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    End of an era

     



    Well the last of the old time wrecking yards in my area is gone. The cars have all been sold and what few are left are currently being hauled off.


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    I'm just thankful it lasted as long as it did. A lot of my old project cars came out of there and literately tons of parts. I actually figure that the whatever the old Hemi I'm building goes into will be the last car I build anyway.

    The cars got sold to a yard up around Phoenix who sells nationally and internationally. At least I know where they all went (can't afford them now LOL).....just kidding I've bought some stuff from them years ago and they aren't too bad to deal with.




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    I've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved.....

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    I guess you could call it evolution...........................
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    I'm just thankful they didn't go to a scrapper! There's a guy by me who has a hundred or so cars from the '50s, not much good left though
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    yeah we are paying for Clintons " crush a junker " program . they are all but gone in my area .
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    Did they all go to the Death Valley yard?
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    Desert Valley I guess. Apparently they have 3 yards and the cars were split between them.

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