RARE RARE. Saw EIGHT 1980S cars on I-605, OTHERS

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RARE RARE. Saw EIGHT 1980S cars on I-605, OTHERS

Postby 89ARIES » Mon Nov 08, 2010 5:06 pm

Very good spotting weekend. I drove 200 miles on Saturday to Ontario, Orange County, and San Pedro. Orange County and West LA are still the best places
to find Ks in "findable" amounts. Well, I drove southbound on I-605 to Orange County was extremely pleasantly surprised to see what drove by:

8 1980s CARS!!!! IMPOSSIBLE IN 2010:

TWO 1980S DODGE OMNI HATCHBACKS DROVE IN SUCCESSION. A FADED RED AND FADED BLUE ONE.
1985-1988 CHEVY CAPRICE SEDAN
1980S OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS BROUGHAM SEDAN
1985 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS CIERA COUPE
RATTY 80S CHEVY CELEBRITY
1985 CHEVROLET CAVALIER CONVERTIBLE WITH TOP DOWN
AND SOME OTHER ONE,

NEAR THE ONTARIO ARMORY, AS I WAS GETTING OUT OF MY CAR, BOTH A 1982-1984 CHEVY CELEBRITY COUPE AND IMMACULATE 85 FORD LTD MIDSIZE SEDAN BLEW BY ME

I EVEN FOUND MY 2ND CHEVY VEGA AND SAW A COUPLE OTHER THINGS RUNNING AROUND.

YESTERDAY, I FOUND AN 82 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE SEDAN.

YEAH, EVEN THOUGH ITS GETTING VERY VERY HARD TO FIND ANY KS, ORANGE COUNTY, WHITTIER, BURBANK, AND ESPECIALLY LONG BEACH AND WEST LA ARE
GOOD TARGET AREAS TO FIND OLD CARS OF ANY ERA. I EVEN FOUND MY 2ND 1973 PLYMOUTH FURY 4DR HARDTOP EVER IN SAN PEDRO. NORTH SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
IS PRIMARILY OLD CHEVY LAND AND KS HAVE ALL DRIED UP EXCEPT FOR THE FEW I KNOW OF THAT I TRIED TO GET IN THE CLUB, BUT THEY REFUSED. THEY ARE GRADUALLY
DETERIOATING AS WELL.

IN SYLMAR, CALIFORNIA, IN 1988, THERE WERE AT LEAST 200 K-CARS DRIVING AROUND. NOW, I ONLY KNOW OF ABOUT 8 LEFT AND HAVEN'T FOUND ANY NEW ONES WHERE I LIVE,
BUT I AM HOPEFUL I CAN STILL FIND A HANDFUL FOR 2011 AND WILL CONTINUE CAMPAIGNING FOR THE CKCC.
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