Day at a junk yard pics

Hey guys took last monday off to head to Turlock and hit a junk yard I knew had some parts for my Galaxie ! I stumbled around and took some pics of the other stuff they had thought some of you might enjoy!

 

I tried to take big shots so you can see all the stuff he has a huge side of rebuildables and I didnt get to much past the ford and dodge parts but its a big yard and they actually had added some more old cars!

 

Cool pix. Always fun taking a day off and hitting a yard with old iron, been too long since I did. Nice Galaxie BTW. I'm in the process of fixing up a '66.

 

hmm having issues with some of my pics and didnt mean to repost one lets try again

 

the dodge truck above was actually straight all around V8 and a runner! I was thinking how good it would look bagged and slammed to the ground set up as a bike hauler! maybe some 18 or 20s set to look like og steel wheels with some dodge dog dish hub cap centers ? kind of OT for the hamb ...or is it? Any way last try for a cool late 50s Plymouth or dodge wagon and a few more stacks of dodges I for some reason cant get them to load he also had tons of cougars and a few edsels pretty cool stuff! if its not raining next time Ill try and snap a few more! I got all the parts for the Galaxie I was looking for so was a good trip!

 

So will you be taking orders for the next time you go back? The front end on that '69 Valiant (circled in yellow) looks awfully nice......

 

That's great to see some older stuff. All the yards around here got cleaned out a couple of years ago when the scrap prices were so high. Now you can't find much over 4 or 5 years old.

It was hard enough to find stuff that wasn't all rusty here, but the high prices really finished it!

Bill

 

I would love to spend a day going through a junk yard like that. Thanks for the pics!

 

Some very nice rebuilders in among them. What where their prices like?

 

My dream has always been to own a junkyard like this, my wife says i'd never sell anything though.

 

Two things:

My wife actually said we should buy a junkyard after retirement.....she must really want to get rid of me! I'd never come home!

I really miss junkyards. They used to be easy to get to and cheap. Now there's entry fees and none of them are inside an hours drive. The suburbs expanded and drove them out. The cost of running them just couldn't keep up with EPA fees and property taxes. It*****s.

 

I'm driving 6 hours one way to get to a yard I havent been to.It's part of the adventure.
24 hours in a day and I only sleep 4-5 of them so thats plenty of time for driving and looking/buying.

 

where is that junkyard located??

 

James
Nice Junk Yard, it looks like a 35 ford (gray) in the background, any idea what the price was?
I'm looking for a pair of chrome tail light bezels and the checker board chrome piece that goes on the bottom of the trunk (about 8" high) for a 68 galaxie 500
Regards

 

along 1-5 east side, north of rolling hills casino,50 miles N. of sacramento