Whoa Nelley, two for one and they are both done. Throw that phone out, it has terrible focus. Yes, I did these on GMAC's channel, but we'll do 'em again: 1973 Ranchero: We got the VIN we win: 3 for 1973 model year, A for Atlanta, GA assembly, (Hapeville), aka "Hotlanta", 47 for Ranchero 500, S for 400 V8 with two barrel and the rest is the production sequence. The Hapeville, GA plant operated from 1947 to 2006 and last made the Taurus and Sable. The plant was located down the block from an iconic Sears store and regional headquarters on Ponce de Leon Avenue. We got the tag, we can brag (by GMAC): 97D for Ranchero 500, 5H for Ginger Metallic exterior paint, UF for Ginger/Tan interior trim, U for C-6 automatic transmission, 6 for 3.00:1 rear axle ratio, non-locking, 52 for Dallas, TX sales district. Those seats are not original to the vehicle. 1969 Buick LeSabre with the tag for the brag (by GMAC): ST69 for 1969 model year, 45269 for Buick (4) LeSabre (52) four door thin pillar sedan (69), BK for Fairfax, KS assembly, 408 for Black interior trim, 55-55 for Turquoise Mist Poly lower and upper exterior paint, and 08D for the fourth week of August 1968 production. We got the VIN, we win: 4 for Buick, 52 for LeSabre, 69 for four door sedan, thin pillar, 9 for 1969 model year, X for Fairfax, KS assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Fairfax plant that assembled this car closed in early 1987 and Fairfax II opened near it and that still operates under GM today. Bill Curry Buick existed at least through the 1980s and had moved to Irving, TX by then near Highway 183. 1976 Pinto wagon with the VIN for the win: 6 for 1976 model year, X for St. Thomas, Ontario Canada assembly, 12 for two door Pinto wagon, Y for 2.3L (140 CID) four cylinder with two barrel and the rest is the production sequence. The St. Thomas plant closed in 2011 when the last of the Panther cars rolled off the line there. We got the tag, we can brag: 73B for two door Pinto wagon, 4V for Dark Yellow Green exterior paint, GU for tan interior trim, 7 for four speed manual transmission, 4 for 3.18:1 rear axle ratio, non-locking and 52 for Dallas, TX sales district. The Pinto and Bobcat were both junk and everything wrong with Ford back then and everything wrong with American small cars. Whoa Nelley, the Pinto was a horse of course. That's it, time to quit. 1969 and no longer fine. 1973 and it's over for thee. 1976 and hit the bricks. LeSabre 400 and gotta go. Motorcraft needed a life raft. Turbo Hydramatic is now nothing but static. C-6 and no more tricks. All were made flat by GMAC and that's that. Painted green and never mean. All three got squished and with the exception of the LeSabre, maybe some here, Benny perhaps, but nah, not the Google Man is the slightest bit pissed.
@@althunder4269 Right. They almost ruined Ford. Nothing was good about them. Nothing. You like yours, that's fine. If that was the case, you would still have it if it was that good of a car.
Man, I wish they would've cut the header panel off the Ranchero for wall art! They *WASTED* it! *SAD!* The Buick looked like a rust bucket but did have many good parts! The Pinto wagon is super cool. It looked to have been nicely optioned with the roof rack, bucket seats, and AM/FM radio. I wish you took the hubcaps Benny. Also the grille from the Ranchero. 1973 grilles were a one-year only model with 74-76 being the same!
Benny and the jets are you going to the Daytona Turkey run this year. If so I would like to see you my 57 is in the show this year. It is black and has a c4 Corvette chassis under it with a 383 stroker and tci 700r4 and 355 gears in the Corvette rear.
As I hold my hat and shed some tears these two American classic's were executed & the most cruel part is the thought of these two being recycled into an EV...and that my friends is a damned tragedy!...R.I.P.
@@ClassicRideSociety I'm curious as to how much they wanted out of the Ranchero as that might explain why it wound up in the crusher?...the Buick was a parts car so it was gonna be crushed anyway and being a more door it's not a big loss to me,but the Ranchero was a shame...
@@ClassicRideSociety if you happen to see some, lmk If you grab em for me. I pay you We visit same yards. Driverside quarter panel molding. Long ass one along the back. 👍
@@ClassicRideSociety It's sad, but true, Benny...I appreciate your time, effort and enthusiasm, plus your passion, to bring us these videos...and to show us these classics that once were! 👍💙
Whoa Nelley, two for one and they are both done. Throw that phone out, it has terrible focus. Yes, I did these on GMAC's channel, but we'll do 'em again:
1973 Ranchero: We got the VIN we win: 3 for 1973 model year, A for Atlanta, GA assembly, (Hapeville), aka "Hotlanta", 47 for Ranchero 500, S for 400 V8 with two barrel and the rest is the production sequence. The Hapeville, GA plant operated from 1947 to 2006 and last made the Taurus and Sable. The plant was located down the block from an iconic Sears store and regional headquarters on Ponce de Leon Avenue.
We got the tag, we can brag (by GMAC): 97D for Ranchero 500, 5H for Ginger Metallic exterior paint, UF for Ginger/Tan interior trim, U for C-6 automatic transmission, 6 for 3.00:1 rear axle ratio, non-locking, 52 for Dallas, TX sales district. Those seats are not original to the vehicle.
1969 Buick LeSabre with the tag for the brag (by GMAC): ST69 for 1969 model year, 45269 for Buick (4) LeSabre (52) four door thin pillar sedan (69), BK for Fairfax, KS assembly, 408 for Black interior trim, 55-55 for Turquoise Mist Poly lower and upper exterior paint, and 08D for the fourth week of August 1968 production.
We got the VIN, we win: 4 for Buick, 52 for LeSabre, 69 for four door sedan, thin pillar, 9 for 1969 model year, X for Fairfax, KS assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Fairfax plant that assembled this car closed in early 1987 and Fairfax II opened near it and that still operates under GM today. Bill Curry Buick existed at least through the 1980s and had moved to Irving, TX by then near Highway 183.
1976 Pinto wagon with the VIN for the win: 6 for 1976 model year, X for St. Thomas, Ontario Canada assembly, 12 for two door Pinto wagon, Y for 2.3L (140 CID) four cylinder with two barrel and the rest is the production sequence. The St. Thomas plant closed in 2011 when the last of the Panther cars rolled off the line there. We got the tag, we can brag: 73B for two door Pinto wagon, 4V for Dark Yellow Green exterior paint, GU for tan interior trim, 7 for four speed manual transmission, 4 for 3.18:1 rear axle ratio, non-locking and 52 for Dallas, TX sales district. The Pinto and Bobcat were both junk and everything wrong with Ford back then and everything wrong with American small cars.
Whoa Nelley, the Pinto was a horse of course. That's it, time to quit. 1969 and no longer fine. 1973 and it's over for thee. 1976 and hit the bricks. LeSabre 400 and gotta go. Motorcraft needed a life raft. Turbo Hydramatic is now nothing but static. C-6 and no more tricks. All were made flat by GMAC and that's that. Painted green and never mean. All three got squished and with the exception of the LeSabre, maybe some here, Benny perhaps, but nah, not the Google Man is the slightest bit pissed.
Another 400 Ford engine bites the dust.
I will lose sleep tonight 😴 knowing that.
NOT🙃
@@garymckee8857 actually they saved the engines and transmissions. but I think they are sold to core buyers
@ClassicRideSociety Yes I paid attention about the Pinto engine but didn't about the others.
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@@garymckee8857 A real "winner" there. LOL.
I owned a 77 Pinto it was a good car wish I still had it.
1976 wagon and a 1980 Runabout. Both 4 speed cars lots of power for such Great little gas sippers. and they'd burn rubber also.
Your crazy pulling parts in this heat!!😆
Had to 😄. Who knows when I'll get another chance at those parts. The car was being crushed that day.
I would and have done it 👍
awesome finds! keep up the great work finding old vehicles! sorry I couldn't watch the ending it was almost as bad as when old yellow died!
I've owned about 50 pintos in my life never had one of them to blow up on me , really good little cars .
They were fun to drive I’m lucky no one rear ended me. The ones I drove were company cars
YES Sir Re Bob. There is as much truth to that as biden winning 2020 and getting 81 Million votes! What A Pile of Horse *hit..
Sad on the Rancharo good video 😊
3 more cars that are finished forever, The Ranchero looked good too bad no one saw any value!
They tried to sell the Ranchero for a couple of months but no takers
It hurts to see cars being crushed regardless of how bad a condition their in 😢
thats the last of the videos I have with cars being crushed. I rarely get to see them getting crushed except for when im invited to this yard
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Looks like the old crusher fixed the gas tank problem on the pinto 😅
Among other problems. Never was a good vehicle.
Well that's quite clever of you but the wagons did not have that problem.
@@althunder4269 True, but they were Pintos (and Bobcats) and were complete pieces of crap.
@@googleusergp wrong. I had one and never had any issues with it.
@@althunder4269 Right. They almost ruined Ford. Nothing was good about them. Nothing. You like yours, that's fine. If that was the case, you would still have it if it was that good of a car.
Mr. B. Here ! So , so sad to see them crushed ! 😪😪😪😪
Man, I wish they would've cut the header panel off the Ranchero for wall art! They *WASTED* it! *SAD!*
The Buick looked like a rust bucket but did have many good parts!
The Pinto wagon is super cool. It looked to have been nicely optioned with the roof rack, bucket seats, and AM/FM radio. I wish you took the hubcaps Benny. Also the grille from the Ranchero. 1973 grilles were a one-year only model with 74-76 being the same!
Stay cool out there Benny! 😎
Like to have that Buick
Long gone now unfortunately
Toyota Jan.. I remember when that Ranchero would have been A Brand New FoMoCo... I was 12 in 1973.
that was great Benny, I like when the tires blow out in the crusher.
These old cars had met the Grim Crusher.
Benny and the jets that ranchero did not have much rust. The are easy fix what a shame.
I was told it was for sale for a couple of months for a grand and no takers
@@ClassicRideSociety thanks benny.
Benny and the jets are you going to the Daytona Turkey run this year. If so I would like to see you my 57 is in the show this year. It is black and has a c4 Corvette chassis under it with a 383 stroker and tci 700r4 and 355 gears in the Corvette rear.
Nice ranchero
Another sad day in paradise 😢
As I hold my hat and shed some tears these two American classic's were executed & the most cruel part is the thought of these two being recycled into an EV...and that my friends is a damned tragedy!...R.I.P.
More unfortunate is the guy who owned them tried to sell the Ranchero and part out the Buick but no takers
@@ClassicRideSociety I'm curious as to how much they wanted out of the Ranchero as that might explain why it wound up in the crusher?...the Buick was a parts car so it was gonna be crushed anyway and being a more door it's not a big loss to me,but the Ranchero was a shame...
@@CaptainHowdy1969 I believe they said were asking $1000. Probably would have went lower too
@@ClassicRideSociety well it most certainly wasn't the asking price as $1,000 was a pretty good deal...
Dang, I could of used those bumpers
I thought that they were supposed to take the tires off before they get crush the cars just not.
That was😭😭😭
Two for one CRUSH CRUSH CRUSH!
Mr. Ben, would you happen to have any side molding for 1973-1975 caprice or delta 88
I don't. I pulled some parts from a 75 caprice some months back but no side molding
@@ClassicRideSociety if you happen to see some, lmk
If you grab em for me. I pay you
We visit same yards. Driverside quarter panel molding. Long ass one along the back. 👍
I like the El Camino more but I also like the early seventies Rancheros they have a nice body style. Yesteryear’s Ford tomorrow’s Chevrolet 🤣
I agree. the early 70s rancheros had better looking front ends
@@ClassicRideSociety Yes sir they did. I had a neighbor that had a seventy two Ranchero same color as this one.
I love the old Fords. Is this in Texas?
You should be stripping those badges off them
i used to take them. got so many now and they just sit in a box
This wasn't upsetting to me. Those cars would have required far more money to restore than they would have been worth afterward.
😢such a shame
Beautiful cars damn shame. Transported happy people for years then to end up like this.
Sorry, but I can’t watch anymore cars being crushed
That was the last video I had of cars being crushed. Typically I dont get to see them being crushed so just thought it be interesting to show
I know how he feels but unfortunately they save them all 😪💩
Dam shame
What a f waste.
Benny is a poet and an artist even if he doesn't know it.
Do these guys ever feel guilty?
@@AaronGranda-g5r not really. Its their job to crush vehicles. At least thats what ive been told by them
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Ah come on now. We all know what happens to all the classics I've shown in the junkyards. They all get crushed. Ain't much any of us can do about it
@@ClassicRideSociety It's sad, but true, Benny...I appreciate your time, effort and enthusiasm, plus your passion, to bring us these videos...and to show us these classics that once were! 👍💙
@@willyboy6126I couldn’t agree with you more buddy 👍👍
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