[dedsleds]

1973 buick riviera gs

[Old Blue 66]

You sent so much of the car to the recyclers, whats left to sell?

[Formulabruce]

I would have bought the trunk to hang on the wall, its a classic!

[dedsleds]

bunch of stuff.....bumpers, trim, misc interior, axles, hood, a fender was saved...

i get that a lot formulabruce, but no one ever buys this stuff for decoration lol...

[chicagoland]

Being from Chicgo, I understand, the trunk lid isn't 'perfect enough' for collectors. They hear 'Chicago' and think snow, salt, and rust.

[marxjunk]

Being a guy that parts a ton of cars...i send a lot to the crusher, but i dont worry anymore, space and storage is a limitation..when ya try to sell "off" cars and parts, many many times the phone is dead silent...kinda tells ya, ya shouldnt have bought it..

I ran an ad on another board for a car before i bought it...i hade 50 guys wanting parts..bought the car..paid too much...and sold exactly $125 off the car..sent the efn thing to the crusher it brought $756 in crush weight...not one person followed thru...i feel the pain and guilt of killing some cars, but it will only bring what it will bring..no more big Buicks for me unless they are free or close to it...they crush out well..prob is i got 2 more...and the phone aint a ringin'

[marxjunk]

Heres a few i did over winter..theres more ill post later...




i cant find the rest of the pics..but this was a 70 cutlass with a 3 speed on the column

[chicagoland]

"not one person followed thru..."

Yep, people "swear" they will buy something and then "ooops I dont have it". Or, they want it 'free' shipped to their front yard.

I used to get small parts for car message board fans and had a few 'oops', so quit.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by chicagoland

"not one person followed thru..."

Yep, people "swear" they will buy something and then "ooops I dont have it". Or, they want it 'free' shipped to their front yard.

I used to get small parts for car message board fans and had a few 'oops', so quit.

Or, they wait until after you've crushed/sold it and tell you how much they WOULD have paid you for it.

[dedsleds]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Or, they wait until after you've crushed/sold it and tell you how much they WOULD have paid you for it.

THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.....I HAD A CHANCE TO BUY ANOTHER 73 RIV, BUT PASSED BECASUE THESE PARTS AREN'T BIG SELLERS...........

[marxjunk]

i dont know when i did some of these the dates are running together, heck i might have even posted some in an earlier post...before anyone b!tches..these cars probably helped get 100+ cars saved and built..call me a killer..im used to it...but it means something to me..and i love the hunt...

oh..theres more...many more whahahaha,,,i mean lookey what i did...lol

[chicagoland]

Cool that they got parted out and not wasted. So many rot away from the 'SomedaywhenIgetraroundtoit' folks.

And sure, I like that 4 door '72 Skylark, and its clean, but who has time for it? Someone else with a collectible Skylark/GS coupe/conv got some good parts.

[dedsleds]

[Formulabruce]

what a car, those rode so nice

[marxjunk]

i lke those wheels..i had a plum crazy 70 charger with white top and it had those wheels..looked very goovey..baaby...very 60s..

[taylor's67firebird]

67 mercury cougar...made enough off parting it out to get the 68 firebird convert.

[marxjunk]

few more
428 auto..pdistal mount 8-track

[dedsleds]

THE END...........chopped up and gone

[pontorquer]

That 74 Lemans, was it a Canadian car ? It looks like a Chebby engine ?

[dedsleds]

yep