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How Can I Find My Old Car?

Posted April 16, 2014 8:01 AM by dstrohl
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Be it cruising down Main Street on a warm summer night, showing off for friends by doing burnouts, turning wrenches on the weekend, or blasting down the highway whenever we had gas money in our pockets and the urge overtook us, we all have powerful memories of cars we've loved and lost. Some of us would like to relive those times in those cars, or at the very least, provide the closure derived from knowing what became of them.

My recent post about finding my 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge 23 years after I sold it sparked discussion and led some Hemmings Daily readers to wonder what happened to their previously-owned nostalgia machines. To that end, we're providing a few ideas to aid anyone who would like to reconnect with a car that they once owned.

Get on the beat of your original wheels here.

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04/16/2014 3:54 PM

Your car has been recycled... and is now part of the Bridge over the river Kwai....

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04/16/2014 4:39 PM

That bridge was wood. Till Jack and Bill blew it up.

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04/16/2014 6:32 PM

"Allied Forces bombed the iron bridge in 1944. Three sections of Bridge River Kwai were destroyed. The present bridge has two of its central spans rebuilt. The original parts of the bridge are now displayed in the War Museum."

http://www.bridgeriverkwai.com/

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04/17/2014 3:14 PM

OMG! Is that my old 1937 Ford Woodie! Sure glad the Allies didn't finish the job!

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04/17/2014 5:00 PM

Obviously, you never watched the movie.

Don't try to confuse me with facts.

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04/16/2014 11:26 PM

I'm sure my old cars are probably washing machines or refrigerators, several times over. My youngest vehicle is ten years old.

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04/17/2014 12:54 AM

Your old car, which was recycled to a washing machine, is currently employed as a Knight of the ring 'round the collar and tub society....

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04/17/2014 10:56 AM

And also the Knight of Twist and Shout it Out Roundtable at Camelot where they sing and dance a lot.

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04/17/2014 3:02 PM

So, Sir Brave Robin, that if I look in your old cars, there's a good chance I'll find the lost pairs to all my old socks?

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04/17/2014 10:26 PM

But only if you can go back to the future.

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04/16/2014 11:26 PM

Your old car is probably here.

Loads of cars with US plates plying the roads here....one country's write off is another's sweet ride.

You start with two cars. One mashed from the rear the other from the front.....

Cut and shut. Bingo!

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04/17/2014 3:22 PM

Ah! So THAT'S what they mean by 'hybrid.'

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