Re: [MV] M-211/M135 Parts

Geoff Winnington-Ball (whiskey@netwave.ca)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:17:26 -0400

... as Richard et al will agree, it's also kind of like the yahoos who have places
like Pounds' in Portsmouth. We have run across the odd wrecking yard here, too,
with good stuff that was 'not for sale', yet either rusted away or went to the
crusher. I remember in particular a good F15A which no longer exists; thank gawd it
gave up a few parts at least before its demise... :-)

Then there's the stories of good stuff dumped wholesale into the Great Lakes after
WW2, or buried en-masse out west. I hear a group found 11 (?) universal carriers in
a landfill this summer... apparently all restoreable. Yikes!

I also have an issue of AIR CLASSICS which shows a field full of brand new P-38s
bulldozed into scrap. Makes one sick.

Steven P. Allen wrote:

> At 07:24 PM 10/15/98 EDT, Lokenload@aol.com wrote:
> > I know
> >of a guy here in Nebraska who bought approximately 18 or so of these 6x6's and
> >is only using the axles and frames, all other parts are up for sale at fairly
> >reasonable prices. He is cutting them apart and I hate to see all the parts
> >go to waste, he says whatever he doesn't sell will be destroyed and sold for
> >scrap. He's not kidding either, I saw him destroy about 4 or 5 good 302's and
> >trannys with a cutting torch just so no one could dig them out of the scrap
> >yard.....as he didn't want to haul them home.
>
> What is he using just the axles and frames for?
>
> Guys like this steam me. I know of a like-minded yahoo who scrapped a whole
> warehouse floor of NOS '20s, '30s, and '40s Ford body parts, just because he
> wanted to build some low-rent lofts.
>
> Grrrrrrr.
>
> Steve Allen
>
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Regards,


Geoff Winnington-Ball
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Zephyr, Ontario, Canada


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