I don't know if any of you'z live near a large freeway, but did you ever see a car transporter with some oldie on it and wonder where it is going? The reason I ask this is because today I seen a 68 Poncho Bonneville wagon on a car carrier here in Albuq. It stood out on the very back and looked soooo cool compared with the boring modern iron on the rest of the transporter. I see this alot on I-40 here, loads with modern iron and some oldies mixed in. I hope its going to a good home.
Yeah, mofo....I see that often, too.....and I wonder the same thing. I wonder if the wagon is going to a member here.
HOLY GEEZE... I got rite excited when I saw your Headings... disappointed again! Should follow one some day just to see where it's going...
MY old school bus route went down a small neighborhood...On the left you had a '56/'57 T-Bird under a tarp next to an old Fiero. On the left, you had a Chrysler Cordoba and a 1958 Edsel. Take a left and on the first right a newly constructed garage full of late 50s and early 60s Impalas. Go around the bend and there was an old Corvette rotting in a back yard. I new the kid whose dad owned the Vette and they sold it. The Edsel however.....I saw on a trailer going out of the neighborhood one day as we went down the street. The Cordoba just disappeared one day... I remember many cars I've seen on trailers exectly like what you speak of. All ratty looking, looked barn or junkyard fresh. A 1968 Plymouth Satillite, old WWII Jeep, '66 Chevelle convertible, just to name a few. I hope they went to good homes, but my luck, they probably got crushed. There are a lot of greedy and ignorant people these days towing these cars away to their death for a couple 100 bucks of scrap cash. But, there might be some hope yet. I always fear the worst when I see that. Wonder what ever happened to those cars.
The price of steel went up again recently and the junk yards are doing a land office business. People, as you say, classic, sell the cars that they were once going to restore for a few hundred bucks. I know times are hard, but, they aren't that hard. People just take the lazy way out. These cars go through the crusher and are sold to China when the price is up. Years from now, there will be very, very few of these old classics left. If people no longer want that old car in the yard...there are better ways of getting rid of it. There are people out there that would love to have it and would pay at least as much as the junk yard. Even if it is no longer restorable, there are likely parts on it that may be difficult to find. I seriously hate to see a car crusher in action. Have you ever watched an old car being crushed? It is a sad sight.
I've got ah Boneyard over here near me that the boss will crush just 'cuz he needz pocket $ for the weekend I've seen 'um disappear from one day to the next 'cuz I forgot to bring the rite tool the first time and they WILL NOT loan toolz!...AAARRRGGGHHHH
Yeah, BB. I remember junk yards that were actually run by car guys. They wouldn't even have THOUGHT about having a crusher on site.
Yeah, those are 'some day....' cars. Owners hang on to them waiting for their ship to came in so they can restore the old car. Unfortunately, 'some day'. never comes for some, as the song goes....
I agree Man alive, I'll tell you.....I work in a junkyard/scrapyard area of Albuquerque, and it just bums me out to see what getting scrapped here. There's a scrapyard here that stacks the cars about 20 high and I always see whats fresh on "death row". This week? a 68 Continental coupe, a 67 Galaxie sedan, a 70 T-Bird coupe, a mid 80s Olds wagon, etc. all New Mexico cars turned in...what a shame. Just to look at his huge stacks makes me a little sad. There's a 59 Country Sedan on the bottom of one of the stacks...bummer.
Yep, everyday, a Classic somewhere dies...maybe the first scenes of this ZZ Top video may provide closure... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1qkUZZ1aho I also do vintage bikes. If I MUST part one out, I do my best to save every last part...
