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Solver · 10-01-2004, 09:27 PM

I had the day off tomorrow and was going to go to my favorite junkyard and pickup some parts. Called the owner to be sure he would be around and he said not to bother because he crushed it all. Must have been 20 or so trucks with alot of good parts left on them. Some even complete! Thats the second yard near me this summer to totally shut down. I understand the quick $60-70 they get per crushed vehicle but those parts on the trucks were worth far more and I would have grabbed a bunch if I ever would have considered the possibility they would be gone!!!! Just had to rant -------better now

**BIG ORANGE** · 10-01-2004, 09:34 PM

Thats a bummer,I vist local yards and strip out all the 67/72 trucks of the good parts and pay the yard owner for what I get. After I leave there's not much left.lol

72C203503ONTHETREE · 10-01-2004, 09:57 PM

Surprised theres anything left of the bodies on old trucks in Iowa. I just moved from there and anything older than a 95 was rusting apart. The 67-72 trucks rust even easier than the newer trucks to. Iowa cars/trucks do have good interiors and non rusting parts though.

Swbman · 10-02-2004, 12:35 AM

Man, thats a bummer, the price of scrap has been going and down, I know a few yard owners and when the price get over 70.00 a ton around here its crushing time,So I make it a point to find out what and when they will be smashing stuff.

junkyardjohn · 10-02-2004, 12:00 PM

[QUOTE=Swbman]Man, thats a bummer, the price of scrap has been going and down, QUOTE]
IT HASN'T BEEN GOING DOWN OUT WEST AT ALL. I KNOW A FEW SCRAPYARD OWNERS THAT ARE GETTING OVER $90 A TON, COMPARED TO $18 A TON ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

JOHN

cdowns · 10-02-2004, 12:03 PM

good lesson if you go to a junkyard and see parts that you'd like buy them there's no guarrantee they'll be there later

pritch · 10-02-2004, 11:13 PM

Scrap is around $40 bucks a ton here in Utah, down from around a hundred. I still see more loads of crushed cars going down the freeway than ever before. Get 'em while you can.

Blue Beard · 10-03-2004, 04:22 AM

Out here bigger outfits are buying up yards and getting rid of anything about 10 years old...

Southpa · 10-03-2004, 09:18 AM

There are so many 67-72's still on the road around here. So usually whatever goes to the crusher has been pretty much picked clean anyways. Its amazing how much revenue a carcass can generate. Maybe its time to get some of these junkyard owners "in the know" about boards like these. All they gotta do is leave a message here letting us all know about whats available. I'm sure someone would show up. Its good for you, its good for me, its good for them!

silvertonguedevil · 10-03-2004, 11:15 AM

A guy in the town next to the town I grew up in had a whole field of cars. It wasn't like an actual junk yard that was open for business but rather just an old fart with a whole bunch of cool cars. Well, his health was going south on him and he finally decided to start letting some of em go. I was pretty young at the time but I remember the car that I wanted out of the whole mess was a '64 Buick LeSabre convertible. I remember my dad asking him what he would take for it and he said that he was keeping that one to fix up. Keeping in mind that he was in his early eighties, completely blind, and you had to yell at the side of his head so he could hear you. All of his stuff was pretty rust free being that it was all in eastern Oregon. I remember there being a '51 Chevy Coupe, a '59 Cadillac ambulance (ghost busters car) that was complete with light bars, walkey-talkey, everything. There were Mopars, Impalas, stuff everywhere. Even a complete, rust-free '59 El Camino with a running 348 in it. Anyway, about a year and a half later, the old guy finally kicked the bucket and the state came in, sealed everything off so that no one could get in there and crused EVERYTHING. There were easily 200+ cars there. So yeah, latch onto everything you can. This stuff is getting harder and harder to find every year.

FRENCHBLUE72 · 10-03-2004, 12:04 PM

We got a yard full of em here in oregon..........

silvertonguedevil · 10-03-2004, 12:28 PM

What all do you have down there?

72moneypit · 10-03-2004, 02:51 PM

The company I work for has some old machinery and metal buildings in New Mexico that have sat idle for more than a decade. Scrap prices are so high now, it's actually profitable for us to spend the $$ to dismantle them and truck the parts to the scrapyard. It's no wonder some of the auto parts yards are choosing to scrap what they have.

10-01-2004, 09:27 PM	#1
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	Totally crushed I had the day off tomorrow and was going to go to my favorite junkyard and pickup some parts. Called the owner to be sure he would be around and he said not to bother because he crushed it all. Must have been 20 or so trucks with alot of good parts left on them. Some even complete! Thats the second yard near me this summer to totally shut down. I understand the quick $60-70 they get per crushed vehicle but those parts on the trucks were worth far more and I would have grabbed a bunch if I ever would have considered the possibility they would be gone!!!! Just had to rant -------better now __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon

10-01-2004, 09:34 PM	#2
BIG ORANGE Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lancaster S.C. Posts: 4,764	Thats a bummer,I vist local yards and strip out all the 67/72 trucks of the good parts and pay the yard owner for what I get. After I leave there's not much left.lol __________________ Things happen for a reason!

10-01-2004, 09:57 PM	#3
72C203503ONTHETREE Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Grant, Alabama Posts: 504	Surprised theres anything left of the bodies on old trucks in Iowa. I just moved from there and anything older than a 95 was rusting apart. The 67-72 trucks rust even easier than the newer trucks to. Iowa cars/trucks do have good interiors and non rusting parts though. __________________ 72 Chevy C20, SOLD (Dang it.) 09 Challanger RT six speed in all black. 74 Datsun 710 wagon, all 1.8 liters of screaming Datsun power. 73 C10 long bed, 350/350 combo, nice shape.

10-02-2004, 12:35 AM	#4
Swbman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Tulsa,Oklahoma Posts: 606	Man, thats a bummer, the price of scrap has been going and down, I know a few yard owners and when the price get over 70.00 a ton around here its crushing time,So I make it a point to find out what and when they will be smashing stuff. __________________ 1961 BUICK LESABRE 1968 CHEVELLE SS 396 1969 BUICK RIVIERA GS 1971 2 WHEEL DRIVE BLAZER 1971 4X4 BLAZER 1971 SHORTBED CHEYENNE FLEETSIDE 1971 SHORTBED 4X4 FLEETSIDE ** ...My Ebay

10-02-2004, 12:00 PM	#5
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	[QUOTE=Swbman]Man, thats a bummer, the price of scrap has been going and down, QUOTE] IT HASN'T BEEN GOING DOWN OUT WEST AT ALL. I KNOW A FEW SCRAPYARD OWNERS THAT ARE GETTING OVER $90 A TON, COMPARED TO $18 A TON ABOUT A YEAR AGO. JOHN __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

10-02-2004, 12:03 PM	#6
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	good lesson if you go to a junkyard and see parts that you'd like buy them there's no guarrantee they'll be there later __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

10-02-2004, 11:13 PM	#7
pritch Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hoytsville, Utah Posts: 3,365	Scrap is around $40 bucks a ton here in Utah, down from around a hundred. I still see more loads of crushed cars going down the freeway than ever before. Get 'em while you can. __________________ '68 Panel Project Boogie Chillin' '68 C-10 Ol' Green

10-03-2004, 04:22 AM	#8
Blue Beard Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 8,831	Out here bigger outfits are buying up yards and getting rid of anything about 10 years old... __________________ 1970 Chev CST 2003 Harley Fatboy 1975 Chevrolet Step Van 1956 Chev Bel Air 1977 Blazer 2WD For Sale $3000.00 1978 Blazer 2WD For Sale $7000.00 1978 Silverado 2005 Monte Carlo

10-03-2004, 09:18 AM	#9
Southpa Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 2,409	There are so many 67-72's still on the road around here. So usually whatever goes to the crusher has been pretty much picked clean anyways. Its amazing how much revenue a carcass can generate. Maybe its time to get some of these junkyard owners "in the know" about boards like these. All they gotta do is leave a message here letting us all know about whats available. I'm sure someone would show up. Its good for you, its good for me, its good for them! __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first.

10-03-2004, 11:15 AM	#10
silvertonguedevil Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Seaside, Oregon Posts: 1,789	A guy in the town next to the town I grew up in had a whole field of cars. It wasn't like an actual junk yard that was open for business but rather just an old fart with a whole bunch of cool cars. Well, his health was going south on him and he finally decided to start letting some of em go. I was pretty young at the time but I remember the car that I wanted out of the whole mess was a '64 Buick LeSabre convertible. I remember my dad asking him what he would take for it and he said that he was keeping that one to fix up. Keeping in mind that he was in his early eighties, completely blind, and you had to yell at the side of his head so he could hear you. All of his stuff was pretty rust free being that it was all in eastern Oregon. I remember there being a '51 Chevy Coupe, a '59 Cadillac ambulance (ghost busters car) that was complete with light bars, walkey-talkey, everything. There were Mopars, Impalas, stuff everywhere. Even a complete, rust-free '59 El Camino with a running 348 in it. Anyway, about a year and a half later, the old guy finally kicked the bucket and the state came in, sealed everything off so that no one could get in there and crused EVERYTHING. There were easily 200+ cars there. So yeah, latch onto everything you can. This stuff is getting harder and harder to find every year. __________________ -Greg My Chevy trucks, past and present: 1962 C10 SB Fleetside 1964 C10 LB Fleetside BBW 1966 C10 SB Fleetside 1966 C10 SB Fleetside BBW 1968 C10 SB Fleetside 1971 C10 LB Fleetside 1971 C10 SB Fleetside 1972 C10 SB Fleetside Cheyenne 1972 C10 SB Fleetside Cheyenne Super 1972 C10 LB Fleetside Cheyenne Super 1974 C20 Cheyenne 1979 K5 Blazer Cheyenne 1982 K10 SB Fleetside Custom Deluxe 1982 K10 SB Fleetside Scottsdale 1986 C10 SB Fleetside Silverado 2008 Silverado 1500 4x4

10-03-2004, 12:04 PM	#11
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,606	We got a yard full of em here in oregon.......... __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

10-03-2004, 12:28 PM	#12
silvertonguedevil Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Seaside, Oregon Posts: 1,789	What all do you have down there? __________________ -Greg My Chevy trucks, past and present: 1962 C10 SB Fleetside 1964 C10 LB Fleetside BBW 1966 C10 SB Fleetside 1966 C10 SB Fleetside BBW 1968 C10 SB Fleetside 1971 C10 LB Fleetside 1971 C10 SB Fleetside 1972 C10 SB Fleetside Cheyenne 1972 C10 SB Fleetside Cheyenne Super 1972 C10 LB Fleetside Cheyenne Super 1974 C20 Cheyenne 1979 K5 Blazer Cheyenne 1982 K10 SB Fleetside Custom Deluxe 1982 K10 SB Fleetside Scottsdale 1986 C10 SB Fleetside Silverado 2008 Silverado 1500 4x4

10-03-2004, 02:51 PM	#13
72moneypit Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 125	The company I work for has some old machinery and metal buildings in New Mexico that have sat idle for more than a decade. Scrap prices are so high now, it's actually profitable for us to spend the $$ to dismantle them and truck the parts to the scrapyard. It's no wonder some of the auto parts yards are choosing to scrap what they have. __________________ Paul 72 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper greenaz@hotmail.com



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