crushing season in full bloom

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Attila Bethlenfalvy

'Cept this time I was given a small heads up.

Known about this place for 2 years. Couple of cars I've even posted here before. Owner wouldn't sell anything before - now they're being scrapped come Nov. 2!

Here are a couple 'before' shots:

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The 25 cars on this property were carelessly moved in preparation of the muncher. ALL sustained further damage doing so; most major.

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Time is a considerable factor to save parts...and it is over an hour drive away.

So there is a *very* tiny window of opportunity to pull usable pieces. Worked all yesterday and the '58 Superior fought every step of the way.

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Back corner glass and rear bumper are going home with me. Plenty of good interior pieces & exterior aluminum moldings remain. Complete front clip is fubar'd/gone. Lower body is rusty.
 
A couple 'after' shots:

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Grabbed most of the trim from this '57 limo yesterday. Jump seats are still in it but they may be too labor intensive to save. Steering wheel is really nice...now it's pointed into the seat though and there isn't room to pull the column.

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Rollers and other floor hardware came out yesterday. Few other decent bits on it.

If any see something you need - post in this thread or email me pronto. DO NOT PM (as my PMs are about full). Or call if you have my number. I'll do my best to accommodate. This stuff is cheap right now! On the property currently with laptop for rest of day. May return past today if required.
 
money money money. looks like everyone is in a money grab right now new catalogs coming out with 25% price jumps in them, months ahead of when they use to. things like that. a little fever running threw the business world that is not to big to fail I guess. the problem is, he is sitting on a gold mine. abut he is welling to sell it for lead prices because working out the gold is to slow.
 
depends on what your priorities in life are. If its an old man, tired of sitting on the stuff, then he is looking at a large pay day fast.
 
More pics and fuller update in the morning.

Guy named Slick and his wife owned this property. They separated over a year ago and he moved to FL while she stayed on the 20-something acres. House sold earlier this year; their divorce was also finalized. Slick maintained that he was moving all of the cars left behind to FL. New property owner has been patient with Slick. Now he realizes after many broken promises to move them that he's getting the runaround.

So, cedar posts are currently being cut, stumps cleared, property cleaned, and fenced to start running cattle.

It has little to do with money for the cars at this point.
 
Correction to initial post:

The company under contract to clean the property up took care moving them around & placing together. After all that work had been done, an unknown entity sneaked onto the property and took a pent up grudge against Slick out with a backhoe! Makes more sense why a nice vintage Mercedes & a neat motorhome were smashed to nothing...

Took some doing but the Superior finally let go of the back bumper.

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May not even be platable but hey - still better to have one than not (missing entirely off my '58 flower car).

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Success! Slightly embarrassed to admit how long it took to remove the corner glass...almost 5 hours. All 3 inner moldings are supposed to be taken out, which then reveal multiple small "L" brackets on 2 sides holding glass in. All of those brackets were frozen solid - and the vertical inner moldings too!

I can say with confidence that tediously cutting/chipping/removing ALL of the window rubber AND grout enables enough wiggle room to get the job done. Less than 1/16" left!

Now I'm going off the assumption that '57/'58 Superior rear corner glass is identical to '59/'60. They certainly look the same and Brady Smith is most positive. We'll see when the passenger side goes into my '60... :smiley3:

Managed to free up all the side doors. Made plans to return Saturday. Can't just leave jump seat, door panels, interior trim pieces, etc. for scrap.

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All rollers and bier pin tracks in '58 are heavily corroded unfortunately. More than likely my last opportunity to take parts is this weekend, so submit those requests!
 
Take the dash pod, since this is a impossible part to find. I don't need it, but someone else might. Usually a bunch of Philip's head screws hold them on... Same for the inside day/night mirror. Just take the bracket and all since it is just a few screws.. Sun visor brackets if they still move are another item that are hard to find in good working order. I wouldn't spend much time on flat glass, since it is easily and inexpensively replaced by any glass shop, with etched ambulance glass being the exception.
 
Illegally picked further before returning by scrappers: complete quarters, all loose metal inside car, gurney rail, one removed roller, and my 3' crowbar accidentally left after dark. Grrr.

Removed dash pod, divider glass, remaining rollers and bier tracts, jump seat & partition hook, overhead compartment handle, turn signal lever, and misc. interior/exterior trim pieces. (Some of these are for a west coast '58.) Certainly wanted all extruded aluminum window trim but far too much time was involved. Although interior door trim/handles appear complete, they are all corroded and not usable as-is. A parting shot:

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"Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, where the good die young it’s all thy must" - Grandmaster Flash from Beat Street
 
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