Buicks for sale, $2/pound for parts, or $350/ton for cars

https://spokane.craigslist.org/pts/d/classic-auto-parts-liquidation/6486175258.html

 

The other resident car guy here at work and myself were just talking about this this morning. Sounds like lots of good stuff is just going to end up crushed.

 

Watta shame.....
Jim

 

I wish that yard was near me. I would like to just walk through it all.

 

Pull each one out and have four guys tear into each one. Impacts and torches blazing! Probably is a lot of scrap iron there but imagine that one stupid special piece of trim of unobtanium. Wish that were over here! ws

http://www.scrapregister.com/scrap-prices/united-states/260

 

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....

I hate to see that happen.

X2. We do not have that over here......

Idaho seems to have enough space, why liquidate.... crying.....

 

Here's a youtube link:

 

There's like a foot of snow on the ground and the cars have practically none. Makes it easy to see what's out there. Too bad the guy shootin' the vid isn't very car savvy.

 

Sounds like the guy is maybe late 20's early 30's most of those cars are just junk to him.. That is why they are scrapping it out, sounds like they speculated on the deal, and have to "sell it all" to pay for the land they want... I base this on his voice, on his comment of "look at the mess we have" on the selling for scrap price, and on the fact they are doing this in Febuary, when snow and cold will severely limit the turnout and actual sales of the cars, vs putting them in the crusher..

I can't say that in all my years of junkyard scrounging, I ever went out to one in the winter.. always thought the "parts will be there in the spring"..

I think they are shortchanging themselves.. I saw lots of rare 2 door cars in that stash, the old man knew what to save, it's a shame that land speculators will destroy some rare iron, in favor of the dirt it's sitting on.

JW

 

My buddy was on the phone with them yesterday. They bought the property for the land, basically, and the cars are just in the way to them, so they're doing whatever it takes to get it "cleaned up"....yes definitely not car guys.

 

Why is this stuff always out there??? ws

 

Whoever put the "key words" at the bottom of the ad must know something about cars!

Bob h.

 

I just heard of the same thing here near Atlanta. 300 acres of property and upwards of 50 cars and trucks in and around two barns. Most were too rusty and not special enough to warrant much more than scrap value, but in the rush (deadline was 1/31) a lot of good stuff was lost.
Patrick

 

Man I live in Georgia and it makes me want to take a road trip with a HUGE trailer!

 

Terrible shame. Just the various trim pcs alone are worth a small fortune to the collector, restoration folks.

 

Just think of all the trim, emblems, and lenses you could get for $100 at $2/lb.

 

Just think about a old heavy car,say a caddy,5000 pds,will only cost you $10.000.00 .And there's most likely 500 pds missing in parts already sold.Bruno.

 

$350/2000(ton) lbs means the whole Caddy will only cost $875.

 

Cars are $350/ton. Parts $2/lb. So that Caddy would only be a grand or so, which is still too much (if they’re like the ones near me were). They were all $400-800.
Patrick

 

That was supposed to be $1.000.00 .not the way it came out.I guess I should look closely to what I write.Bruno.