Cars Inward Yards: Regular Army Brat Biscayne
Sedentary soldier. I of late discovered these pictures inward my Junkyard Life archives. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few years ago, I stumbled upon this 1966 Chevy Biscayne inward the weeds at the dorsum of a belongings close Birmingham, Alabama. The family, who owned the car, knew niggling of its history. The green, four-door Chevy likely has a cavalcade of history due to its obvious armed services beginnings. I uncovered a lot of mysterious facts that I would dear to know to a greater extent than about.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Biscayne featured the lowest cost reduce draw available on the full-size Chevrolet. This Chevy was almost gratis past times sticker shopping comparison, every bit they had no bells. No whistles.
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(Junkyard Life note: Where did that proverb come upward from? Was a bell or whistle genuinely an alternative on some automobile at some point?)This Biscayne was specially thrifty, because it was ordered every bit a fleet vehicle for the the U.S.A. military!
I know non of which branch. Any clues or information volition hold out welcome.
My clues were:
- No options. Not fifty-fifty an automatic transmission, for a full-size Chevrolet.
- A weird dark-green color.
- An odd stamped plate on the dashboard resembling a cowl tag.
- Evidence of something that may receive got been lettering on the door that mortal had sanded off.
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| The famous Bow Tie mirror from the mid-1960s was standard. You didn’t receive got to pay for it, because believe me, they wouldn’t have. Photos: Ron Kidd |
This automobile was all business. It was an inline half dozen cylinder amongst a manual three-speed transmission shifted on the column. Tax dollars for an automatic? No way. It was a bench topographic point sedan amongst manual everything. How create I know it was a armed services issue? I justice I genuinely don’t. It had a metallic stamped plate on the dash amongst lettering alluding to that conclusion. I couldn’t accept a decent motion-picture demonstrate of it because the menage unit of measurement could non notice the keys to opened upward it. That’s right. It was sitting throughout the lives of past times owners, because no i could notice the keys.
Shame.
I wishing I had a motion-picture demonstrate of that foreign cowl tag on the dash as well as so I could portion it amongst you. What would receive got happened to this automobile if mortal simply had the keys? Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 existent full-size Chevy fan would never allow this happen!
Ron Kidd
— Junkyard Life
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| I wonder what stories this automobile could tell? It was inward service during Vietnam, Watergate, as well as the satelite landing. Junkyard Life wishes nosotros knew what else? The automobile as well as the menage unit of measurement are gone, as well as so the mystery remains. I promise this automobile cruel into the correct hands. Photos: Ron Kidd |
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| The Biscayne emblem was inward keen sort on this seemingly dark-green car. The color may hold out a clue every bit to which branch — possibly the Army? Photos: Ron Kidd |
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| Dog dish hub caps, i original, i not. I mean value the i submerged inward earth, top photo, is non the original. I enterprise to justice it was the uncomplicated Bow Tie to encompass the lugs. Hey, hold out glad they payed for that. I bet Chevy didn’t give them a choice!! Photos: Ron Kidd |
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I asked them if I could come upward dorsum inward a yoke of weeks as well as give them fourth dimension to notice the keys. They agreed as well as seemed delighted at my enthusiasm. However, they however didn’t notice them. I suspect they didn’t fifty-fifty look. If the automobile had been in that place for xx years, what made me mean value they would all of a abrupt notice them for me? Stupid retrospect.
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Happy Hunting!
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