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Pim

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Hi this is an idea of mine to do a community build for junkyard runners. A junkyard runner is a car that is used to get around a junkyard to get parts. If this goes ahead there will be only two rules which is that the car must not be utility based and to have fun.

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Brayden

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Me 1969 chevelle

Michael ford truck

joseph 1977 GMC flatbed

David?

chuck?

Benjamin Chevy citation

Jeremy ed Roth pick up

Riley 56 Chev shop truck

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Here's where I am so far. I screwed up the paint pretty bad so I'm gonna sand it down the best I can, shoot it flat black, and add some weathering, maybe some dents. Then I might throw some old decals on there.

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Yeah I didn't think about it much the rule is that the vehicle you start with must not be based on a utility but be adapted to one however with MustangGuy23 entering with a truck I might relax this rule.

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I'm way ahead of everyone, but I'm trying to finish this up to get onto the next project. I got the body resprayed in flat black and mounted to the chassis. I scratch built a push bar to push cars around the junkyard. Then got it mounted along with the door handles, mirrors, and wipers. All I have left is the wheels! Oh and as I was typing this out I decided to build a construction rack for it. Thought it would fit. My ideas never stop.

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Most of the yards I've ever been to used small 4x4 trucks to get around tight spaces, one of em used old Suzuki Samurai's and Bronco II's and the other place I usually go, had a lowered ranger w/ the roof chopped off (was a custom truck that was towed in and adopted as the yard truck)

Sounds like fun if I can finish what I have going on

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Got this one all wrapped up minus the ladder rack. It'll be awhile before I get that done. Just moved so I'm having to recreate my workbench. Also lost my "spray booth." The car on the trailer is a '69 Mustang. It was a glue bomb that I stripped apart, painted, and threw back together. I should've tried adding rust and dechroming the wheels (one of them is painted black). The car also doesn't sit on all 4 wheels because I cut one tire trying to make it look flat. Doesn't look good.

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Years ago in NE Ohio we called them "goats" "mules" or "dogs" and they would usually have cutting torches or makeshift hoists grafted on to them.

Sounds like it could be a fun project- I'll have to see if I can find some time to build something.

David G.

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I'm in. When or with what I don't know, but I'm in. :D

I'm confused by this. A junkyard runner by definition is utility based. Please explain further.

Not always, Rob- a local junkyard used to use a Cutlass Ciera with the trunk lid and back seat removed to carry a cutting torch and transport parts- nothing really in the way of "utility" about a Cutlass Ciera, but it worked okay for them.

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