Today I was bored and the temperature went up to 40 degrees so I decided to visit the local salvage yard. Now I totally forgot how muddy it would be but after I hopped the fence I had a blast of fun. See if you can guess what year and model these are. I am probably wrong on most. There were plenty more Buicks in this yard than I am posting. http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/Wildcat2.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1964Wildcat.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1983Riviera.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1977LaSabre.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1969SkylarkConv.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1968Skylark.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1964Wildcat4dr.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1964LaSabre.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1961BuickLeSabre.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/Interior.jpg Here was the surprise of the day http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1962Catalina.jpg
You people make me sick!! There hasn't been any kind of car like that around here in a junk yard for 20 years!!!
Go Buckeyes! I know, Phil. My best friend is flying in tonight from Findlay, OH and he says the same thing. I have found him 3 cars in the last 2 years that he has bought and taken back to Ohio. I am sure we will be out looking again tomorrow.
what really made me sick was when I was back home in TX seeing all the "mint" cars laying around become they had surface rust or something or the other wrong with them. Just on I-35 alone I past what had to be 2-3 classic car only scrap yards and almost a dozen sales lots with 40-70's iron in them as the major population. Made me sick to think I got to worry about getting a car back from a place like that to get one with a decent body and the good deals are all under trees not on the world wide web!
Where is the yard? Mike, Nice find! Where is the yard located? Is it operating? The cars look very unmessed with, gotta love the radio delete plate on the LeSabre! Tim :Comp:
Oh the agony of it all! :ball: Nearly all the yards around here have been crushed out, and now have housing or malls in their place. My Mother in-law lives in Waterloo Iowa. Next summer when we are down there I have to get out and scrounge some of the Iowa yards!
Location Hey Tim, It is out off of Vandalia Road on the east side of Des Moines. It is a working junkyard but they don't allow anyone in their yard without supervision. I was driving down one of the dirt roads, parked my van and walked in a field along the fence hoping to get some pics and there was an opening so I went through and had a blast. Luckily I wasn't caught but I did not see any "No trespassing" signs. Dale, this is one of those yards that has been "selected" for Eminent Domain and it is just a matter of time before it will be gone. Too bad because they just can't move them all so they crush them. Better act fast if you are interested.
Since we car guys love junkyards so much.... Here are a few more from the yard that is "non-Buick". Enjoy. http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1972Malibu2.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1972Malibu.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1969Chevelle.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1969Camaro.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1968Chevelle.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1966Mustang.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1966Impala.jpg http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c69/smokenm/Junkyard Jewels/1962Impala.jpg
Des Moines Yard Mike, Thanks for sharing the information! There is a group of BCA and ROA guys up here who are real "junkyard dogs!" Looks like an Iowa road trip is in the near future. I can back up what Dale says, the steel prices the last couple of years really pushed up the crushing around here. French Lake still gets stuff in and Rohners out in Willmar has some cars, but who knows when the dollars are going to speak loud enough and they'll crush out too! Sad to see these cars and yards go, progress, ain't it wonderful? Happy New Year everyone! Tim
Next time you hop the fence your should bring some parts back over onto the other side of the fence. :Brow:
Sorry, Andy. Somehow I missed that one. Didn't even notice it until you mentioned. Maybe I can get back over there next week.
Man it hurts to go to those places to know that they will be gone. I went to two salvage yards in my area two years ago looking for a Corvair that I was told was at each one . the first yard I talked with the owner of the yard and he said the car was cut up as soon as it came in but he did let me walk around although there was a ton of snow. there was way in the back a 73 Riverea GS 455 loaded all there but rusted out and a grand national smashed and mostly all ther. He would not sell the cars, he would sell parts . he had no ownerships for most of the cars but I htink if I had got the VIN # and did the leg work and went back with a clear title he may have let them go. I have not gone back since. was there any Corvairs in that yard.
Nader's Dream Car I did not specifically see any Corvairs but..... There is a small European yard 1/4 mile from my house and I noticed that they hauled in a corvair in the last couple of weeks that had been hit pretty good. What are you looking for?
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