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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Will AA have the biggest "pick-n-pull" 914 party ever?
Posted by: billh1963 Jan 28 2013, 08:29 AM
http://www.914club.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=366058
From the link...
Well here is the question. We are now putting up for sale our four acres up the street in anticipation of purchasing our new building and must move the over 100 914s on the property. I had fully intended to move all of them to our body shop location for over 5000 in cost. However today, a crusher called offering almost $20,000 dollars for all of them. What would YOU do?
Posted by: carr914 Jan 28 2013, 08:32 AM
maybe, gEORGE is, dANNY
Posted by: Eric_Shea Jan 28 2013, 08:36 AM
FDLFBFG
Posted by: MoveQik Jan 28 2013, 08:39 AM
What do you think their value is considering all the VIN's are missing? 
Posted by: billh1963 Jan 28 2013, 08:41 AM
Tough crowd!
Posted by: ottox914 Jan 28 2013, 08:42 AM
Are they all 6's ?
Posted by: '73-914kid Jan 28 2013, 09:27 AM
Are they all 6's ?
No, but they can be if you ask George nicely
Posted by: 9146986 Jan 28 2013, 01:09 PM
George is just being George, and trying to do his best to get the most from his junk pile so he won't have to move it.
Posted by: underthetire Jan 28 2013, 01:18 PM
2K a piece for scrap metal 
Come get mine!
Posted by: billh1963 Jan 28 2013, 01:19 PM
I certainly hope he opens up the place for a few weeks rather than crushing everything without giving those interested a chance!
Posted by: carr914 Jan 28 2013, 01:26 PM
2K a piece for scrap metal
Come get mine!
Exactly & if you have seen some of that Junk, you know that geoDanNY is full of Sh!t
Posted by: SirAndy Jan 28 2013, 01:26 PM
Come get mine!
Aehm ...
20,000 / 100 = 200
Posted by: AvalonFal Jan 28 2013, 01:27 PM
nm
Posted by: Kirmizi Jan 28 2013, 01:33 PM
George is just being George, and trying to do his best to get the most from his junk pile so he won't have to move it.
Didn't he try this before, a couple years ago?
Posted by: Ferg Jan 28 2013, 01:45 PM
You can get a pretty good idea of quality if you go to his website and start looking at the pics of project cars for sale. 
Posted by: URY914 Jan 28 2013, 03:09 PM
Let the cops run all the VIN numbers first.
Posted by: Dr Evil Jan 28 2013, 03:40 PM
Turd piles
Posted by: SLITS Jan 28 2013, 03:49 PM
No gracias!
Posted by: Rand Jan 28 2013, 03:51 PM
It's weird to me that "Dr 914" has to ask this. I don't know why he is thinking all or nothing. Seems simple to me: Move anything that's worth saving, crush the crap.
Posted by: Dr Evil Jan 28 2013, 03:57 PM
He needs to send Ripper out there to pull all the good parts 
Posted by: bandjoey Jan 28 2013, 04:12 PM
Or......he gets 100 people to buy one for $300. There's probably more than that in parts in most cars. It's a good deal for everyone.
U can't say he's not a good businessman.
Posted by: mepstein Jan 28 2013, 04:38 PM
Or......he gets 100 people to buy one for $300. There's probably more than that in parts in most cars. It's a good deal for everyone.
U can't say he's not a good businessman.
It might be a good deal if it showed up on your doorstep but for most people, there is still the matter of loading it up and transporting to your destination. Can be expensive & time consuming to move a non op vehicle. BTDT and probably cheaper to buy a junker off craiglist in your area.
Posted by: carr914 Jan 28 2013, 06:36 PM
U can't say he's not a good businessman.
I disagree, a Good Businessman treats his Customers with Respect so they keep coming back!
Posted by: RoadGlue Jan 28 2013, 06:40 PM
Have we all had our say? George has had his share of beatings around here. K?
Let's watch and see what happens. If you want a car, contact him. 
Posted by: Jake Raby Jan 28 2013, 06:41 PM
Damn, I have access to a 45,000# track hoe that would make quick work of crushing 100 X 914s, sounds like some serious therapy for a Saturday!
The EPA impact probably wouldn't be acceptable, though.
Posted by: Hammy Jan 28 2013, 07:21 PM
Figures. More worried about the money than preserving the cars. I don't think That's a question that even needed asking.
Posted by: Dr Evil Jan 28 2013, 07:30 PM
Figures. More worried about the money than preserving the cars. I don't think That's a question that even needed asking.
Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 28 2013, 07:42 PM
Lets see some Pics, last time I saw pics, his 100 cars was 924,944,914, and nothing special, in an over grown lot.
Id be more interested in the roadglue, 914s
scrap iron is 6 cents a pound, incomplete hulks, Generous 500lbs x 100 = 50,000 x .06 = 3000
Unless he gets hooked up on a federal buy back, and gets 200 each, must have a title.
I was at a Porsche auction, scrap guys were high bidders, after the auction I bought 6 transmissions for 50 bucks,
Posted by: Johny Blackstain Jan 28 2013, 07:53 PM
10 yrs ago I had a chance to visit Georges' graveyard. The lot was triangular, on a hill full of weeds & mud, behind the AA building. Teeners were lying about in all sorts of conditions & positions. I'm sure the soil there is contaminated & an EPA nightmare. As for the cars all I can say is outside in the Georgia sun & air is no way or location to store a teener. Can't really blame anyone for this because it would have required an immense building to keep them all under a roof & that's very expensive. However, as an avid 914 enthusiast I can honestly say it hurt to see all those poor little teeners in such a state/place. 
Posted by: bigkensteele Jan 28 2013, 07:56 PM
Last time I was there was probably 2006. If I were to venture into his yard, I would first get a fresh tetanus shot, and make sure that there was a hospital close by with anti-venom for all poisonous snakes and spiders indigenous to GA. Hard to say if there is anything out there of value, but I am guessing that if there were, it would have been pulled and sold a long time ago.
Posted by: rhodyguy Jan 29 2013, 09:16 AM
the current location may be grandfathered/zoned as a wrecking yard/dismantler. might not be the case with the new house-o-george.
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Posted by: John Jentz Jan 29 2013, 09:38 AM
Well, he's made up has mind. The cars are being moved to a new location. You'll have to find something else to vent your spleens at!
Posted by: Eric_Shea Jan 29 2013, 09:48 AM
Sure you can.
He's burned almost everyone he's come in contact with. That doesn't sound like a good businessman to me. He may have stumbled on a few things like the "Club" for $5k which, at the time was less than $0.75 per name but even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and again.
Think of what a "good" businessman could have done with all George's talent (yeah, that's a backhanded compliment).
Posted by: bandjoey Jan 29 2013, 10:10 AM
Ah Hum.... A good businessman in knowing how to make money ...I should have elaborated.
Posted by: naro914 Jan 29 2013, 11:09 AM
Seriously, it would be better for everyone if he crushed all of them. The less there are around, the more valuable the good ones are..
Posted by: RoadGlue Jan 29 2013, 11:34 AM
Seriously, it would be better for everyone if he crushed all of them. The less there are around, the more valuable the good ones are..
I don't think that saving rust buckets is going to affect the value of your car. I'd rather seem them saved if possible... even if it's just a small handful. Wouldn't you? It's almost like me saying that I wish have the 914s caught on fire tomorrow because that would make mine more valuable. That would be a pretty lousy thing for me to say, right?
How do rust buckets sitting in a lot or building affect the value of your car when it's not even close to being in the same shape. Might it affect the value of other rust buckets? Probably not, as most everyone knows George charges a premium.
We may all be the last ones laughing one day when rusted out chassis' fetch mega bucks, just like what happened with 356s. I think he's being smart about this, and I'm no AA or George fanboy.
Randy
Posted by: naro914 Jan 29 2013, 12:14 PM
Part of the reason (among many) why Speedsters are so valuable is the scarcity of them. A few years back an entire truckload of speedsters got rammed by a train and destroyed something like 8 of them. While very unfortunately, some people in the know said right then the value of speedsters just went up 10% due to even less good ones being around.
I agree, rust buckets are not going to affect the value of a good 914. But then, why bother to keep them? If they are reasonably rebuildable, or have salvageble parts that can help build another car, absolutely keep them. but if they are too far gone, why bother?
Sorry, but I also believe in pulling the plug when there is no hope for survival other than being kept on machine life support. eventually, you have to let things go...
Posted by: jimtab Jan 29 2013, 12:58 PM
Come get mine!
Aehm ...
20,000 / 100 = 200
Nice...someone who can drive AND knows "arithmetic".....it's a beautiful thing....
Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jan 29 2013, 01:03 PM
Come get mine!
Aehm ...
20,000 / 100 = 200
Nice...someone who can drive AND knows "arithmetic".....it's a beautiful thing....
He probably used his computer to figure it out.
(I guess most people do nowadays). 
Posted by: SirAndy Jan 29 2013, 03:12 PM
Come get mine!
Aehm ...
20,000 / 100 = 200
Nice...someone who can drive AND knows "arithmetic".....it's a beautiful thing....
He probably used his computer to figure it out.
(I guess most people do nowadays). The one thing about the metric system that ya'all here in the US just can't wrap your head around is how EASY it is to do calculations like the one above.
You don't even have to do any thinking.
Dividing by 100 is simply done by moving the decimal point to the left by the number of zeros (2) in 100.
20000.00 / 100 =
200.0000
Works with a more complex number as well:
18357 / 100 = 183.57
Can't get much easier than that ...
Posted by: sixnotfour Jan 29 2013, 06:37 PM
yes, if they have titles, check scrap rates, that I quoted.
There is not $200 worth of scrap in every car in the lot and a title.
Posted by: 76-914 Jan 30 2013, 11:06 AM
The one thing about the metric system that ya'all here in the US just can't wrap your head around is how EASY it is to do calculations like the one above.
You don't even have to do any thinking.
Dividing by 100 is simply done by moving the decimal point to the left by the number of zeros (2) in 100.
20000.00 / 100 =
200.0000
Works with a more complex number as well:
18357 / 100 = 183.57
Can't get much easier than that ...
100%. Working with one numerical base is a blessing.
Posted by: Hammy Jan 30 2013, 12:15 PM
Seriously, it would be better for everyone if he crushed all of them. The less there are around, the more valuable the good ones are..
I don't think that saving rust buckets is going to affect the value of your car. I'd rather seem them saved if possible... even if it's just a small handful. Wouldn't you? It's almost like me saying that I wish have the 914s caught on fire tomorrow because that would make mine more valuable. That would be a pretty lousy thing for me to say, right?
How do rust buckets sitting in a lot or building affect the value of your car when it's not even close to being in the same shape. Might it affect the value of other rust buckets? Probably not, as most everyone knows George charges a premium.
I agree completely. I am glad to hear he's going to have the lot moved despite what little may be left of the cars by now.
Posted by: worn Jan 31 2013, 10:13 AM
You don't even have to do any thinking.
Dividing by 100 is simply done by moving the decimal point to the left by the number of zeros (2) in 100.
20000.00 / 100 =
200.0000
Works with a more complex number as well:
18357 / 100 = 183.57
Can't get much easier than that ...
Edit: sorry, I messed up Sir Andy's quote.
As a scientist I use the metric system all of the time. It's great, especially for volumes. I run into problems with the meter though simply because it seems a bad choice compared to something around a foot long. I simply cannot do metric carpentry or cabinet making. Every adult is two meters tall.
Posted by: ThePaintedMan Jan 31 2013, 10:27 AM
As a scientist I use the metric system all of the time. It's great, especially for volumes. I run into problems with the meter though simply because it seems a bad choice compared to something around a foot long. I simply cannot do metric carpentry or cabinet making. Every adult is two meters tall.
Hehe, I always make fun of my British friends when they talk about weight in "stones." A stone is 14 pounds, but that means the units themselves are larger and less precise. Same thing with Celsius/Kelvin, though they are a little more convenient and applicable when measuring things in a laboratory setting
Posted by: rhodyguy Jan 31 2013, 10:47 AM
'cut that 2x4 @ 1.31 meters' makes for a whole new market for the manufactures of tape measures. working with ft/in is easy when you know simple tricks.
Posted by: SLITS Jan 31 2013, 10:57 AM
I'm so old I use cubits!
Posted by: MoveQik Jan 31 2013, 11:24 AM
I'm so old I use cubits!
You still use an abacus as well.
Posted by: walterolin Jan 31 2013, 11:33 AM
Still have a K&E slide rule in my desk.
Posted by: carr914 Jan 31 2013, 11:40 AM
I'm so old I use cubits!
I thought you were still drawing lines in the dirt!
Posted by: SirAndy Jan 31 2013, 12:29 PM
Centimeters my friend, centimeters ...
Carpentry in Germany is done using centimeters and millimeters.
Millimeters is usually enough resolution for anything that one builds by hand.
2 m ~= 6 1/2 feet
2 m = 200 cm = 2000 mm
So, using millimeters, you get about a 2000 resolution for 6 1/2 feet.
That should be plenty for any cabinet.
Posted by: SLITS Jan 31 2013, 02:26 PM
Centimeters my friend, centimeters ...
Carpentry in Germany is done using centimeters and millimeters.
Millimeters is usually enough resolution for anything that one builds by hand.
2 m ~= 6 1/2 feet
2 m = 200 cm = 2000 mm
So, using millimeters, you get about a 2000 resolution for 6 1/2 feet.
That should be plenty for any cabinet.
Yeah, but you get 2496 32nds in 6.5 feet ... which is better!!!
Posted by: MoveQik Jan 31 2013, 02:36 PM
Yeah, but you get 2496 32nds in 6.5 feet ... which is better!!!
Slits would know this because that is exactly how tall he is when standing on a milk crate.
Posted by: MDG Jan 31 2013, 02:41 PM
So, using millimeters, you get about a 2000 resolution for 6 1/2 feet.
That should be plenty for any cabinet.
Yeah, but you get 2496 32nds in 6.5 feet ... which is better!!!
Metric. Andy was just rounding off for simplicity sake; the actual conversion using millimetres would bring you to the equivalent of measuring in 1/64ths of an inch.
Posted by: carr914 Jan 31 2013, 03:03 PM
Guy's get off the New Math & back to the Rustposium!
Posted by: ripper911 Feb 3 2013, 08:18 AM
Moving the business is going to be quite an adventure, I think it would be a good idea to have a picking party. I don't think George is the type to crush a 914 if it can be avoided.
I still don't know how the hell we're going to move EVERYTHING there, one piece at a time I guess.
Posted by: SLITS Feb 3 2013, 10:44 AM
Moving the business is going to be quite an adventure, I think it would be a good idea to have a picking party. I don't think George is the type to crush a 914 if it can be avoided.
I still don't know how the hell we're going to move EVERYTHING there, one piece at a time I guess.
After viewing the facility, if you try to move anything it will become pieces!
Posted by: euro911 Feb 3 2013, 10:58 AM
George probably misunderstood that the scrapper's offer of $20k was for everything George has ...
Posted by: Rusty Feb 3 2013, 01:58 PM
Ya know, some ice down some soda and beer, fire up the grill and serve hotdogs and hamburgers... it could be one hell of a party.
Posted by: pete000 Feb 3 2013, 05:43 PM
I picked up a rear valance of of eBay. It was from AA. I knew that it would ba a risk,but what the heck. Good news first. It was shipped in a timely manner. It was boxed and packaged very nice. Price was not to bad. Bad news is the part looks like it has been sitting in this field for years. It in no way fits the car. It is a fiberglass part, so I can make something out of it. It helps knowing if you purchase anything from them there is a high chance it will be no good, and if it is good it is a pleasant surprise.
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