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Where do you think all those 'beautiful' four door hardtop '73 Impala's, Pymouth's and Ford's go when the crusher comes to your friendly corner recycler? They return as Honda's, hot roll plate and Harbor Freight junk tools. And why steel is now over $1200 a ton in large lots?Quote:
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
yep that i do know them fine mild to late 70s cars and trucks they started to rust out on the lot..they are stealing every pice of steel alum and any thing they can get there hands on around here. they are stealing from the dead and took the flag mast for the alum out of the grave yard and flower planters any thing .. so i know were it all going just wish some of them better then every one fine usa citizen that steal from the dead would get a free ride under one of them ships going a china:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by IC2
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Where do you think all those 'beautiful' four door hardtop '73 Impala's, Pymouth's and Ford's go when the crusher comes to your friendly corner recycler? They return as Honda's, hot roll plate and Harbor Freight junk tools. And why steel is now over $1200 a ton in large lots?
That would explain why the chinaman at the car show last Friday night was eyeing up my 57 Olds and smiling from ear to ear.:LOL: :LOL: Guess I'm going to have to put a security camera on my garage.:LOL:
Have you bought a Canton oil pan.
I did and I can't tell how much oil is in it.
and I can't use the old tube that goes in the
front of the block either.
Thats because the screens in the way of that.
And I bought thier dip stick tube set up too.
stiil can't tell because the hole goes strait in
from the side. Not at a angle like it should,
or from the top corner of the pan.
Kurt
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Originally Posted by mopar34
:eek: if your cars gone and there no dogs or cats in your neighborhood then they are getting the China Recycle job :eek:
You haven't lived until you have had barbecued short rib of dog:CRY: I made the mistake of going to dinner with the local GE rep in Taipei........:eek: :HMMM:Quote:
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
Port of Albany, NY shreds lots of cars then on a ship to the Far East. Some interesting vehicles going into the hopper.
There are people that steal old cars out of feilds and stuff around here, actully a big problem. there catching some people.. '72 and prior, you don't need to provide anything to turn the vehicle in on steel, so these are the cars there stealing.. Last timr I drove by the auto crushers in Oneonta, there was a pretty solid '51 Olds with all chrome decent and all trim and emblems in tact sitting in the line up.
The total shame is that greed-ridden corporate slimeballs have sold us deeper and deeper into the depths of international industrial depravity for more and more profit. We awaken today and find ourselves the whore of China, yeah, RED China the antithesis of human rights for well over half a century.
When it all collapses in the future there will be no one left able to afford oil pans or hobby cars because ALL the jobs are gone offshore and we content ourselves with selling one another insurance and extended warranties.
I just heard on the news yesterday that the US Government is now going to Thailand to have our American Passports made up. No wonder unemployment is skyrocketing in this country. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: They said we "don't have the technology!!!!!!!"
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7c6_1206637472&c=1
Oh, and you might want to look at the chocolates you are eating too............
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=798_1188791373
Don
You are absolutely RIGHT about this, to many looking for a ridiculous price and complaining when they got exactly what they paid for. Ask yourself this, does anyone think someone like a John Force would race with china crap and expect to win ........................ let me help here ......... a FAT NO!Quote:
Originally Posted by robot
The same people will go and spend a gzillion on some stupid cell phone that will not even allow the user to have one conversation without uttering the words, can you here me now, it is all about piroity and common sense choices, if you whant to play the big dog games you have to get off the pourch, this hobby cost money and to get in the game one just might have to spend.
Save your hard earned money and get the right stuff, the savings in the end will equal much MORE fun. The individual will have a reliable hotrod that will give the driver a whole lot of fun and the satisfaction of quality with the knowledge that every time you fire that beast it will speak ........... horsepower and perform the same.
................ BUY AMERICAN MADE, we are, after all the ones that all try to copy, and a copy is just a copy .......... diamonds - zarcony, which is more valuable ....... real or a fake look a like? same goes for parts
I like the idea of sending back stuff to the Summit's and Jegs that send a china part without advertising the fact that they are selling a look a like. Just maybe they will get the message, cause it cost them to restock and correct their inventory counts. Let the stuff sit on their shelves and collect their dust..... It is the only way it will change, sure you will suffer some. No pain no gain, but put the pain back on the supplier, it cost you nothing for the part to stay in their store...
Enjoy this great hobby, but expect to get exactly what you pay for .......... good luck
I totally agree with that - as long as they can be convinced to assume that very expensive shipping cost. Their advertising says free shipping - it isn't. Every time UPS/USPS/FEDEX raise their price - so will the Summit's and Jeg's of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by pepi
More and more automobile parts are made in China - though I was able to buy a switch, a box of terminals and some wire at NAPA, that, horrors, was ALL made in the USA.
My wife did some comparative shopping over the weekend and found that several items (and she seldom will do this) at Wally World were significantly MORE expensive then Target, and the Rite-Aid drugstore where she finally bought the item. Plus it was US made rather then an "undetermined" country. Since I'm doing most of the grocery shopping (she's still working) I've found that Wal Mart is no longer a bargain for much of anything any longer.