You know, nothing really gets under my skin more than ppl that are willing to sell a classic to the crusher for peanuts but won't sell to you for anything less than a premium price. I found a 66 Cutlass sitting a few months ago and stopped to check it out. The guy has pretty much disassembled the front end and there was no motor or tranny, but there were some good parts. He wanted $800 but that was really about 300 too much. I try to be fair, but i'm not going to overpay either. I get a call from a buddy today that knows i love Olds. He told me there was blue 66 sitting beside the crusher waiting in line to be smashed. I knew the owner of the recycling center so i called him immediately. He normally will not resale a car once it goes in so i traded him another late model junker (03) just to get it. All he wanted was the weight and my car was complete. All this could have been avoided if the owner wasn't trying to be hard to deal with. If he had been willing to come off the price a little, he would still have double the $250 he got at the junkyard. Important part of my rant...I SAVED ANOTHER OLDS FROM CERTAIN DOOM!

 

Congrats, I feel the same way about seeing nice cars end up at the crusher. Post some pics of your new project when you get a chance.

 

Awesome story! Post some pics of the car, too!

 

Yup congrats on saving an Olds!...and great story...you were meant to save it
Pics when you get a chance.....

Ted

 

Good deal, great save.
If you decide to part it,
I could use a good front of the hood chrome.

 

anytime i find one at my local yard i try to pick it up. being friends with the owner helps,but i still give him fair price. in the last couple of years ive gotten a 65 88,a 75 442 and a68 cutlass. all for parts but mostly to save them from the crusher.

 

One persons junk is anothers treasure. Sometimes peoples pride gets in the way of sound business decisions. Good scrore.

 

Excellant save. I feel the same way about the crusher. I can imagine that some of the stuff I have crushed, I will hate myself for eventually, but it tears me up when I get there and there are excellent projects there that with a few hours and dollars could be driven back across the scales.

 

I probably shouldn't confess this to this group (or any classic car group for that matter) but about 20 years ago I owned a salvage yard out west. When I think now of the cars I sent to the crusher once they had been parted out, it almost makes me sick. All of the cars we value now were just old, used up junk back then. If I had only known...

 

Good save!

Now all that's left to do is to stop by the house of the former owner with a few pictures of you and the car and let him know what a dumba$$ he was to throw away a couple of hundred dollars.

- Eric

 

Bad thing is, coming from the junkyard there is no title. In my state, its a pain to get one and really the car isn't worth it. good thing though, about a year before the guy parted with it, he had a local build the rearend and put new 373 gears and a posi unit. I think that'll find a new home in my 67.