Re: Another Classic salvage yard today

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In a message dated 12/15/2004 05:32:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
gary-futrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

I  stopped by another old salvage yard in North
Central Oklahoma and talked to  the owner for awhile
today. Great guy to talk with and I usually spend  my
lunch hour there, while I'm in the area. This large
salvage yard was  started by his
grandfather in the 30's and has a lot of old cars.
They  have visitors from Holland, Finland, and Sweden
who buy parts in the summer  and ship them back
home. He told me a story about one guy from Sweden  who
would spend two weeks in the yard, ship the parts back
home, then  all of his friends would have a party at
the dock when they arrived.  Anyway, the owner is 63
years old
and plans on retiring in a couple of  years. He said he
was going to have a sale during this summer and  any
car in the yard would be $300. I know he has about
four 64 Dodges, a  convertible Dart, and about 20 other
Mopars. Like all yards, it's mostly  Fords and Chevy's
but there are some Mopars. He said he would do  this
maybe twice then crush the rest. Many, many 30's, 40's
and 50's  cars in there.  There was a convertible 50's
New Yorker
in there,  but someone bought it. Darn!!  He had some
old shop manuals also, like  a late 50's Desoto and
others. This will be a great place to be when  he
finally decides to auction out , as he has some
buildings with parts  in them also.  I'll keep you guys
updated when he decides to do some  sales or auctions.
He has one 64 Dodge there that has multiple  parts
inside the car, like headlight bezels, antenna bezels,
etc.  


Gary
I wish that a young guy like me could get a shot to take over one of those  
yards.  With all of the old guys and the greedy ones going out they are  drying 
up.  I know that no one would give me a shot because at least all  the yards 
I have seen are for sale for so much that it would be a risky  investment.  Oh 
well, I guess our old cars are going to really start  becoming endangered 
species.
Rick Rice

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