Junk Yard Stories

[Young Ed]

I've read all of these and can't really come up with a good story. I've sure spent many a day picking parts in the yards around here. I can remember when I was little we'd go on a family camping trip near a junkyard and Dad would go parts hunting saturday.

[maurice wade]

The day is gone when one could easiely drive only a couple of miles to find a car or pickup hidden behind a shed or pile of old farm impliments. The salvages were everywhere. Every town has at least one old salvage. I remember one salvage that was located just North of our small town. This salvage was located about 3 miles off the main highway. The cars were all in their 20's and 30"s. We were just kids, and didn't have the money, or the equipment to aquire the cars. But that did not keep us from visiting the salvage whenever we could, just to dream, and drool over them. One day we drove to the old salvage, and everything was gone, nothing left. It was just as if their had never been a salvage yard on that corner of the old dirt intersection.

Another old bone yard was located in the middle of a wheat field next to a canyon. These cars were in their 40's. We found the owner of the land, he told us we could have any parts of the old cars we wanted. We pulled chrome, tail lights, and stuff like that of the cars. We later sold, and traded parts for stuff we needed. I wonder if the cars are their now. I may have to do some research.

The railroad at different times during the past, had stacked cars side by side to keep the rail bed from washing out due to rain. Every kind of car a person can think of was their. Model A, Model T, and every year their after was in the line of cars. We used to take our cutting torch, and spend the day, "deboning" the cars. What fun we had.

[1950 Special Deluxe]

My story is recent, last fall I attended my 1st car show, about 60 miles away at my in-laws hometown with my 1950 Canadian Dodge Special Deluxe (D-36). I placed 4th out of 4 cars in the original class, different story. While sitting and talking to people, a gentleman came up and asked me if I was looking for any parts for my car. I told him that I was always looking/watching for spare parts. He said he had an identical car to mine on his acreage outside of town. It wasn't his, his friend had bought it a number of years ago to restore, but decided it was too far gone and there it sat. He left me his number and said to give him a call later in the week as he would talk to his friend and see if it was for sale. I called and yes it was for sale. I drove out the next night, it is only about 15 miles from my house. I went to his house and he got in my truck and he said it is just over the hill. As I drove over the hill there were at least 150 cars of various description, mid 40's to late 60's. I asked why so many. He used to run a salvage yard in the city and eventually the property was worth more than the business, so he sold the property and since he felt scrap prices were too low he trucked all the cars and trucks out to his farm. I bought the complete car for $250. He now has a couple of old cars himself and helps people like myself out. The 1st 2 pictures are of the parts car and the 3rd picture is my/our car.

[Plymouthy Adams]

dont tell me you got that from south park!

south park has no social redeeming values, an internet search would find that the guinea wasp is real and if you were ever stung by one..you would know the pain last a long longer than most of the other wasp..these little guys are notorious in our neck of the woods for building a nest just near a hood release hatch, door opening and such...they do like to chase you might I ad..a bumble bee..the sting does not hurt..but about 15 seconds later after that sumba has long flown away..it is awful..lasts about a minute and then gone..but the side effect will be with you a bit longer..the bumble will also fly at night, will fly in freezing weather and seek you out with thermal imaging...best part about the bumble..if you are not at his nest he is docile..they go manic if you are at the nest though..

[48P15Annie]

There are no oldies in any of the junkyards around my place.

But, I did score a new front nose cone for my 98 Monte Carlo. Near mint, and same exact color, so I didn't have to get it painted. $80 SOLD.

New leather seats too for $25 a piece.

[T120]

...I miss the old time auto wrecking yards.Most of them I remember from my youth weren't large,only a couple of acres if that,but they were plentiful.Parts were cheap, and for me and others of limited income,it was a much appreciated source of parts to keep a car on the road. The owners and staff I dealt with were friendly and helpful.I can't remember a bad experience. Customers had the freedom to shop around the yard and check out the parts.Cars were pretty well all North American..good memories.

We had some good times at the Drive-In Theatres too Not many of them left either..

[52b3b Joe]

That good junk yard in Toledo, Ohio was scraped out a few years ago....every one of those cars got crushed.....sickening....

[BobT-47P15]

And, in this picture.....you can see it was right in front of a '49

Plymouth (can tell by the ripple bumper).

Or, I suppose in Canada, that's a '49 Dodge.......

[Young Ed]

And, in this picture.....you can see it was right in front of a '49

Plymouth (can tell by the ripple bumper).

Or, I suppose in Canada, that's a '49 Dodge.......

Yup Bob look at the hood you can just barely see a rams head sticking out.

[Plymouthy Adams]

more like a 50...

[1950 Special Deluxe]

He told me it is a 49, I will check to see if I have more pictures.

[Plymouthy Adams]

those rear lights did not appear till 1950 and continued through 1952 the rear license plate light is above and not below as a 49...the 49 had a two piece light and name plate with the tag sitting between the two..not to mention the bumpers are not right for the one year only 49 tri-ribbed version..being a Canadian version the basic body carried forward..now if this is Australia..it could be anything but my guess it would be about 4 years newer down there than reported here...then again i could totally be wrong and the PO upgraded to all the later parts

[1950 Special Deluxe]

The main picture is a 50 Dodge Special Deluxe, the 49 you can only see the left front corner.

[Plymouthy Adams]

my bad..I did not cursor over to see the entire picture and thus missed the other vehicle..so technically "I was out in left field" literally..!!!