Those Lincoln's were some of the best built cars at the time they were new! It takes a lot of force to crush them. I can imagine how many of these cars were crushed in much better condition years back when they were a dime a dozen and were all over the place!
Kudos to everyone who maintains a classic and saves it from this fate. And I'm talking bout the cars that get no love in generel, like old full size, stations, four doors and six bangers
While it's hard to see cars we admire get flattened, these were hardly the best of their species. The good ones live on, the ones that can't give what they can and then go back into the automotive food chain. You can pick up a Lincoln like that one but in much better shape for ten grand whereas restoring that one would cost tens of thousands and only be worth $15k when all was said and done. It was worth more dead than alive.
The Lincoln looked like it had some good stuff on it and the 85 LTD was a solid looking car, Being a Fox body they're becoming popular among the guys that graduated in the late 80's and 90's as they grew up with four door performance cars but this is an old video so they weren't as popular then! The 71 Monte Carlo looks to be totally cleaned out so no loss there!
I like how everyone assumes that they know the auto part market. These cars are being crushed because they are old and the parts are no longer in demand.
it`s not a car...this is legend! Now no one not doing a car. Now this a just metal box with wheels. The real car leave in a 1970. Now doing shit. Real shit.
At 6:30 I see the Nissan had optional handles for anyone who wished to ride behind the car! Roller-skaters perhaps! Let's face it...you wouldn't want to be seen IN that car!
George Jacob it was supposed to be for luggage. Usually the bar at the top went the whole way across, but I had had a car with one, and it had a 50 lb. weight limit, and had no way to actually secure them, if I remember correctly, so it was probably for looks mostly.
Is the first car put into the crusher a 1974 Lincoln Continental mark 4 ?. What a waste of so many salvageable parts, a car of this year should be put on eBay as a parts car, someone out there would buy and take away at the right price....But for heavens sake please don’t just crush.
+canadiancatgreen Only the Continental (first one) and the Monte Carlo (last one) are considered classic cars although they were far too gone to be restored.
So, here's my question. I'm hoping someone who knows can enlighten me. Why crush cars at all? Seems to me that there's a lot of plastic and cloth and glass and such still left in these old hulks before they're crushed -- and it seems that crushing would make it more difficult to remove that plastic and cloth and glass and such so you can melt down the steel and recycle it. Clearly there *must* be an economic advantage to crushing these cars, otherwise it wouldn't be done -- but I just don't see it on the face.
+LMacNeill Crush for space and ease of transport. When completed, that was 5 cars occupying the space of only two. After this they are transported to a shredding facility that shreds them, as is, and the steel, aluminum, copper, magnesium, plastic, rubber and organic materials (leather, cloth, cardboard, glass) are sorted by a conveyor system. The metals are melted and reused, the organic material is often sold for fuel (FIRE!) or sent to landfills along with the plastic and rubber.
Why are so many of these cars (fwd, rwd, doesn't matter) missing the rear axle? Do the rear axles demand replacement more frequently up in Wisconsin or something.
@@brentboswell1294 The rear axle is probably about the only thing that does not rust out. Also many of these cars have very desirable rear ends for use on other hot rods. The Ford 9 inch that this car had is particularly desirable.
None of those cars are salvageable. Sure the Lincoln and The Monte Carlo are collector cars but it would cost so much to even make them road worthy again. Its better to just scrap em out. they cant be saved.
Those Lincoln's were some of the best built cars at the time they were new! It takes a lot of force to crush them. I can imagine how many of these cars were crushed in much better condition years back when they were a dime a dozen and were all over the place!
The tail light on that Fairmont escaped at the last possible moment.😁
That Lincoln was so long it barely fit...😂😂
Kudos to everyone who maintains a classic and saves it from this fate.
And I'm talking bout the cars that get no love in generel, like old full size, stations, four doors and six bangers
Frank Cannon: "So that's where my car got to"!
Oh the humanity! Seriously, hurt to watch
While it's hard to see cars we admire get flattened, these were hardly the best of their species. The good ones live on, the ones that can't give what they can and then go back into the automotive food chain. You can pick up a Lincoln like that one but in much better shape for ten grand whereas restoring that one would cost tens of thousands and only be worth $15k when all was said and done. It was worth more dead than alive.
On the Lincoln
1.33 the interior light is on,turns off at 151..Thats Crazy!!
It looks that way, but I doubt they'd leave the battery in when the car's crushed. Probably just a reflection.
The Lincoln looked like it had some good stuff on it and the 85 LTD was a solid looking car, Being a Fox body they're becoming popular among the guys that graduated in the late 80's and 90's as they grew up with four door performance cars but this is an old video so they weren't as popular then! The 71 Monte Carlo looks to be totally cleaned out so no loss there!
William Conrad is going to be pissed lol
I had two of those Lincolns in really rough shape and I sold them both no problem. It's a shame seeing that one go with lots of good parts still.
this is why we can't find more parts for these cars
2:52 That LTD might have lasted longer if Axel Foley hadn't put a banana in the tailpipe.
Those machines were clearly sized for dealing with 1970s land yachts, yet modern cars in comparision look tiny.
The dynamic duo got caught in the crusher and they came out as flatman and ribbon.
😏
Every car with opera windows and a vinyl top deserves the same fate.
Way you wrek a monte carlo is my favoritt car
Sorry my bad inglish vom from norway
At least it looks as if every salvagable part was picked off and then some. Even the gutter trim was gone.
When crushing cars in the UK, they take the wheels and tyres off or charge a £1 for every individual item left on
Damn, still have an 85 Nissan Stanza running and could have used some parts.
I like how everyone assumes that they know the auto part market. These cars are being crushed because they are old and the parts are no longer in demand.
Nice video
Poor LTD to
it`s not a car...this is legend! Now no one not doing a car. Now this a just metal box with wheels. The real car leave in a 1970. Now doing shit. Real shit.
This guy on the loader doesn't know what the hell he's doing
Yeah ida fired him on the spot.
Another old Lincoln probably worth a small fortune in parts.
squish! :D
RIP
Stupid to crush a car that old with perfectly good Windows if you took those out they would sell good
alex pencek fuck them windows!
@@Broncort1 You couldn't, it would cut your penis
I kind of like watching them explode.
Broncort fuck off !
Most of these cars are out and out wrecks, they can't all be saved.
Where do you guys get these cars from? Are they just brought in by regular people or do you purchase them at auctions?
Well they're all junk cars and they'll get a lot of scrap steel $$ for them.
Gotta say, I was expecting more from this crusher...I was expecting the first car to be a pancake.
Crusher has a 2 foot safety gap built in and cannot close further
The 1980s was the best period ever! I see the length of the piston....had it been just a foot and a half longer......
MontiCarlo with mud terrains
At 6:30 I see the Nissan had optional handles for anyone who wished to ride behind the car! Roller-skaters perhaps! Let's face it...you wouldn't want to be seen IN that car!
George Jacob it was supposed to be for luggage. Usually the bar at the top went the whole way across, but I had had a car with one, and it had a 50 lb. weight limit, and had no way to actually secure them, if I remember correctly, so it was probably for looks mostly.
huge wrong to crash classic american iron!
Then why didn't you save them?
Because some of the idiots running the yards don't let you
Amen !
Is the first car put into the crusher a 1974 Lincoln Continental mark 4 ?.
What a waste of so many salvageable parts, a car of this year should be put on eBay as a parts car, someone out there would buy and take away at the right price....But for heavens sake please don’t just crush.
Paul Palmtree everyone had a chance at it....times up!
Those old monkeys are awesome...🐒🐵
Soo much derby potential in these cars oh well
Not the Ford ltd
They should've crushed the Lincoln last as it had the most weight to flatten the subcompacts more
mid 1970s lincoln continental,1985-86 ford LTD,1982-1986 celebrity, early 80s toyota corolla ?and monte carlo
again i have them listed in the tags
what were the other collector cars?
+canadiancatgreen Only the Continental (first one) and the Monte Carlo (last one) are considered classic cars although they were far too gone to be restored.
Wow there was nothing left of that Monte Carlo
So, here's my question. I'm hoping someone who knows can enlighten me. Why crush cars at all? Seems to me that there's a lot of plastic and cloth and glass and such still left in these old hulks before they're crushed -- and it seems that crushing would make it more difficult to remove that plastic and cloth and glass and such so you can melt down the steel and recycle it. Clearly there *must* be an economic advantage to crushing these cars, otherwise it wouldn't be done -- but I just don't see it on the face.
+LMacNeill Crush for space and ease of transport. When completed, that was 5 cars occupying the space of only two. After this they are transported to a shredding facility that shreds them, as is, and the steel, aluminum, copper, magnesium, plastic, rubber and organic materials (leather, cloth, cardboard, glass) are sorted by a conveyor system. The metals are melted and reused, the organic material is often sold for fuel (FIRE!) or sent to landfills along with the plastic and rubber.
Why are so many of these cars (fwd, rwd, doesn't matter) missing the rear axle? Do the rear axles demand replacement more frequently up in Wisconsin or something.
@@brentboswell1294 The rear axle is probably about the only thing that does not rust out. Also many of these cars have very desirable rear ends for use on other hot rods. The Ford 9 inch that this car had is particularly desirable.
A 4 Spd 302 Fairmont?
The 85' LTD got mashed badly.
That was a fairmont
@@alpera9054 Fox body...nameplate in 85 was LTD. The Fairmont name was retired in 1983.
None of those cars are salvageable. Sure the Lincoln and The Monte Carlo are collector cars but it would cost so much to even make them road worthy again. Its better to just scrap em out. they cant be saved.
That was a poor bad decision that would made a great parts car why did you crush it anyway
recycling at its best...none!!!!
wtf!!! this is murder!!!!!
Those could be derby cars