jaunty75

We were in Truth or Consequences, NM today for the annual Veteran's Day Car Show, and we passed this automobile rescue yard. I saw some great old iron behind the gate and had to stop and take some photos. With it being a Saturday, the place was closed, so I took some photos through the fence.

First spotted was this '73 Cutlass sitting next to an '80s-era Chevy wagon.




I zoomed in on it here. Looks complete enough to restore.




Next was this '71 Toronado that we can see the back end of. The '71 and '72 Toros had identical back ends as far as I can tell, but what gives this away is the "flow-through ventilation" grille on the trunk lid, which you can barely make out in the second photo.




I zoomed in on it.




Third and last was this '66 or '67 Toronado that looked like all it needed was some air in the tires to drive it away.






There were three Oldsmobiles (out of maybe 150 cars) at the show itself. I didn't bring either of mine because this is 1.5 hours north of us, and I didn't want to spend the day at the show. I did bring a car last year.

1967 442 convertible





1969 Cutlass S.




Finally, there was this '84 Hurst (or "Horst", if you look at the info sheet in the window).





Hurst/Horst, what's the difference? And it's an "Olsmobile," not an Oldsmobile. My guess is that these information sheets were filled out ahead of time by a show staff person who had never heard of either Oldsmobile or Hurst. But why didn't the owner fix it? I would have.

w-30dreamin

That 1970 Pontiac wagon is the one that needs restored in my opinion. I never see any of those at local shows.

oldcutlass

Thanks for sharing. For some unknown reason I like the color combo on the 67.

Greg Rogers

Boy sure is dry there.. Yesterday I took a drive to the Home Depot and saw this white haze stirred up by the cars. It was salt dust on the dry parts of the highway., followed by salt water puddles were it was still wet. It's amazing the difference between Michigan and New Mexico. Most of our 40 year old cars have already been made into something else, or just rusted/rotted into the ground! Thanks for the pics.

don71

I think Greg just said what I was feeling. Those old cars, when you find them around here, are sunk into the ground and pretty rotten.

The wonders of a dry climate and no salt sure make a difference in the long term.

slantflat

Nice pictures Jaunty. In your first picture I believe that wagon is a Mercury. Or maybe it's a Mercry since it's sitting next to an Olsmobile.

jaunty75

Here's a better view of the Pontiac. It's a Catalina.

jaunty75

You're right. It appears to be an '84 Colony Park. Same tail light arrangement, including the backup lights in the lowest of the three horizontal bars.

oldolds88

3rd pic, to the left is a 68 b body

Charlie Jones

New Mexico junkyards are a treasure trove of solid cars .
Unfortuneatly , as everywhere else , they are disappearing rapidly .