So I was looking at some photos of a '57 4-door Sedan a member on TriFive.com posted. I clicked on one and noticed...........
The 1st gen Monte setting beside the '57.
Wonder what the Monte looks like?????

 

As a car guy, seeing that picture breaks my heart. Especially the '57. The '57 looks salvageable. Hope somebody takes them both and gets them back on the road.

 

Where's the "Click LIKE" button? OH. I'm tooooo used to facebook. lol

I do agree. Other then the drive side front fender having damage, the '57 should be on the road. Same for the Monte.

 

There are some cars I can't believe get treated better then they do. My friends and I have seen 2nd Gen Camaros running in winter salted roads, unbelievable!!!

Some cars you look at wondering how excited the first owner was when he/she bought the car and then look at it years later in a scrap yard (my common thought when I see a 3rd gen Z28 in a salvage yard beat to heck).

And a '57 Chevy, man so much beauty those cars have and to think that one currently ended up like that.

 

Reminds me of what Boyd Coddington did a few years back when he had that show American Hot Rod. Bought a museum quality 190? Model T Ford. Looked like it did the day it rolled off the assembly line. Boyd cut it up and turned it into a rat rod. All because of a stupid bet. Even his employees begged him not to do it. I lost all respect for him after that.

Seeing classic or rare cars getting wrecked or rotting away just annoys the heck out of me. Especially when it's done on purpose as in the case of Boyd's Model T.

I wish I had the money and facilities to buy that 57 in RJ's picture. I'd love to see that car brought back to life.

 

Poor cars.
Had a friend of my back in the day him an his friends would save car that they find in the fields just sitting.they wouldn't restore them just find some one to but them.That was out in the dessert side of cali back in my marine core days.
I heard there was a guy not to far from me that has 25 or some classic's just sit out in the weeds rotting away wont sell them to any one or do any thing with them.It's kinda sad what people do to car when they don't care

 

I'd love to have the monte, hope someone fixes em up

 

Would love to restore an old chevy! I know a guy who did one and has one all orginanal!!!

 

I also would like to see the 57 Chevy fixed and the Monte too. I hate to see repairable cars being left to rot. Unfortunately we don't know when or where this picture was taken.
As far as the guy driving his second or third gen Z-28 out on salty roads, it is possible he has no other choice or he isn't a car guy and doesn't know what he has. The last year I lived in Vermont my winter beater died a little early. It was an 83 Mercury Colony Park wagon that for the most part was being held together with the vinyl woodgrain on the side. The rest of the car comprised of rust. The second week of April the motor quit pumping oil. I pulled my 74 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus out of its winter slumber only to have it snow the next day with all the salt covered roads to come with it. I sold that car to come to Florida. I decision I still regret.
Boyd Coddingtons decision to cut up a classic to make a rat rod in unexcuseable because he knew better. On the flip side it was his car to do whatever he chose.

 

There is a site that has pics of tons of cars left to rot but I don't remember what it's called. Maybe someone will remember and can post it.