It's VERY SAD to see some of the cars that show up in the salvage yards here. Some need nothing more than a good bath and a battery to be NICE, but once they hit the yards, the title is recycled in Texas and they are on death row. THIS 1996 Roadmaster Sedan, with the thumping LT1 under the hood, just hit the LKQ yard in South Austin this week. I'm planning to run down there this weekend and raid parts from it. It's great to get all these nice, rust-free parts, but sad to see cars that would be treasured in the rust-belt to the north junked down here. -Mike
LKQ must be a large corporation. My son in Florida goes to a local LKQ. He said the prices on parts keeps going up but as long as Florida has deer and he drives he'll need parts. That '96 Buick looks way better than some newer rust buckets here in Illinois. Can any of them be retitled?
Yeah, but its a long and drawn out, and probably expensive process... and junk yards don't exactly sell their cars cheap (since they're worth more in parts then whole) Here's a some info on how it works in Texas on getting a salvage vehicle back to normal status... again this is just a tidbit, its a long and drawn out process... https://www.dmv.org/tx-texas/salvaged-vehicles.php
I wouldn't mind buying a car that's had wrecked parts changed. Years ago I knew guys who worked at a local junk yard where they'd take complete front or rear good sections from a car then reinstall them to the car that had been hit head or tail on. Sure better than buying a car that's sat in salt water for awhile.
I went down into Austin to see the 96 Roadmaster Sedan on Saturday. It should NOT have been put in the yard. Was VERY straight and rust-free. With a weekend of cleaning and detailing it would have been nice again. I especially liked/want the tow pack rear from this car for the 92 Sedan. It's a real shame what people throw away. -Mike
