1 less 80 Grand Am

[grandamman]

This is what is in the Memphis TN Pull a Part.
Guy said it came in complete. I found it 6 weeks too late.
Cloth buckets. I did get the rear seat back, speedo and gauges.
I started on the 1/4 panels but they had to much filler to mess with.

I did find an 80 Lemans headlight bezel with the car, so maybe the front had been wrecked and repaired with a Lemans header panel?
There was a seat belt retainer that is used on bench seats that I found in the car too. Guy at the yard (manager?)
even said it had buckets and console....

 

[565bbchevy]

I like your junkyards car jack stands, around here they just lay them in the dirt and mud with no wheels.

 

[Longroof79]

That's a shame to see. Hopefully the parts went to good use keeping other Grand Ams on the road. Man, they really cannibalized that poor car. :shock:

Our local U-Pull-It used to prop the cars up on rims, but no longer. They just lay 'em in the dirt, which makes it difficult to grab parts from underneath. :|

 

[1evilregal]

I've seen more meat left on a roadkill squirrell than on that! :shock:

 

[Doug213xrj]

Dam, Shouldnt there be a moment of silence, Or something ?



Doug

 

[findinglemo]

They are fading away!

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Atleast people are using the parts off it to fix who knows how many others. It's not like a complete mint car is rotting away, and I would sacrifice one to save a few others. Still sad though 🙁

 

[tc1959]

Somebody even broke a hole in the windshield and took the vin plate. :shock:

 

[grandamman]

Somebody even broke a hole in the windshield and took the vin plate. :shock:

Yeah, I was a little shocked when I saw that. PAP documents that the car has been junked and cannont be registered again.
Agate red is a rare color and we know the VIN from the sticker on the 1/4 panel.
It shouldn't show up on the road again, but we know people that know people, so things could happen to get that VIN back on the road.

It's odd that the speedo/clock and gauges weren't taken. I'm glad I made the trip to see this car before it was gone.
It would have been nice to grab the tail lights and grills though.

 

[BMR Suspension]

I am really starting to grow fond of the Grand Am's to build for myself. My first car after all was a '78 Grand LeMans!