Nobody expected to find anything valuable clearing a mud-soaked scrapyard but a forgotten van nobody had touched in years had other ideas
Published on Apr 05, 2026 at 6:39 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Apr 01, 2026 at 3:29 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This guy accidentally found some pretty cool stuff inside a forgotten van in a scrapyard.
As he was busy doing something that some people aren’t too happy to see – crushing cars – he found a lot of useless old clunkers.
But he also found a useless old clunker that just happened to be hiding useful collectibles.
The irony is that the stuff is worth more than the car.
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In his case, the cargo was definitely worth more than the vehicle
Silus from Adventures Made From Scratch had to move, process, and sadly crush a few cars before leaving for a trip.
Generally speaking, the job in a scrapyard is simple.
You take a car, remove stuff that has to be recycled and processed in a different way – catalytic converters and batteries, for example – and then crush the car.
Beyond that, you also have to drain the fluids and pull the tires to ensure the scrap is clean and safe.
That’s what Silus did with a bunch of old beat-up vehicles that are barely recognizable, and then he found a van that hid a few things worth saving.
He didn’t exactly find gold, but what he found was still worth more than the van
Among other things, he found window awnings, hubcaps, a random box of Christmas gifts, and a vintage new-in-box 8-track stereo that’s potentially worth a few bucks in the market.
Definitely more than the van, anyway.
The van in question, unless we’re mistaken, is an old Honda Odyssey from the late 1990s or early 2000s.
This is a vehicle that’s worth no more than $2,000-$3,000.
And that’s if you find one in good condition and with relatively low mileage.
For a shell sitting in a scrapyard with no history and no realistic prospect of running again, the value drops to near zero – basically whatever it’s worth as a few bucks of shredded steel, and whatever you find inside it.
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After beginning his automotive writing career at DriveTribe, Alessandro has been with Supercar Blondie since the launch of the website in 2022. In fact, he penned the very first article published on supercarblondie.com. He’s covered subjects from cars to aircraft, watches, and luxury yachts - and even crypto. He can largely be found heading up the site’s new-supercar and SBX coverage and being the first to bring our readers the news that they’re hungry for.
