Plymouth Fury

Saw this one in 1985 inside a closed garage, also saw it still there
last week. AFAIK it has not been moved since 1985. Owned by old
farmer who was using a truck for tranportation, he died recently. I
have only seen this one from the rear end through the garage door.
Covered with decades of dust, didn't see any damage on the little bit
I could see of it.

Belongs to the estate of

"Bud" Mohr (not his real first name) of Colfax, WA.

Harry K

(Harry K) wrote in message . com>...
> Saw this one in 1985 inside a closed garage, also saw it still there
> last week. AFAIK it has not been moved since 1985. Owned by old
> farmer who was using a truck for tranportation, he died recently. I
> have only seen this one from the rear end through the garage door.
> Covered with decades of dust, didn't see any damage on the little bit
> I could see of it.
>
> Belongs to the estate of
>
> "Bud" Mohr (not his real first name) of Colfax, WA.
>
> Harry K

Sorry, I should have included this:

It is located on an abandoned farmstead. 'Bud' was last person to live there.

Harry K

>Saw this one in 1985 inside a closed garage, also saw it still there
last week. AFAIK it has not been moved since 1985. Owned by old
farmer who was using a truck for tranportation, he died recently. I
have only seen this one from the rear end through the garage door.
Covered with decades of dust, didn't see any damage on the little bit
I could see of it.
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Did you have a question?
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"

Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*!

"ThaDriver" > wrote in message alkaboutautos.com>...
> >Saw this one in 1985 inside a closed garage, also saw it still there
> last week. AFAIK it has not been moved since 1985. Owned by old
> farmer who was using a truck for tranportation, he died recently. I
> have only seen this one from the rear end through the garage door.
> Covered with decades of dust, didn't see any damage on the little bit
> I could see of it.
> *********
> Did you have a question?
> ~ Paul
> aka "Tha Driver"
>
> Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*!

No, just hoping that someone will be able to obtain this fine car and
save it from moldering into the dirt.

Harry K

>No, just hoping that someone will be able to obtain this fine car and
save it from moldering into the dirt.
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Would love to, if I had more info than just a "Plymouth Fury" (& some
extra cash). Year of car? Location? (state or even country would help). Do
you find cars for a fee? Are you a dealer? (not that I would mind either)
~ Paul
aka "Tha Driver"

Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*!

Robin Banks offers:
>> I could probably get one easily when U-Haul flips over its current pickup
>> fleet...
>
>Err, I dunno. I had a friend that was a UHaul manager. I was in the market
>for a box van kind of truck (for a company I worked for), and they've got
>those PU front end with a box on it kind of trucks, so I was shopping. My
>buddy warned me strongly not to buy it, and told me to go to Ryder or
>Hertz/Penske instead.
>
>He said that UHaul has a tendancy to run their trucks into the ground before
>offing them, whereas Ryder/Penske do it at regular intervals.
>
>He himself bought a used Ryder van (which said something to me), so that's
>what I did... bought a Ryder, and the company's still using it. (8 years
>later.)

When we were moving earlier this year, we rented a couple of cargo vans from
Enterprise. They appear to keep those in great shape.

Got the bigger truck from Budget, and it was OK, too. That doesn't say either
of them won't grind 'em up and spit 'em out before selling the older units, but
for PUs and small vans, I was led to understand they got rid of them before
wear got too bad.

Worth checking, maybe.

Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill

Robin Banks notes:
>Fleet auctions can be a good place too. Just look for local fleet suppliers,
>then call and ask when & where they dispose of their old stock. They're
>happy
>to tell you, since they just want to get rid of them when it's time for next
>year's fleet to come in

I should have thought of that. Many years ago, I worked as an insurance
investigator for a very short while. A lot of driving at 6 cents a mile. One of
the guys I worked with used to buy telephone company cars when they were rolled
over...IIRC, about 70,000 miles back then. Usually a couple hundred bucks,
lasted him a year or so, then on to the next auction.

Pay was so poor he couldn't buy two at once!

Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill

Say What???
I am not very familiar vith the american used car market, but a couple
hundred $$ for a 70,000 mile car sounds *very* cheap!
And for such a "hardly broken in" car to only last a Year???

What kind of cars were those? Yugos?

Regards,
/Hans Sundkvist
Ostersund
Sweden



Charlie Self wrote:
> Robin Banks notes:
>
>>Fleet auctions can be a good place too. Just look for local fleet suppliers,
>>then call and ask when & where they dispose of their old stock. They're
>>happy
>>to tell you, since they just want to get rid of them when it's time for next
>>year's fleet to come in
>
>
> I should have thought of that. Many years ago, I worked as an insurance
> investigator for a very short while. A lot of driving at 6 cents a mile. One of
> the guys I worked with used to buy telephone company cars when they were rolled
> over...IIRC, about 70,000 miles back then. Usually a couple hundred bucks,
> lasted him a year or so, then on to the next auction.
>
> Pay was so poor he couldn't buy two at once!
>
> Charlie Self
> "Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
> hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill

Hans Sundkvist responds:

>
>Say What???
>I am not very familiar vith the american used car market, but a couple
>hundred $$ for a 70,000 mile car sounds *very* cheap!
>And for such a "hardly broken in" car to only last a Year???
>
>What kind of cars were those? Yugos?

Read the entire post...especially the parts about "many years ago" and "6
centers per mile".

The cars were usually small or medium sized, Fords, Chevies, Plymouths,
whatever models were available in the early and mid-60s. Many sold for 100
bucks, those with lower mileage went for a couple hundred. Fleet car mileage
turnover varied, but in many cases, 70,000 miles was a replacement marker.
Metallurgy 40 years ago wasn't what it is today, so a vehicle that made 100,000
miles was a big deal.

Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill

OK! I see...

Well, to be honest, my standards is the old Volvos and Mercens-Benz,
that easily roll at least 500,000 km (ca300,000 miles) before showing
major signs of wear... ;-)

I have actually seen many volvo and Benz taxis here in Sweden with over
a million km on the odometer...

My father's 1975 benz rolled over 560,000 km before the rust finally
retired the (still running good) car...

Best regards,
/HS




Charlie Self wrote:

> Hans Sundkvist responds:
>
>
>>Say What???
>>I am not very familiar vith the american used car market, but a couple
>>hundred $$ for a 70,000 mile car sounds *very* cheap!
>>And for such a "hardly broken in" car to only last a Year???
>>
>>What kind of cars were those? Yugos?
>
>
> Read the entire post...especially the parts about "many years ago" and "6
> centers per mile".
>
> The cars were usually small or medium sized, Fords, Chevies, Plymouths,
> whatever models were available in the early and mid-60s. Many sold for 100
> bucks, those with lower mileage went for a couple hundred. Fleet car mileage
> turnover varied, but in many cases, 70,000 miles was a replacement marker.
> Metallurgy 40 years ago wasn't what it is today, so a vehicle that made 100,000
> miles was a big deal.
>
> Charlie Self
> "Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
> hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill