50 914s pulled out of a Barn in the Pacific Northwest, Parts pulling this weekend before they get crushed Options

[sixnotfour]

I find myself in an airport on the west coast saying…….should I, should I

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Well then fly to Cali. to HPH Bontempis place at least the parts are good..just $$$... and its all for sale BIN.

[Bruce Hinds]

I did a live video from the site on Saturday so you can get a better idea of what is actually there if this helps https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPCZK6YEhZc/...m9yeDR5MjRudmNx

Thanks for sharing the video, I'm that removed my temptation as I'm sure it do for many others. Dang, handled differently that could have been a real bonanza. Any idea where all the bumpers went?
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[wonkipop]

having viewed the informative film clip i dont agree with @JeffBowlsby . a negative price tag should be attached to all willing to remove them from the premises. $300 for shell, $500 per shell and junked engine to each person with a flat bed ready to get em out and go. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) you may laugh as i do but i'm being serious.

hence the crusher? you pay to clear a property in australia not the other way around.
last time i was informed it was $125 AUD to remove the car. no $ in owner pocket plagued by crumbling former status symbol - $ removed from owners pocket for the convenience.

those cars were lost to the world before they even entered the former pig stye?

[Chris914n6]

Looks pretty well picked over. Alot of 75-76 missing bumpers...

[sixnotfour]

More Pics and info:
https://www.facebook.com/shawn.madison.54
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday we will be opening up the property for one final weekend. 140 cars need to go, before the mobile crusher comes in to clear the property.
Type 1, Type 3, type 4, 914s, 924s, plus any other water cooled later VWs are $300 no motor, $500 with motor, buses t including vanagons are $500 no motor, $1000 with motor, $1,500 if a poptop westy. the 2 motorhomes are $3500 dor both.
These cars are being sold as parts as they do not have titles or keys. CASH ONLY SALES. They have all been off the road for 20+ years.
Friday Saturday and Sunday September 26-28th hours are 9 to 4 .
4714 183rd ave S W , Rochester, Wa 98579

[mepstein]

Closing down a shop that belonged to one of our customers, we had to get rid of a half dozen cars. No titles and no real value. I think they brought in about 250 in scrap value and the scrap company picked them up. Probably less for a 914 since it’s so much lighter than a modern car but the new owner probably put the cost of removal in when arriving at the purchase price.
It does show you how much a 914 chassis is really worth…

[arsprod]

I did a live video from the site on Saturday so you can get a better idea of what is actually there if this helps https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPCZK6YEhZc/...m9yeDR5MjRudmNx

Thanks for the video and the reminder that if it weren't for folks like 914 Rubber, PMB, 914Werkes, Tangerine, etc there'd be a lot less of us enjoying these cars!

[sixnotfour]

Ones Mans Treasures, another Mans Junk..

This case the Land $$$$$$ needs to be cleared .. no emotion ,, Moving Forward...
The other side of the Spectrum..
Meanwhile there is a Warehouse full of 914 parts and a shop..... in CA.

[StarBear]

…. And thermostats! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[JeffBowlsby]

having viewed the informative film clip i dont agree with @JeffBowlsby . a negative price tag should be attached to all willing to remove them from the premises. $300 for shell, $500 per shell and junked engine to each person with a flat bed ready to get em out and go. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) you may laugh as i do but i'm being serious.

hence the crusher? you pay to clear a property in australia not the other way around.
last time i was informed it was $125 AUD to remove the car. no $ in owner pocket plagued by crumbling former status symbol - $ removed from owners pocket for the convenience.

those cars were lost to the world before they even entered the former pig stye?

Thats an interesting perspective and I don't necessarily disagree with our friend Michael, but it depends on the person and the specific vehicle characteristics. I have only parted two 914s in the last 25 years - where one saw junk and a waste of time, I saw opportunity.

Both cars were given to me free, just haul them away, they were not viable as vehicles. One '73 had a 1.7L engine and suffered from an engine fire, the other a '75 with no engine or interior. Still, I cleared about $1500 on each from their parts, and that was over 20 years ago. More than worth my time and my kids helped me turn wrenches which taught them life lessons. Even these cars with their rotted out chassis, likely have some value, but not enough to pay someone else for the privilege of spending hours and hours processing/selling off the parts and then sending the rest to the dump/crusher.

[sb914]

Lots of engine decklids for Sergio.

[Unobtanium-inc]

The problem with calling any car a parts car is only good cars give up good parts. Which is why wrecked cars give up great parts. But I'm guessing this guy paid little or nothing for most of these cars and then let them sit for decades, so anything that is old and tired on your car is probably just as old and tired on these cars.
And the parts that don't go bad, well, every car gave up that part, like targa tops for a 914? Every seen the parts guys with the stack of 100? Because every car gave up one that was half decent, and the one on your car is half decent.

[wonkipop]

having viewed the informative film clip i dont agree with @JeffBowlsby . a negative price tag should be attached to all willing to remove them from the premises. $300 for shell, $500 per shell and junked engine to each person with a flat bed ready to get em out and go. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) you may laugh as i do but i'm being serious.

hence the crusher? you pay to clear a property in australia not the other way around.
last time i was informed it was $125 AUD to remove the car. no $ in owner pocket plagued by crumbling former status symbol - $ removed from owners pocket for the convenience.

those cars were lost to the world before they even entered the former pig stye?

Thats an interesting perspective and I don't necessarily disagree with our friend Michael, but it depends on the person and the specific vehicle characteristics. I have only parted two 914s in the last 25 years - where one saw junk and a waste of time, I saw opportunity.

Both cars were given to me free, just haul them away, they were not viable as vehicles. One '73 had a 1.7L engine and suffered from an engine fire, the other a '75 with no engine or interior. Still, I cleared about $1500 on each from their parts, and that was over 20 years ago. More than worth my time and my kids helped me turn wrenches which taught them life lessons. Even these cars with their rotted out chassis, likely have some value, but not enough to pay someone else for the privilege of spending hours and hours processing/selling off the parts and then sending the rest to the dump/crusher.

what i was getting at jeff is that the VW guys handling this "screwed it up". someone saw economic opportunity in it all? i was half kidding. yeah they should have been free. and i dunno if you actually get paid for scrap in the USA but down here you don't.
the scrap guys give you nothing and in some cases charge to get it off the property - esp if its a difficult removal involving more of their time than a simple drag it on to a flat bed and off to the scrap yard.

one of my mates picked up a citroen xm that way here. scrap guys wanted $500 to get it out of the back yard it was trapped in. and i could see why. my mate got it out for free if the owner paid for the flat bed truck hire. they did a deal. it cost my mate nothing and the owner only paid half the amount the scrap guy wanted to charge.
he got the xm going for about another 2.5K. however the xm was actually a good car, all that was really wrong with it was its hydraulics were stuffed and it was trapped sitting down about 2 inches off the ground. it was not a rusted out bucket of you know what. interesting car if you like that sort of thing.

[sixnotfour]

the VW guys handling this "screwed it up". someone saw economic opportunity in it all?

EXACTLY (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[SirAndy]

... one of my mates picked up a citroen xm that way here ... interesting car if you like that sort of thing

@wonkipop
My 1st ex wife used to have a Citroën SM with the Maserati engine.

Hands down one of the best cars i have ever driven.
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[wonkipop]

... one of my mates picked up a citroen xm that way here ... interesting car if you like that sort of thing

@wonkipop
My 1st ex wife used to have a Citroën SM with the Maserati engine.

Hands down one of the best cars i have ever driven.
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those SMs are amazing.
i've been in one once in my life as a passenger.
never forgotten it.

the XM is a later 90s car. don't think there are many if any in USA.
still a few left here. the last of the big citroens before peugeot completely destroyed the legacy. when you have them sorted they are pretty damn good. but at this point in time a real handful to keep on the road with the hydraulics. always leaking from somewhere. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
ive driven my mates from time to time. and i would say its the best big car i have ever driven. drive it with one figure at 70mph effortlessly. and the suspension is just something else. soft but firms up on corners. got ECUs in it that react to the road.
pretty stunning when its all working together - which isn't necessarily all of the time. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[rick 918-S]

I find myself in an airport on the west coast saying…….should I, should I

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Well then fly to Cali. to HPH Bontempis place at least the parts are good..just $$$... and its all for sale BIN.

Had Rich look through his doors for me. Nothing really good there.

[sixnotfour]

I find myself in an airport on the west coast saying…….should I, should I

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Well then fly to Cali. to HPH Bontempis place at least the parts are good..just $$$... and its all for sale BIN.

Had Rich look through his doors for me. Nothing really good there.

Wow even worse reality... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

[6volt]

Glad I checked this thread and the video. I was about to head up there tomorrow with a car full of tools and dreams...

Only a 2 hr drive for me but I have no way of taking home a full car just for a windshield. Oh well. Honestly the best possible scenario for everyone is if one person just took them ALL, took their time and stripped every single car completely down and put all the parts up for sale individually. At least we'd all know that those original fog light switches, sail trim and un-cracked dashes were saved.

But that person is not me either.

[rick 918-S]

I find myself in an airport on the west coast saying…….should I, should I

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Well then fly to Cali. to HPH Bontempis place at least the parts are good..just $$$... and its all for sale BIN.

Had Rich look through his doors for me. Nothing really good there.

I was looking for an early door for Juergen's car. There is a very big stash of doors there. I reviewed several photos sent but there was nothing there he sent i would use on an original 6.

Sad to see so many cars being crushed when they were sandwiched so tight together there was no real way to give them a real once over.