Another junkyardin' thread

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Originally Posted by Skirkpat

Anyone that has that many projects is probably not realistic on pricing, the funny thing about those guys is that they hoard those, thinking one day they will be millionaires, and by the time they become valuable they have sat out in the elements so long they are junk. Then they get mad because nobody will " pay" top dollar........cars usually just sit and rot until they die and their kids sell 'em for scrap. Sad, sad, sad

My grandad is just like this. He has 30-40 old cars and trucks setting around. People stopped by for years trying to buy stuff, and he was ridiculous about stuff. Eventually people just started stealing stuff - sneaking in at night. He has 3 old 67-72's setting around that I could use parts off of, but wouldn't give me anything off of them to save his life. I was looking at one of them about 15 years ago and thought I would "test" him, so I asked what he would sell me a part for. Being my grandad I thought he would say awwee if you need it just take it, but my gut said different. He spit out some crazy price and I have never asked again. Recently someone complained about the cars and they loaded a few of them up and took them to scrap (including an old 67-72 GMC). Told me a lot about the old man right there. He knew I could have used stuff off that truck. People like this are weird about their "junk".