NotDads442

I live in Kootenai County Idaho, Coeur d'Alene, east of Spokane Washington. Anyhow there is this wrecking yard just north of me called "Garwood Wrecking" I need a RF lower control arm for my 67 restore, and I dropped in there today. The local O'Reilly Parts driver (young kid 19?) comes into my shop awhile back and says this salvage yard was sold and they are crushing all the old cars.

They are selling cars for $350 a ton. He bought an early 60's Caddy couple and Chrysler Imperial for less than a $1000 and he is driving them.

Anyhow I go in there today and wonder around the yard for about 45 minutes today because all these old cars are getting crushed in 10 days. I was looking at Oldsmobiles mostly and there was some stuff I have to believe would be hard to find. Ex. I believe a 1959 Oldsmobile 98 (couldn't be saved) but it is a factory AC car and it has the complete dash including the AC control head in the dash.
About a 1958 Ford Wagon with the rear curved quarter glass, no cracks.
1967 442 has 3 T3 headlamps in it
1967 Cutlass that was a column shift car but had some sort of manual in it now with the (gold?) engine in it. Not sure which engine.
I think there was also a 1958 Olds Dynamic 88 convertible

This is just scratching the surface, there were more Oldsmobiles but other cars like what appeared to be a 1954 Hudson Wasp.

I might buy one that cannot be saved and build it into a couch using the rear end. I saw about a 1953 Cadillac that I would do that to.

If anyone needs something I can try to see what I can do to get the part but time is running out. If it is real serious you can call me 208-755-5580

Olds64

That's a bummer that so many good cars are going to be scrapped. For the yard owner the value is in the scrap, not the parts. It's quite a task to disassemble a car and sell parts individually.

redoldsman

Often times the value is in the real estate which has gone up in value as the city has grown. Other time the owner gets old or dies. Then there are the cities an municipalities that pressure the owner to clear the land because it is unsightly.

OLDSter Ralph

Crushing old cars should be a sin. I have heard such a place is being sold this summer in Iowa, but haven't been back there to check it out. I AM looking for a spare 57-58 Olds 371 for rebuilding. I would also consider a good, complete and solid 57 2 door. Any 55 Olds 2 door cars ?
RALPH

CRUZN 66

This type situation isn't going away any time soon... In fact it is only going to get worse as a result of environmental concerns, new building initiatives (both commercial and residential), etc... Land is becoming very valuable commodity... Also, as previously mentioned, owners of these older yards are selling out for retirement purposes and the land itself is more valuable then the scrap yard as a business...

Fun71

So sad. I remember seeing that yard when I was in Spokane for a training back around 2001.

frankr442

[QUOTE=OLDSter Ralph;1090476]Crushing old cars should be a sin.

It IS a sin. It should be against the law!

zeeke

The problem is someone goes into the yard takes advantage of the owner by stealing because they think he will never know and he locks they yard down until he passes, then when he's gone the family sells it to highest bidder and the new owner could care less about anything but a return on their investment. I've seen it happen all to often. The true sin is the guy that causes the owner to lock it down to begin with.

edzolz

A couple of years ago one of the local yards quit selling parts and crushed everything. Now he goes to the auctions everyday and buys cars strictly to crush. Has his own crusher and flatbeds to haul off the carcasses to the steel mill.

NotDads442

This particular yard was sold by guy who wanted to retire to some guys who own the adjacent yard and sell more late model parts. I plan on going tomorrow to take some pictures.

deadeyejedi

we had this happen a couple miles from me.people were hauling off rare parts and cars for pennies ,until the bickering over who layed claim to what started.there was litterally tussles at the junk yard! the new owner put a stop to it all and crushed everything including a 1970 sx convertible i had my name on .needless to say i was sick over it .

NotDads442