Wrecking Yard With 1,000 apps Cars About To Be Crushed - LOTS of Fuselage Cars!

[73Coupe]

I have hundreds of pictures. There are more cars on an adjacent property. We worked our way towards them several times and someone started shooting from the genral direction. Apparently some of cars were over the property line. There was also a barn FULL of air cleaners and other tin that was eventually cleaned out. Most of the cars in the yard are missing the air cleaner assembly.

For out of towners- Happy Camp, CA is not a place to go sight seeing. Many of the locals are hostile and there is no local law enforcement presence. There are lots of cold case disappearances in the area. If you must visit Siad Valley my advice would be to find someone familiar with the area. There is still a cross section of nice people that would you would expect in a rural community.
Be aware that Happy Camp and Siad Valley are generally known as areas to avoid.

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From the pictures and description I wouldn't even think of trying to get to this "secretive" location. It would be a big waste of time. It's over 1.5 hours from a remote part of Hwy. 5 if it is indeed in the town of Happy Camp. Forget it.

I don't understand why folks hoard cars, and even try to "hide" them whilst letting them decay (or burn) into worthless heaps of shite. Mental illness...

 

[Jeremiah]

From the pictures and description I wouldn't even think of trying to get to this "secretive" location. It would be a big waste of time. It's over 1.5 hours from a remote part of Hwy. 5 if it is indeed in the town of Happy Camp. Forget it.

I don't understand why folks hoard cars, and even try to "hide" them whilst letting them decay (or burn) into worthless heaps of shite. Mental illness...

The yard is 100 yards off of the paved road. The cars go up the mountain and there are heaps ofarts and other good stuff. If it's worth it to go to of that trouble IDK.

The story I got was that the owner was a drag racer/entrepreneur from the Whittier CA area. He owned the local car shop/towing service and held the towing contract with Caltrans through the 70s-80s. I assume this is true because many of the cars are wrecked in some form. The owner was an intelligent guy with good taste given the impressive disaster he created. I say this because the cars are somewhat organized but they are PACKED in there. The cars I ended up with were only present because of the difficulty in retrieval and also cpntending with two narrow, steep hills with buildings and vehicles packed together at the bottom. Steep as in the car wants to get away from you with four flat tires steep.

Unfortunately all of the titles and other paper work burned in the old house that next to the shop with the coupe. That happened after the owner unexpectedly passed away.

I hate the thought of the place getting crushed but it's a loss
leader considering the logistics and inventory.

This could be one on pf the last great collections of the West. Ironically the OP and I were both present at the Charles Kee auction circa 2012. That was a surreal place out in the high desert.

 

[cuda hunter]

I did not see any ebodies. Did I miss some?
Parts sheds like those are where I want to look for the M46 scoops.

It appears that the cars do not deteriorate via rust in that location compared to most yard locations across the States.

 

[Jeremiah]

The only e body (to my knowledge) was a 383-4, fc7 1970 Challenger non R/T car. It was wrecked hard. It can be seen in the picture I posted in post #16 ( my yard) and post #20 ( as found).

It has the original drive train, fender tag etc. which males for gopd conversation. It will likely be yard art for the rest of it's days. I titled it just in case I get delusional enough to start such a project.

 

[cuda hunter]

NIce. I saw that car and figured it was already gone.
With that many cars in hollars around those woods there was only one ebody? Wow. I am surprised.

 

[fury fan]

I don't understand why folks hoard cars, and even try to "hide" them whilst letting them decay (or burn) into worthless heaps of shite. Mental illness...

Looking at the satellite image and seeing the product of the former owner's behavior -
If someone goes in there with a bunch of money, and a sense of urgency, to buy things before they get crushed - be aware you may have some of that same mental 'wiring'.
It may not manifest in the same way, but materialistic compulsions have similar behaviors.
The need to acquire, for its own sake, overrules any other desire of practical result.

 

[cuda hunter]

But, hoarders do save cars for future folks.

Especially in non rust areas.

 

[tallzag]

It is all in the courts now, “bringing money” doesn’t matter, they have to approve prices. Trying to save as many as I can.

 

[73Coupe]

Looking at the satellite image and seeing the product of the former owner's behavior -
If someone goes in there with a bunch of money, and a sense of urgency, to buy things before they get crushed - be aware you may have some of that same mental 'wiring'.
It may not manifest in the same way, but materialistic compulsions have similar behaviors.
The need to acquire, for its own sake, overrules any other desire of practical result.

"What you own, owns you."

 

[fury fan]

"What you own, owns you."

When it gets out of control, it absolutely does.
'Stuff' might prevent you from making some good choices.
Sometimes those choices are related to how to dig out of a hole that is filled with stuff.

 

[fury fan]

But, hoarders do save cars for future folks.

Especially in non rust areas.

Yes, they save them, but true hoarders generally don't get rid of things, that is in conflict with the compulsion that makes them hoard.

 

[Jeremiah]

If someone simply spent time moving the cars out, beginjing at the front of the yard, it would be doable.

Yes, they save them, but true hoarders generally don't get rid of things, that is in conflict with the compulsion that makes them hoard.

In my opinion they are 95% parts cars. You couldnt have an auction because of the logistics on the hill.

I wonder if anyone is still living there? There were occupants in the trailers off of the main loop opposite of the driveshaft barn. Creeeeepy!

 

[73Coupe]

If someone simply spent time moving the cars out, beginjing at the front of the yard, it would be doable.


In my opinion they are 95% parts cars. You couldnt have an auction because of the logistics on the hill.

I wonder if anyone is still living there? There were occupants in the trailers off of the main loop opposite of the driveshaft barn. Creeeeepy!

why don't they just sell the property as-is (or whatever the plan is)? Doesn't seem worth it given what has been said about the state of things. Extracting cars just to crush them seems like a non starter. Even if they were to open it as a junk yard, picking parts while being subject to gunfire seems like it would present liability issues, along with health risks, haha......

"I took two slugs in the shoulder just for this pitted emblem"

 

[tallzag]

If someone simply spent time moving the cars out, beginjing at the front of the yard, it would be doable.


In my opinion they are 95% parts cars. You couldnt have an auction because of the logistics on the hill.

I wonder if anyone is still living there? There were occupants in the trailers off of the main loop opposite of the driveshaft barn. Creeeeepy!

They kicked all the meth heads out.

 

[tallzag]

why don't they just sell the property as-is (or whatever the plan is)? Doesn't seem worth it given what has been said about the state of things. Extracting cars just to crush them seems like a non starter. Even if they were to open it as a junk yard, picking parts while being subject to gunfire seems like it would present liability issues, along with health risks, haha......

"I took two slugs in the shoulder just for this pitted emblem"

Most of the valley burned up a few years ago with many many people losing everything. One project they are doing in the area is getting rid of dead cars to reduce fire risk. Even if you bought the property they want the stuff gone.

 

[cuda hunter]

California, ridiculous laws that are way too far into peoples personal lives.

 

[cudamark]

Several people collect VIN and option data for various reasons.

1) it puts package car data (70 Hursts) with a single SPD production into context by comparing VINs to regular production. The data shows when and about how many cars were in a batch.

2) it helps answer the questions of “how many xxx are known”, “what is my engine out of”, and “is this an odd combo”?

3) some people are insanely curious regarding details of how things were actually done at the factory instead of relying on urban legends, poor prior articles or writing, or guessing.

4) OCD. Some of us can’t stand to have squares in our waffles without syrup. We HAVE to have completeness. Every new VIN helps with that.

I doubt such a small sampling of VIN's and fender tags would prove or disprove how rare something is. More like mental masterbation to me, but, ok. we all have our quirks or we wouldn't be Mopar owners!

 

[cudamark]

California, ridiculous laws that are way too far into peoples personal lives.

Well, stand by Colorado. You're not far behind with some of the whacky people in your state too.

 

[cuda hunter]

Agree, the big cities are running, ruining, the state.
Lots of our rust free salvage yards here in the state have been crushed out in the recent past. Very unfortunate as our metal has very little to no rust.

 

[cuda hunter]

mental masterbation

aaaahhhhhhh.
Ooooohhhhhhhh.

Yeah.....