It's an all to common occurrence in the world Alfie. The local bone yard
here has been crushing cars and hauling away ole trucks for the past year
and a half. Seems the DNR (Dirty, Nerd faced, Rats) came in one day and
told them that they had to get rid of all the old cars. There is a small
creek, ditch more like it, that runs through the yard. The DNR is worried
about it getting contaminated and running into the Horicon National Wildlife
Refuge some 5 miles away. Good news is that the guy is taking his time
about it and that he is fighting the DNR about it also. In the mean time I
just keep running out there and getting what I can before it's gone. When
they started crushing cars, they started in the truck section where all the
ole Chevys are. Gotta get them parts while they are still there.
John "Rock" Rockefeller
1949 3100 "Eeyore"
----- Original Message -----
From: A.B. <bigfred@unm.edu>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] My junk yard mis adventure.
> I tried to post a similar message earlier, but messed up:
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> So I went to the junk yard on Saturday hoping to come back with a Pacer
> front end and some kind of rear end for my truck. The trip basically end
> with me driving home tired and sad. About 1+ away from where I live there
> is a junk yard that was in existance for over forty years (what I was
> told). This was the place I was planning on finding what I needed for my
> ole truck. When I arrive, I noticed the front of the yard looked a little
> empty. As I got closer I noticed there were no cars left!! This was a 12
> acre yard, FULL of cars and trucks dating back to the 40s and up to about
> the late 70s. I really could not believe the yard was empty, so I drove
> around the perimter to find a few Impalas tri-5's and 2-AD's were all that
> remained!! I managed to talk to a rancher who told me that about 6months
> ago, a crusher was brought in, and it took a month, but everything was
> crushed and hauled off. Apparently, the old man who owns the yard is
> still alive and lives there, decided to get rid of everything. I managed
> to talk to his wife for a bit and from what I understand, Frank was out in
> the yard and fell down, and has been sick since then. This couple is in
> their 90's and they lived in the yard for more then 1/2 their lives. I
> was releived to hear they were still kickin' but sad to see the stuff all
> gone. I suspect they sold the land to pay medical bills, after Frank
> fell, but I really dont' know. Anyway, a great resource has been lost,
> there was lots of stuff in there that would be very difficult to replace.
> -alfie
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