Was this guy a little anal?

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So what is worse here, the boneyard etiquitte police or the grammar police!? LOL Damn good thing I spelled etiquitte correct or the spelling cops would be on my ***! OK so puter says I miss spelled it but it would not give me the correct answer. Nevermind. Must be a friggin French word anyway?????/
 
So what is worse here, the boneyard etiquitte police or the grammar police!? LOL Damn good thing I spelled etiquitte correct or the spelling cops would be on my ***! OK so puter says I miss spelled it but it would not give me the correct answer. Nevermind. Must be a friggin French word anyway?????/

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Wow, a junk yard with parts for muscle era cars..:):):):) ..I'd take a picture of the owner, and post it on a wall. :thumbsup:

I'm so excited about the thought of there being a junkyard with muscle cars in it that I ordered a sausage pizza and a Canadian bacon to be delivered although I really do think this is American ham.
 
So here’s a little update. I thought that I would stop and look at the most recent car to show up in front of the barn. Then, I called the number! I talked to the guy who owns them, and he was very nice. When I mentioned that I was posting them and a pic of the sign, he said “make sure you put don’t waste the guys time, he knows what he has and is not interested in games”. Now, since I’m a car guy and told him I was just interested in helping get the word out, he really started to open up. I won’t go into detail, but if you’re a Ford guy, you want to know him. He has over 40 cars to sell, and some very high dollar parts and engines as well! Here’s the latest car to show up, another 427 4 speed car, and it will come with the drivetrain!

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There is no way I can read that sign
I may be interested
Could you PM me the phone number please
 
On a lighter note, This yard has 70's Chrysler New Yorker Broughams with 440 engines, 70's Cadillacs with 500 engines, Fords with 460 engines, tons of 350s, Buicks, Oldsmobiles etc. It's amazing. I can see why the guy is protective of his stuff.
 
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On a lighter note, This yard has 70's Chrysler New Yorker Broughams with 440 engines, 70's Cadillacs with 500 engines, Fords with 460 engines, tons of 350s, Buicks etc. It's amazing. I can see why the guy is protective of his stuff.
I can see why you wanted to go there and maybe got carried away in the excitement. It’s all good, you gained a new perspective about what happened and perhaps have begun a long term business relationship with the guy by respecting his wishes when he told you what his rules were.

Seems like a win all around to me.

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I can see why you wanted to go there and maybe got carried away in the excitement. It’s all good, you gained a new perspective about what happened and perhaps have begun a long term business relationship with the guy by respecting his wishes when he told you what his rules were.

Seems like a win all around to me.

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I live in a city, and you don't see much of that kind of stuff, probably because it went to the crusher. The yard I was at is about 15 or 20 minutes from where I live.
 
I live in a city, and you don't see much of that kind of stuff, probably because it went to the crusher. The yard I was at is about 15 or 20 minutes from where I live.

Take him a pizza next time you go and sit and bs with him for a bit.
He may have a B or A body stashed somewhere waiting for the right person to come along.
 
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Over the years I have seen so many yards crushed. The owner dies off or just retires and gives up. So little is left and many times when you find an individual with some neat stuff and not really a commercial salvage business, many of those guys are great and some are crazier than a chit house rat!
Considering the huge population of Tx., East of I 35 there is not really much left considering.
 
There was one in Warren County NJ that had tons of cars from years gone by. It became an environmental issue because no one drained anti freeze or drive train oil anywhere properly but on the ground.
 
Around here any counties got on "clean up " campaigns, and most went to the crusher, and then scrap got high and the doppers ran the back roads looking for free scrap.
It has got where it costs so much to get an old car on the road, much do any real resto on one, high priced crap parts, I have about lost interest in the hunt. But I an old and woreout now! I always tell myself "this will be my LAST one"!!! LOL
I have my first more door, it might well be!
 
Speaking of crazier than a chit house rat, Mopar Frank in the little town of Summerville, Georgia is one of them!

I'm not sure what kind of place he wants to be. He has maybe 60 a and b bodies in his yard. He also has a dozen storage containers. He'll sell, but he's a "I know what I have" guy so either he won't sell or his prices are off the chart.

I think he restores Mopars but he does everything himself. No employees that I know of.

I stopped one day and talked to him. He's great to talk to and is full of knowledge. He also loves everything Mopar!
 
There's a place in Montana that I visited a couple times last year, called "Rustless in Montana". As I understand it, the collection originally belonged to one guy, he had been hoarding for decades, had built a little shop on the property, but passed away a few years back, leaving several hundred cars. His family was not sure what to do with his collection, but a group of local business people got together and bought all of it, with the intent of keeping the majority of it from getting crushed. An auction was held and many of the "good" projects were sold off, but there is still at least 300 vehicles there, ranging from the 1920s to the early 2000s. I spent about 90 minutes there last year, got some pictures, with permission, and found some decent parts I needed. There are no E bodies, probably a couple dozen B bodies of all ages, lots of C bodies, and plenty of Fords and GMs, but I only found 1 Dart that I can recall, a '73 Swinger, yellow with black vinyl top, original 318/904 with A/C. Like most of the stuff there, the body appeared to be pretty solid and complete still. There is nobody there most of the time, you are expected to go and speak with one of the co-owners, who will give you permission to enter the yard, and when you find what you are looking for, go back to see them for pricing. Very reasonable for what I bought, will happily sell complete cars as projects if one is interested. They did have a website, not sure if it still current.
 
There was one in Warren County NJ that had tons of cars from years gone by. It became an environmental issue because no one drained anti freeze or drive train oil anywhere properly but on the ground.
You mean Kober's in Montana. NJ?
That place was clean compared to GI salvage. LOL
 
Lmao, yes! I lived 4 miles from there
I'll say it was an fun drive getting there. My friend, who helped me with the rebuild of my current Barracuda, knew how to find it - more or less. LOL
Didn't find anything we needed for either car but it was worth the look.
Roxbury was my favorite yard. GI had more cars, but was always a second choice.
 
the pics I posted of the yard I was at were back in 2014. interestingly enough, that was the last time I even went to a yard. they are all dried up of the stuff I look for. I don't even bother anymore. I can find what I need on my phone without even leaving the house. my days of boneyard scavenging are a thing of the past. it used to be something I planned a Saturday for.
 
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