I had an 86 Olds Cutlass Supreme in the mid 90s. Dark metallic blue, with white Pin-striping, and wire wheels. A true pimpmobile. Even when it threw a rod and was down to seven cylinders, I put another 50 miles on it, and it drove itself to the junkyard. A true legend…
Lots of them to crush. It was Pontiac's J-body, the same as the Chevy Cavalier...probably the second most popular 1st gen J-body (which also had Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac [Cimarron] versions!)
ya know, i gotta say. One of the most enjoyable things i can see is a pontiac and oldsmobile get crushed flat. with them not being made anymore, each and every one crushed makes for another one that will never make it to the road again as a classic or antique. And they won't be used for parts to keep one on the road as a classic or antique. Love it!!
I don't. I enjoyed the three Pontiacs that I've owned. If my '88 Fiero hadn't been totaled by an idiot hauling a backhoe loader with an F-250, it would still be on the road, with a 190 HP Quad 4 that I acquired to swap into it 😢. My 1999 Sunfire GT was also really fun, it was a good sleeper car for Fast 'n Furious tuner Honda Drivers 😂 Sold it to my mechanic with 288,000 miles on the original engine and transmission at 16 years old...he gave it to his daughter. Pontiacs were nicer than Chevys on the inside and not as common, and you could get it fixed at the Chevy dealership 😊
@@brentboswell1294 in all truth, i never owned a Pontiac that made it to the road. I had a 1953 and a 1958 Pontiac Chieftan and a 1969 Pontiac Bonneville. All were 4 doors
I see plenty of money just being wasted in that crusher. Unbelievable. In other similiar video's even some chrome bumpers of the 60's and 70's cars are worth an easy 200 to 300 bucks
I didn't see the riviera at first, but then noticed it was the one where there was practically nothing left. "Whoever junked it has the IQ of a crayon", now that's a silly take. As mentioned, there was nothing left of it really, it could have been rusted to high heaven in spots you couldn't see, which some people on this videos don't seem to realize. A car might seem decent enough at first, but they get sent there for a reason. And it is a scrapyard, they aren't in the business of keeping everything, so it isn't as simple as keeping whatever things. Another thing, some do not realize either
Does the forklift operator remotely run the crusher, or is there a dedicated operator for the crusher? Looks like most of the cars were getting sun tanned for quite awhile before finally being squished.
With the high car prices these days. We might have to look at junkyards to find a new car. LOL Been trying to buy a new car for months but the dealers are still charging over MSRP and dealer add on crap.
As in drain fluids? yea safety and profit reason, gas, oils and sometimes coolant drains some yards also remove wheels, and catalytics during that process, either as it enters the yard or right before it dies. some yards search for any leftover small items to pawn off for pocket money. You never know what you'll find I don't know how this yard does it but they definitely sit around a long while Oh yea and the battery goes too.
I cheered to see another 88-89 Dodge Grand Caravan put to the crusher. They have reached the age for classic vehicle status. But no one wants to collect them because they were cheap to make. And cheaply built. Sad to see the ol Riv go. It looked someone started to rebuild the car. But probably found rust and rot. But they stripped all the good parts and said the hell with the rest . People cry and say it could be saved. But once one hits the salvage yard. You have only a short time and then the title is turned in and that car is clinically dead and it is all over for it. No title and it's to the car salvage line and picked over and smashed out. Car with no title to me gets gutted and built for demolition derby competitions. Once done there it's get all the equipment taken out of it and cut it up for the steel. I load all the cut up Derby cars in my 1969 Chevy C-60 single axle dump truck and go the recycling Yard.
You don't know how to crush. When you get a vehicle with a rear door hatch, you have to put that door hatch up against the side wall. Then when it crushes, the door can't open.
