Ohio Junkyards?

I'm not looking for anything in particular, but I was just wondering if there are any junkyards in Ohio with decent old stuff?

 

i moved away in 91 from ashtabula, and I would still say good luck. the road salt that is used ate every car we owned. maby you might find something engine wise,but the bodies would be horrible to fix.

 

What's the one near Washington Courthouse about 45 minutes south of Columbus. Lots of good stuff in there and fun to look around too. Stuff from the 30's -70's. But it has gotten wet and stayed wet in some areas so there is not too many saveable cars left.

 

lots of luck, if you find any decent ones please post em.my advise is to do a road trip west.............dave

 

Several smaller junkyards in my area just closed up. One was in Warnock Ohio. A chopped 32 sedan and a 50 Ford woody are still there.

A large junkyard that was owned by a friends father in high school bit the dust when Hanna Coal Co. came through and strip mined the farm in the early 70's. probably 400-500 pre 1960's cars-mostly 30-40's. Most if not all the cars were buried.

This was the machine that did it. It later was cut up itself and scrapped in the late 70's or early 80's..

 

there is a place called "Goebels" out on st. rt. 34 outside of bryan ohio, they have some decent older stuff left

 

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James you're talking about the one by Mt. Sterling, the old man has alot of stuff, but alot of is to far gone, and if you do find a part or car he asks for top $, but it is a cool yard to walk, Oh yea he's a Jesus Freak

 

Interesting, another person on here from central ohio with a 50s IH

If you find any good junkyards let me know, I've been searching for some time myself. There's a junkyard up here in Richwood that has (or had, haven't been there in a year) a small hand full of older stuff. I recall a 50s chevy on a lincoln frame, some 60s muscle and not much else. Everything was in pretty rough shape too. The 50s chevy was an abandoned project that had some potential left though.

Now, its been years since I've been to this place, but there is a yard down in Nelsonville called McKee's. I used to wander around their yard and they had a small selection of old old stuff. With scrap prices being what they are though, I doubt much/any of it is still there.

Zimmerman's not far from there, I stopped by about 2 years ago and they had cleaned out about 75% of the stuff laying around. They did thankfully have the smarts to strip usable parts off the old iron before crushing it though. If you make friends with em and poke around, there is some odd interesting old stuff in piles. They would also try to sell whole the restorable old stuff. It's probably gone now, but they used to have a late 60s pontiac full size convertible that I always wanted to drag out of there and fix up. Oh, and the old stuff, if still there is way back in the woods and harder to get to. I used to take my days off of work/school and go wander around this place aimlessly for hours. Found some 'gold mine' parts there too, such as a 69 351W with factory 4bbl intake on it that i got for $50.

I also sold a 65 Falcon to a guy up in Columbus Grove (near Lima) a few years ago. The guy does salvage rebuilds and also has a small junkyard. He had everything from 30s to present. All out car guy and nice to deal with. I'll have to try to come up with the name of the place.

 

There used to be a place on RT35 not far from Bob Evans farms called ABIES. Not sure if they are still there. He had a 69 camaro Indy pace car that I wanted but he would never sell. He also had a lot of old stuff up on the hill. I am sure some Ohio guys know this place.

 

Here the OHIO page from my Junk Yard database:

http://www.roadkillcustoms.com/hot-...vage-Yards-Auto-Recyclers.asp?m=location&l=OH

There are a few dozen or so...

 

The junk yard close to w/courthouse is a joke. he is so out priced and he leaves everytime. good luck

 

Contact junkyardjeff.

 

I remember most of the older iron in the yards being pretty bad off (I grew up in NE Ohio) even when I was a teenager in the late 70s. The salt pretty much ate most of the cars there from their years on the road and sitting all those years in the rain, snow and humidity hasn't helped. Did I mention that I love AZ ;-)

 

Here is junkyard hidden from the general public: Astro Auto Parts, 2483 Dry Creek Rd NE, Newark, Ohio 740-366-5342 or 364-0801. Hundreds of old GM cars & trucks, lots of iron fron the early 50's - late '70's. The owner is Scott Handel, and his prices seem to vary with the vibe he picks up from you, so be cool and you may pick up a good deal. This is a yard that is worth the time. Take hiking boots and a large can of OFF!
His hours are real wierd, so call first.

 

When I got my license back in '67, the junkyards four counties around were RIPE, man. Guys would kill now for stuff I saw casually getting crushed for scrap.

The only "decent stuff" I ever find anymore in boneyards is STORIES from old guys, remembering how it "used to be."

The closest to sothing cool & old I've seen lately is a 4WD circa. '55 Willys wagon in a junkyard on the northside of Newark, Ohio. Hood missing, but otherwise not too far gone to build or use for components. Bumpers, oddly for a junkyard, pretty darn good, right down to the "W/O" stamped into the back bumper. Prices GOOD at this junkyard, so I imagine the Willys could be had reasonably.

If interested, I can supply directions.

 

Starks on Rt 4 south of Dayton have some older stuff but like most yards they are quite rusty and picked over,they know what its worth but not as bad as Warners in MT Sterling. Shores over the boarder in Modoc Indiana have some too but very picked over and quite rusty,north of Shores is Houghs auto parts on Rt 18 a little west of Bryant Indiana has 50s on up. There might be another in Newark Ohio but I just know how to get there and dont know names of streets.

 

The one in Mt. Sterling seems to be well known (since it's right along a fairly well-traveled state route, no doubt). He must have hundreds of cars in there, at least '30s to '50s, maybe even later. I wish somebody could talk osme sense into whoever owns these cars before they disintegrate.

 

Draggin this one back up, but just went to Stark's on the 11th, got a back window out of a '56 Chevy truck cab, Fairlane 500 Galaxie dash chrome out of a rusted-in-half '59 Ford ragtop, and an inside door handle off a '41 Dodge business coupe for $40.

 

Did you get that back window out of the cab with the only good part that was left was the big back window.

 

No, that one's scary. Plus, mine's a standard cab with the small window. Got it out of the green '56 cab sittin' on the ground right next to a '58 Apache panel truck. The rubber had rotted away and the glass had fallen in, was laying on the gas tank intact, so I grabbed it. Going back to the panel in a couple weeks to see if the hood is worth anything.
The '59 Ford convertible was a sight. Rusted in half at the cowl and the lower 2 to 3 inches of the dash rotted away. And the only high-end '59 there. Got all the dash trim to put in the red 'n' white wagon that it doesn't have. Steppin' up from Custom 300 trim to Fairlane 500 Galaxie. I figure since the wagon has so much outside, why not dress it up inside too...
Been in there twice in the last couple weeks, need to do some real climbing, missing about a third of what they have, mainly along the back fence row where they're 3 and 4 deep, also back where that '39 Deluxe Fordor Sedan fell in on itself and then fell over. Only looked through about a quarter of that part. Saw a picture of a '50-'51 Studebaker nosed up to a pinkish '59 Ford, but can't find the Stude.
Also going back to pick a couple of Buick drums with hubs I saw on a wagon... Couldn't carry 'em this last trip.

 

yeah... I lived in Ohio up until about five years ago. Even then, they were crushing anything older than the eighties. No better these days, i assume

Haven't seen any old IH trucks out here- wonder where most of them were originally sold?

 

There is another 59 convertible out back but it was in one of their garages that caught fire about 10 years ago and its toast,I think there is about 4 59s scattered around there. There is a 50/51 stude close to the west end fence on the back lot on the south west side of the yard and thats where a bunch of 50s stuff is,I think the hood on the 58 panel is rough and the skin might just lift off.

 

Awesome List. Did you compile this yourself. It would be neat to have one of these type of list for every state. It would be a great idea for a personal vacation if you had a couple weeks to spend looking around different places.

 

theres is a place around me in deerfield ohio on rt14 the guy goes down south and out west and buys up stuff he has at least 10 or 15 40s - 60s trucks sitting out front for sale and a whole yard with nothing but old cars might be something you guys would want to check out guys kind of weird though but he dose sell stuff

 

I live in northeast ohio in ashtabula and now is the time of season to go and look round since all the brush has died off. There is american auto that has alot of stuff including an '55 chevy that was an ex drag car with the cut out fenders still on it. There is also southern motors that has a ton of old stuff the farther you go back in the woods. Its just all swamp tho you need 3 people and a rope sometimes.

 

Last count I saw 5 '59 Fords, 2 of 'em just east of the main barn before the hill down to the trucks, north side of the trail. One of 'em, a black & white Custom 300 2-door post, I woulda never seen if I hadn't been pillaging the hood emblem out of a HUGE red '55-56 GMC (with the Pontiac 316 still intact and lookin' good). Another black one there, the blue & white 'vert right across the trail, a light blue 2-door post six cylinder car in the SW corner, and a pink one with a '57 Chevy 210 4-door hardtop sittin on top.
Gonna check out that hood for sure, as long as the skin is decent, that's all I'm after. There's a '60 Buick wagon with the front hubs & drums still intact, gonna grab those for the '55 truck if they're passable, need the 5 on 5 bolt pattern, what better way?

 

I will need to take you to a yard in Indiana as I think there are a few more 59s over there and go before the weeds come back out and have fun trying to get the drums off the 60,I think those drums were used untill 64 so you might have more choices.

 

whats the best places in usa to go touring breakers yards me n a couple of mates were thinking of having a wander around for a couple of weeks in the year any ideas guys

 

Southern and south western states would be the best and not in Ohio or most of the northeast due to not much good sheetmetal left.