This is the sad reality for anyone who is interested in "old things."
My Uncle always told the story of a distant relative who came to live with my grandparents during the Depression. Guy was a clock/watch repairman and did it out of his room to earn some extra money. When he passed away a few years later, they backed a wagon up to his bedroom window, loaded up everything he had there (including the tools he used) and filled in a washout in a turn-row. It was all junk. My Uncle was only six years old, but he managed to sneak a few of the pocket watches out of the pile.
A good friend told me the story about a salvage yard in New Jersey back in the mid-'80s. Guy drove into the yard in a very decent '55 Chevy four door that he wanted scrapped. He said people kept stopping and wanting to buy it. When the scrap yard owner did not have the time to crush it while the guy waited, he took an ax handle and busted every window, instrument cluster, each body panel and chrome trim. As he was leaving he muttered to someone standing there watching that he did not want anyone to use anything off the car - ever.
My buddy was not even interested in the car, but he said it was hard to watch someone do something like that. When the guy left, he had a look at the car and said it was a sub-50K mile car with almost zero rust in it.
It takes all kinds.
This post was edited by 62champ at 15:06:41 02/25/13 2 times.
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