Oklahoma Junkyard Z16
 

Around 2001 or 2002, pictures were posted on the Chevelle forum of a very sad looking red Z16 in a junkyard in Oklahoma. A green 68 Impala SS427 was also in the pics. I have searched all over for the pics but can't find them. Did anyone on here save those pics from back then?

I bought the car last year, but it had been moved since those 2001/2002 pics were taken. I would like to have the pics of it out in the scrap yard, if they can be found. If anyone can help please send me a PM.

Thanks! - Jeff

I would love to see both car photos as well. I do not recall them but sounds really interesting.

Congrats on buying the Z16!

Did you try the Cars in Barns website? That site is a collection point for those types of photos.

Jeff, Dont know if these are the pictures of your car that you are looking for but this red Z16 sure sounds like it.

Wow! I found the front clip to a red one in a junk yard in Coon Rapids, MN in 1981. The car had been crushed two weeks earlier but the yard still had the engine. I bought a 427 engine from them instead. Who knew. Jeff, if you have the VIN list, see if there were any known and never found red Z16's in MN around that time.

----If that's the car I've seen worse cars than that restored......Bill S

Love those z16 Chevelle’s.. One was driven to our HS spring of 66 to pick up a girl. Red with red gut and sold out of Ammon r Smith. Believe it was the 4th one shipped to dealers.

No, that one was in GA, in a field behind someone's house. It has since been frame-off restored and has recently changed hands a couple times.

Those pics actually look REALLY GOOD compared to the one I got!! On the bright side though, the rear trim and speedo had been removed and stored inside since 1974. They are MINT! Frame is very nice. Body is fixable, will just take a lot of work!

Thanks

what junkyard was it in? or town?

Jeff, do you still have the one you showed in the barnfinds at MCACN?

Did Mark Meekins end up with that front clip? He used to drag it around to swap meets, and told the same story (except said it was him who found it). But he had the passenger door too. I got the door. The front end is now on the red car that was in the magazine article alongside a black car a few years ago. No way to know the VIN of the crushed car, unfortunately.

Mcalester OK

Yes, body work is done and almost ready for paint. I got a lead on what may be the original block, just a few miles from where the car was. So the engine build has been put on hold waiting to see if that is the block, and if I can get it.

No idea Jeff. I saw it there one day and upon my return a week later it was gone so who knows. The owner of the yard never said anything to me about a door, only that they pulled the front clip and crushed the car. The engine was on an engine stand in his back office and he wanted $750 for it which was about double what I thought it was worth back in those days. Little did I know.

None of the junkyards are still there. There were 4 junkyards, one on each corner of a 4 way stop in Andover, MN (near Coon Rapids). One was Andover Auto Parts, the other was Ma's Auto Parts. I do not recall the other two names. I had three other True Value Hardware workmates with me the day we found it sitting in the yard and was not too far from the front gate and it was red in color. This was likely the summer of 1981. I purchased a complete 427 engine from this yard shortly after and still know who owns it today and he lives in Cedar, MN.

Obviously someone told Mark about this front clip as he did not just stumble upon it way over in MN. That was not me however as I never really talked about it after seeing it laying there. I knew it was rare but had no idea how rare in those days.