MoPars Left For Dead

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same car today…
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1975 Crown Imperial Lebaron Coupe. You couldn’t see this car from 20’ due to all the trees that had grown up around it .Its behind my Barracuda !

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Photo taken June
 
Come to think of it my Barracuda was an empty shell laying in a field .
All my cars were left for dead ! Lol
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I grew up in Minnetonka on Hwy 7 in the 60s and 70s . We would sit and watch the cars go down the highway. There was a Superbird or Daytona that would go by every so often . We thought it was a racecar ..lol
There was also a white 70 Charger SE that would turn onto our street after getting premium at the nearby Holiday gas station ….
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mbaird said:
I grew up in Minnetonka on Hwy 7 in the 60s and 70s . We would sit and watch the cars go down the highway. There was a Superbird or Daytona that would go by every so often . We thought it was a racecar ..lol
There was also a white 70 Charger SE that would turn onto our street after getting premium at the nearby Holiday gas station ….
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Thanks for bringing me back to the old stomping grounds, at least in my mind. I lived just south of Excelsior Blvd 2 miles south of that Holiday. Never saw any Daytonas or Superbirds though. Minnetonka or Hopkins high?
 
Minnetonka. I worked at that Holiday and Shakeys Pizza thru high School. Thats where I met Travis Jarmin the original owner of my Charger .
What year did you graduate ?
 
mbaird said:
Minnetonka. I worked at that Holiday and Shakeys Pizza thru high School. Thats where I met Travis Jarmin the original owner of my Charger .
What year did you graduate ?
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I'm a little younger, 1993 from Hopkins. Shakey's was awesome. I worked at the Glen Lake gas stations after high school. My folks still live in the house they bought in 1978. I'll be up that way tomorrow.
 
All's I got to say is that's Really Fricking Sad. Especially when there are Guys n Gals like US that would Love to have even 1 of those to fix and Drive.
 
mbaird said:
I grew up in Minnetonka on Hwy 7 in the 60s and 70s . We would sit and watch the cars go down the highway. There was a Superbird or Daytona that would go by every so often . We thought it was a racecar ..lol
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LocuMob said:
I lived just south of Excelsior Blvd 2 miles south of that Holiday. Never saw any Daytonas or Superbirds though.
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Do either of you guys remember Neil's Champion Auto on Mtka Blvd and 101? That was my first auto parts gig.
 
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Do either of you guys remember Neil's Champion Auto on Mtka Blvd and 101? That was my first auto parts gig.
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Oh yeah! My friends worked at the Amoco just east of that intersection for years. Champion had there main office off of Mtka Blvd between 101 and Williston Rd.
 
ProjectBazza said:
Williston Road, south of Hwy 7...

I used to take my '71 V8 Vega down that road at "stupid fast speeds" on Saturday nights just to see how far I could make it fly. (God, I was an idiot!)

(Wayzata, Class of '83)
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I hit 65 coasting from the top of the hill heading south, Made it over halfway to excelsior Blvd.
 
ProjectBazza said:
Williston Road, south of Hwy 7...

I used to take my '71 V8 Vega down that road at "stupid fast speeds" on Saturday nights just to see how far I could make it fly. (God, I was an idiot!)

(Wayzata, Class of '83)
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There was 2 hillbilly brothers that owned 57-59 Vettes with N50s that lived on Williston Rd .
I worked at the Holiday on Hwy 7 and they would come in for 98 octane . Blew the tires off when leaving down 7 . We got all the coolest cars in since Holiday was the last station in town carrying hi octane fuel . I filled up my future 70 Charger many times there .
 
Hay GUYS n Gals I Kidi U not. But there were 3 Guys here in Yakima and each had the Super bird . 1 Guy ended up with all 3 His last name was Mendoza and He passed earlier this year and his daughter got custody of them and I don't know what She did with them for sure but I believe she sold them
 
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