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The Captain 03-24-2009 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ndubz (Post 1291295)
He has been buying perfectly good old cars and leaving them out there to rust and rot. It is wrong and is not fair to the countless collectors and enthusiasts who would put those cars/ parts to good use.

He's not buying perfectly good cars, these things were probably put there 30-40 years ago when they were junked and have just sat there.

And they are for sale too, he's not hording them.

ndubz 03-24-2009 02:09 AM

Idk, it says in one of the articles on this that he bought a decent mustang and just threw it back there to rot. it just seems a little weird to me, but maybe its just me. idk

CleanNeon98 03-24-2009 02:22 AM

The great part is he can make so much money if he junks them all just cause of the ammount of metal.

Kevin 03-24-2009 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by krnxbrian (Post 1291243)
the image from google maps is insane.
roadtrip sounds fun to this place. haha

Exactly, I think some of you are overlooking how big this place actually is. It's straight up redic

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Originally Posted by The Captain (Post 1291298)
He's not buying perfectly good cars, these things were probably put there 30-40 years ago when they were junked and have just sat there.

And they are for sale too, he's not hording them.

How do you know that? If you think about it, this **** didn't happen over night. 200+ acres of countless automobiles, I'm sure that some were probably in nice condition. He may be selling them but he's def ****ed up in the head.

Honest_Bob 03-24-2009 09:33 AM

There is a guy like this near me. Has about a miles worth of all kinds of old trucks. I would love to just wonder around that place.

R_Rambo 03-24-2009 09:36 AM

at one point those cars where in good shape or restorable shape, which sucks theres a good chance there would be some very valuable cars if they could be restored

jjm4life 03-24-2009 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ndubz (Post 1291160)
Honestly, I feel like im looking down on Auschwitz while it was in operation. And that old man is ****ing Hitler.

you are an idiot. for you to even begin comparing the atrocities of the Holocaust to a car junkyard really does prove how ignorant you are. die in a fire you moron.

this is a car junkyard. probably hundreds like it in the country. great for parts, but most of the cars were junk when they got there. get over it.

TGilb2007 03-24-2009 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JDMTyler3326 (Post 1290807)
Dude someone go there and save some of those cars!

Sadly, I live maybe 35 min from this place. I have yet to get some people together to head there.

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Originally Posted by The Captain (Post 1290899)
if you read the thread, apparently people have gone a bought cars from him.

It's basically an oversided junkyard ran by a crazy old drunk.

If you go and say "i need xxxxx" he'll sell it to you, but if you go and say i want to look around he tells you to get lost.

They also said he charges way to much for the parts he does sell.

I might try to see what I can do, get some people from a local group here, and check this out. I need a good camera before I head over though.


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Originally Posted by R_Rambo (Post 1291455)
at one point those cars where in good shape or restorable shape, which sucks theres a good chance there would be some very valuable cars if they could be restored

I am sure at one point, many of these cars were worth the time to restore, but now, they are just scrap metal.

Kevin 03-24-2009 11:29 AM

I should of posted this on a classic car forum rather then a young male import forum. They'd actually know that there are still things in there that are worth good money.

R_Rambo 03-24-2009 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Kevin (Post 1291588)
I should of posted this on a classic car forum rather then a young male import forum. They'd actually know that there are still things in there that are worth good money.

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Originally Posted by R_Rambo (Post 1291455)
at one point those cars where in good shape or restorable shape, which sucks theres a good chance there would be some very valuable cars if they could be restored

lmao i just said that

The Captain 03-24-2009 11:47 AM

haha, this is my backyard....

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/2047/dscf0060db0.jpg
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/5944/dscf0067sx8.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/6656/dscf0071uc9.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/4504/dscf0072sf1.jpg
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/8629/dscf0074ue5.jpg
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...IMG_081114.jpg

I know what I'm looking at.

Sure, there are some drivetrain/trim/glass/Stainless Steel parts that are worth money.

I'm just saying that these old junk yards are all over the place. I've been to 2 of them around here. It's what they used to do with cars back in the 50s and 60s.

captainhook 03-24-2009 11:53 AM

Wow, that's a sad sight.

TurboTagTeam 03-24-2009 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by R_Rambo (Post 1291455)
at one point those cars where in good shape or restorable shape, which sucks theres a good chance there would be some very valuable cars if they could be restored

Maybe like 20-25 years ago they MIGHT of been in restorable shape. But 20-25 years ago nobody thought about them like that. At the time they were 15 year old busted cars that noone wanted.

Take for example a 1987 camaro z28. If you see that in a junkyard are you gonna be like "OMG A 1987 Z28 CAMARO. WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT AND FULLY RESTORE IT''.....not a chance. But in another 20 years...people might think it is worth something.

Restoring a car with the amount of damage that those cars in the pictures have is an INSANE amount of work. You obvousily have NO IDEA what goes into restoring a car if you think alot of those cars can be saved.

We restored a 1969 Camaro SS two years ago. It needed ALOT of chassis work when we got the car. Floor pan, trunk pan......and we STILL payed 15k for the BONE STOCK car. The car ended up being Rob Dyrdeks Rouge Status Camaro.....

Kevin 03-24-2009 06:39 PM

The main thing I care about in this thread is how big this place is. I want to see a place top this one.

Soon2bG60 03-24-2009 06:59 PM

Lets just go down there with a few trucks one reallly early morning, in all black. and be really quiet, and rip some expensive **** off, Cant tell me this old guy would even notice?!

jdmwill 03-24-2009 09:42 PM

only one person in this world could save those cars and his name is........................................jay leno

abrok99 03-24-2009 09:57 PM

first thing i thought of when i saw all that was jay leno :supz:

SilverStang 03-24-2009 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Soon2bG60 (Post 1292450)
Lets just go down there with a few trucks one reallly early morning, in all black. and be really quiet, and rip some expensive **** off, Cant tell me this old guy would even notice?!

agreed, we can scrap the metal at the least


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