Re: Theft!

[Donnie Schanz Jr <dcs426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The guys who work there dont steal from the scrap yards...guys like me pay 
them for finding items. Im into 3.8 Turbo Buick Grand Nationals. Well a 
casting numbered "109" block sells for about 500 bucks now and the heads are 
100 bucks for the castings"8445". Alot of people dont realise that the same 
exact 3.8 engine was in every 86-87 Pontiac, Buick,and Olds, but was a 
carburated engine. These cars are getting scraped for 150/200 bucks total. 
If they find me an engine, I toss them 25 or 50 bucks and I only pay 50 
bucks for it and Im out the door...legally. This goes for the LS1 motors and 
the old 500 caddy engines and almost any big block that comes in if the 
casting numbers are something we are looking for. I dont think the guys who 
work there would steal them, because they more then likely dont know how to 
get rid of them. Someone else, who is in the hobby would know. You may have 
a thief in the bunch, but I have delt with the local scrap yard for over 20 
years and never had an issue with theft. If someone is paying a big "finders 
fee"...thats a better place to look. I would toss a few 100 bucks easy to 
someone who found me a head or a pair of, not to mention an entire load.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Merwin Wrisley" <vulcan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Theft!


> I have to agree with you, most of the people working at these places know 
> what parts are worth,
> you look at what they get paid, and some can't resist the 
> temptation...........warren
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donnie Schanz Jr" <dcs426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Theft!
>
>
> > Watch for them to go on sale on E-bay or Craig's. I have another theory 
> > though...I have a connection at the local salvage yards here and they 
> > know what parts are what. I am willing to bet that those parts never got 
> > to a semi truck. Someone was called and they were loaded into the trunk 
> > of someones car and they have a new home. I get heads and blocks all the 
> > time this same way. The guys even watch for certain models of cars they 
> > know have certain parts on them. I just got a 4L80E tranny out of a 
> > wrecked delivery van for 25 bucks!!! Let the detectives question the guys 
> > there...you will be surprised I bet.
> >
> > Sorry for your trouble
> > Donnie
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bill" <hemirr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 10:30 AM
> > Subject: Theft!
> >
> >
> > > Imagine the shock of going into your pole barn to get something and 
> > > gradually noticing that you have gaping holes where you just recently 
> > > had heavy shelves full of '50's, 60's, and 70's mopar parts.  Happened 
> > > to me January 19th.  It turns out that a bunch of stuff like 426 hemi 
> > > heads, max wedge heads, 340 X heads, a whole stack of aluminum intakes, 
> > > etc were stolen and taken to a metal salvage yard and sold for metal 
> > > weight.  They didn't have any of it left, and claimed that they ship 
> > > stuff out by the semi load the same day they buy it.  Um, thanks guys 
> > > for confessing that you aren't in compliance with Indiana law on the 
> > > matter, which requires that all "valuable metal" bought by a salvage 
> > > operation must be retained for 5 business days to assist in possible 
> > > recovery of stolen goods, AND specifically includes "small auto parts" 
> > > in the definition of valuable metal.  That has led to the local 
> > > prosecutor issuing a warning letter to all salvage yards, which is 
> > > scheduled to be delivered to them in person this week by a team of 
> > > detectives from the two agencies covering the locations of all the 
> > > yards.  Normally as the head of the detective division at my department 
> > > I would participate in doing this myself, but I have to stay out of that 
> > > part since I'm contemplating bringing a suit against the company, as 
> > > they violated the law with my parts.  They also failed to copy the state 
> > > issued identification of the people selling them, as required, and 
> > > failed to photograph them, as required.   I've been working on my 
> > > insurance claim meanwhile, as more of a sure thing, and do need a little 
> > > help with one missing item:  a '63 Borg Warner T-10 with the Mopar A833 
> > > pattern.  I could only find one for sale online, on Craigslist, and that 
> > > was a "best offer" ad, with no price listed.  My insurance adjuster is 
> > > being understanding but just wants such things as eBay or Craigslist 
> > > printouts suggesting the current value of these parts when I can provide 
> > > them.
> > >
> > > Bill & Kathi Parker, South Central Indiana...'49 Plymouth 2 door; '62 
> > > Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart convertible; '65 Barracuda \6; '65 
> > > Imperial; '68 Barracuda FB 340-S; '69 Barracuda FB now 360; '70 
> > > Challenger now 440; '72 Cuda '340
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person --  
> directly to that person.  I.e., send parts/car transactions and 
> negotiations as well as other personal messages only to the intended 
> recipient, not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect 
> your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the content 
> signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!
>
> 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
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1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
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