I have the Ford version of the Cougar, It's called the Grand Torino Elite! It's the Mercury Montego/ Cougar Body with Ford Torino tail lights and other parts, Mine is Red with a Whorehouse Red interior. Everyone asks why it doesn't have the Starsky and Hutch stripe on it! They don't notice it's not the same car so I plan to paint the stripes on it! I could have used some parts out of this car on it, The sport mirrors, The right side parts of the heater housing and heater motor and various other parts to it. But it's too late now!
Our family had a couple of them, a 1980 and a 1983. We traded the 1980 one in-I remember it needed a transmission, and we had a gray AMC Pacer as a loaner car, and as I remember, it (the 1980 one) had problems with water leaking in (it had a sunroof, so that might have been part of it, but it might not have been factory.) My guess is they probably felt they had gotten a lemon. It was a used car that was maybe a year or two old when we got it, but that might have been why it was for sale..., someone unloaded it. It seemed to have a lot of issues for a 1 or 2 year old vehicle. My grandparents also had a couple of them, first the coupe, then they bought the 2 door hatchback version. They probably didn’t have services like Carfax back then, where you can get the history of the vehicle (where it was registered, services done, title searches, accident records, etc., at least as long as it was something that was documented.)
Finding an Opel Ascona in the USA right now will be impossible since I guess this was the last one remaining.... But I suppose its time to get doomed has come.... No pity and enjoy the show!!
those chevy citiations were what really made american cars as sterotyped as being unreliable while making many americans and canadians switch to honda toyota and datsun/nissan.
My former business partner in my body shop bought a wrecked 81 Pontiac Pheonix back when they were new, the guy lost it on ice on the interstate and spun a couple 360's and hit a light pole with the front corner! Just as he breathed a sigh of relief that the accident was minor and there was very little damage the pole fell on the car taking the roof out! He bought the car for salvage value plus a hundred or two so the guy was satisfied and put a roof on it and gave it to his wife to drive! His son named it the ''Pregnant Armadillo'' It was a good car but it was ugly!
...when the owner of a non running oldtimer wants 70 000 dollars for it, but will sell it to the local scrapyard for 50 dollars. These cars still had some parts on it. I do not care avout the crapy plastic cars but those older ones were and still are desirable.
@@thenewstuffsucks5000 Windows. It's nice to have a spare one because they do occasionally break and they're specific to this model and quite rare. Windows are made of glass.
@@Austinmini-rt3zh I agree. If nothing else, at least save the glass from the old stuff. It’s not worth anything as scrap; it could be given away for the cost of shipping just to put it in the hands of someone who wants/needs it.
I didn't think there _were_ any Citations left to crush in 2020. Last time I saw one on the road was in 2017. Half of me understands that it was a terrible car, and the other half wants to find one.
@@bigassfordsd I still see them on occasion, or cars that were “twin” cars that were the same basic vehicle that the other GM divisions sold like the Oldsmobile Omega or the Buick Skylark (the early 1980s versions.)
These cars (GM X-bodies) had a deservedly terrible reputation for a key safety defect: a panic stop could send the vehicle out of control. The weight was extremely front biased, even for a front wheel drive car, and a panic stop could really lift up the rear end!
I had a Skylark. Unbeatable in the snow. Roomy inside. Computer controlled carb with a big flat spot in it, leaky rear main seal, slow, and not that great of fuel economy for the size. But they'll run about forever.
In Germany its even rare , the Ascona A was the Sedan Brother of the Manta A Coupe. In the USA only a few have survived. Sometimes they get exported back home to Germany for restauration. But I think the white one was to far gone, only useable for spare parts
1st car, wow something from the 70's of that by gone era when the cars were very nice huge land boats and only did a few miles to a gallon, sadly this one rusted out and had a front end crash, only light but still, 2nd car on the other scale is this rarity from the 70's wow rusted out but they all did that real shame as even in that condition i bet ppl would have brought it, might be worth more if the engine was still in it but sadlt rusted out and been fairly picked clean of parts, 3rd car something from the 80's not sure what it is though, 4th car old chevy from the 90's? maybe late 80's seems to be quite the mix in this yard, older usa stuff 80-90's junk that inyears to come will be wanted or highly short after, the odd 00's wagons vans and picks of era's and picked clean stuff of the 50's kinda want toknow of there's any pre ww2 era cars in there or maybe early 50's before cars became big, 5th car the same one but in red as in car 4 is also car 5,
Many Opels (most famously the GT) were sold in the US as captive imports at Buick dealers...I remember the sign in front of the Buick dealer in my hometown also having an Opel sign below the Buick one! Ford did the same thing, some Ford of Europe models (most famously the Capri) were sold at Lincoln/Mercury dealerships in the US as captive imports (they were branded as "Mercury" cars here)
Crushing classic cars, now that is a job I could never do!
That old Cougar was in an accident in the 80's and still managed to sit around for 30 years...lol
Where is it in the video
@@josephmullin5845 The first car
@meangreen69Nova Its kinda obvious
@@josephmullin5845 first car'
@meangreen69Nova doesn't look that way.
"Save that Chevy Citation!!!" said no one, ever...🤣
Bahahaha 🤣 & Chevy Citations are actually based on Opel cars too ,especially that one
What genius, naming a car "Citation." Isn't a citation the last thing you want while driving?
Coming soon... The Chevy Collision!
@@grizzleypeak bahahaha 🤣 you be lucky to ever get a speeding citation in a Chevy Citation, those was super slug slow 🐌
@ I would put a power engine in one and use it as a sleeper preferably the two door citations
@@daewooparts That's right! No-one ever got a citation while driving a Citation! Granny's Citation got split in two in the film The Junkman though!
What a waste. In Europe they would sell every part of that Opel. They are getting rare these days. True German classic.
Thats true! If you want to See Opels to the My Channel!
That’s just how we are in general here in the States unfortunately. Incredibly wasteful. It’s horribly sad. We need to change.
I like your channel more cars getting crushed and No Talking. Awesome 👌
That Opel is rough but some of the parts on it have to have been about unobtanium these days.
Rest in peace, beautiful Ascona A 1900
Rest in piece, opel ascona A
I find watching this to be oddly satisfying .
Farrah Fawcett did a commercial with that style Mercury Cougar XR-7.
Get yours today - - at the sign of the CAT! wwWRAROooo!
@@michaelb8245 Chauncey the cougar
The front grill on the Cougar survived after all that crushing.
Poor camera guy got rained on with glass. Still satisfying to see the glass go flying
Them old Cougars would float down the road. I miss them old school cars. I'm contemplating on what to build for myself
I have the Ford version of the Cougar, It's called the Grand Torino Elite! It's the Mercury Montego/ Cougar Body with Ford Torino tail lights and other parts, Mine is Red with a Whorehouse Red interior. Everyone asks why it doesn't have the Starsky and Hutch stripe on it! They don't notice it's not the same car so I plan to paint the stripes on it! I could have used some parts out of this car on it, The sport mirrors, The right side parts of the heater housing and heater motor and various other parts to it. But it's too late now!
Opels are from the German branch of general motors
They actually sold Opel a couple of years ago
@@goldenltd1970 yup. PSA bought it
@@reijerlincoln ...And now it’s owned by Stellantis, making it a sister brand of Chrysler
An Opel Ascona; car of my childhood. I didn't know those were even sold in the US.
A few were brought in via the gray market years ago but those are very rare to find now.
The one in the video was an actual US spec model sold thru Buick dealers.
US spec Asconda A was imported and sold by Buick dealers from 1971-75 model years. Same for the Manta A.
that Chevy Citation I remember my mom had that car from work
Our family had a couple of them, a 1980 and a 1983. We traded the 1980 one in-I remember it needed a transmission, and we had a gray AMC Pacer as a loaner car, and as I remember, it (the 1980 one) had problems with water leaking in (it had a sunroof, so that might have been part of it, but it might not have been factory.) My guess is they probably felt they had gotten a lemon. It was a used car that was maybe a year or two old when we got it, but that might have been why it was for sale..., someone unloaded it. It seemed to have a lot of issues for a 1 or 2 year old vehicle. My grandparents also had a couple of them, first the coupe, then they bought the 2 door hatchback version. They probably didn’t have services like Carfax back then, where you can get the history of the vehicle (where it was registered, services done, title searches, accident records, etc., at least as long as it was something that was documented.)
Second car looks like it was pulled out of a swamp and a fire at the same time.
Crushing cars... The Mercury Edition! With a couple of GM extras.
Finding an Opel Ascona in the USA right now will be impossible since I guess this was the last one remaining.... But I suppose its time to get doomed has come.... No pity and enjoy the show!!
There are a few left but not many.
First new car I ever bought was a 91 Tracer LTS. Glad it wasn't one of those that got crushed.
those chevy citiations were what really made american cars as sterotyped as being unreliable while making many americans and canadians switch to honda toyota and datsun/nissan.
My former business partner in my body shop bought a wrecked 81 Pontiac Pheonix back when they were new, the guy lost it on ice on the interstate and spun a couple 360's and hit a light pole with the front corner! Just as he breathed a sigh of relief that the accident was minor and there was very little damage the pole fell on the car taking the roof out! He bought the car for salvage value plus a hundred or two so the guy was satisfied and put a roof on it and gave it to his wife to drive! His son named it the ''Pregnant Armadillo'' It was a good car but it was ugly!
I had the Buick version and it was okay. I mean even after sitting a couple years it still ran.
It's amazing you can stack 5 cars n one Crush session but that cowboy guy on the other channel does one at a time and talks too damn much!
Amen to that!. Wayyy too much talking.
I totally agree with both of you guys!👍😃
😂😂
Cowboy makes his videos interesting though
Howdy howdy 😂😂
3:53: Headlight shatters.
Very good 👏😳😍👍👌🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
...when the owner of a non running oldtimer wants 70 000 dollars for it, but will sell it to the local scrapyard for 50 dollars. These cars still had some parts on it. I do not care avout the crapy plastic cars but those older ones were and still are desirable.
I wished I could have saved the citation. I have a soft spot for those cars
yay more stuff
Guy was a little bit rough with the forks there, might have scratched the paint...
Seeing the Citation and the Cougar crushed made me sad.
wow its too bad about that Opel. Those are pretty rare
The few people that have one would love to have spare glass. What a shame.
@@Austinmini-rt3zh What do you mean spare glass?
@@thenewstuffsucks5000 Windows. It's nice to have a spare one because they do occasionally break and they're specific to this model and quite rare. Windows are made of glass.
@@Austinmini-rt3zh I agree. If nothing else, at least save the glass from the old stuff. It’s not worth anything as scrap; it could be given away for the cost of shipping just to put it in the hands of someone who wants/needs it.
Off to Japan to become the new Honda
i wish there was a view of the car's windshield to see how many YEARS ago was the last registration sticker !
Is there any video of the crusher boy itself! I would like to know the crushing power of the machine
This is so entertaining to me
Old Coug bites the dust
Dam...... i love your stuff.. but those ads are way too much.....
Ouch... all those rare parts.... $$$#
I didn't think there _were_ any Citations left to crush in 2020. Last time I saw one on the road was in 2017. Half of me understands that it was a terrible car, and the other half wants to find one.
i was thinking the same thing. it has been a very long time since I have seen a citation.
@@bigassfordsd I still see them on occasion, or cars that were “twin” cars that were the same basic vehicle that the other GM divisions sold like the Oldsmobile Omega or the Buick Skylark (the early 1980s versions.)
A friend of mine has an '84 that he's driven daily for 5 years. Amazingly it's been reliable
These cars (GM X-bodies) had a deservedly terrible reputation for a key safety defect: a panic stop could send the vehicle out of control. The weight was extremely front biased, even for a front wheel drive car, and a panic stop could really lift up the rear end!
I had a Skylark. Unbeatable in the snow. Roomy inside. Computer controlled carb with a big flat spot in it, leaky rear main seal, slow, and not that great of fuel economy for the size. But they'll run about forever.
Some cars they remove the wheels? Others get crushed with them. Is there a reason?
The Cougar probably had the wheels removed as they were sold from the car.
The rear axle from the cougar was also removed.
@@chryslerelectronicleanburn1676was probably a 9 inch...very popular size with racers
Opel Record 1900 Europa
Five car pile-up? Or just a...flat?
The 2nd car is the Opel & the 3rd car is a Chevrolet Citation ,which is also a Opel based car ......forgot to take off the plates on car #5
Nope, the only thing the Citation had in common with any Opel is they were both made by GM.
Nooooo not the cougar
I'd take the 1975 Mercury over the 1992 models easy.
Jeez, how rare was that Opel? I've see more Opel GTs around than that model
It's quite a rare one. I would've thought the glass was worth saving.
In Germany its even rare , the Ascona A was the Sedan Brother of the Manta A Coupe. In the USA only a few have survived. Sometimes they get exported back home to Germany for restauration. But I think the white one was to far gone, only useable for spare parts
@@gutgess1966 it was clearly all rotted out and moldy on the insides
It had probably been there since the late 1970's very early1980's.
This yard sits on these vehicles for years.
All that rust....every time I watch this channel I think I need a tetanus shot .
It's Raining Rust! Hallejuja It's Raining Rust!
At least it means they are total junk and not a financially viable restoration
It's a shame to cursh the cougar unless the glass is useable
That Cougar would have been worth something.
Um I think its time to hire a new loader operator your video's are awesome though
I was thing who’s operating that thing, Stevie Wonder?
the world is evil...
Crush some JDMs like the Acura Integra or the Toyota Supra if you have any of those in the junkyard, that'll piss of all the fanboys
good idea
he must do it
fuck all jdm cars
1st car, wow something from the 70's of that by gone era when the cars were very nice huge land boats and only did a few miles to a gallon, sadly this one rusted out and had a front end crash, only light but still, 2nd car on the other scale is this rarity from the 70's wow rusted out but they all did that real shame as even in that condition i bet ppl would have brought it, might be worth more if the engine was still in it but sadlt rusted out and been fairly picked clean of parts, 3rd car something from the 80's not sure what it is though, 4th car old chevy from the 90's? maybe late 80's seems to be quite the mix in this yard, older usa stuff 80-90's junk that inyears to come will be wanted or highly short after, the odd 00's wagons vans and picks of era's and picked clean stuff of the 50's kinda want toknow of there's any pre ww2 era cars in there or maybe early 50's before cars became big, 5th car the same one but in red as in car 4 is also car 5,
how is it possible that an opel ascona circulated in the US? was it imported or were they also sold in the US?
Many Opels (most famously the GT) were sold in the US as captive imports at Buick dealers...I remember the sign in front of the Buick dealer in my hometown also having an Opel sign below the Buick one! Ford did the same thing, some Ford of Europe models (most famously the Capri) were sold at Lincoln/Mercury dealerships in the US as captive imports (they were branded as "Mercury" cars here)
@@brentboswell1294 therefore they were imported from Europe by GM itself and then sold on American soil. Thanks a lot for the information
Check classic car catalogue on internet . Gm exports opel and some vauxhall in the USA .
US spec Asconda A was imported and sold thru Buick 1971-75 model years. Same for the Manta A.
opel rekord 1700
My Aunt had a Citation,one of the worst cars she's had
My parents had the Phoenix version. They despised it and even to this day my mom has harsh words about it.
Thats no an Opel Ascona, this is a Opel Kadett Coupe a verry rar Modell 😳🤔😉
Sorry you are wrong, its an Ascona A
Ur wrong
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1976 Cougar XR7 Worthless junk by 1977
What country was Opel from?
Germany
@@Austinmini-rt3zh Technically these were imported from WEST Germany. Says that all over my '73 Manta.
The opel is gone, disappear.
This guy no's how to crush cars not like that other guy
My car mercury tracer are dead are not working and i wany buy 2022 mitsubishi outlander
All of these cars were terrible, even when new. Good riddance!!
Those must of been Democrat cars because they crush so easily.
I love this work