And This Doomed '62 Skylark Is a Coupe, Even!

by Murilee Martin

Published: December 30th, 2010

and this doomed 62 skylark is a coupe even

Somehow it hurts a lot more when you’re looking at a Crusher-bound slab of 1960s Detroit Iron that has just two doors.

This Skylark is beat to hell, but it appears to be reasonably unrusted and complete.

The General was still a total cheapskate when it came to dash components, but he still used metal for switches and controls back in the early 1960s. No, you don’t want to hit this stuff with your face when you have a non-seat-belt-equipped fender-bender, but it sure looks good.

I spotted this car in a Denver wrecking yard, right next to the ’72 Bronco we saw a couple days ago.

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Murilee Martin

Murilee Martin is the pen name of Phil Greden, a writer who has lived in Minnesota, California, Georgia and (now) Colorado. He has toiled at copywriting, technical writing, junkmail writing, fiction writing and now automotive writing. He has owned many terrible vehicles and some good ones. He spends a great deal of time in self-service junkyards. These days, he writes for publications including Autoweek, Autoblog, Hagerty, The Truth About Cars and Capital One.

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Moparman426W on Dec 31, 2010

While this car may be an interesting find to some, it would never really be worth much. They were forgotten due to the popularity of the A bodies. What is really surprising to see there is the first gen bronco, those cammand pretty steep prices, and I bet someone will save that one .

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Joeaverage on Feb 11, 2011

I see a Corvair i think down the line. Maybe two?

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