donkpow Posted November 18, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 18, 2020 Just saw these in the Facebook market. No description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 18, 2020 I don’t know what they are. I don’t even know how to detonate them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #3 Posted November 18, 2020 Looks like someone ripped the limbs off a bunch of C3-P0 droids! But I'm sure @jsharr will GIS and let us know ASAP! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted November 18, 2020 You can get an estimate of their size by the person standing in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 18, 2020 They almost look like catalytic converters but where would they get that many that are all alike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted November 18, 2020 Here's another picture from a seperate post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2020 Share #7 Posted November 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, Longjohn said: They almost look like catalytic converters but where would they get that many that are all alike? Someone cut the converter out of one of our work vehicles this summer. Apparently there is a good market for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #8 Posted November 18, 2020 Just now, Zackny said: Someone cut the converter out of one of our work vehicles this summer. Apparently there is a good market for them. Most scrap yards will buy them. The no questions asked scrapyards pay around $30.00 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #9 Posted November 18, 2020 29 minutes ago, Longjohn said: They almost look like catalytic converters but where would they get that many that are all alike? Chicken dinner. Ford 350 catalytic converters IMO BC34...........CA is a valid part number. where the ........ is the model number. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted November 18, 2020 That looks like it. It only leaves John's question about how a collection of that many of one type comes to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #11 Posted November 18, 2020 1 minute ago, donkpow said: That looks like it. It only leaves John's question about how a collection of that many of one type comes to be. There are salvage folk who buy them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted November 18, 2020 2 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: There are salvage folk who buy them. I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #13 Posted November 18, 2020 Catalytic converters contain several grams of platinum and other metals that are worth acquiring. From a CC recycling website: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted November 18, 2020 8 hours ago, Old No. 7 said: Catalytic converters contain several grams of platinum and other metals that are worth acquiring. From a CC recycling website: Whoa! That has to be sale prices and not purchase prices. Otherwise, no automobile would be safe from scavengers. It would be like the Walking Dead out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #15 Posted November 18, 2020 11 minutes ago, donkpow said: Whoa! That has to be sale prices and not purchase prices. Otherwise, no automobile would be safe from scavengers. It would be like the Walking Dead out there. Almost 3000 stolen in the first half of 2019 in London alone. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49767195#:~:text=For the first six months,they exit the exhaust pipe. I'm willing to guess that the numbers are equally large in parts of the US. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #16 Posted November 18, 2020 17 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: Almost 3000 stolen in the first half of 2019 in London alone. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49767195#:~:text=For the first six months,they exit the exhaust pipe. I'm willing to guess that the numbers are equally large in parts of the US. When I had an F150, I was told to install a cover over the catalytic converter to keep it from being stolen. Trucks and lifted trucks were targets as they could scoot under with a sawzall and cut one off in under 5 minutes. Didn’t do it and never had mine stolen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #17 Posted November 18, 2020 I was going to guess Dead Sea Scrolls from the first pic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted November 18, 2020 15 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: I was going to guess Dead Sea Scrolls from the first pic. I was going to go with combustion chambers from can annular engines. I suppose it depends on your point of reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted November 18, 2020 Share #19 Posted November 18, 2020 4 hours ago, donkpow said: I suppose it depends on your point of reference. ...or what you're smoking! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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