There is a yard in Spicer, MN that's is crushing bunch of cars soon. A lot of on topic stuff. The kicker is no parts. Check that famous search site in MPLS/St.Paul. This is a big one.
I know nothing about this other than I found the ad on Craigs List. search "parts cars/250 over crush price/several locations" Here is what they wrote. First off let us tell you we do not sell parts. last year watched 55 chevies crushed one after another,imperials and lincolns with disc brake rears and fuel injected drivetrains crushed 1/2 to pickups ,panel trucks,old limo's,old race cars,70,s muscle etc. we are helping with over 4200 cars and trucks to be crushed this year [so far] starting march 20th or so we will allow persons to pick out cars during pre crush and haul them out on sunday's only while crushing is not going on for $250. over [our] current metal price tryed this last year and only one fellow showed up and he did not have any money will try this again this year send me a specific list of models you want and we will send you photos of vehicle that year and update you on that crushes metal value,consider we buy metal from junkyards and are second to last price,not what you get for metal when you haul it in WE DO NOT AND WILL NOT SELL PARTS,WE DO NOT OFFER TITLES,WE ARE SELLING PARTS CARS AND TRUCKS[SUNDAY MORNING,S ONLY TILL NOON. Win or Lose po box 11 Spicer Mn 56288 send your wants address and will contact you each time we are involved with a crush,ours or others we know also are cooperating we will help you load for $56. an hour also,will not get involved in transportation
sounds cheap - $300 - even if it's rusty - there's so much trim and glass that's just not being reperduced...
I's not $300, They want $250 on top of the scrap value of the car the way I read it. I guess alot depends on if they are picked clean of good parts or still complete.
I ran onto a yard like this in southeast IA a couple years ago who did the same thing. They didn't offer to sell as iron was so high the old guy didn't want the hassle. Nice to see these folks offering.
I would bet it is Windy Hills. They did a major crushing a few years ago. I can't think of any other yards that are THAT big in MN other than them and French Lake.
After looking at that ad, it sounds more like a crushing crew that is maybe selling cars on the side for a little extra money. They have several yards lined up to crush, not one yard with 4,200 cars.
I wish I was back at home. Depending on the cars, it maybe worth buying a couple pulling the parts you want and selling the rest back for scrap. Kinda sucks they won't sell parts. However, really cool they are even offering anything.
went to windy hill last year , little to no "old stuff" left, all late model stuff ??? unless they are into Rohners at Wilmar he has some left ?? like to know where all these old cars are ????
Don't think the cars are in central MN. Last fall, I talked to a guy in Spicer that buys and crushes out yards, said he had a big yard lined up for this spring, can't remember where he said it was; but it was way up north.
I'm guessing the crushing crew is based in Spicer, and the've been contracted to crush out few few yards that total 4,200 cars. 1 yard with 4,200 old cars in MN would have to be something well know/picked over.
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