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bri_man57
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Wow! I'm sure that felt weird walking up on that lol.
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weadjust
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Why would they go to the trouble of cutting open the roof on both sides above the doors and cutting out the B pillars 
StingRay
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Well some lucky fella will get his car back. I have a hard time imagining that the choppers aren't leaving some kind of evidence behind after being all over that thing.
That car has been smoked. I'm assuming they will take this vin # and put it on a clean car they stole, you can see they left vin tags on that wreck all over the place. Cops could search this vin and see who owns it. Too much work for a car that really isn't worth much.
Metallitubby
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Why would they go to the trouble of cutting open the roof on both sides above the doors and cutting out the B pillars
There are VIN labels on everything.
weadjust
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Isn't there a VIN # on that sticker they left on the drivers side door jamb
Bretny
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Why would they go to the trouble of cutting open the roof on both sides above the doors and cutting out the B pillars
Patch pannels that prob arnt available.
niget2002
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Why would they go to the trouble of cutting open the roof on both sides above the doors and cutting out the B pillars
I don't know all my cars, but is this one of those with the curtain side airbags that come out of the pillar? Could be quicker to pull the pillar off and ditch the car, then work on getting the air bags out at a later time.
Bigbandguy
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Why would they go to the trouble of cutting open the roof on both sides above the doors and cutting out the B pillars
Depending on how new the car was they might have been looking for a LoJack or similar GPS locator. They have to be pretty careful of those.
I doubt the shop is all that close. That car probably arrived in a moving size box truck with ramps from 50 or so miles away.
Terranova
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Why wouldn’t you dump it in a retention pond? This seems like begging for attention.
niget2002
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EPA doesn't like it when you do that.
Killer95Stang
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Usually we follow the oil trail to alley way leading to a back gate where it was chopped up. They took the engine out of this one, so they lucked out.... Seriously, that is some amateur hour type work right their.
Closer look, maybe that car was used to traffic drugs from Mexico. Then it was dumped for others to pick through it. No other reason why they would cut up the structure like that... Also, unless that steering wheel came from the car they are putting the parts on, then that looks like it was in a major wreck already.
Closer look, maybe that car was used to traffic drugs from Mexico. Then it was dumped for others to pick through it. No other reason why they would cut up the structure like that... Also, unless that steering wheel came from the car they are putting the parts on, then that looks like it was in a major wreck already.
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CHuDWah
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The wheels don't match - maybe they put them on to make the wreck rollable. Still surprised they didn't take them - maybe that's what the concrete block was supposed to be for.
pancho400cid
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Wow... That is wild!
nadogail
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I am surprised they left wheels and tires on it.
Years ago I worked in an insurance salvage yard handling cars as they came in, we got a late model mini Blazer, clean strip, unboltable sheet metal and interior gone.
It was towed in with Porsche 944 if I remember correctly with the left suspension ripped off, the tow driver threw the wheel and assorted other parts in the Blazer.
Once the blazers title cleared one of our customers bought the shell and I forgot to remove said suspension so out it went.
Several weeks goes by and incomes a stripper Blazer with the Porsche's suspension in it.
I mentioned it to the boss but nothing became of it, same guys bought the second Blazer.
It was towed in with Porsche 944 if I remember correctly with the left suspension ripped off, the tow driver threw the wheel and assorted other parts in the Blazer.
Once the blazers title cleared one of our customers bought the shell and I forgot to remove said suspension so out it went.
Several weeks goes by and incomes a stripper Blazer with the Porsche's suspension in it.
I mentioned it to the boss but nothing became of it, same guys bought the second Blazer.
Nothing recognizable usually comes out of a chop shop with all the wood and other **** in it. It looks to me like sombody was just dumping it because scrap prices are so low it wasn't worth the effort it they didn't have a title so the scrap yard wouldn't take it
TractorJeff
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I agree with this thought process!
I don't know if its still done but many years ago when I was hauling Junk Cars out of peoples yards, if there was no Title, then We just cut it up into little pieces. Then hauled it in a sheet steel (Tin). Course back then Steel was $20/ton!
