Lost & Driven
Cars that disappeared. The people still looking.
Automotive archaeology, powered by the community. Each month we surface a ghost car from an old magazine or forum thread and open the case to every member.
Ghost cars and the hunt to find them.
Lost & Driven is the community's archaeology programme. A ghost car is a vehicle that appeared in a photograph, a magazine feature, or a half-remembered story, and then simply stopped appearing. No follow-up. No final sale. No museum acquisition. Just gone.
Each month we open a new case. Members contribute leads, cross-reference records, chase down registration histories, and trace the car as far as the evidence will go. When someone finds it, the Vault opens immediately so the new chapter can begin.
Think of it as car-club detective work, done at internet scale, with a permanent record at the end.
Scarlet Fever
A 1977 Dodge B100 the builder wants back, with the whole van community on the lookout.
Gary Schultze built it in the seventies: hand-cut oak cabinetry, diamond-tufted scarlet vinyl, the name in gothic script across the rear glass. He sold it, it vanished, and he has posted a Facebook Marketplace WANTED listing for information that returns it to him. The VIN is known, so one records match ends the hunt.
- ·VIN B11AE7K194890
- ·Facebook Marketplace WANTED listing, Savage MN
- ·Cyclone Custom video with the full story
- ·Scarlet paint, oak-and-vinyl interior, rear-glass lettering
The Audie Murphy Chevelle
A primer-gray 1969 Chevelle vanished from northeast Minneapolis in the 1970s. The founder opens the programme with the car that started his, and the whole search runs in public.
Open the case fileScarlet Fever
Gary Schultze built this 1977 Dodge B100 by hand and wants it back. The VIN is known, so one records match ends the hunt.
Open the case file
The California Van
A muraled custom van from a 1970s magazine scan, with no name, no plate, and no follow-up. The evidence starts and ends with one photograph.
Open the case fileWe open the case
Each month we surface one ghost car: a vehicle with a paper trail that runs cold. A photograph, a magazine mention, a show appearance with no follow-up.
The community investigates
Members submit leads, ownership records, sighting reports, and registration history. Every contribution is logged against the case file in the Vault.
The car is found or archived
If the car surfaces, the Vault opens immediately so the new owner can carry the record forward. If it stays lost, the file lives on. Someone's still looking.
Found a mysterious car in an old photo? Help us add it to the files.
A half-remembered show car, a local legend that vanished, a Craigslist unicorn from 2003 that never resurfaced. Every lead deserves a file.