jim's outside of butler there is a nice one that is going to go away down in washington, beloww pitt way up on the hill down in york there is big john's, he has a yard about 20 miles outside that he takes us to when we are there, lots of old stuff up in wilkis berre i think that is spelt right alot of old stuff there yet on down on the maryland, pa border off of wy 86, all old stuff in there there are more but i can only remeber so much give me a call 1-920-893-0629 Greg
james winters auto wrecking 310 mushrush rd. Butler, PA 16002 724-283-0689 open mon-sat 9 to 5 but do not count on the open time cal him later at night after 8 pm or early morning about 7 or you will not get in there nice guy to deal with though lots of parts tell him that the wisconsin guys sent you over he will get a laugh out of it he shut the gate and walked around and talked with us all day we left about 7 at night Greg
yeah thanks it was kind of hard to find him but once we did we fit right in my friend spent $1050 and i spent $850 that day alot of stuff to be had there Greg
I've been to that one on Mushrush Rd once. Lots of stuff there (I think there was about 7 Vista Cruisers). His prices are quite high, but the amount of rare stuff is almost worth it. If you're into Regals, another junkyard north of Butler on RT 308. It's called Renicks. They crushed 2 years ago but I hear the yard is filling up again. The one South of Pittsburgh that you may be referring to is Don's. It's On RT 60. going South from Pgh you'll pass the Beaver exit and get off the next one. Brighten Heights I think. Anyways, you make a left off of the ramp, go to the stop sign and make a right. Go a few miles till you see school buses on your left. The yard is an old farm (complete with cows--they follow you around so watch out). The whole thing is probably 300 acres with 150-200 being full of cars. They have a new side and an old side. They crush the new side pretty regular, but the old side still has skeletons of cars.
we did not take any pics we are goikng back there next month again the prices where not high compared to other yards i would say he's right on the prices every yard i have ever been at you have to feel the guy out on what thing are worth money to him some are sheet metal some are engine parts some are drive tran his is trim and chrome so every thing else is workable and if he smiles that ment to me i could deal a bit and i did as far as i was concerned the yard was a great stop lots of history learned talking to jim his old car in the garage was something to see as well and all the old pictures of the yard from year to year we got lots of parts and a history lesson in the process thanks again Greg call me 1-920-893-0629
Last time I was there that car was in a shed with just a man door. Maybe he cut an end out and moved it to a garage. I think the car is a Hudson Hornet. One of the reasons I said his prices were high, is that I was looking at a 455 in a Electra. He said he wanted $300 for it and wouldn't deal. That would seem like a fair price for other folks, but in Western PA that's expensive for a motor that hadn't had an oil pan for 3 years. Rusty motors like that would only get $100 (or less) from me.
hey thanks for all the great responses..ill be going thru pa in june..hope to find some good stuff..thanks again ...john
anytime you can get a motor for $200 or less grab it i have worked in the scrape industry for alot of years off and on when the scrap was high (and most of the yard place there prices that way) it was $250 a ton now its about $150 a ton but time to take the motor out time to deal woth customers and the weight issue comes into play Greg
Just want to let eveyone know that Jim Winters sold all the cars to a demolition company and they are dragging the cars out and cutting them up for scrap. So if anyone needs anything from that vintage yard you better hurry up!
that realy stinks we where planing a trip that way in another month dang lot of stuff in that yard to be had yet all the old trailer houses that are full of stuff Greg
