may have found a parts EB

[Bronco73]

Driving home from the Charlotte BMX track this past Sunday I noticed an EB sitting in a field, didn't notice a house but it had just caught my eye at the last second. I didn't have time to turn around and try to find out who the owner is. I had to get home because the wife had to leave for work.

If my studying goes well over the next couple of days I hope to make it back to the bmx track on Sunday and stop and see if I can find out if it's for sale or not. From what brief moment I saw it through the brush it looks like it has been sitting for a long time.

I'm in need of sheet metal more than anything else but you never know what you might find.

 

[Kurt]

Just don't get your hopes too high. You'll find on this site many stories about guys finding EB's that have been sitting forever, only to have the owner say it will be restored "one day".

 

[JGbronc]

Just don't get your hopes too high. You'll find on this site many stories about guys finding EB's that have been sitting forever, only to have the owner say it will be restored "one day".

True. Either that, or "It was my _____'s and I don't want to sell it".

That being said, it could all work out and the Bronco come home with you!

 

[Bronco73]

I've been down that road many times when I was into vintage mustangs so I don't expect much. Just the thrill of the chase.

 

[JDJ]

Good Luck!

 

[Kurt]

I've been down that road many times when I was into vintage mustangs so I don't expect much. Just the thrill of the chase.

Yesterday, I found an EB three hours away on CL that didn't look too bad. I called the owner, and we talked about some of the typical rust areas. The owner sounded sincere, so I told him I would like to buy it. He told me not to get my hopes up.

I called him 1.5 hours after he posted the ad, but three other guys were on their way to look at it. The ad got pulled shortly afterwards. I really didn't need another one, as my wife reminded me. ;D

Good luck when you find the owner.

 

[casadejohnson]

I know this story so well. A few years ago, I spotted a 67 Fastback Mustang in a guys garage in a state of total neglect. He had a story about an Uncle or something so he was not selling for sentimental reasons. 6 months went by and it got moved to the backyard. Asked again and he still would not sell it. It sat outside with no glass in it for another year before an old cottonwood tree went down on it in a storm. It disappeared right after that, I never got a look at how bad the damage from the tree was. Its probably been crushed or "Recycled" into a Hyundai by now.

 

[sprdv1]

Good luck man!

 

[DonaldDouchebag]

There was a real pile of crap mouldering away in an alley only a few blocks from my house. It was a sport edition with lots of trim but the body was super shot. I peeked under the rear and saw fist-sized holes through the frame. I still tried to buy it just for all the cool trim and the running gear. The owner wanted to keep it for who knows what reason. About six months later I saw it for sale in a city auction. It had been impounded and dragged away. Now I see it in Craigslist from time to time.

 

[69 Fl. Bronc]

Where is it? I don't need any sheet metal but there may be some other parts I could use. I could look into it, if you want.

 

[Bronco73]

Where is it? I don't need any sheet metal but there may be some other parts I could use. I could look into it, if you want.

I will have to look up the road it's on but it's located in Charlotte. The road is a smaller type back road that is kind of a short cut that I just started to take on my way to the bmx track.

I did go to the BMX track yesterday but didn't see the EB on my way there and it was to dark by the time I left the track to try and spot it on the return trip home. I will be back up that way on Friday and try to find it again. My feeling is it is still used on what ever type of farm land it was sitting on and had been moved. The sad part is I can't pin point the exact lot it was sitting at. They all look the same with the over grown weeds and trees. I will be by the location Friday, Saturday and Sunday, racing a state qualifier at Charlotte bmx.