When Restorers hit the wall.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

This is all too true. I remember the time I spotted a GM dash jewel on a 12 cab wreck, probably the only salvageable part on it. Neither the truck nor any of it's parts was for sale. Except to the metal scrapper that got the whole lot a few weeks later. Then there was a pair of brothers with a lot of nice CMP and carrier stuff somewhere in the near north of Ontario. They never sold anything because, if they, did, the visits from prospective buyers would stop. They liked the company. The only nice thing I can say is that a lot of stuff has been saved because of these hold outs.