This van was destroyed to help clear county's air

Efrain Estrada, owner of Fifth Street Auto Salvage in Oxnard, puts holes in the frame of a van that's being scrapped as part of the Old Car Buy Back Program of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District. The district will pay owners of pre-1997 vehicles $1,000 to take them off the road.

Eddie Michel saws off the frame from the door of a van as Alex Estrada breaks the front lights and hood at Fifth Street Auto Salvage in Oxnard. The van was being scrapped last week as part of the Old Car Buy Back Program of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District. The district will pay owners of pre-1997 vehicles $1,000 to take them off the road.

Eddie Michel, left, saws off the frame from a door of a van as Efrain Estrada, owner of Fifth Street Auto Salvage in Oxnard, dents and breaks taillights. The van was being scrapped as part of the Old Car Buy Back Program of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District. The district will pay owners of pre-1997 vehicles $1,000 to take them off the road.

Efrain Estrada, owner of Fifth Street Auto Salvage in Oxnard, picks up a van after smashing parts of it. The van was being scrapped as part of a program to get older vehicles off the road, cutting down on emissions.

Efrain Estrada, owner of Fifth Street Auto Salvage in Oxnard, destroys a van with a sledgehammer as his nephew Alex Estrada watches. The van was being scrapped through a program to get older vehicles off the road, cutting down on emissions.