Posted by Baldran Going by the video, if that mural on the side has been sitting out under the weather as long as that van has, I'll eat my camera.

Agreed. The word "reality" is a joke in reality TV. While the story has been picked up by every news outlet out there, I am skeptical none the less.

came across this one about an hour north of Nashville TN

2 abandoned school busses in west nashville

Meet the Eagle Summit, aka Dodge Colt, aka Plymouth Colt. Built as the Mitsubishi Mirage, and re-branded by Chrysler under the Dodge, Plymouth, and Eagle brands. A heap of ball-less garbage when brand new, these thing had a hard time getting out of their own way. If you kept oil in them, they would indeed run forever. But with a 1.5L barely squeaking out 80hp, who would want to? You don't see things on the road anywhere anymore. If they didn't seize up from a careless owner who doesn't check oil regular, they rust themselves to pieces.

A fun side note: Harley-Davidson's new "Milwaukee Eight" big twin engine has 3 models, with the SMALLEST of the 3 being 1750cc. a full 250cc bigger than this heap of forgotten oil belching garbage.


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Posted by Mr. Bitey Meet the Eagle Summit, aka Dodge Colt, aka Plymouth Colt. Built as the Mitsubishi Mirage, and re-branded by Chrysler under the Dodge, Plymouth, and Eagle brands. A heap of ball-less garbage when brand new, these thing had a hard time getting out of their own way. If you kept oil in them, they would indeed run forever. But with a 1.5L barely squeaking out 80hp, who would want to? You don't see things on the road anywhere anymore. If they didn't seize up from a careless owner who doesn't check oil regular, they rust themselves to pieces. A fun side note: Harley-Davidson's new "Milwaukee Eight" big twin engine has 3 models, with the SMALLEST of the 3 being 1750cc. a full 250cc bigger than this heap of forgotten oil belching garbage. 1. click to view 2. click to view

Also rebadged as the (somewhat ironically titled) Suzuki Swift for European markets.

Posted by mookster Also rebadged as the (somewhat ironically titled) Suzuki Swift for European markets.

Swift, she is not. But she does seems to get around! Suzuki played with a 3cyl engine for a while - I wonder if swift-less was even swift-lessier in Europe....

A selection from this year abandoned in the wilds of England, some seen in other threads, most not.

Wolseley 1500



Datsun 1200



Austin A35



Ford Corsair



Jaguar XJS & 2 Triumph Stags



Triumph TR3



Morris Minor



Reliant Regal

Some recent shots from my trip around Saskatchewan last week:

20180821_202015-2016x1108 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

20180821_183020-2016x1134 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

20180821_202207-2016x1109 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

20180821_183836-2016x1134 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

20180821_174648-2016x1134 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

20180821_205337-2016x1134 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

20180824_094451-2016x1134 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

20180824_090809-2016x1134 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

20180821_180124-2016x1134 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

Posted by EPOCH6 Some recent shots from my trip around Saskatchewan last week: https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1872/30459180188_e0e98a1b1d_b.jpg20180824_090809-2016x1134 by EPOCH 6, on Flickr

I am pretty much drooling over everything in this shot!

Lots of great finds, thanks for sharing!

Posted by Mr. Bitey Meet the Eagle Summit, aka Dodge Colt, aka Plymouth Colt. Built as the Mitsubishi Mirage, and re-branded by Chrysler under the Dodge, Plymouth, and Eagle brands. A heap of ball-less garbage when brand new, these thing had a hard time getting out of their own way. If you kept oil in them, they would indeed run forever. But with a 1.5L barely squeaking out 80hp, who would want to? You don't see things on the road anywhere anymore. If they didn't seize up from a careless owner who doesn't check oil regular, they rust themselves to pieces. 1. click to view 2. click to view

But a 4G63 will bolt in with ease and then you have a (still oil belching because Mitsubishi) little screamer that nobody will ever suspect. The paint restoration guy that sometimes comes to my work has a stock looking one with close to 300hp.

Abandoned Nissan, tags on it expired in 2015.

https://flic.kr/p/286P3sU

Posted by bandi But a 4G63 will bolt in with ease and then you have a (still oil belching because Mitsubishi) little screamer that nobody will ever suspect. The paint restoration guy that sometimes comes to my work has a stock looking one with close to 300hp.

around 2003, or so, Sport Compact Car featured one of these cars, albeit a sportier trim livel, with the 4G63 swap that was built to insane amounts of power. Problem was getting it to hook up. It was in a sleeper issue...

Also rebadged as the (somewhat ironically titled) Suzuki Swift for European markets

Suzuki Swift, oh yea they sold these at a local Dodge dealership alongside that hilarious jeep looking thing. I bought 2 base "Swift"s brand new $6,000 out the door. They lasted for years w/no mechanical probs. Wouldn't get out of the their own way and could be dangerous if you needed to move quickly.

Found this guy hiding behind a shed in the weeds. Didn't even see it from the road.

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Just casually behind my house








Oops still trying to figure this photo stuff out

Posted by xlookex Found this guy hiding behind a shed in the weeds. Didn't even see it from the road. click to view click to view click to view

Opel GT! Rare, very attractive little cars (with really neat rotating hideaway headlights) and absolutely worthless for some reason.

Posted by bandi Opel GT! Rare, very attractive little cars (with really neat rotating hideaway headlights) and absolutely worthless for some reason.

Because it was a 3/4 scale vette that was extremely slow and had......questionable build quality, even for the time period😂

Still like it 1000x more than the vette.