Neat wagon! Paid a visit to my local Pull a Part yesterday, and saw its long lost twin. Its twin has been "rode hard, and put up wet" though.
those people Can remember "those people" saying that Dodge and Plymouth Colts were worthless junk, right off the end of the assembly line, but then, they would turn right around and point at the Toyota version---and rave what a wonderfull car those things were. I'm pretty sure, when taken care of correctly, these cars are as good as any other on the road. Just a little small for me and my family.
Nothing wrong with the Colt wagons - they are every bit as good as the Toyota Corolla or the Datsun 510. You do NOT want one of these with the 1.6L and automatic - zero to sixty is comparable to a VW Bus. Takes forever to get to 80 mph, and that is top end with that combo. The manual is always the best choice in '70s Japanese cars. Always.
It looks too good to end up in a scrapyard and loose an eye and its teeth there. I wonder what they want for it, as it is
Once it ends up in a junkyard, I don't think they are allowed to sell the entire car?? Yes, it was too nice to be at the Pull A Part. The interior was pretty nice, and still mostly complete. The body was very straight, a little rust in the bottoms of the doors.
I know you used to be able to. I picked up a '77 Cordoba from one back in my youth. $400 and it was in very good condition. Just had an issue with the transmission where it wouldn't shift at WOT. They just prefer to hang on to them for parts as the parts value is typically greater than the price they get to sell a car whole.
I don't know about now, but at least 3-4 years ago a local wreaker got a complete yet parked in the trees for 10+ years a Jenson interceptor. The car was in bad shape from sitting but complete with a 440. Up until that time I had no idea what the valve covers looked like. I along with many others just wanted the covers. Took over a year but he did sell the complete car for ?$?$
Michigan laws about such things might be different or, for that matter, laws regarding scrapped vehicles probably vary between states. France has a similar law that says once junked, you could never again get a title for it. It was heartbreaking to see so many vintage French cars, in the south of France, which ended up there, only because their owners became too affluent to get seen in them, once they've accumulated wealth from accomodating tourists. They all had solid, rust-free bodies with plenty of scratches and dents, maybe. Due to the sunny climate, though, the dashboard vinyl and other interior bits were almost always trashed. Once the Iron Curtain fell, I started seeing Poles somehow transporting junked French cars homewards and used to wonder how they managed to get around the law. Looks like that toothless and blind Colt will likely get reduced to a skeleton, before it gets sold
