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Discussion in 'General Automotive Discussion' started by venusone, Feb 2, 2005.

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  1. venusone

    venusone F1 Rookie

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    #1 venusone, Feb 2, 2005
    What treasures have you found at the local junk yard (where you go out & remove it yourself)? Lots for the RX7: Rust-free door for my wide body, sun roof, tail light units, rear bumper, carpet, Al stock wheels (for racing tires), misc. trim pieces & a few small but expensive engine pieces. For the 240Z: perfect stock seats. What claims have you made at the junk yard? They call me, ”The Mazda Lady” & never check my tool box.
     
  2. WJHMH

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    #2 WJHMH, Feb 2, 2005
    Most of them now rather be referred as automotive dismantling & recycling centers. A couple over years ago Triple A/ Small car world in Ft. Worth, TX had lots of Porsches, BMW’s, AMG Mercedes Benz, DeLorean & sometime a Ferrari or two.
     
  3. 208 GT4

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    #3 208 GT4, Feb 2, 2005
    Not sure if it was treasure exactly..?

    But I once spent 2 hrs getting the front off a 1981 Honda Accord in a Junkyard to get at the clutch slave cylinder...only to find it was an Auto!

    D'oh!!!

    Yep, I should have looked inside first!
     
  4. GrigioGuy

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    #4 GrigioGuy, Feb 2, 2005
    I used to haunt the junkyards. Not so much these days, because of the cars I own and also because they don't like customers wandering the lots anymore :(

    I used to spend hours looking at the cars, and still try to see what's in a yard while driving by.
     
  5. UroTrash

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    #5 UroTrash, Feb 2, 2005
    My memory is filled with rusty ankle cutters and scorpions.
     
  6. FarmerDave

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    #6 FarmerDave, Feb 2, 2005
    My heart does a little flutter when I see the Pick-n-Pull billboard that says "$25 all-you-can-carry this weekend." :)
     
  7. GTO84

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    #7 GTO84, Feb 3, 2005
    They call me pinche wedo (sp?). I dont go in the winter because of the mud and lakes, but in the spring and summer Igo with a freind of mine all the time. There are about 30 around the bay and in the valley. I can get anything.
     
  8. FarmerDave

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    #8 FarmerDave, Feb 3, 2005
    ROTFLMFAO :)
     

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