Denver junkyards

[George Selby]

At 12:10 PM 3/30/02, you wrote:
>#2 get em cheap, turn a few parts, crush em for scrap value, turn inventory.
>Most local yards employ the "old school" #1.
>The yard I have been recently visiting regularly does business via #2.


Is this a new junkyard?  This sounds like the business model for a major
junkyard player I know (personally) that is based in Richmond, VA
(Chesterfield Auto Parts and Circle Auto Parts.)  I knew he was thinking of
expanding to Denver, just want to know if he did.  What is the name of the
place?  He also has a yard in St. Louis.  He has set prices for all parts
(like an alternator is the same price, no matter what it came from, Chevy
or Audi or Toyota.)

I bought 2 of my Audi's from him, and am still kicking myself for losing
out on a rare 4kqt 2-door notchback (not a Coupe) that I missed out on by a
couple of minutes (but I got a 87CGT Comm Ed instead, so it wasn't all
bad.)  The next part of the business model is to sell entire vehicles that
are in good condition at a large profit.  Many of these are obtained from
car donation services (such as the Kidney Foundation, I know he gets all
such cars in Richmond for a set price per car.)

The last part is he cores out everything of value from the cars before they
get crushed.  The core people come to his site and walk through and take
everything they want from the side of the yard you can't get to.

George Selby
83 Audi Coupe GT
gselby4x4 at earthlink.net