Forgive me, that was a re-run For those of you still around from a server or two ago Is a fresh pic although, I took it yesterday. After I walked the yard I spoke the ol man and said how much I liked the new road he put in. He told me that he did it for the crusher boys who should be coming in the near future.. Hey guys.. the crusher assholes are coming in all over, we better get those bits and pieces while we can. With a heartbroken heart, I thought I would visit my other favorite yard Too late, that crusher asshole had already been there. 600 cars gone And when I asked the ol guy from this lot about such and such a car I remember, he told me that the crusher asshole basically disregarded his save markings and crushed whatever he had access to.. Did I already say we better get those bits and pieces while we can!!!
You're right. I went & looked at a bunch of old cars in the woods near me this week, used to be a ton of stuff there, sold a buch for scrap prices about 10 yrs ago, guy told me they were going to get a crusher in this spring. Stuff has sat in the dirt so long that bottom rusted out of everything (mostly 50s stuff) lots of good parts but he will not sell parts, gotta buy whole car. plus most of them would have to hire Paul Bunyon & his ox Blue to get the cars out of the woods. Friend owns a salvage yard, tells me anything over 5 yrs old is not profitable to have in the yard. I saw a 70 or so Monte Carlo on the road today, wondered to myself why there aren't more. Can't save them all.
Hey, that isn't a 56 is it? If so, does it have good passenger side fender and door stainless trim, and the little chrome piece that runs vertically down the middle of the grill? Thanks
mmmmm... parts car. hate to see good parts crushed. i was at a yard today, and i wanted to take half the cars home with me as projects. it kills me to see good cars killed
[ QUOTE ] Friend owns a salvage yard, tells me anything over 5 yrs old is not profitable to have in the yard. I saw a 70 or so Monte Carlo on the road today, wondered to myself why there aren't more. Can't save them all. [/ QUOTE ] Your friend is right...... Most of the people who have Projects are cheap bastards........do not want to pay.....it's just old stuff attitude. When you figure the land, a couple trucks, a bookeeper, 2 or 3 counter help, a few to pull parts and ALL the federal government stuff (taxes, SS, insurance ECT) It adds UP fast. . Then you gotta make a profit When the crusher comes.......a lot of the time......that IS THE PROFIT. I have a friend who is in the car crushing business. He has told me several times that a lot of the old farms and fields that he cleaned up were crushed JUST BECAUSE the owners got tired of pesky folks asking about cars and parts and never coming back or doing anything about them. Sad but true..... .
Deuce is right. A local guy here had an antique car yard and finally crushed the whole thing. Mostly 40s and 50s. Said he hadn't sold $800 worth of parts in two years. The land was far more valuable than the cars. During the close-out I got the only salvagable Flathead in the yard.
I have a friend that crushes cars and the only thing I found good about the crushers is I get parts at scrap metal prices only problem is I'm buying to many extra parts "just in case". So far I have 4 nine inch ford rear ends, to many 302's. I've seen a few 327's and tons of bigblocks crushed. I missed a 46 plymouth that I could of used parts off of when I chop mine. I just wasn't fast enough.
It's happening everywhere....visited my favorite yard two days ago, and nothing looked familiar...1200 cars gone to the crusher. I'm trying my best, but you just can't save them all.... Brian
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