More Junkyard Fun

[Ken]

went to the local pull-a-part yard to get some stuff for the wife's camry. I always prowl around looking at what is in the yard. This time I struck paydirt. Found this little gem in the very back row.

Still has the engine in place...

Anybody know if this is a stromberg? I don't think so

If you are like me and bought one of the Aoshima Trueno boy racer cars and found that while the bare interior is nice, lamented the lack of door panels, you are in luck. I found the appropriate year sitting in the yard as well. No driver's door, but it did still have a passenger's door. A couple of minutes with a screwdriver and voila!

The interior door panel should look like this!

[lordairgtar]

Love that old Ford, but I am intrigued by the gold 75 0r 76 Buick Collonade next to it.

[Ken]

Next, wanna do something different with your Dart? Well, this is a 70-72, but the changes were only cosmetic. These details were the same from 67-75ish.

That is all for today kiddos!!

[lordairgtar]

...and yet the cars in the background continue to intrigue me. The 72 Riviera, the 77 or so Charger/Magnum/Cordoba in black and gold.

[Darrell Gwinn]

It's strange to me seeing a junkyard where the ground is covered in gravel, im used to dirt and tall weeds!

[RodneyBad]

It's strange to me seeing a junkyard where the ground is covered in gravel, im used to dirt and tall weeds!

And Mud

Black berry bushes everywhere.

But now they are

Recycling yards

Original Factory replacement part yard.

And they charge that way too.

Just below cost of a New part..

(from the ones in my town I've been to)

But

Very nice and informative pics

Love'em

[Darrell Gwinn]

And Mud

Black berry bushes everywhere.

But now they are

Recycling yards

Original Factory replacement part yard.

And they charge that way too.

Just below cost of a New part..

(from the ones in my town I've been to)

But

Very nice and informative pics

Love'em

That's why I'm glad my dad has a good ole fashioned junkyard...dirt, mud, weeds, trees and all. It's my favorite place to go to relax, what can I say, being around old American iron puts me at peace! One of these days ill head out there with my camera and give you folks some reference pics of my own!

[bigphoto]

Anybody know if this is a stromberg? I don't think so

Hey Ken, it is a factory Ford Item as Strombergs didn't say Ford on the side as this on does,

here is link to a Stromberg on an auction site:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/STROMBERG-9...tem140219778815

You can see the differences.

HTH

[Ken]

Yeah, this is a recycler type place. The prices are not that bad. Taillight assembly with wire harness cost me 15 bucks. EGR valve set me back 5. Most parts are pretty reasonable. When the wife had an LTD, the used rack I bought there cost me 20$. The Dart and stuff were in the 'classics' section. They did have a 68 mustang that ran with title for sale at 1900$ and a four door covair, that I didn't get the price of. I also saw a couple of 240Zs, an Opel GT, that somebody made worse in their efforts to 'restore'. They had 5 240SXs sitting around as well. I thought about asking how much to buy one of them. The body was in great shape and all the glass was as well. The engine and tranny were in the back seat area... I may just keep an eye on it and see what happens. Maybe they will take 200$ for the whole thing. The gravel is to keep down the mud. The parts yard is right next to the river and gets quite wet at times. Grass would just turn to mud and never really grow well. The rail yard is right next door as well, so I think that they get a good deal on gravel