ok fess up im right in the middle between cleves and middletown what yards are you refering to? pm me if youd prefer
The one in Cleves (a Cincinnati suburb, I guess) was right out on a main thoroughfare, on a hill side. I distinctly recall seeing an OLD Citroen sedan (30's) and some other COOL old stuff. It's been 20 plus years ago that I last saw it. I was riding around with a client (Gary Anderson, the founder of A&M SoffSeal), and saw it. I'm not from Cincinnati, and was shocked to see it. But Gary said that some weird old guy owned it, and you couldn't get in there, and you couldn't buy ANYTHING. Later I mentioned it to my dad, and he knew of it too. Apparently, EVERYONE knew about it, but no one could buy anything there...for whatever reason. So, you're from Hamilton, huh? Cool. I used to buy muscle car parts YEARS ago at a cool yard in Overpeck. I still have a MACH 1 script off the deck lid of a mustard yellow 1970 Mustang that was in there!
That makes sense now. I just saw the big valve covers. I knew it wasn't a Y-block. I'd love to hear the story that car could tell.
I think you might be talking about Carl Clevey. He has stuff spread all over western Cincinnati, including airplanes, mobile homes, plus alot of junk cars. Everything is gone now, he passed away awhile back and his daughter had to auction everything off to cover back taxes, etc. I think there was even an issue with a Ferrari that he had.
hydes was the yard in overpeck the original owner died and they moved out crushed everything his brother took over the operation but moved the yard up on 73 then moved it back to the original location but its all late model junk now if its even in business anymore the yard in cleves (miami auto parts) was that the one on harrison ave down the street from where soffseal is ? a younger guy bought that yard or maybe he was the guy your talking abouts son i bought some stuff out of there but the city got on him and he moved hes now up the street from edgewatewr dragstrip hes fairly reasonabile on prices its been awhile since ive been there miami auto parts is not to be confused with miamitown autoparts/recycling emphasis on the recycling they crush everything except late model doners rueben bros were also on harrison ave but they sold out to someone else and they crushed everything in the lot before selling and the new owner stocked it with late model you couldnt really deal with rueben bros
Cool. Lots of interesting info. I have lots of old photos from junk yards I've visited. Maybe I'll dig them out and publish some of them in a new thread...if folks want to see them?
The other yard I referred to...near Middletown, was in Springboro. It had been in business for many years, with tons of valuable parts squirreled away in building, and the cars out back. But the building caught fire and burned to the ground. When I was a young sheet metal apprentice (late 70's) I worked out of Dayton, but got assigned to a job in Middletown and drove back and forth every day. I often stopped at that old yard, and sometimes I could buy a few things from the old owner. But his prices were really high. The old gentleman passed, and a year or two later I came back, and bought several things from his adult son. But the son kept warning me to be discreet about it, and to not let anyone see me carrying parts out of there or tell anyone, because he had no business license. He had a lot of cool cars, but all badly rusted and weathered. There was a 55 Chev convt, a 56 Chev convt (both stripped out and about to collapse from rust.) There was a rare Hudson convt, and two Henry J's which had been cut up heavily in an apparent attempt to make them look like Kaiser Darrins (but without the tell-tale telescoping doors, of course.) He also had a foreign car with three headlights...one right in the middle of the hood (an Austin, maybe?) The only car I saw get saved out of there was a 31 Dodge coupe. I told a friend of mine about that car (nothing but a rusty cab and doors remaining), and he went down and bought it and made a hot rod out of it. I just now looked at the location on the Google satellite service, and it appears that the cars are all gone now. Too bad.
love to look at them, but hate to know they are going to waste. i will post a ton tomorrow from a salvage thats still open, just cant remeber the exact location, i have the business at home in the states(deployed for atleast another 4 months)
That is not a '46. It's a '40 or '41 3/4 ton or one ton express. Google it. The 3/4 and one ton looked like the one in this junkyard and had different hood, grille, fenders and headlights than the 1/2 ton
No kidding! I had a '70 with the same color many moons ago. Rebuilt the motor and 4 speed and ran the piss out of that car, wish I still had it.
I know theres not at this time of the year, but in the summer would there be any snakes while your pokin around these overgrown wreckin yards...? I hate snakes.
That 40 Ford truck is actually a 3/4 ton. 3/4 tons came with 16x5 wide five wheels which by themselves are kind of desirable. And by the way in 41 the V8 was replaced with a Ford emblem since Ford started offering a 4 cylinder for "greater" economy. Can you imagine a loaded truck with a 4?
Haha. Back in the days when I was a SERIOUS junkyard treasure-hunter, I eventually learned to do most of my investigative work in cold weather. How did I learn this? the HARD way, of course! The hardest lesson I learned was opening deck lids or hoods full of wasp nests, or uncovering yellow jacket nests (OUCH!!!!). Snakes don't bother me at all, yet I would rather avoid the poisonous kind. Rats and mice are like snakes, in that they are only rarely seen except during a fleeting escape, so they are no big deal to me. But I have encountered fleas (yecch) and ticks in the heavy weeds around cars(double-yecch. I once had a severe case of Lyme Disease, though not from junkyarding), and I've encountered all kinds of spiders. But as far as truly bad experiences, the wasps and yellow jackets have caused me the most pain! Besides, cooler weather is much more comfortable for working in typical junkyard conditions.
[QUOTE=arkiehotrods;7312860]That is not a '46. It's a '40 or '41 3/4 ton or one ton express. Google it. The 3/4 and one ton looked like the one in this junkyard and had different hood, grille, fenders and headlights than the 1/2 ton[/QUOTE] Thanks for setting me straight on that one, Arkie. I thought it was a 1/2 ton, like the 46 panel truck I had for years. I must admit I didn't realize that 3/4 ton and larger Ford trucks in 1940 were quite different in appearance. Cheers!
I'm in Iowa .We still find some forgotten iron in some groves. My freinds and i have pulled anything from a 1950 chevy two door to a 1941 pontiac two door with a clean title .Pretty cool
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