The scrap steel is worth more than the parts.
  Also, junk yards, or Salvage yards as they are called in this age of
fanciful labels (ie. Sanitary Landfill=Dump)  are often under financial
pressure paying taxes as potential "Real Estate"..The land is valued at it's
potential for some brokers and banks to make a killing off...

They can't easily keep vehicles in unlimited numbers.
  Don Hanson

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> I won't pretend to know anything about the salvage yard business but I
> often
> wonder why they do this? I've been to several where they have told me "Nope
> we send VW's right to the crusher" - one woman even said "We crush those
> right away. We want to keep american workers employed" ????
>
> Anyhow, it just doesn't make sense to me - sure depending ont he area they
> probably don't get a ton of people looking for VW Vanagon/Bus stuff - but
> it
> seems to me if you have room in the yard why not keep them. Money is money.
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>