OH The HORROR!!!...."Wreckin' Yard Blues 2"

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A few of you might remember my "Wreckin' Yard Blues" post from a few days ago, well, I was talking to a guy I met who owns a "jack of all trades" auto shop in a small town near here. While visiting his shop I noticed he had a couple of our trucks around. He had a PERFECT all original (not restored) 1970 LWB Chevy Custom with Air and a big block. Even the rockers showed no signs of rust! He also had a 1969 shortbed Chevy in decent original condition that he was putting a V8 and an automatic in for a customer (the truck had an I-6 and standard column.) Anyway, I start talking to him about the difficulty of finding parts for our trucks. He begins to tell me about how before he had his own shop, he worked for a guy who owned a wreckin' yard. (Dan's Truck Salvage). And not just any wreckin' yard. He said they specialized in early model pickups. In addition to buying and selling early model pickups and parts, they also started building trucks for customers. Here comes the hard part, ......BRACE YOURSELF.......the guy (Dan) ends up owing the bank a wad of dough and they end up taking over his business. Well, banks are in business to make money, not sell truck parts. He proceeds to tell me that they had around 175 to 200 of our trucks (and countless other years and makes) on the yard and guess what happened to 'em,.........CRUSHED! I know it sounds too horrible to be true, but I'm pretty sure the guy wasn't jerkin' me. I just can't imagine............................