The Austin Mopar club decided on the annual junk yard run for Jan 20, HEB in Buda, leaving at 8:30. John's Salvage in Seguin in the morning and Luca's(trying to get more info on this) and/or Dr. Mopars in Niederwald after lunch.
johns is a cool place not much 30's or 40's cars but alot of 50's and 60's. the 46-48's that he does have are stacked on top of each other. and of course all the the good cars are in his collection inside the shop. if you go ask him to show them to you. he has a bunch of original 35-36 coupes when i was there last of course that was 4 years ago. Brant
I might be able to swing the morning run, have to be in wimberley to help move at my in-laws ranch. John's is an awesome place to visit...here is a panorama I put together from a time I was out there...this is cadillac row...
I SPY a '50s Imperial in that shot, does John have a lot of '50s Mopars there? Is this the same John that runs Spencers? I thought that yard was crushed. I could be mistaken and it could be an altogether different John.
Different John as Spencers yard in Comfort, TX did get crushed ...This yard is in Seguin, TX and is intact still.
Hey Firedome, I'm still looking for a '57-58 Firedome/Fireflite 2dr HT.. if you know of any. I saw in a HRM article of all places, that Spencers sold a kid a '58 Belvedere 2dr HT for cheeeeap before they closed. Wish I'd have known it was there! Wonder what else is sitting in a barn over there...
I do know that there were no 57/58 DeSoto/Chrysler 2dr Hardtops at Spencers...only 4 dr Firesweeps rusty and picked fairly clean(by myself and a couple of others)....and one rusty firedome 4dr in the weeds. I have not been to Johns yard yet but I will take some picks when I do and PM to you.
Where is Spencers? As far as I know, this is still a go. I will not be going because of other things that have popped up. Weather doesn't look great, but it could still be fun.
I would go but I got my fill of frozen precipitation while dealing with 50 year old metal last weekend.
Don't forget Cookies between NewBraunfels and Marion, SouthsideAutoParts and Nicks Auto Parts in San Antonio, Devine Wrecker Service, Devine Tx...anybody needs to borrow my car trailer let me know....Rick
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