Umm Dave??
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Made in China.....?
Thanks for the effort. I need a vintage 1970 nut. Besides, it really isn't that important, its not going anywhere. It gives me an excuse to get off my lazy *** and walk the Jetsey yards.
Umm Dave??
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No yards with old iron around here. Scrap prices got so high in the late 70's that just about every yard went to a 5 years old or newer policy. Everything older went straight to scrap. That 5 year limit is probably a little higher now, but that was it. Lots of cars went away, including people stealing old cars just to scrap them. A friend had a '60 T-Bird disappear out of his parent's garage. The scrappers weren't real fussy about paperwork either.
Scrap prices are still high enough that a lot of cars get scrapped. If it's a big car with a cat con on it, you can get $200.
Occasionally, you will see an older car pop up in a "Pick and Pull" type yard, but it has expiration date on it where it gets scrapped after sitting for a certain number of weeks.
The "cash for clunkers" really annoyed me.And John. . . Let's not forget what the "Cash for Clunkers" program did to destroy so many otherwise good cars and / or the good used parts they provided.
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Thought so. Have not been there in probably at least close to 7 years now. Have you been to Myer's lately?
I bought a 94 caravan in 98 with 78K on it, paid $10K for it and thought I got taken. I still have it 22+ years later with 169K on it and still runs great! Tell me why I should go buy a new car when I see these in yards with over 275K miles on them?
I was looking through a local old county phone book from the mid 80s.
EVERY city,town,berg had their own local wrecking yard. Some cities had 3 or 4 yards.
Slowly one by one they were all put out business by enviormental,real estate lawyers who wanted the land to repurpose and develop.
China has bought up cheaply are auto recycling yards and used are own environmental laws to shut down competition. Where there used to be over 40 yards county wide,now there are only 4.
Scrap is high right now. 300+ per ton. This is when scrap buyers go to these old yards and offer to crush them out!
China has bought most of Americas recycling industry and we let them?
We can't even recycle cardboard here without a protest from enviormental groups.
Instead we ship everything to China,India,Pakistan etc. They refine it and the pollution floats around the world. In the meantime America has shut its manafactoring for heavy regulation.
Next other countries are buying up our farms and food supplies. Again politicians will just let them!
Jayyyyy'Eeeezus, Ya got turn everything political? No recycling here in Florida around my area, talk radio sez China ain't buying it anymore, everything goes into the landfill, too expensive to sort it out, something about bottle caps having to be removed. Idiot'see, very soon next it'll be about landfill's filling up, they talk out of one side of their mouth then the other. neverending...
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They refine it and the pollution floats around the world.