I found this on the side of a forest road this fall. I have to assume someone hauled it here to dump it; presumably it wasn’t worth their time and effort to take it to the scrap yard. But it does offer the challenge of identifying it. Well, maybe for some of you it might actually be a challenge, but probably not for others.
Yes, there’s more shots in case it’s not yet lit the light of knowledge yet.
Does that help?
1994-1997 Honda Accord. 4 lugs with what looks like captive rotors, and the overall shape and driver’s side gas cap seem to agree.
Right manufacturer and general timeframe, but I’m fairly sure this is a 1996-2000 Civic. The C-pillar, body crease and bumper cutouts match up, as does the e-brake handle.
You’re probably right (and in that case, those wouldn’t be captive rotors – the extra holes are why I thought that initially).
Kind of looks like a mid 1990s Honda Accord
My first thought was the Honda Prelude of that era.
The oddest part to me here is the can of Dennison’s Chili with a precariously-placed fork, next to a circuit board. It’s like an electrical engineer decided to have a picnic here.
Stolen vehicle dismantled by a hobo chop shop?? 😉
Let’s get some DNA off of that fork and arrest the perp…
Oh, and CC Effect: I was having chili for lunch as I scrolled down through these comments.
But mine was homemade and not from a can. Plus, I have a rock solid alibi. 😉
I thought it meant the car’s a 3 Series Beaner.
Fascinating riddle.
I would probably have guessed Honda, too, if someone who knew better had forcefully pushed me into the Honda corner.
In other words, I wouldn’t have had a clue.
The story behind this wreck is also fascinating. Why is it in this wreck in the middle of the forest? Why only these fragments? Where is the rest?
Who went to the trouble of dumping this wreck there? We can assume that this car was not filleted at this spot, so it almost certainly did not get there on its own wheels. So the wreck was on a trailer, consists (almost) only of (residual) metal, you could have driven to the scrap dealer to get a few dollars for the steel.
What’s the story behind this?
A reputable scrap metal dealer would say this looks too much like a car to accept it w/o a title, at least in my state. So yeah stolen vehicle.
Agree. Got to be stolen.
I was thinking early 2000s Honda Civic. The shape of the taillight cutouts and the shape of the lower body filler below the quarter panel are the clues for me.
The tail light shape immediately suggested Honda to me as well.
This is a snapshot of an 04 Civic for comparison.
I think I see a wheel cylinder and brake shoes behind the hub, leading me to believe these are drum brakes, with the drum removed and missing.
At first I thought first-generation Ford Fusion, but the Honda guesses seem more likely.
That’s what I thought too, but the Fusion probably doesn’t have an E-brake handle there.
What’s left is quite rust free, doesn’t have the patented Honda rust behind the rear wheel.
Oregon doesn’t recognize Honda’s rust patent. 🙂
The small radius at the bottom of the taillight cutout looks more Civic to me too.
Good thing that E brake is engaged. Wouldn’t want it rolling away on its own.
Mitsubishi Diamante ?
Definetly late 90’s/early 00’s Honda. Big demand for parts for those. Even still despite them being at least 20, 25 years old. Still see A LOT of the Accords and Civics of that era in my neck of the woods.
The HOT Hondas like the Prelude, Integra, RSX, Del Sol, CR-X, Civic hatch, all the boy racer specials have long ago been hooned to death, wrecked or chopped up. Like its been 15 years since those models were common on the roads around here.
Now days all the knobs drive stupid Nissan 350z or Infiniti G35 with no exhaust, missing bumpers, bald tires,etc. If they got money maybe a late model Camaro, Mustang, but they really love to hoon them Dodge Chargers/Challengers. Assuming they even own it, theft rate on those Dodges is stupid high.
Those triangular pizza-esque tail lights lead me to believe it’s an early 2000s Civic. This is the kind of thing totally chaps my arse. People dumping crap out in the wilderness and doesn’t appear exclusive to any state as it happens everywhere here in the US. Not much we can do about it unless the dumper(s) are caught red-handed. There is always someone desperate enough to make a buck to do it. I’ll stop ranting now.
Arrrrgh!
100% 94-97 Honda Accord dx or lx model only.
I’m guessing Honda as it kind of looks Japanese in the bumper and taillight and Honda in the “C” pillar shape. Rear drums but I don’t know Honda well enough to know what drums came on. Looks like the length is a 4 door.
That’s all I got.
Jerry I believe you are correct. I was pressed for time and later after some additional Google Image searching I can see it as a 95 Accord DX clearly.
It would be nice if the cops would check for fingerprints and arrest the perps, but I doubt they’ll bother.
I hate litterbugs.
Looks like a number of my newer cars after a few weeks of parking on NYC streets back in the 1980s.
1996 – 2000 Honda Civic sedan.
The taillight opening shape, the filler panel below the taillights, the shape of the bumper at the trailing edge of the wheel opening, and the shape of the door cutout.
plus….
(since I can only post one photo per post)
Open up the rear door and you can see the positioning of the rear door striker and the (im guessing) door closed switches. Plus the shape of the rear door opening with the little black trim.