I was at a major auto recycler yesterday and they were being over run with clunkers. I wouldn't call half these things clunkers though. One that they were taking around back to terminate was a 2001 blazer that looked like it was just waxed and ready for a sunday cruise in the country... They are blowing all the engines and dismantling the cars and trucks. This recycling center is late model only so if you think about it they are probably blowing up a lot of Vortec and LS engines that hotrodders would love to have for street rods and musclecars... How about watching them lay a brick on the gas pedal of a truck with a 5.3 or 6.0 and know what that same engine will cost you to buy from GM for your next street rod project.... Sad thing is people are turning in these vehicles for newer vehicles with the same engines... They have to get rid of "less efficient engines"
.. Weather its stimulates the auto industry or not or weather it helps clean out a few million cars is not the issue with me... I'm just a car guy and still like junkyards and budget builds... Oh well, as is life...
On another note, I would like to make videos of them blowing the engines... Car guys like carnage too. At VW shows they build and blow up engines on purpose and people love to watch it
Tommy
