Scrap yard, circa early 1970's

you made baby jesus cry......


Todd

 

Har har brilliant comments Section 8

When the folks at the agency chose that shot they would never guess the tribute they would pay to the long-gone american car industry.

Thanks for spreading the image Dave!

 

Those cars would have been just over 20 years old back in 1970. So if that photo was taken today, you'd have a pile of mid eighties shitboxes (escorts by the boatload), early Broncos, Crown Vics, Pontiac Parisenes etc.

Not stuff anyone is crying over - yet.

 

Mostly 56-61 cars is 9-15 years old, which was about the typical lifetime for cars of that era. The cars I find in junkyards today where plates or stickers remain are all in about that range, around 10-12 years average.

 

Surely there will be no crushers in HEAVEN.

 

makes you cry