CASPER BARN CARS

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1968 Fiat 850 Spyder

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Want a Fiat project? It’s for sale.

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A whopping 850 cc’s.

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1947 Crosley sedan-convertible.

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’47 Crosley sedan-convertible. Note wood trim along the convertible top rail. Very classy in its day.

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1968 was the first year that Falcon did not use round tail lights. This would be a nice driver.

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’65 Impala Super Sport

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In 1965, one didn’t need an engineering degree to figure out how to drive a car,

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’53 dump truck, original Y-block still runs.

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’51 Crosley and ’62 Falcon 2 dr.

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66 Mustang A code 4-BBL, GT, Fastback, disc brakes, 4-speed, SS wheels, rusting away in a Casper yard for over 30 years. Owner will not sell, but plans to restore it “someday.”.

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’73 Hurst Olds W-30

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PV Power Wagon

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’68 6 cylinder Mustang conv. Very rare.

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Chevy Cameo. Whatever happened to rust-free fiberglass pickup boxes?

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’64 Gran Prix 2+2. Very rare, less than 20k original miles.

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’70s Corvette massacred with fake IMSA bodywork.

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Family drove this Chevy to Casper from Oklahoma.

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Glenrock highway head-on.

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Forgotten ’73 Road Runner 400.

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Teapot T

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Fastest ’78 production vehicle, (yes, faster than Corvette)

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VW Westfalia and 302 Bronco, both collectible.

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She’s been sitting here for 15-20 years. Elderly owner forgets when it was parked, will not listen to offers.

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Rare ’55 Dodge 2 dr wagon after an axe beating.

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Waiting for the crusher

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We used to call it rust. Now it’s “patina.”

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Nice ’69 Mach 1 stuffed into a junker lot

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Still ready to work

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Somewhere in here is a Buick GNX, probably worth more than all the other cars combined..

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This Lamborghini would bring over $100k at auction.

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This poor carcass shows the under-appreciated beauty of the ’57 Ford 2 dr hardtop, every bit as stylish as the ’57 Chevy. If only Ford had the 351 Windsor back then.

 

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Graham truck

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1930s art deco design is timeless.

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Rapidly becoming collectible

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A sad face. And rightly so.

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Old Toyota 4X4s are bringing big bucks.

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Hard working truck put out to pasture and forgotten

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Waiting patiently for the right Mopar guy to come along.

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Rare 2-dr sedan with hardtop look-alike trim.

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It was a Valiant effort, but all for naught.

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1960. Big styling changes were due in ’61

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After a long, hard life, an indignant end for this old girl.

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Rows of ’70s-’80s Camaros crusher-bound.

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“Lost generation” Camaros have made good scrap value. That is rapidly changing.

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