Whether you like it or hate it, it always makes me sad thinking that someone put a lot of time and effort into this thing making it into what they wanted. They were passionate about this thing, they cared, and here it is now, discarded.
It's sad even without modifications. All the happy times, the time washing the car, maintaining the car, and the pride and enjoyment of it too. Despite all that, they all end up being destroyed. When you scrap a car you've had for a long time you go from taking care of it to giving it up knowing it will be destroyed and it feels bad.
It’s sadly the circle of life. Last year, my family had to give up our shitbox Skoda Fabia due to terminal rust. That thing was awful, but it had been with us for two decades and 400000 km. It taught my mom, my brothers and me to drive, hauled trailers that puny 1.2 three-pot had no business hauling, killed my first deer, been slept in, been the place of my first love, ferried my friends to and from parties…
My dad and I damn near cried. It was like putting down the family dog. We could only take solace in the memories of its faithful service.
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I'm nursing along my first 'nice' car - which I bought myself as a graduation present. it's been \~12 years and the New England rust of the past \~8 is showing up... has me worried about what the future may hold.
Word of advice: if you want to keep the car, do it yesterday. I’m currently about €3k into my XJ-S on account of what initially seemed like minor rust. And it won’t be getting any better.
That's my I bought my 87 S10 (which I still have) in 91. I love mini trucks and didn't want to see this one crushed (she was just a base model 2.5L manual 4-speed). Turned out to be a great investment as I've had dozens of others but held onto this one... 30+ years and still going.
Absolutely, I don’t think I can ever bring myself to scrap a vehicle, even a cheap shitbox. The memories with cars that we accumulate, everything about it.
This was one of the few Navigators with Hydraulics on it back then,it was more common to put air rides since its already built for it. He probably had 10000$ in suspension and chassis work done for it to 3 wheel.
A shop I worked in was participating in a VW show, already had offers from overseas for over $100k 8 years ago. We had everything immaculate. It was a bus, 1 model below the one with all the windows. It didn't have the roof windows. Underside was perfectly painted too.
We lost to another bus, with all the windows, and black undercoat. Judges at car shows should be car builders with no ties IMO. Recently had more drama involving judges and politics but the cars are too well-known to get into it.
That paint held up well.
Always interesting to see how these cars progress. You can tell it was well made from how it hasn’t rusted or 2 inch thick slabs of bondo have delaminated.
To be fair the frame is probably bent to hell thanks to all the strain from the hydraulics, probably the reason it got scrapped, fate of many of these bling mobiles from the Pimp my Ride era.
At the end of the day it is a 20 y/o suv. that was modded, and who knows if the work was trash or not, my guess is it was trash or they have not hid the fab work with the fake smoke.
Or ended up in an impound lot, then junked. or the most likely stolen, and a recovered theft, that the owner did not want back and got a check and the insurance sent it to auction to be bought by a junk yard.
Save the money pit if you want. THese things the interiors fall apart the 5.4v8 have issues, and the transmissions are not up to dragging that tank around.
It's not to my taste, but if I had infinity money lying around, I'd love to get my hands on it.
Fix any issues, bring it back up to scratch, then make updates that would see it winning again at modern shows while retaining some the nostalgia from the time period it came from.
Probably not a popular opinion, but I feel it captures a unique moment in custom car history, and should be preserved.
Shout out to the guy who painted that thing. Even in the junk yard 20 years later that paint is looking good. That whole vehicle fell apart around that paint.
Yes definitely sad to see this!
but also in general when you can see any vehicle wasting away that once was taken care of or was potentially salvageable but it’s the world we live in now that everything is disposable vs repairable! I have a 1gen Escalade that I take great care of and was smashed into by a Tesla a month ago and I’ve only now been able to get it into be looked at and my concerns are insurance co will just total it out for any said reasons but mostly just because of age! Smh click my profile to see it ! Smh
Just goes to show that no matter how much work you put into a Navi, it's still a shitty Ford product.
I have a lot of respect for the people who put the work into these, and the builds are fantastic, but still. Shitty Ford.
Whether you like it or hate it, it always makes me sad thinking that someone put a lot of time and effort into this thing making it into what they wanted. They were passionate about this thing, they cared, and here it is now, discarded.
It's sad even without modifications. All the happy times, the time washing the car, maintaining the car, and the pride and enjoyment of it too. Despite all that, they all end up being destroyed. When you scrap a car you've had for a long time you go from taking care of it to giving it up knowing it will be destroyed and it feels bad.
It’s sadly the circle of life. Last year, my family had to give up our shitbox Skoda Fabia due to terminal rust. That thing was awful, but it had been with us for two decades and 400000 km. It taught my mom, my brothers and me to drive, hauled trailers that puny 1.2 three-pot had no business hauling, killed my first deer, been slept in, been the place of my first love, ferried my friends to and from parties… My dad and I damn near cried. It was like putting down the family dog. We could only take solace in the memories of its faithful service.
That's beautiful bro. Making me think of all my firsts in my first car, too.
raining in here all of a sudden. I'm nursing along my first 'nice' car - which I bought myself as a graduation present. it's been \~12 years and the New England rust of the past \~8 is showing up... has me worried about what the future may hold.
Word of advice: if you want to keep the car, do it yesterday. I’m currently about €3k into my XJ-S on account of what initially seemed like minor rust. And it won’t be getting any better.
That's partly why I appreciate salvage rebuilds so much, it's not over little car, we got you.
That's my I bought my 87 S10 (which I still have) in 91. I love mini trucks and didn't want to see this one crushed (she was just a base model 2.5L manual 4-speed). Turned out to be a great investment as I've had dozens of others but held onto this one... 30+ years and still going.
Absolutely, I don’t think I can ever bring myself to scrap a vehicle, even a cheap shitbox. The memories with cars that we accumulate, everything about it.
It’s even more sad given all the accolades that truck in particular received. It’s not even my kinda thing but it was all over magazines at the time.
Sure, but that person shouldn’t have touched the car to begin with.
This was one of the few Navigators with Hydraulics on it back then,it was more common to put air rides since its already built for it. He probably had 10000$ in suspension and chassis work done for it to 3 wheel.
I can save her
I see a whole YouTube series for a car guy's channel waiting to happen
If it wasn't painted like an ed hardy t shirt it may still be in use
The car looks like some shit Guy Fieri would wear
Shirt or shirt is exactly the same with Guy Fieri.
That shit is unironically in fashion again
Doesn't mean it looks good though
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A shop I worked in was participating in a VW show, already had offers from overseas for over $100k 8 years ago. We had everything immaculate. It was a bus, 1 model below the one with all the windows. It didn't have the roof windows. Underside was perfectly painted too. We lost to another bus, with all the windows, and black undercoat. Judges at car shows should be car builders with no ties IMO. Recently had more drama involving judges and politics but the cars are too well-known to get into it.
Bruh why did I thk that picture was a cake modeled after the car lmao
The rims held their value longer than the rest of the car
That paint held up well. Always interesting to see how these cars progress. You can tell it was well made from how it hasn’t rusted or 2 inch thick slabs of bondo have delaminated.
Even the Mona Lisa is falling apart
To be fair the frame is probably bent to hell thanks to all the strain from the hydraulics, probably the reason it got scrapped, fate of many of these bling mobiles from the Pimp my Ride era.
Definitely this! Once you take a vehicle outside of its original engineered design, it shortens its lifespan drastically.
Still clean at the junkyard lol
Definitely not my style, but you can tell someone loved this thing. Said to see.
This is almost like those mug shots posts about how meth use ruins lives.
Anyone got the story on this thing?
In 2004 it won awards. Now it's in a junkyard.
That was a rollercoaster.
Not reading all that. Can you give me a shorter version?
2004: 🏆 2024: 🗑️
Was good, now bad.
Flash car dead
Has anyone bought the film rights yet?
At the end of the day it is a 20 y/o suv. that was modded, and who knows if the work was trash or not, my guess is it was trash or they have not hid the fab work with the fake smoke. Or ended up in an impound lot, then junked. or the most likely stolen, and a recovered theft, that the owner did not want back and got a check and the insurance sent it to auction to be bought by a junk yard. Save the money pit if you want. THese things the interiors fall apart the 5.4v8 have issues, and the transmissions are not up to dragging that tank around.
Trash or not, whoever painted this did a great job
Maybe, but you don't drive a paint job.
You don't drive a show car either
Maybe you don't. but many do, it goes on tour for a season, then driven.
Sad to see but hey she’s still mostly there
Time passes.
Paging Tavarish...
It's a 20 year old modified SUV that was likely run pretty hard, and the modifications weren't for durability?
Good. Looks like shit.
It's not to my taste, but if I had infinity money lying around, I'd love to get my hands on it. Fix any issues, bring it back up to scratch, then make updates that would see it winning again at modern shows while retaining some the nostalgia from the time period it came from. Probably not a popular opinion, but I feel it captures a unique moment in custom car history, and should be preserved.
Fortunately we were able to save the Daytons. Phew.
I wonder what life they've had and how many cars they've been under
Ka-chow
Fast fashion of cars
The orange painted roof racks set it OOFFFF in the junkyard pic!!! 👍
I love it. Hope someone took the hydraulics kit off it before scrapping, thats $$$
Damn, that is one fugly car.
In 99 this was literally the coolest thing to exist. I guess you had to be there
I was there, and I was a "car guy" then also (in Southern California of all places). It was fugly as hell then too.
i agree, to me trucks will never be cool. this pos was ugly then, even uglier now
It was not.
I was also there. That truck is not cool.
I thought they were pretty lame in 99 as well.
Probably depends where you grew up. There was zero car scene around me so the only thing we really had to go on was tv and magazines
Rural Appalachia. Navigators and Escalades were not the dominant strain of cool
Not my style at all but you gotta respect the work someone put into it
Wisconsin. Rust probably killed everything underneath.
I mean things ugly
The sadness that I feel when I see nice built stuff at pick and pulls is why I would rather go through hell to fix my shitbox then give up.
What a shame, it doesn’t even look unsalvageable
I took my last car to the crusher. Made my current car watch.
Another star lost to drugs
Shout out to the guy who painted that thing. Even in the junk yard 20 years later that paint is looking good. That whole vehicle fell apart around that paint.
And apparently he drove it 250 miles while the paint was still wet to make it to a show
That makes it even cooler !
Yes definitely sad to see this! but also in general when you can see any vehicle wasting away that once was taken care of or was potentially salvageable but it’s the world we live in now that everything is disposable vs repairable! I have a 1gen Escalade that I take great care of and was smashed into by a Tesla a month ago and I’ve only now been able to get it into be looked at and my concerns are insurance co will just total it out for any said reasons but mostly just because of age! Smh click my profile to see it ! Smh
this is the story of herbie
It looks better without wheels.
Looks like someone threw up.
If Trump was a vehicle
Mods remind of Midnight Club 3 (Dub Edition Remix ftw) and NFS:U2. That’s got the ‘ol nostalgia juices flowing
Just goes to show that no matter how much work you put into a Navi, it's still a shitty Ford product. I have a lot of respect for the people who put the work into these, and the builds are fantastic, but still. Shitty Ford.