its such a waste of some cars with real potential.... Now granted some of them are probably rotted more than most guys want but at first look most of them are very salvageable.

It was the typical.... they're worth some much money and I'm gonna restore them and sell them blah blah blah....... if it hasnt happened in 20 years its not gonna happen !!!

Such a shame....

[DRJDVM's '69]

When we moved this one I asked him how long its been since it moved....his reply was "20 years...the day it rolled off the truck....none of these have moved in 2o years)

[DRJDVM's '69]

I have about a dozen more too....ranging form El Caminos to mustangs to wagons, corvettes etc etc.... all waasting away....

[DRJDVM's '69]

And I swore I would never tell where they are........

[awr68]

I see so many I would love to have!! Yes it's a shame!!

Congrats on the shoot!!

[mazspeed]

What kind of knucklehead would do this to these cars? He's got to know they are all worth something.

[rwhite692]

Damn, I knew I should have played hooky on Friday...

[Hdesign]

What a shame....what's this guy's problem? I mean, is his intention to restore every car in there or take a piece from each one and build one car? Man, that's so frustrating!

[Nine Ball]

Just tell him that each of those cars has depreciated in value due to the year and condition, and that they are worth roughly $1K each, then buy all of them at once

[HRBS]

Wow !
I wonder how many more of "these guys" are out there !
What a waste !