98lincmk7lsc
Dedicated LVC Member
I was at the junkyard a couple days ago and saw a Gen 1 in the "processing" area that I hadn't seen before. I walked up to it and started looking at it, and got pissed that they butted the front of it up to another car. Looks like that caused the grille to break. I've got a friend's brother that needs one, and haven't been able to find a good one in the area.
Anyway, because of how close the cars are in the processing area, I couldn't just walk along the side of it. I walked around the car next to it and got to the rear end where I noticed that it's actually a Gen 2 with a Gen 1 front end on it. WTF? Unfortunately, the neon was gone already, but I just stood there in amazement. I looked in the trunk and there was some remnants of the Gen 2 front end, including the grille and part of the header panel attached to it. Apparently, it had gotten into an accident at some point and they found a Gen 1 with a decent front end and transplanted it. The interior was the 97 black, but not in very good shape.
Here's a couple pics I took with my cell phone...
Anyway, because of how close the cars are in the processing area, I couldn't just walk along the side of it. I walked around the car next to it and got to the rear end where I noticed that it's actually a Gen 2 with a Gen 1 front end on it. WTF? Unfortunately, the neon was gone already, but I just stood there in amazement. I looked in the trunk and there was some remnants of the Gen 2 front end, including the grille and part of the header panel attached to it. Apparently, it had gotten into an accident at some point and they found a Gen 1 with a decent front end and transplanted it. The interior was the 97 black, but not in very good shape.
Here's a couple pics I took with my cell phone...