Here Are Some Infuriating Photos Of Perfect American Muscle Cars Rotting Away.

For a car enthusiast, there are few things harder to look at than a destroyed, decaying sports car, especially if it’s your ‘dream car’. Not everybody takes care of their things, regardless of whether they’re super-rare or common appliances.

Unfortunately, far too many car owners have let their vehicles rot away. It’s as if they don’t realize what they have, or simply don’t care. Either way, it frustrates us to no end to see such misuse and neglect towards an objective work of art.

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1969 Pontiac GTO Judge

It’s not often you see an authentic Pontiac GTO ‘Judge’ out in the wild, let alone completely dilapidated in a field somewhere. As fate would have it, that’s exactly what happened to this GTO Judge.

Seeing the rust all over the surface/chassis, missing body-panels, and collapsed suspension, this Judge looks like it’s already got one foot in the grave; the second following close behind. Though, with enough money and time, a restoration wouldn’t be impossible.

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Ford Gran Torino

Hidden in Bartow County, Georgia is a car museum unlike any other: “Old Car City USA”, a glorified junkyard of some of America’s greatest cars. If you look hard enough, you can find a once-stunning Ford Gran Torino deep in the brush.

From what we can tell by the photos, hardly anything’s left of the ol’ Gran Torino. What’s not covered in leaves is buried underneath other cars – Blocking out all but the rear of the Torino.

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1970 Dodge Challenger

The idea of a ‘fixer-upper’ or a project car is a tantalizing choice, but hardly an affordable one. If you think the regular resto. projects are costly as is, think again. Imagine the repairs needed for this dilapidated Dodge Challenger (pictured above).

Luckily for this Challenger, the story doesn’t have a sad ending. The Challenger was saved by a YouTuber, Dylan McCool, who quickly got to work restoring it. The first photo was taken upon discovery. The next after it got running again.

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1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split-Window

You don’t expect to find much when your walking past an abandoned building filled with junk all over the place. But, think about how crazy it would be to see (what is essentially) a near-$100,000 art piece just sitting there…

That, dear reader, is what we have here: a rare 1963 Corvette Split-Window that was in the process of being reclaimed by nature. We have no idea what happened to this particular Vette, but you’d have to be insane to leave it there.

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1971 Chevrolet Camaro

It seems like Bumble Bee has had a hard time since the end of Michael Bay’s Transformers series. No Shia Labeouf to save him from an Ohio scrapyard this time around..

All joking aside, this 1971 Chevy Camaro has certainly seen better days. We don’t know how long it sat for, but (if we take the condition into account) it must’ve been quite a while. On the bright side, if you compare it to some of the other vehicles we mentioned thus far, it could be way worse.

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Barn Find 1969 Dodge Charger

Thirty-four years in a stagnant garage in the backwoods can take its toll on any car, especially if they’re not maintained. Case and point, the abandoned ’69 Charger pictured above.

This Charger has a similar story to the aforementioned 1970 Dodge Challenger. Each were found, fixed, and brought back into working order. However, it’s still going to be a long time before any of them get back to their original state…

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Japanese Camaro Z28 & Pontiac Trans Am

We’ve seen a bunch of sad photos of Japanese junkyards just filled to the brim with JDM legends, valuable antiques, and so on. However, it’s not every day you see one with two American muscle cars.

As you can see, there are two cars: a 1970’s Chevrolet Camaro Z28 and a bandit-style Pontiac Trans Am. Stateside, those cars are valuable. Just think how sought-after they are overseas! Heck, they’re not even in that bad of condition, all things considered.

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Lost Mustang Boss 302 Concept

A barn-find Mustang Boss is great as is. Now, imagine that it’s not only some regular Boss but a one-of-a-kind Mustang Boss 302 Concept – Once owned by famous Corvette designer, Larry Shinoda.

Before finding out about this recovered Boss 302, we never knew that any concepts had gone missing. After all, “who in their right mind would leave a gem like that?” Apparently, Mr. Shinoda would. Such a shame…

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Moss Covered Corvette C2

Believe it or not, this 1956 Chevrolet Corvette was not discovered at the bottom of a lake, as the excess moss and damage may indicate. Instead, it had been rotting in a barn for decades.

Come 2018, the Corvette was found and brought to The Corvettes at Carlisle event in Pennsylvania. There, it was put up for auction, eventually selling for $10,000, reports the Classic Cars Journal.

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Dodge Charger ‘Daytona’ Barn Find

For our final entry, we wanted to put in one that would really drive a fellow car enthusiast insane. None other than the Dodge Charger Daytona sold at Mecum Auctions all the way back in 2015.

The Daytona wasn’t a rolling chassis but fully equipped with its factory pieces: engine, transmission, and all. According to Road & Track, as well as Mecum, it was expected to sell for around $180,000. And that’s in THAT condition. So, at least the story has a happy ending.