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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 04:52 AM
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I was just looking on the websites in the FAQ looking for mustang junkyard sales section (XIII) and I saw SO MANY rotten mustangs, mustangs just sitting in garages, some in need of only minor renovations, some with an entire tree growing through them. I am saddened that people cared that little, where they can just let them rot. Thre s one about a dude whose son had a 68 Shelby GT500 and it shows pictures of the car sitting in the front yard. Its not for sale because the son was killed in Vietnam so its a memorial to him, instead of restoring it, its sunken into the mud and been flooded many times. [sm=boohoo.gif][sm=signs006.gif][sm=smiley19.gif]
Old Aug 5, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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I know i wish i could buy em and fixem but not enough cash.
Old Aug 5, 2008 | 12:29 PM
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I was just looking on the websites in the FAQ looking for mustang junkyard sales section (XIII) and I saw SO MANY rotten mustangs, mustangs just sitting in garages, some in need of only minor renovations, some with an entire tree growing through them. I am saddened that people cared that little, where they can just let them rot. Thre s one about a dude whose son had a 68 Shelby GT500 and it shows pictures of the car sitting in the front yard. Its not for sale because the son was killed in Vietnam so its a memorial to him, instead of restoring it, its sunken into the mud and been flooded many times. [sm=boohoo.gif][sm=signs006.gif][sm=smiley19.gif]
where exactly can i find this?
Old Aug 5, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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The websites are
http://www.classiccarsrotting.com/
http://www.carsinbarns.com/Blue%20Ov...arns/index.htm
I almost cried for the lack of care they recieved
The shelby is on the carsinbarns site on the far right 5th one down
Old Aug 5, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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Accept the fact that not every car can be saved. It's an unfortunate reality.

We do what we canto save each one, but it doesn't always work out.

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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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I know/respect that, but it hurts when there are ones rotting and I dont have one. If I had one it would be different, its a shame.
Old Aug 5, 2008 | 03:23 PM
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ill trade that shelby for mine straight up
Old Aug 5, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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on the classiccarsrotting there is a 67 Fastback that actually doesn't look too bad on the outside, but no telling how bad on the inside.

http://www.classiccarsrotting.com/ccrtour3/wp_3345.html
Old Aug 5, 2008 | 04:45 PM
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I came across this on Craigslist last night

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/n...775278635.html
Old Aug 5, 2008 | 05:07 PM
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Just keep in mind these cars were mass produced and there are tons of them around. The sad cases you see are far outnumbered by ones in healthy working condition



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