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09-22-2020, 11:15 PM
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Junkyard finds
I didn't start combing the junk yards until the mid 80's. I never really found anything good. What was it like in the '70s when you could find pure gold?
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09-22-2020, 11:29 PM
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Was restoring a 1967 396 Camaro SS convertible auto. For some reason it didn't have the correct trans cross-mount. Went to the local yard, had two to choose from, took out the one with no engine in it - easier. paid $20.
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09-23-2020, 01:18 AM
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we came across GTO Judges, AMC 'The machine', 409 Impalas, all kinds of rare stuff in junkyards in the 70's
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Frank Szymkowski 1987 Mustang GT convertible, scarlet red/titanium, white top and white/red leather, 5 speed, 3.08, factory EQ 1969 GTO Judge Warwick blue/blue, RAIII, 4 speed, tach/gauges, safe t track, flip headlights, 3.55's, ps and radio.
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09-23-2020, 02:19 AM
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Phoenix had some amazing cars at the yards when we went.
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It's only Orig once I spend a lot of money on Wine, Women and Cars, I waste all the rest. 1978 Y88 1995 Q45
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09-23-2020, 10:52 AM
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There was still stuff around in 15 years or so ago. I remember I found a wrecked 70 L78 Nova in a yard, totally original and 100% all there, cleaned a ton of stuff off that car when I was doing my 70 L78
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70 L78 Nova Fathom Blue,Bench, 4spd, F41, 3:55 71 Porsche 911 Targa
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09-23-2020, 12:30 PM
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I think a lot depends on where you go. Junkyards in the south and west have a much greater chance to have unrusted or at least less rust vehicles than the northeast. I grew up around Pgh and my dad was an insurance adjuster so I got to go them on a regular basis in the late 70's and early 80's and I got emblems off a 68/69 GTO and a 68/69 SS396 Chevelle, but the cars were rusting away and long for this world. Roadkill and Steve Magnante go to yards out in the southwest and there seems to be a fair amount of muscle left in those.
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1968 Camaro Ex-ISCA Show Car - Sold  On The Lookout For My Next Classic... John 10:30
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09-23-2020, 01:30 PM
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Acquired my 1st 69 Z in 1975. Yards were full of them then, not at all unusual to see SS and Z/28s. None of them still had engines. Two best finds: '67 Z/28 N236606 in PA 1983. Front brakes still there, nothing else.
#1 score was '69 Yenko Camaro N579434 here in WI 1981. Bought the BE axle and dash cluster for $75. Could have been restored but was completely stripped. At that time a nice one was $15k. Last time I saw it the floors had been cut out. We started attending the Pomona swap in CA 1984. Used to arrive a few days early to shop the Pick A Part yards out there. Think I saw one '69 Camaro in all our trips. There were a few yards there that specialized in Chevs; they had many 1st Gens. Would not sell a part off them. At least one ZL1 Camaro was bought out of a junkyard. Sold him the BE axle out of the Yenko.
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Learning more and more about less and less... Last edited by William; 09-23-2020 at 03:07 PM.
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09-29-2020, 01:36 AM
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My uncle found a '63 409 Impala in the late 70's in a scrapyard. It got involved in an accident and was totaled. He worked on it for a year and he got a nice ride. Too bad he had to sell it in the 90's. I'm coming over this weekend to help him install the suspension from 4Wheelonline onto his Wrangler. I'll see if he still got some photos of his Impala.
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