The Well Wrapped Car was a big hit, so now we have the sequel, The Well Flattened Car. I don’t think I have to tell you what you’re supposed to make of it.
This comes to courtesy of CC reader Alistair Bell, who found it recently while exploring the Gordon River watershed in the past few days. He’s even supplied us with the google map reference points: http://maps.google.ca/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.756415,-124.325409&spn=0.135577,0.357742&t=h&z=12 . But don’t think you can tear off and find it that easily; someone will have identified it by the time you get there, and there’s no internet there anyway. But if you want to go and confirm it, by all means.
BTW, dear readers, we love this sort of stuff, so please send more of it. Anything that catches your attention will likely catch ours. Thanks.
Early malaise era bumper (2.5 mph?), 7″ headlamps, 4 bolt wheels – beats me. I just hope nobody was in the car when the tree fell!!!!!!!!!!
73 Ford Cortina
Yup, Mark III Cortina. They were brought into Canada right up until the early seventies, including a largish bumper version. Below is a not ‘largish bumper version’
http://www.filipovsky.ic.cz/Ford%20Cortina%20Mk%20III%20-%201975.JPG
I was thinking later Cortina, but I couldn’t be sure. I haven’t seen one for many years now. But the bumper, and the overall boxy shape along with the turn signal ‘globes’ integrated into the front fenders all speak of a certain era of Ford styling. I was surprised to find out that these were imported into Canada, I don’t believe I ever came across one in my travels there.
It is sick and wrong that you guys got that one, sigh……
The 4 stud rims and indicater cut outs are the clue early MK3 Cortina but tooo late again
That should buff right out.
I’m guessing a Subaru, since it’s powered by a flat(tened), front-mounted engine of some kind.
Somewhere I have a photo of my stepmother’s Camry in similar shape (flattened by a massive beech tree in a storm, along with a good chunk of my dad’s house).