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Have any of you noticed that most yard owners are a bit odd? Through out the years in with my dealings with them they range from drunks to standing along the side of the road screaming at traffic in their off time. Last week I got a call from one of the two last old school yards left in this area asking if I needed anything. Shocked to say the least at him calling me, I said sure. Got a list made up and over I went. After two hours of trying to agree on a price, he finally led me to this car that was a goner. "Nope we need to take the parts off of this one over here". He agreed but as I was taking off the parts he watched me with an expression of guilt mixed with pain, Like I was hauling his first born off to the fire pits. Than he told me that I must replace the parts taken, with the old ones from my car. Which will be done tomorrow. WTF is wrong with these people??? TLW.
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Junk yard owners are strange.....but ehy...that's why they are junk yard owners! LOL
There are a few yards out there that are fair, but most are just like what you are talking about. Funny....I bet that car he wouldn't let you get parts off ends up getting crushed or sold for less than the parts you were going to buy. Stupid!
There are supposed to be some good salvages just North of the Oklahoma border....Damn Josh...I need to go see you!
From what I heard there is a straight axle Falcon up there. I will take my camer for sure!
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There's a FEW good ones closer than that....
"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, and woods, but it is a principle;
and patriotism is loyalty to that principle..."
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Well.....spill the beans there Doc. I know of one guy just South of Oolagah, but his yard is pretty small.
DuckusCrapus" If I wanted your opinon......I would have asked for it. "Comment
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well.. If you figure most of those guys w small basically nothing but dumps behind their farms are not really working auto recycler's, most I know won't get a real job if their life depended on it and found that it was a way to make a meager living or buy their booze, some found it was a way to exist w/o the tax man on their back -CASH only. A lot of them are half a bubble off anyway. Others are just car guys w a lot of parts cars. Still others just plain want a second income.Last edited by dgas; 04-11-2007, 09:17 AM.Comment
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(Crab E-mailed me about this thread, and I thought to myself, "Dang Deb, you need to check the forums more often.")
dgas, it does my little heart good to know there's someone else out there who knows the difference -- I couldn't help but smile when I saw the words "not really working auto recyclers."
I ain't afraid to admit we're a strange bunch, even in the Real-Live EPA-Regulated, Computer-Inventoried, Tax-Paying, Recipt-Writing, Legal, Insured, Licensed, Honest-To-Henry-Ford, Automotive Recycling Facility. When we first got started, Dad's big thing was "Improving The Image," and hearing someone say "Junkyard" caused him to make a face like you'd see if I (youngest girl) said something about running off to travel with a carnival. I'm still unable to guarantee my politeness on the phone when I answer and somebody says "Is this that thar junkyard?" I usually say "No, there ain't no damn junk here, call that other yard..." I have fuuuuuun with the phones sometimes though.
We've tried hard to be sure we're not like those other yards (the ones where you'll see "suspicious" fires, or nasty dogs, or brand-new pickups with boats on trailers being hauled into the shreading machine), especially with several of "those yards" of varying degrees in this little town. I grew up in this business, I thought I'd seen it all, but there's still a couple places where even I'm scared to get out of the car and try to go into the office, let alone the yard.
There's one over here East of us, they've got a little more of the older stuff than we've got around here -- but ya gotta check it real close 'cause they used to have Goats. "Well, I had one of those with seats in it, but the goats got 'em..."
Mmmmm, Vynil Top... Mmmm-Munch-Munch-Munch. Heh."Gimme a ride to heaven, boy, I need to talk to My Dad..." - Terry AllenComment
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I was waiting for you to jump in here TC...
I know I've seen it all as far as scrap yards go...the good, the bad, and the "You don't want to go past that fence line"
Here in IL they are regulated to death, literally. We've lost more good scrap yards than was nescessary, and these were the decent ones that had stuff worth climbing through.The NRA says, 'Guns don't kill people - people kill people.' That may be true, but I think the gun helps. You're not going to kill many people by standing around shouting 'bang!'.Comment
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Junkyard memories
Duck and I remember some good times in the late 70s in Kansas City. He would've been only ~6 or 7. I was building a 30 Willys 4dr streetrod, and Duck and I made many Saturday morning trips to a nearby yard, pulling tools and parts around in Duck's little red wagon. That would've been about when he got hooked on this cars obsession that I had acquired 20 years earlier.
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TC,
What yard do you work for? Have anything old?
I do remember those wagon pulls up that hill to that Kansas salvage. You know....you take for granted what was there back then , but I remember seeing those cars. I didn't know what the hell they were, but I knew there was a bunch of cool old stuff there.
DuckusCrapus" If I wanted your opinon......I would have asked for it. "Comment
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Beat ya' to 'em Duck!!"I know I'm obsessed, but I must know the truth"Comment
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Back in 1979 till 1982 I worked at A+T Auto parts. I remember that the owners were trying to clean up the image back then, and every time I said Junkyard ,Bobbie would say the same thing as your Dad " do you see any junk here?" and get mad as a hornet at me. It's just a word that goes way back and I dont see any reason to change it. Got a lot of ole time sayings that pissis people off and will spare you from saying them. As you all know I hate any change, even in my speech. Dont mean no harm by any of it, it's just the way I is,,,TLW..............Do as I say! Not as I do.............Comment
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im the same way, i still refer salvage yards to junk yards, i aint gonna change either..for nothing,i am what i am and thats that.just gotta remember the old saying.....one mans junk is another mans treasure... or today is it..ones man salvaged or recycled part is another mans....you get the pictureComment
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Favorite sign in a "junkyard"
There used to be a sign behind the counter of a salvage yard here in Tulsa. It read:
"All cars run on used parts."
Makes perfect sense when you think about it.Comment
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In Rapid City on the northern most side of town near the Ellsworth Air force base there is a place called A and A Auto Salvage. When you first roll down the road you see your typical junkyard with piles of 70,80's and 90's jalopies.
Then you pull in the junkyard.....this where it gets interesting.....
There is a big building...and a perfect lil 50 somethin Poncho is sticking through the building and their is giant Bull made of all chrome bumper pieces.
You walk inside and you be quickly greeted by "Dickhead Dan" or his brother. You tend to ignore their barking as you see the collection of hotrods, vintage bikes, tractors, etc. Not to mention one of the foremost collections of vintage gas pumps from all ends of the globe.
Thats just the lobby man!!!!
Go further into the "museum" notice a giant 40 ft complete Elephant from tail to tusk made completely out of Caddillac bumper pieces as well as other scale models of car art thats out of sight. A multi million dollar Indian motorcycle collection, corvettes, woody's......even a freshly restored road grader from the early 60's as if it rolled out the factory doors.
To me....that grabbed my attention was a fully restored WWII Half Track complete with all the gizmos and defunct? machine guns. Dan says to me....."yea I'll fire it up and cruise down to the OUTBACK for a beer".
Holy crap....I was dumbfounded.....just your typical boneyard on the outside....world class collection on the inside.....not to mention if you wanted a part for your 86 Celebrity he would have it!!!Last edited by J. Short Bull; 04-11-2007, 09:14 PM.Comment
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I forgot.....although he is a tall and big fellow...I could not see how he got the Dickhead nickname...he was just another good guy yo me....Originally posted by J. Short Bull View PostComment
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