This is an issue for all old stuff hobbyists. My other project is a '70 F350. On that forum we talk about the same thing. I personally have scrapped two old Fords. They were both very worn out old trucks, but parts from them have kept mine and a couple others going too. I still have tons of parts from the trucks I scrapped that I am still looking to get rid of. The bone yard is essential to keeping old stuff going, and the people that run them for a living deserve to make some money. I've sold some of the parts I kept from those trucks as scrap because I had no place to keep them. The guy who finds and parts out stuff has to take them apart, catalog the parts, advertise them, pack them and ship them. How can anybody not expect that guy to try and make a few bucks? Buying and selling parts or whole machines is what keeps the hobbies going. There are a lot of good people out there providing a service to our hobbies. There are probably a few dirtbags out there too. I think that eventually the market will sort them out.
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Steve,
Former multiple 149 owner.
Left the tractors back east when we moved to Nevada. One went to South Jersey, the other to Long Island.
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