Visited forum member Fred Cook in Redding, CA and helped him haul some scrap left from parting out a couple of big M16s. When Fred parts out a rig, there is little left to scrap. If you look up "pack rat" in the dictionary, there is a picture of Fred there .
I hauled a 152" wheelbase fishplated M16 frame, rear springs, front end, and a cut up M5 frame (it was too far gone to be saved).
Fred had the front stub of another M16 frame, a broken Commander engine, and a bent M5 rear end
I don't know what all the talk is about high scrap prices. I think we got $20 a ton. Maybe scrappers are paying more in other parts of the country? At this rate, a typical Studebaker is worth about 30 bucks as scrap. Hardly pays the gas (let alone the trouble of hauling it around). If you got a junker, keep it or part it out. If a seller intimidates you with a threat of getting rich by taking a car you want to a scrapper, let him know the facts.
I hauled a 152" wheelbase fishplated M16 frame, rear springs, front end, and a cut up M5 frame (it was too far gone to be saved).
Fred had the front stub of another M16 frame, a broken Commander engine, and a bent M5 rear end
I don't know what all the talk is about high scrap prices. I think we got $20 a ton. Maybe scrappers are paying more in other parts of the country? At this rate, a typical Studebaker is worth about 30 bucks as scrap. Hardly pays the gas (let alone the trouble of hauling it around). If you got a junker, keep it or part it out. If a seller intimidates you with a threat of getting rich by taking a car you want to a scrapper, let him know the facts.
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