Active Cases for Missing Machos
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Finding these Machos is surprisingly easy considering the amount of information that can be found online! This is my Macho, using just those old digital camera photos taken of this car taken all the way back in 2007, I was able to track this car down here in Australia, and bring the car home. It took almost 7 years, but through a few leads, some word of mouth tip offs, I found it! A lot of the times, the smallest clue can help uncover one of these cars hidden away! I have found dozens upon dozens of missing Machos around the United States, and a lot of this is thanks to the submissions, tips and clues were are given through this registry. Below you’ll find a number of current cases I’m working through to track down some of these cars. If you have any information regarding these cars, we need your help to get us closer to finding them!
1978 Macho T/A #65
Might be in California? We’ve tried really hard to find this one, and had no luck.
I’m really surprised I haven’t been able to find this one yet, there were so many photos of the car taken, and we have good accounts on where it came from. Mitch Drouillard publicly posted that he found this car and took these photos back in 2009, and I ended up finding Mitch and having a brief chat with him. He was disappointingly not really interesting in discussing the car, and the only information I had gotten from him was that it was apparently his brother Lorne who had found the car, not him, and sadly his brother Lorne passed away a couple of years back. He mentioned I should be asking around for a guy called Steve Brody, a big Pontiac collector who was from California, and I had found Steve, he’d also passed away. I don’t think this guy Steve had anything to do with this car. Mitch also reported that the car was owned by the original owner with 20,000 miles on the clock, and that the car was entirely 100% original. He claimed it was turbocharged and had a 455, so we know it’s not entirely original, and I think this car was a Utah car originally too, so that all might just be untrue.
Clues:
Might be in a backyard in California
Photos taken by Mitch Drouillard in May 2009
Quoted by Mitch being “lifelong Californian car”
Apparently still owned by the original owner?
1978 Macho T/A #137
Lost to time in Colorado. Hasn’t been seen since around 2008.
There was a lot of ambiguity surrounding this Macho. It was reported destroyed or rebodied in the early 2000’s, but I believe I have been able to dispel these rumours. As far as I can tell, the car was still complete and in good enough condition when it was sold at the end of the ‘00’s. The VIN was verified by Dennis in 2008, so I don’t think this car was ever rebodied. It may have been involved in a minor collision, but nothing drastic and certainly not the worst we’ve seen here on a Macho. All we really have to go on for this one, is that the car was sold by Wendy or her mother Dorothy to some random guy via Craigslist, they lived in Hudson, CO and they sold it to a guy in Denver, Colorado in either late 2008 or early 2009. That’s all i’ve got!
Clues:
Sold to someone in Denver, Colorado in around 2008-9 for $5,500
Photos taken by the owner Dorothy in her backyard in Hudson, Colorado
Car came with verification letter from Dennis Mecham
1978 Macho T/A #176
Changed hands a few times, lost it’s trail in Los Angeles.
A few people have expressed interest in tracking this car down. One of the previous owners, Lionel is really interested in getting his car back, and Pete from Bulgaria was very keen on this car at one point. I thought I had this one locked down after I found the person Lionel sold the car to, but unfortunately it changed hands again. Lionel listed the car for sale on Craigslist in around 2017, and at the time, Danny S. bought the car off him. Danny had the car authenticated by Dennis Mecham, washed the car up a little bit, but otherwise didn’t hold onto it for very long as he thought the car needed a lot of work. So Danny sold the car on Craigslist again in late 2017-early 2018. The best Danny has been able to dig up for me was that the guy who bought the car also happened to be Armenian, and he drove up to Danny’s place in Selma, California and towed it all the way back to Los Angeles in California. It hasn’t come up for sale again, or popped up in any groups.
Clues:
Sold to an Armenian guy in LA, Cali
Registration plate 2YSX986 should still be current
Car came with verification letter from Dennis Mecham