I doubt my truck will get rare anytime soon, 88-98 Chevy/GMC Silverado/Sierra K1500 GMT400 platform.

I did a stint at a salvage yard last year, and I was always surprised at how fast we churned through cars. Most salvage operations are really just steel operations just trying to wring a little more money out of the cars before they go to the crusher. It was pretty depressing to work there, actually. I don't recommend it.

When the wife's 93 Taurus (GL) was totalled the guy at the insurance place said "I really hate seeing these old Taurus's here. They never die, they only get written off". Hard to think the 93 Taurus, the best selling car in North America at the time as becoming rare. That would make the SHO soon to be stratospherically rare.

I think there is more stuff available for my 66 Satellite now than when I got it. But it ain't cheap!

My Camaro is rare where I live since because here is pure mustang alley, but even outside of my town is hard to find. I tried one yard where they have the most American cars and they only had 1 third generation Camaro with virtually no parts that were useable.

it also depends on the part you are trying to find, where you live in the country, and how willing you are to search through the nitty-gritty. 'cause a lot of used parts can be found on ebay or lsn, but still some aren't on there. I know how much of a pain it can be seeing as I have two cars that are now almost 20 years old, an s13 and a z32. but I say those bitches are worth every penny.

i love my C10... they made it from 1973-1987... sooo i can find parts uber easy...

try finding oem parts for a 1st gen mazda miata. and also try finding one in a yard that has not been striped of its parts i got lucky one day and i was the first hands on one the second day there was nothing left to get off of it.

i have a semi rare car. an 89 nissan stanza. the fully loaded gxe model nonetheless. power windows, cruise control (and its a 5 speed manual) sunroof and a still working factory car alarm. the nearest parts car is new jersey and texas. still looking for a set of power window modulars... anyone?

You can also blame the idiotic Cash for Clunkers program; a thinly disguised effort to increase new car sales and save the nation from a greed induced recession.

Cash for Clunkers Program really hit middle Americans who buy used cars. Hurt many people including small garages, part stores for the home mechanic and the list goes on. This program was a joke!!!

There were only 1,399 Dodge Spirit R/Ts built for the States. Out of those roughly 700 are still in existence. The '92s got a 150mph speedo and a few other neat changes, but there were only 130 '92s built. Mines a '92. Hows that for rarity? Also, my Pontiac Fiero has been torn apart for weeks because no one has what was supposed to be a common mass produced part. Yeah, I say things are getting tougher to find, but thank God for businesses that specialize in catering to a niche market made up of only one make and model (like the Fiero)...

Just try finding parts for a Dodge Diplomat, the second a junkyard gets one they crush them because of all the metal thats in them. Mechanical parts are still around though are starting to dry up but trying to suspension parts or body parts thats another story. Of course my '87 will be driven as long as gas is available and because of that fact that its an SE-less the 5,000 made in '87 its even rarer, and theres the factory sunroof there are no numbers available after 1980 but in 1980 there were only 41. So yah I've got a rare car thats fun, comfortable (velour bench seats) and safe (bumpers made out of steel!) to drive

Junk cars are going for almost $500 dollars around here. You know those scrapyards are BANKIN' right now, if they can shell out 500 for a POS.

I'm sportin 2 Classic 1970's Toyota celicas... engine parts are common due to using the iconic 20R that was in just about everything Toyota made in the 70s-80s. body parts are rare because both celicas were body styles used for 2 year runs. my liftback is a 76 (76-77 only) and my wife's 78 is a round headlight coupe (78-79 only) 80-81 had rectangle headlights and a more square front

I've got a 98 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9Limited, built rare. Awhile back my radiator fan conked out, well the 5.9s came with a special electric fan, after scouring the internet and finding nothing we called Mopar. There were 33 left.....they wanted $700 each!!!

WELL I WORK @ A USED AUTO PARTS STORE // JUNK YARD//AND THE MAIN THING WAS THIS RECESSION,THE DEALERS DID THIS CASH FOR CLUNKERS SO ALOT OF THESE GOOD RUNNING CARS CAM TO THE YARD WITH A SPECIAL SCILICONE THEY RAN IN THE ENGINES THAT CEASED UP THE ENGINE AND COOLING....YUP THEY WANT U TO GO BUY A NEW CAR,....BUT THERE SHUD BE AFTERMARKET AVAILABLE IF U CANT FIND IT,OR GIVE ME A CALL 800-446-2244

I've got an '87 Chrysler Fifth Avenue. I saw one the same year on Craiglist in worse shape for $400 more than I paid for mine, and it was gone the next day. I've not even a car like it since. Matter of fact, other than mine I have NEVER seen one in person.

The topic has steered way beyond what I was truly expressing myself before deleting my first paragraph, title etc. happened I wanted S.H.O. people to see the original title which included the Phrase "S.H.O. LORE" I really wanted feedback on the Taurus S.H.O......... True many cars are affected by the non availability of used parts and some with even aftermarket parts. This does not make a car/truck rare it just makes it outdated! So the real debate is what is outdated and what cars/trucks are gaining popularity...............................................