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Originally Posted by herr_oberst
That 4-Runner does not belong in the scrapyard unless the whole drivers side is caved in.
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The 4runner has no body damage. It may or may not have any mechanical issues. They place ads and people sell them vehicles that have been sitting in their driveways for a couple of years with dead batteries that they don't want anymore, all kinds of kooky reasons. Some people look at old cars as trash that needs to be taken out. They also buy cars at tow company auctions and insurance auctions. I recently sold them a 1977 MB 450 SLC that was a 20-footer with a slipped timing chain for $650, that was a favor for a friend, (not my car).
The Bentley also has no visible damage, those cars are absolutely worthless if not in mint condition. The scrap value on one is big, they weigh in at about 6k lbs. I called my buddy Charlie Agapiou, who has the biggest and best independent RR and Bentley shop in town to see if he wanted any parts from it and he said no. "Really? Nothing? I'll pull the parts for you if it's not something big."
He told me that he has a complete Arnage parts car and that he rarely pulls anything from it. We joked about the nature of auto parts, how they are valuable when you need them and absolutely worthless when you have them. I told him about the public storage unit I have full of parts that they are going to have to bury with me. We laughed. Still, it kills me to see all of these rust free body parts crushed.
