Yeah, but look at the size of that land yacht. There was more steel in that car's bumper than there is in these shitbboxes on wheels they build nowadays.
I would love to have one myself, unfortunately in the Great Lakes region these Fords were notorious for rusting. That car likely was off the road and rusted that much well before 1980.
That LTD is a fairly rare car today. I'm glad to see it was heavily rusted and not a solid car! It almost seems that a Ford like this one are actually rarer than some Shelby Mustangs now!
Yes, and beautiful cars at that. Problem was the way the rusted. Up here in the rust belt those cars were badly rusted after 5 years of road salt and had a lot of rust holes. I would be surprised if that LTD was on the road in 1980.
this is the issue with junkyards, used to you could find all sorts of older cars like this, now they crush all the older ones like this and junkyards seem to be littered with Priuses and mini vans.
I had a LTD Just like that!! My first, car but mine was that Brownish Bronze Ford had back then bought with my own saved money... fun car, it had a 390 ci. And as a 16 year old I thought I grew wings!! Kind of wish I still had that car.
@@kurtlink2145 Um... no? do you even know what cars are made of? its not that hard to google it. they rust just like any other car unless there is aluminum.
@@capcom7794 You are wrong. Have you ever seen the front of a hood on a Ford? The hoods are made of aluminum and corrode the same and steel. It will bubble and all the paint comes off.
The color on that 1972 Ford LTD was paint code 6F and was known as "Gold Glamour Metallic". It was beautiful and somewhat common on that vehicle back in the early '70s.
I was fortunate to be born in 1965, so I clearly remember the cars on the road from 1970 onwards. Spending my entire life in the San Francisco Bay Area, I was able to see all of these now vintage Detroit iron and imports in beautiful rust-free condition. I have always been interested in cars, trucks, and motorcycles from the day I could walk. During my high school years of the early '80s, my brother and I would go out to car lots around the Bay Area and test drive many of these older used car vehicles for fun. I have driven a ton of cars and trucks! I have also owned many different vehicles, starting in my teen years. Among my early vehicles were a '67 VW Bug, a '72 Dodge Charger (loaded & including the rare "Topper" edition), a '72 Plymouth Satellite Sebring, a '57 Chevy Stepside Pickup, etc etc ... I always wished that I had been born in the mid-'40s to see and drive all of the vehicles and witness life in general during the '50s & '60s! Oh well, I guess that I was born too late!
Makes me want to look around for running and non running vehicles still around today to buy...the last of the general motors rear wheel drive cars,big 80's grand marquis,square body S-10....back in the mid 90's I let my nova go for $600...my neighbor built a dirt track car from a 1968 or '69 chevelle,that was a complete car when I was a kid. That era is gone.
I am surprised they crushed the 72 Ford LTD aren't those cars pretty rare given how old those cars are? It seems like on craigs list they ask a ton of money for any car made in the 90s and prior nowadays.
Even worst some cars are crushed that work perfectly fine or have minor issues. My grandpa had a car like that sold it for scrap for like $350, now they are going for $3-$4k
ikr im a fan of cars from the 70s my uncle (rip) used to own numerous mid '70s lincoln continentals in the small town i live in (6000 population) only ME and a lady whos around 55 own a car from the 70s ( i hav a 1977 chrysler cordoba that my nana was the original owner of and gave i TO ME and theres an elderly lady thats around 55 i seen her OLD large monte carlo from the mid 70s at a church nearby
That 1990 Dodge folded like a cheap suit but the 72 Ford was still recognizable. Just goes to show how cheap they're making cars today vs back in the old days!
Those 1970's Fords sure rusted to hell. I can recall seeing them on the road, like 7 to 10 years old, with the rear bumper rusted off, or held up with chains, or even ropes.
now that is totally awesome video about car crusher crushing cars 73 - 1972 ford ltd brougham .. can you do a long video about crusher crushing cars and trucks maybe just asking my friend .. can't wait to see more totally awesome videos
that crown Vic seems really GUTTED ! that bonneville does too like i dont see a radiator on it some of those cars have one which makes me wonder if they still have a motor or not
I had a 72 Grand Prix with worse rust then that and it was a beast donut drift machine, sold it to a foreign exchange student from Australia who brought it back there...at least now it is saved from the crusher....it was originally gonna be a demo derby can before I bought it
The first car in appeared to be a 1992-1995 Buick Skylark. When was the last time any of us have seen white wall tires on anything? I'm getting old, lol
I recall seeing a documentary on TV years ago about car recycling. I remember that those flattened cars are put through an industrial shredder, and a magnet separates out the metal from everything else. The metal goes somewhere to be melted down and is used in the manufacturing of new cars. Everything else, like fabric and plastic, winds up in a landfill.
I bet a lot of them were sitting in somebody's field and the scrappers are hauling them in. I've never seen a yard let their stuff sit around that long.
The gold ford should have been first because it is the biggest car. Why didn't you pop out the A/C condenser with the forks? The recyclers paid money for radiators and condensers and that one was easy! Also, the ford and the pontiac should be facing different directions, you crushed engine on engine and that doesn't crush. Put the engine over the trunk of the lower car to give it room to squash down
That blue shell was the crown vic. Super nice paint, lots of parts removed. Dont know why anyone would got to that extent to part out a meaningless car. Wonder what the story is. Flood car or scrap car from the factory that was picked clean for others?
I would say it was probably parted out to customers that own taxi companies, to fix taxicabs in their fleet, or perhaps a small town police department, because Crown Victoria’s were popular vehicles in that kind of use, and probably the parts buyers probably had a few in their fleet. Who knows how it ended up in the junkyard to begin with, because it can be any of a number of things: flood, crash, engine died, transmission died, etc., but it’s good that they were able to get a lot of parts off of it.
Police departments would crash all the time and larger ones have their own in house operations where they take parts from crashed cars onto survivors. If I had to guess this car came from the Wisconsin state patrol yard and was stripped over there and the hulk was just sent to this yard for scrap value.
Brougham was originally a car body style in which the driver sat outside and in front of the passengers who were seated behind in an enclosed cabin. Cadillac was the first company to use the name "Brougham" for the 1916 Cadillac Brougham, even though this was a large 7-passenger sedan that did not use the traditional brougham body style. Since then, many manufacturers have used the term as a model name for a number of their sedans, coupes, and convertibles. From the 1970's to the 1990's, General Motors/Ford Motor Company/Chrysler Corporation/and American Motors Corporation have all used the term "Brougham" to denote an upper level trim level on a number of their vehicle offerings.
I would have paid good money for that stainless rocker molding on the LTD... On another note this has to be one of the most inefficient ways of crushing vehicles
7:43 " EZ crusher " i was curious and googled those and wow they dont seem cheap i saw just 2 for sale 1997 crusher for $125,000 (OUCH) and a 1998 for $49000 !
This was once somebody's pride and joy, what's your driving now is next, everything is dust in the wind...
I think someone's said the same thing in every one of these crushing vids.
If people are of a sentimental persuasion then I would suggest you don't watch this channel.
Or rust in the wind.
@@johnmccartan939 , especially when there are a few cars that were worth saving.
Others, not so much.
I don't know, I've got a 09' Honda Fit, it will not die.
This youtube channel is absolutely historical. Over a decade of uploading quality content for us.
The Ford LTD Brougham's radiator seemed to have survived mostly unscathed, mostly due to luck and placement I would reckon.
Yeah, but look at the size of that land yacht.
There was more steel in that car's bumper than there is in these shitbboxes on wheels they build nowadays.
Amazing how well the paint held up on the LTD.
I would have loved having the LTD Could have made it into a Gator McClusky car from White Lightning..
Holiday 88 just keep it between the ditches
460 4-speed ... Honey Hush !
That was a 4 door.
I would love to have one myself, unfortunately in the Great Lakes region these Fords were notorious for rusting. That car likely was off the road and rusted that much well before 1980.
But his was a 4 door 83 galaxie, turd brown, with a big block and a 4 speed.
Like how they close the door for the 1990 Dodge Spirit for the last time. I guess it didn't wanna say goodbye.
That LTD is a fairly rare car today. I'm glad to see it was heavily rusted and not a solid car! It almost seems that a Ford like this one are actually rarer than some Shelby Mustangs now!
I just saw one for sale in Valdosta Georgia, its a convertible $8900
Yes, and beautiful cars at that. Problem was the way the rusted. Up here in the rust belt those cars were badly rusted after 5 years of road salt and had a lot of rust holes. I would be surprised if that LTD was on the road in 1980.
You have a very valid point on that.
Everything is crispy and rust flaky just the way I like it😃👍!
this is the issue with junkyards, used to you could find all sorts of older cars like this, now they crush all the older ones like this and junkyards seem to be littered with Priuses and mini vans.
I had a LTD Just like that!! My first, car but mine was that Brownish Bronze Ford had back then bought with my own saved money... fun car, it had a 390 ci. And as a 16 year old I thought I grew wings!! Kind of wish I still had that car.
2nd one was a P71 crown vic, painted Wisconsin state patrol blue
The big Ford did not want to crush. The only recognizable car in that batch. Nice work. I love watching cars get crushed.
Man this makes me cry. So much good iron going to waste
It’s going to be recycled.
@@richard200923322 Yeah, into shit cars
@@kurtlink2145 Um... no? do you even know what cars are made of? its not that hard to google it. they rust just like any other car unless there is aluminum.
@@capcom7794 You are wrong. Have you ever seen the front of a hood on a Ford? The hoods are made of aluminum and corrode the same and steel. It will bubble and all the paint comes off.
@@jaysmith179 Can you even read? I literally just mentioned aluminum.
Pontiac Bonneville's from this time look kinda badass. That Ford LTD looked very beautiful with that color :(.
The color on that 1972 Ford LTD was paint code 6F and was known as "Gold Glamour Metallic". It was beautiful and somewhat common on that vehicle back in the early '70s.
I've seen enough of these videos to know the big old LTD probably should have gone in first....usually they start off with a large car as a "base".
It's a shame somebody let that old 72, Ford LTD go to waste and kind of sad too
I love the windows exploding, while these cars are crushed XD.
Anybody know where this yard is? From watching all the videos they have some vintage treasures in parts here
Appears to be in Wisconsin somewhere as that's what most of the plates say.
I'm guessing around west central Wisconsin
That gold Ford is awesome
i wish i was around in the late 80s early 90s just to see cars like this still commonly on the road, but if i was i would be old so 🤷🏾♂️
I was born in 1981 and I ain't old. Age is just a number you're only as old as you feel.
Lol I still drive around an 1989 LTD Crown Victoria as a secondary vehicle. The reliability and comfort makes up for how much I spend on fuel.
I was fortunate to be born in 1965, so I clearly remember the cars on the road from 1970 onwards. Spending my entire life in the San Francisco Bay Area, I was able to see all of these now vintage Detroit iron and imports in beautiful rust-free condition. I have always been interested in cars, trucks, and motorcycles from the day I could walk. During my high school years of the early '80s, my brother and I would go out to car lots around the Bay Area and test drive many of these older used car vehicles for fun. I have driven a ton of cars and trucks! I have also owned many different vehicles, starting in my teen years. Among my early vehicles were a '67 VW Bug, a '72 Dodge Charger (loaded & including the rare "Topper" edition), a '72 Plymouth Satellite Sebring, a '57 Chevy Stepside Pickup, etc etc ... I always wished that I had been born in the mid-'40s to see and drive all of the vehicles and witness life in general during the '50s & '60s! Oh well, I guess that I was born too late!
Guess you could say the Dodge had its spirit crushed!
Yup, you can't Dodge with a Plymouth! 😀
At 1:42 I thought the Crown Vic was another Pickup truck cab!😃👍
Makes me want to look around for running and non running vehicles still around today to buy...the last of the general motors rear wheel drive cars,big 80's grand marquis,square body S-10....back in the mid 90's I let my nova go for $600...my neighbor built a dirt track car from a 1968 or '69 chevelle,that was a complete car when I was a kid. That era is gone.
You look at the front end of the LTD after the crushing, and it's like nothing happened.
That 72 Ford probably rusted that much after 6 or 7 years and has likely been in the salvage yard a good 40 years. Nice cars, but total rust buckets.
Chevy[worst car ever] and Dodge r the ones that do that
This is where you need to go if you find yourself getting chased by the Terminator.
Great videos
Sad to see that 1988 celica ST coupe. Fun cars.
When I seen the Toyota Celica get crushed, I thought about Scotty Kilmore, lol.
Scotty Kilmer 🤦🏿🤦🏿
I am surprised they crushed the 72 Ford LTD aren't those cars pretty rare given how old those cars are? It seems like on craigs list they ask a ton of money for any car made in the 90s and prior nowadays.
Even worst some cars are crushed that work perfectly fine or have minor issues. My grandpa had a car like that sold it for scrap for like $350, now they are going for $3-$4k
Didn't you see the rust on that thing? It was done, probably had been in that yard for a decade or more too.
Really sad to see that LTD get crushed
ikr im a fan of cars from the 70s my uncle (rip) used to own numerous mid '70s lincoln continentals in the small town i live in (6000 population) only ME and a lady whos around 55 own a car from the 70s ( i hav a 1977 chrysler cordoba that my nana was the original owner of and gave i TO ME and theres an elderly lady thats around 55 i seen her OLD large monte carlo from the mid 70s at a church nearby
@@katieb777 nice 👌. My very first vehicle i owned was a 1977 gmc Sierra that I bought from my cousin
That 1990 Dodge folded like a cheap suit but the 72 Ford was still recognizable. Just goes to show how cheap they're making cars today vs back in the old days!
Gah!! Someone could've used those front fenders! They were in good shape!
If the doors were that bad, the fenders are going to be awfully thin where you can't see yet.
So....what would you rather have a rollover crash in? A small GM or Dodge, or a big LTD?
had a celica GT like the red one but in black it was a great little car
This one is a ST
Great stuff.
1971-74 Fords had very bad sheet metal. Beautiful cars, but rusted out in 4 years.
Those 1970's Fords sure rusted to hell. I can recall seeing them on the road, like 7 to 10 years old, with the rear bumper rusted off, or held up with chains, or even ropes.
now that is totally awesome video about car crusher crushing cars 73 - 1972 ford ltd brougham .. can you do a long video about crusher crushing cars and trucks maybe just asking my friend .. can't wait to see more totally awesome videos
That Ford LTD was worth its qwight in Gold.
It is painful to watch, but what makes it not as painful is some of these cars are pretty crusty. Must be northern USA cars. Wisconsin it seems?
Yes Wisconsin. The Rusty State!
Does wisconsin have a lot of salt in the area? I can assume the salt-covered streets.
The other cars are crushed. That Ford is like, I can still drive.
Nice blue on that Crown Vic.
what so nice about it just strip out cv
just empty went was new yeah
now just junk the gold LTD was better car
@@robertvalentin5846 He said the color was nice. Did you even read his comment?
yeah ill agree the color is nice
that crown Vic seems really GUTTED ! that bonneville does too like i dont see a radiator on it some of those cars have one which makes me wonder if they still have a motor or not
I feel bad for that red toyota celica
Radiators and condensers have scrap value, I'm surprised they get crushed with the cars.
The LTD was pretty rusted
I had a 72 Grand Prix with worse rust then that and it was a beast donut drift machine, sold it to a foreign exchange student from Australia who brought it back there...at least now it is saved from the crusher....it was originally gonna be a demo derby can before I bought it
Hello I'm Hough Downs check out the new Ford LTD for 1972 today.
That Crown Vic cop car crushed real flattttt
enjoyable to watch. Least you guys dont play around with em. Bang straight in the crusher!
Dodge spirit r/t turbos were pretty cool
Was this Crown Vic an old police car? They really stripped that thing😮😮👍!
RIP Pontiac Bonneville
I didnt even know they did a celica with a boot , I thought they were all hatchbacks
they always had notch backs. That was the first front drive one
It's a ST coupe.
Damn, many good lemons racers gone
All the cars they wreck are catastrophically rusted. Is it because the salt to melt the snow in this place?
road salt and time in this case, looks like they sit under trees for years, leaves and water trapped inside rust rot 'em out..time to go
Makes me wonder why they leave some cars with tires still on them while crushing the car ,instead of taking them off like most ?
The first car in appeared to be a 1992-1995 Buick Skylark. When was the last time any of us have seen white wall tires on anything? I'm getting old, lol
The gray car was a circa 1987 and up Pontiac Bonneville front wheel drive.
@@googleusergp Yes, now I can see it
Me too Josh...😳 lol bro...
I bet that buick still ran afterwards lol
RIP Bonneville
Same colour LTD as in the tv series
The streets of San Francisco except it was a four door in that show
Still satisfying to see the glass go flying
It's a shame they don't Toyota Celica or Tercel anymore
How do they separate the plastics from the metal ?
I recall seeing a documentary on TV years ago about car recycling. I remember that those flattened cars are put through an industrial shredder, and a magnet separates out the metal from everything else. The metal goes somewhere to be melted down and is used in the manufacturing of new cars. Everything else, like fabric and plastic, winds up in a landfill.
@@hamsterama that makes sense , thank you :)
little rust in the gold one :D
This place has or had a lot of old old cars still
I bet a lot of them were sitting in somebody's field and the scrappers are hauling them in. I've never seen a yard let their stuff sit around that long.
2:00 what year Crown Victoria?
Probably 1998-2013 model
1972 Ford LTD Brougham been there since Ronald Regan took the oath of office in 1981😄😄😄!!!!
👍👍🍁😀
🙋♂️👍👍👍
Where is your salvage yard id like to buy some of these gems like that dart in your last video before they get cubed
Wish they flattened them more
Now do a concours condition one! 🤣
Pancakes 🥞
The gold ford should have been first because it is the biggest car. Why didn't you pop out the A/C condenser with the forks? The recyclers paid money for radiators and condensers and that one was easy! Also, the ford and the pontiac should be facing different directions, you crushed engine on engine and that doesn't crush. Put the engine over the trunk of the lower car to give it room to squash down
That blue shell was the crown vic. Super nice paint, lots of parts removed. Dont know why anyone would got to that extent to part out a meaningless car. Wonder what the story is. Flood car or scrap car from the factory that was picked clean for others?
I would say it was probably parted out to customers that own taxi companies, to fix taxicabs in their fleet, or perhaps a small town police department, because Crown Victoria’s were popular vehicles in that kind of use, and probably the parts buyers probably had a few in their fleet. Who knows how it ended up in the junkyard to begin with, because it can be any of a number of things: flood, crash, engine died, transmission died, etc., but it’s good that they were able to get a lot of parts off of it.
Police departments would crash all the time and larger ones have their own in house operations where they take parts from crashed cars onto survivors.
If I had to guess this car came from the Wisconsin state patrol yard and was stripped over there and the hulk was just sent to this yard for scrap value.
Ashes to ashes. rust to rust
Быстрее бы получилось,если бы по ним этим погрузчиком просто поездил по автомобилям.
Poor red celica coupe smh😥🔰
Makes a delicious sandwich.
Where's my crushed Supra?
Isn't the Brougham made by Cadillac?
Brougham was a cushy option package from what i remember
@@dakotaman4085 cause I remember what I saw it was Cadillac I didn't know Ford made it as well
Mercury and Oldsmobile had a brougham package too....
It's probably the American way of saying a range topper
Brougham was originally a car body style in which the driver sat outside and in front of the passengers who were seated behind in an enclosed cabin. Cadillac was the first company to use the name "Brougham" for the 1916 Cadillac Brougham, even though this was a large 7-passenger sedan that did not use the traditional brougham body style. Since then, many manufacturers have used the term as a model name for a number of their sedans, coupes, and convertibles. From the 1970's to the 1990's, General Motors/Ford Motor Company/Chrysler Corporation/and American Motors Corporation have all used the term "Brougham" to denote an upper level trim level on a number of their vehicle offerings.
The cars get lowered in seconds
Antique crusher....
EZ Crusher, they still sell them new today.
And thats how you make a car sandwich!
The big tank of a car wasn't going out without a fight everything else was unrecognizable you could still make out what it was sort of lol.
I would have paid good money for that stainless rocker molding on the LTD... On another note this has to be one of the most inefficient ways of crushing vehicles
I would have taken the molding and just sold it for stainless scrap or aluminum. Whatever it is.
there is a 72 4 door here in the Los Angeles area in a pic a part in ontario, ca
I hate to see them lincolns being crushed
You probably had around a decade or so to do that as that car looks like it had been in that yard for awhile.
9:14👍
7:43 " EZ crusher " i was curious and googled those and wow they dont seem cheap i saw just 2 for sale 1997 crusher for $125,000 (OUCH) and a 1998 for $49000 !
The ltd nooooooo 🤦🏻♂️
I would like to work here
2nd
All junk no loss...
Why don’t you move that piled of crap behind you so you don’t have to wiggle around
Quisiera un contacto para traer chatarra americana a Colombia
SBS
showe me corvette c4 :D
Good old ltd don't smash down as easy as those other shit cars.
what happenWhat happens if they put a dead body in the middle of two cars
An body sandwich I guess,
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