Amen, Chas60… one of the few good points of living in CA was being able to head down to these salvage yards and poke around for the parts you needed. It cost a dollar to get in, plus the price of anything you pulled out… even when I wasn’t looking, it was a blast to go “exploring”. Where else could you have that much fun for a buck!!??
And if you’re looking for an electronic part, like the computer brain, it’s a crap shoot if you’re buying more junk or not, because electronic parts are not refundable. I got lucky first time out and pulled a good one. Luck of the draw.
and that’s IF your local junkyard doesn’t crush everything more than 15 years old! lots of these in the northeast operate this way. oh, that’s right, it’s cheaper and (not) more “green” to sell our scrap to china and buy it back as steel parts!
That stupid “Cash For Clunkers” program just about killed the used car market. I know first hand of 3 used car dealers that were hurt so bad they went out of business.
pcolli over 12 years ago
The parts store owner knows it won’t be long before he gets those parts back.
Chas60 over 12 years ago
Hey thats where you, get the best parts for your car!Also it’s where the only parts for, your car can be had.
psychlady over 12 years ago
All in one – buy it, use it, destroy it when it dies!
dsidney49 over 12 years ago
Amen, Chas60… one of the few good points of living in CA was being able to head down to these salvage yards and poke around for the parts you needed. It cost a dollar to get in, plus the price of anything you pulled out… even when I wasn’t looking, it was a blast to go “exploring”. Where else could you have that much fun for a buck!!??
otahans over 12 years ago
Amen Daniel! I remember one place with a box full of hoodornaments and another with Model A Fords piled 3 high!
Redhead55 over 12 years ago
And if you’re looking for an electronic part, like the computer brain, it’s a crap shoot if you’re buying more junk or not, because electronic parts are not refundable. I got lucky first time out and pulled a good one. Luck of the draw.
route66paul over 12 years ago
Used parts for a used car.
wes tnt over 12 years ago
and that’s IF your local junkyard doesn’t crush everything more than 15 years old! lots of these in the northeast operate this way. oh, that’s right, it’s cheaper and (not) more “green” to sell our scrap to china and buy it back as steel parts!
PShaw0423 over 12 years ago
Make it do,Wear it out,Use it up,Do without.
hippogriff over 12 years ago
wes clark: I remember in the late 1930s we did that with Japan. After we stopped, they dumped a part of it into Pearl Harbor.
hippogriff over 12 years ago
Of course back then, anyone born in Hawaii was a US citizen. It was only after it became a state that people questioned it.
fixer1967 over 12 years ago
That stupid “Cash For Clunkers” program just about killed the used car market. I know first hand of 3 used car dealers that were hurt so bad they went out of business.
David_J Premium Member over 12 years ago
You know you’re a plugger when you go to the wrecking yard for parts and see several cars you’d like to take back home and fix up!