66 barracuda
Welcome dude, this really is the best site. My story is REALLY SIMILAR to yours. I was out looking for an early A-body a few miles out of town. I was driving by this street/driveway on the left, and looking down the streets direction. That is when at the same exact instant, I could have swore that I saw the faint outline of the bubble window I know so well to my right. But it was in my peripheral vision in the opposite direction. My buddy that was with me was like, "what are you doing?" because I immediately hit the brakes to turn around. I didn't say anything and turned around to go where I thought there was a '64-'66 barracuda under some trees. I followed this driveway down to the house at the end, and there it was. Right where I thought under a few big trees. Rear end facing the street I was on. Anyway, I got out and just walked right over to it. I was mesmerized. Covered in mega green tree slime was a '65 barracuda. Same as the very first car I ever owned, and really the car I was looking for. Which was a massive long shot. But there it was. My buddy was like, dude, this thing has completely had it. I thought that was a very ignorant statement, but made my way around the front to the drivers side. I saw there was no V8 emblems, so I assumed that it was slant 6 powered. Everything but the front bumper was pretty straight so far. I couldn't actually see very well through the windshield. But could see that it was buckets and a floor shift car. Went around back and was just blown away. It looked like one big rust hole. No bumper. Trunk lid was literlly rusted in half. I checked the passenger side real quick, it was really straight. Ran back around to pop the hood, and it was indeed a slant. I left a note on the door. I was thinking to myself that I wanted it no matter what If it was $500.00 or less, because of the rear of the car. Plus it looked like the window had been down on the drivers side for like 10 years. I got a call about 3 hours later that evening from the dude that lived there. Some lady that he and his wife knew 17 years prior had asked them if she could park her car under those trees until she was done moving. He never heard from her again. No title. Had the keys. Gave it to me for free.
Welcome dude, this really is the best site. My story is REALLY SIMILAR to yours. I was out looking for an early A-body a few miles out of town. I was driving by this street/driveway on the left, and looking down the streets direction. That is when at the same exact instant, I could have swore that I saw the faint outline of the bubble window I know so well to my right. But it was in my peripheral vision in the opposite direction. My buddy that was with me was like, "what are you doing?" because I immediately hit the brakes to turn around. I didn't say anything and turned around to go where I thought there was a '64-'66 barracuda under some trees. I followed this driveway down to the house at the end, and there it was. Right where I thought under a few big trees. Rear end facing the street I was on. Anyway, I got out and just walked right over to it. I was mesmerized. Covered in mega green tree slime was a '65 barracuda. Same as the very first car I ever owned, and really the car I was looking for. Which was a massive long shot. But there it was. My buddy was like, dude, this thing has completely had it. I thought that was a very ignorant statement, but made my way around the front to the drivers side. I saw there was no V8 emblems, so I assumed that it was slant 6 powered. Everything but the front bumper was pretty straight so far. I couldn't actually see very well through the windshield. But could see that it was buckets and a floor shift car. Went around back and was just blown away. It looked like one big rust hole. No bumper. Trunk lid was literlly rusted in half. I checked the passenger side real quick, it was really straight. Ran back around to pop the hood, and it was indeed a slant. I left a note on the door. I was thinking to myself that I wanted it no matter what If it was $500.00 or less, because of the rear of the car. Plus it looked like the window had been down on the drivers side for like 10 years. I got a call about 3 hours later that evening from the dude that lived there. Some lady that he and his wife knew 17 years prior had asked them if she could park her car under those trees until she was done moving. He never heard from her again. No title. Had the keys. Gave it to me for free.