Crushed Dreams

[Apache]

Ive always knew about old cars and trucks being sent off to be crushed, but recently I went to find something for mine and came home "shocked". I went to find a set of headlight bezels for a 55 - 57 the other day...each junkyard I went to, all the owners said "sorry I did have a bunch but the value of scrap went up and I had them crushed". After going to several places and hearing the same, I finally searched thru a guy's junkyard for about an hour and came across a 1956 Chevrolet school bus that I got my bezels off of. Its always been hard to find stuff for older cars and trucks...but recently everything in my area has been crushed....is it the same with where you guys live?

I remember when my grandpa first got his 59 and starting look for parts. Id ride with him, have a hard time finding parts sometimes but there was still alot of trucks around. Now only a couple years later, seems like they are ALL gone. Kinda makes you sick at your stomach when you hear about somebody crushing a "perfect" (junkyard truck, but with alot of potential) truck just to get a few bucks.

They all say "well I wasnt selling any parts off them so I crushed them". Looks like they would sell parts off them very easy since they are getting harder to find.