This wrecking yard came up on another forum where I used to participate. It was maybe more than 8 years. Just me, but I wouldn't try to send any money until / unless somebody we know can validate the operation.

FWIW, in another part of the world what appeared to be an abandoned wrecking yard outside Roswell, NM which was chock full of old cars/trucks and for which I was not able to find current ownership has for all intents and purposes vanished. You could see hundreds of vehicles (stacked at least two high) from the 40s, 50s, 60s and maybe a few from the early 70s but they're gone now. Too bad. Roswell isn't an area where rust is a problem and many still had original paint. My guess is somebody either hauled them off for scrap metal (which given the distance they'd have to be shipped would be very costly) or got the county to condemn the place and sell the stuff at auction. There are still a few remaining (shells at best and damaged), one or two really beaten old heavy trucks and what may have once been a concrete mix truck chassis or a tow truck chassis that has been stripped along the distant back fence but they're nothing much and tracks in the dirt make me think those are in the process of being moved. Looked like the property would have been between 20 and 25 acres, maybe a little more.

Another one in Alamogordo was sold and cleared out about 5~6 years ago. Large place, easily 30+ acres (maybe as large as 50 acres), many trucks, most in 50s and 60s years and most looked to be 1/2 ton type. Usable stuff for the right buyers. It was still in operation (seldom saw customers there) and for sale but the price was plus the land is not zoned as residential, is far from fire stations/hospital so use had to be commercial or industrial and any new construction would have to be fire resistive or the insurance cost would eat you alive. (Alamogordo is not close to any recycling plant) Now looks like somebody is building a large something or other there, but all the vehicles are gone. My bet would be another Wal-Mart, Sam's Wholesale Club, etc. But who knows...could be a factory of some sort, an auto dealership and it could be a suitcase college or trade school.

My point in mentioning these 2 is that land is valuable and it doesn't matter what is sitting on it. Certainly not old vehicles.

~ Jon
1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end