Think of all the history behind these vehicles. Vacations, weddings, taking the kids to school, going to football games, going to the doctor, going to work, untold miles of faithful service to their owners, etc. If the cars could talk, what stories they would tell.

@OKFrax-ys2op

2 жыл бұрын

Rust, thieves and moths than finally judgment day 🤔

@fernandoantoniobernalbarei1415

2 жыл бұрын

Dengue autos

@Flossie1985

2 жыл бұрын

It makes me think of The Brave Little Toaster scrapyard scene where cars going to the crusher sing about the lives they led before they were thrown away as worthless.

@paulgrimm

2 жыл бұрын

Like a cemetery

@mickeybrown8233

2 жыл бұрын

To painful to watch, I hope there were nightmares involved.

OUCH!! As a Studebaker guy this was very hard to watch… there was still good amount of useable parts that got crushed unfortunately. Could’ve contacted the Studebaker’s drivers club might have been able to salvage a bit more. But definitely appreciate you salvaging everything you did! Someone else probably would’ve just crushed it all.

@bigblockjalopy

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure about Studebakers, but in the 50s/60s Mopar world rust free quarter panels are the most valuable parts and these here wer just crushed. I'm not into these but it made me cry

@henktulp4400

2 жыл бұрын

If oldtimer enthusiasts want to keep old parts I suggest they be more willing to purchase when available rather then look for it when they are in need....if you come to a scrapyard I suggest you try to strip a car of all bits worth keeping....it will make your friends with the same classic happy too!!....the owner of the yard can then recycle the remainings....but most will wanna buy just what they need at that moment... I am a lifelong oldtimer fan,but can also understand a scrapyard is a business to run.....place and time are precious!

@silverstar4289

2 жыл бұрын

Not worth the time to do. As he said, the only stuff not picked may have never sold, and then got little money

@drwatson32bit

Жыл бұрын

It was hard to see a decent Lark wagon go, I wanted one terribly bad when I was younger. Had a 4 door 6 cyl in high school ~17 years ago.

I have a 55 Ford that I've had since 1965, was 18 when I bought it, now 76. Viet veteran.

@CowboyCarCrushing

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service to our Great Nation. It was a Noble Cause 🇺🇸

They had an auction about an hour from me and a guy had about 125-130 old cars he had for years. His family ordered it all sold at auction. The more desirable stuff went between $400-$1200. 48 cars went for $210 or less to the scrapper but most of those were really rough. I did look through the cars online before they sold and the best looking of the cars going for scrap was a 1948 Frazer Manhattan. I bought it for $220. I bid on 2 beetles as parts cars for a dune buggy build. I went and picked them up and the Frazer has very little rust and is complete. To much surprise one of the beetles has a nice interior and no rust. Got the beetles for $110 and $140. 3 other beetles went for scrap but they had no engines in them. I’m pretty excited about the Frazer but it’s going to need a lot of work.

@drwatson32bit

Жыл бұрын

did you build up the decent Beetle?

I see a lot of people in the comments are unhappy about other bits that could be saved such as frames, glass and doors being popular. However it would take him ages to start removing glass and frames, doors not so much but it's where to keep it all and then waiting for it to sell. I used to buy mx5s and part them out. I kept the good ones on the road though. I also used to keep almost everything to sell. When I stopped doing it after 5 years I ended up scrapping 20 doors, 5 gear boxes and a load of other junk that I couldn't even give away in the end. Oh and a load of bonnets too. All they did was take up a load of my limited space. My justification was 'theyr'e good saleable items'. Didn't work out that way. That's not to say that I wasn't sucessful with it in other ways such as diffs, 6spd boxes, engines, soft top and hard top roofs. All good money in those.

Sad to see, but anyone else would have just crushed everything. He took a lot of trouble to save as much as he could. Studebaker parts are really hard to find, so I'm glad he saved what he could.

Car restoration is a business and like any other there is an element of supply and demand. Not everybody has the space to store a bunch of old car parts that someone might use in the years to come. When the yard does this they are actually losing money. This is especially true when scrap metal prices are high. The overwhelming majority of people who talk about restoring cars never do. The reason for this is obvious; it is an extremely expensive hobby to get into.

Lots to see here. These cars were mostly very far gone, but so glad to hear you could save as many as thirty. I hope I can see your operation in person someday.

@isabelle7321

Жыл бұрын

Glad ur saving parts

My heart always faints when you crush rutabagas :)

These cars actually died the last day they were driven, in most cases many years ago. The time passed since then is just waiting time. Everything has an end. That's just how it is. The period music was appropriate and in a weird way, fun.

Love the way you did the rapid fire crushing, then normal video, then more rapid and so on, good matey, regards ken from Australia.

What nice off you too make this video! And I like the "Golden Touch" how you do it with all the matirial, Thank You!!

whaha the music under the chrushing 🤣🤣 i got this bluese tune in my head for it with 3 or 4 guys shhhoeebbieedoe do singing the studebaker bluese 🤣🤣

That light blue cab looked in great shape. If I was younger or had better health I would be saving it. Heart attack two year ago stroke 4 days ago. Not going be taking any major projects on. Thanks for saving what you can

That is most Studabakers I ever saw together! My father owned 3 Studabaker cars back in 60's, 1 was a canary yellow convertible with scotch plaid top with red leather seats. My older siblings remember riding in them. I'm glad you kept some of the rare cars and parts! If I run into anyone looking for parts I will send them your way! Keep up the great work and videos! Take care.

Lots of Studebakers lost there lives the last few weeks! Cowboy Car Crushing's channel crushed about 30 Studebakers (including an Avanti) at a clean out property in Dallas a couple weeks ago. Of the 60+ classics crushed there, I was saddest about the 2 Corvairs, and a Packard Clipper. That's great you guys spared some cars here!

Like how you set the trunk lids out to catch the glass for easier cleanup

Thanks for taking us along Silas, I like watching cars getting crushed.

End of an era, but great video !

I love watching cars crushed and also see cars being sold whole or parts Silas

He saved the good stuff. (My first mechanic job was salvage in the 1970s.) Studebaker demand maxed out with the people from that era and we'll be gone soon. Vehicle value for most peaks when people who experienced those machines retire and for those cars that was decades ago.

always sad to see the passing of the old rust but I guess you can't save them all..

It’s sad to see em getting crushed, but I’m glad u were able to save some bits of em to help others live on.

Thanks Silas. I really enjoyed the longer video format. Appreciate it is a lot of extra work but I found it easy to watch the whole video in one go.

Howdie Mr Silas. I'm a fan of your video's, work and life you share with us. I didn't fully understand your process at 1st. I get it now, your Dad, your friends, know what your doing. I thought it was crazy at 1st cutting up cars, lawn furniture comments 😂😂 ect. Never thought I'd enjoy watching a crush. It's alot of work & cooperation between friends or what you guys do wouldn't even be possible. All the Networking at many levels that takes place. Cars are just that, it's the mechanics, the innovative people that save alot of history. Well done brother, carry on.🌻💪✌🎁 loved the rescue of the Zepher and others.

no worries watching the old cars get crushed as I could see they were finished especially enjoyed the sped up sections imagine if the crusher could run at that speed lol I did find it a little sad that it was the end of an era for the old scrap yard but hey life goes on keep making your adventures 😀.

The souls of those cars are cryin in agony, I can hear them ,!

Being OCD, Love watching this! 😇👌🏽👍🏽 awesome cleanup! Many Thanks

Thanku so much for saving some beautiful art - there will never be more like it 🥰❤

Thank for the awesome video. My God bless you and your family. I'm watching this on my birthday

I know it would be too time consuming but it would be really cool to see the year and models as they went to their final resting place.

Oh ya thanks for sharing the journey

Going down memory lain that's awesome you had a pretty cool childhood, you were able to experience a ton of killer adventures. Love the videos it would be interesting to come visit. & get a tour.

Silas is the KING of the car crushers!!!

at 20mins i have to say great vid with great music. you put a lot of effort into this. thnx, i enjoy watching

only 31 and what a work ethic you have

Awesome enjoy watching Silas

This is something we will never see again unless we watch the video again.

Would be good to scrap the trim, lenses, interior knobs and gauges before crushin em. We can remake the tin, but the rest is harder to find. Mark em with a grease pencil for easier identification and ebay em for cash, while saving some neat old cars. Seriously I spent years chasing trim bits on old cars.

@charlesherman1831

3 ай бұрын

Silus you the man I really enjoy watching you r video s keep up the good work

Studebaker, a favourite of mine, here in the UK. They don't make'em like they used to! Thanks for your video and best of Luck.

That's going to make less Studebakers on the planet ! It's always sad to see these old cars crushed , as they all have a story to tell of long ago . Mark Switzer

Really well put together. THanks for sharing with us. Good stuff....

I am happy to see you cleaned up the car mess it all needed to go

Very interesting love it. Thank you so much for your time and your effort you put in to love your contact

it is wonderful thing watching you work sir. your like a conductor of an orchestra. Saw the intro and im hooked. Love the story of you an your dad crushing cars together. the 49 Packard oh man one day. that one was beautiful. well sir you have a fan. And i will be watching. THANK YOU.

I love watching your videos I never seen so many scrap cars. The Lord bless you and keep you

The one that really made me sad was the yellow international with the service body. Such a cool truck and looks as if it could've been saved. Ouch. That was hard to watch.

A dead Baker is of no use to anyone. You got the best of what anyone might want for restoration or art. The rest is recycled and the land is free of the blight. Don't let what others say get you down. I'd have to say, you've improved the acreage considerably. Well done and a fine video.

Excellent, but sad!!. Still an interesting piece to watch. That's my therapy, a stroll through junk yards and every swap meet that's close, going to one Sunday and one in October . Thanks. Enjoyable

@CowboyCarCrushing

2 жыл бұрын

Well well well it's Ernest

Amazing that Lincoln was there and had not already been picked! Hope someone treats it right!

even though the old shells are being crushed and that history is lost. everything salvageable will go on to be used on other cars that can be pieces of history forever

I could watch you crush cars all day and never get bored

I enjoyed todays video! Thanks good job. Take the Mrs. some flowers.

Thanks I really enjoyed it

Noticed the 1930s body around 16:00 barely took any effort and was flat as a pancake at the end! Amazing improvements in auto design even between the 1930s and the 1950s!

Nice one mate you keep doing what is right saved what you can and crushed what you had to ps good luck and cool music

Excellent video with great choice of music! I remember what those cars looked like when they came off the show room floor! I am a 80 year old neighbor from Wichita and I enjoyed the whole hour! Great clean up job on all those Studs!

great video , just gets better and better your videos . Lovin it from Barcelona spain

glad to see you save some parts at the end, i enjoyed.🇩🇰🔥👍

Great job. Just now getting to watch. Go man go.

Great music 🎶 I was hoping you would post the pictures of you at 6 and now side by side 😉

@bentandre5524

2 жыл бұрын

yes, i missed that too

Great video, most cars were completely rusted out anyway. The high speed crushing action was brilliant.

I look forward to seeing your videos here in central massachusetts.thanks,

Absolutely fascinating. I love the way that you are so careful and the way that you leave the land afterwards. There is less land in England so salvage yards are much more bleak without trees. One question; what happens to the scrap now? It is a mix of metal, rubber, glass etc.

@maplebones

2 жыл бұрын

I think some places shred it, and then uses magnets or other things to sort it. I know of a place that buys whole scrap cars and puts them directly into a shredder, and the bits are fed into an attacked rebar plant. You can watch your car being shredded if you like, and if it's a 50's era vehicle with a heavy bumper you'll hear the shredder scream when it hits it.

@AdventuresMadeFromScratch

2 жыл бұрын

Modern shredders, at least the ones in the USA, sort everything as they shred it. I’d love to see one in operation some day.

Very good job, Really enjoyed it.

I liked the music. I have watched you a lot. I loved the high speed crushing.

I really appreciate your channel.. Thanks for sharing your joy.. I did love the hour video.. short ones too.. like seeing the car Crushed.. From Dieppe New Brunswick Canada 🇨🇦..

There was still some good parts on those studebakers that could of been saved like the glass ,some suspension parts , some panels still looked OK, I thought that a bit more could of been saved and I'm glad you saved the Packard.

@johntunstall8966

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I saw some good parts still as well but like he keeps saying he can't save everything, and if it was any other person absolutely nothing would have been saved, in all honesty he saved ALOT more than he had too. He honestly didn't have to save anything and he would have been done days ago and moved onto the next thing.

@Pop-jn6hu

2 жыл бұрын

This guy should be stopped. He is out of his mind. Studebakers aren't growing on trees. It's all a terrible loss to humanity.

@johntunstall8966

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pop-jn6hu get over it he had a job to do he saved a lot of stuff even though he DIDN'T have to, he's one of very few yards that actually tries to save what he can.

@michaeldickens7493

2 жыл бұрын

Yo I have to understand how many cars he.comes across I thought the same thing there are cars I'd love to have and fix but think a0bout the money and travel

@seekeroftruth69

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pop-jn6hu lol he literally just went through 140+ of them on 1 lot. There's thousands more yards like that one. So yes they do grow on trees. They're everywhere. There's 2 yards in my small town filled with stud's, dodge and classic chevy's. Lol there's no shortage

Tremendous effort and a job well done.

MAN....You're smooth with that front loader....you look like you could shoot pool with it.

Longer the better keep up the good work 👍👍

I hate what you do. I like that you saved what you could.

Great video

Probably the largest collection of Studebakers in NAmerica. Some of those would have been neat as street rods with a SBC/TH350 in em but virtually all of them were way too far gone. Quite the collection tho! Cute video.

New person with a LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! I "guess" I enjoyed that even though it was sort of SAD. I was a kid when those cars were new in our neighborhood. Thank you for the tour down memory lane. And that crusher is POWERFUL - more so than our local Bone Yards! See you on the next one!!!

It's very interesting watching things pop and crack and crash and crunch LOL yeah it was kind of fun watching it never actually seen it like that in real life it was fun and nice thanks

Awesome video

Loved it. Keep them comming Please

Great video!! I didn't think I could watch 60 mins of car crushing in one go but I did and enjoyed it! If you painted lips and teeth on the top and bottom of the crusher it would make the speeded up parts look really funny!!!!!!!! Keep up the good work.

Silas, The added slow classical music somehow ads great pleasure to watching Your crushing monster in action. Thank You. Great Job!

Very well done!!

Hay thanks for showing...

Worked for a guy in rices landing pa. He almost exclusively crushed classics .I can remember an apache 5 window .he always had a devilish grin and would let out a scream while doing it.crazy times

I like it! Job well done.

Well job done😀👍

Slowly but surely...great video.

Silas, I like all your videos.

Ah I see the bonnets and boot lids there to catch the debris. Nice one.

I loved it Silas great video nothing wrong with a long video every once in a while be blessed

Love the longer video

Rick Nelson said it bestway back when in one of his songs and it still holds true to this day .. "U can't please everyone ,, so U got to please yurself !!" ;-}

THANK YOU!!

Man you nailed this video, the music and still being able to hear the equipment great editing job. Hats off!!! Great video silas, keep'um coming.

Hell Yea 2 At a time..😎😁💯💪👍

Lov the fast forward crush niceeee.

I bet the old guy who used to own the yard watched you crush them all! Thanks Silas, can't wait to see what is next, always interesting!

@AdventuresMadeFromScratch

2 жыл бұрын

He did. I think he was sad to see them gone, but yet glad to see them gone at the same time.

That blue studebaker truck had a nice bed and cab

Great day of crushing loved it was great thank you for sharing and your time salis really great.

Love this video. Brings back memories. My brother and I loved going around the wrecking yards. So many cool old cars

@jgpjanssen1924

2 жыл бұрын

Memories come back, even with the music....lol...great choise...tjoe tjoe doe whaaaa...whaa.. thx done a hell of a great job.

@elainerussell924

2 жыл бұрын

Come to my place you can hang around the dumpster ha ha

Glad to see you saved some stuff still ashame lot of history going to be gone they don’t make the stuff anymore