sad day for a Autocar wrecker

primal4x4 · Post by **primal4x4** » Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:00 pm

Tried to save this 1940 Autocar from a scrapper/flipper this week but he was to excited to get it torched to bits.

slatgrille · Post by **slatgrille** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:41 am

He could have made his money back, and saved on the labor of cutting it up....he had the power apparently, and loved it! Can someone say ''JERK.

Craig

gyknot · Post by **gyknot** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:32 am

SAD!!

GUNNUT in Iowa · Post by **GUNNUT in Iowa** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:38 am

slatgrille wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 02, 2023 3:41 am
He could have made his money back, and saved on the labor of cutting it up....he had the power apparently, and loved it! Can someone say ''JERK.

Craig

A bunch of assumptions there. How was he going to make "his money back"?

I did not read any indication that money was involved.

clintm20 · Post by **clintm20** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:41 am

That is unfortunate. The boom setup looks like it came off a Ward LaFrance wrecker.

primal4x4 · Post by **primal4x4** » Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:04 pm

He updated the ad once he learned it was WW2 but still cut it up quickly.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 6af793e3c2

gyknot · Post by **gyknot** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:21 am

At that price, it was destined for scrap if that was his other option. And it would only bring a small portion of that once cut for scrap.
Some stuff just can't be saved.

GUNNUT in Iowa · Post by **GUNNUT in Iowa** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:26 am

I can hear him now -

"You guys think it is worth a fortune? Then pay me a fortune. Oh, you don't want to pay a fortune, then I will just destroy it . . . and get less than a fortune - just to prove to you it is not worth a fortune."

It is all about the money . . . and the power over other folks.

Bean · Post by **Bean** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 1:34 pm

Ive been there many times.Look if your going to scrap it anyway which in reality is just a few hundred bucks than why haggle over price??If I over $1000.00 for it don't get offended your still making out on the deal.Ive seen so many vehicles that I offered good money for years ago still rusting in fields.I love the Im gonna restore it line.Kills me every time.

gerrykan · Post by **gerrykan** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:45 pm

I saw that ad, but didn't bother to post it due to the silly price tag.
I've seen this happen many times over the years.

johnwaz · Post by **johnwaz** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 1:00 pm

The typical "I saw a perfect one of these go thru Barrett-Jackson go for this much, so my parts car must be worth almost that much" type of pricing.

primal4x4 · Post by **primal4x4** » Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:12 pm

It gets worse. Here is his new ad:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 3721f4c655

gyknot · Post by **gyknot** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 5:43 am

Well now, how can you beat a great deal like that!! After making maybe $500 on scrapping all the heavy steel, now he has to figure out what to do with the sheet metal, because he is going to be looking at it for a long time...

GUNNUT in Iowa · Post by **GUNNUT in Iowa** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 8:53 am

gyknot wrote: ↑
Thu Jun 08, 2023 5:43 am
Well now, how can you beat a great deal like that!! After making maybe $500 on scrapping all the heavy steel, now he has to figure out what to do with the sheet metal, because he is going to be looking at it for a long time...

Maybe we should get together and send him some packets of ketchup . . . so he can eat it.

johnwaz · Post by **johnwaz** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:07 pm

So he's gone from a roller to a dragger, and still thinks it's worth 10k... If he finds a buyer, I have a good deal on some property in Arizona near the ocean that the new owner could park it on.

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