Delano MN Salvage Yard Closing

Attention Minnesota HAMBers:
Found this on a Stude discussion board. You might want to look into what happens with the closing of this yard, like if they allow one final period of selling off cars and parts before the crusher comes:

The owner of my local salvage yard passed away at the age of 74.Sonny has
1200 cars mostly of '50'-70's vintage including 35 Studes.I worked there off
and on in exchange for parts over the last 20 years.The amount of stuff
hidden in cars and buses from Model A's to Boss Mustang's is amazing.My best
guess is that the yard will be shut down and crushed out.I imagine there
will be a probate deal and I know the widow and kids want the stuff gone as
they dont care about all the "junk".
I will try to see about the Studes but there is that deal about when is the
right time to talk to the family and not seem predatory while not getting
shut out.Anybody who bought stuff from Sonny Litfin in Delano,Minnesota over
the years would remember the place.

 

Can we still buy stuff there or is it totally closed?

 

Typical.

 

All I know is what I posted from the Stude Newsgroup.
If you know the yard and think there are parts or cars there you want, a trip by might answer your questions. Sometimes these relatives calling in the crusher happens fast, and sometimes there are good deals made at the last minute.

 

I go by there all the time. I bet the develope that land now..

 

cripes he just died on sunday,

 

The guy who posted the info on the Stude board, said that a lot of the cars have typical MN road salt/rust problems, but there are still LOTS of good parts (trim, engines, rear ends, interior stuff, etc) that are in good shape. He said he had paid for a few 300HP 327 engines and a few Chrysler rear ends, and the now deceased owner was the only one who knew about it (it was a handshake deal) and he had not yet picked them up.

 

This is old but thought I would bring this back with their web site. I was there last weekend still open and has been cleaned up and more orginized they have crushed alot of cars but still alot there still alot of Studes also.

http://www.sonnyssalvage.com/

 

And they still advertise in the Linechaser, I assume they cleaned out the junk and kept stuff that they deemed valuable.

 

Yep and the daughter is running now.....She's not bad to look at either : )