Spectre
The Deported
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2007
- Messages
- 36,832
- Location
- Dallas, Texas
- Car(s)
- 00 4Runner | 02 919 | 87 XJ6 | 86 CB700SC
On the way to the next yard I had to make a detour; there had been a four car accident on the block and a Tacoma had ended up on its roof.
Spotted this original 1984 digital clock and 8 track combo that would fit Der Stig's Bronco, but he didn't want them for some reason.
I'd been looking for Lincoln Mark VIII cooling fans to adapt to my Bronco (among other things) but in recent years the utility of these fans has become common knowledge. This sight was to become common on my quest for Lincoln cooling fans:
Going to junkyards isn't without undue hazards for the unwary. You need to be on the lookout for vehicles with biohazard markings. Unlike out in the wide world, these stickers are never jokes in a junkyard.
Another example at another yard:
An interesting bit of automotive related Americana sighted at yet another yard.
Saw this parked outside a Pick N Pull yard on the other side of town.
That's not the usual car recovery D-ring - it's more like the kind you'd use to recover a very large truck. I was rather puzzled as to why someone would fit such a large, heavy thing to a car until I saw the front. After seeing the front end held on by external bolts and all the fender damage, it was clear the owner was experienced in unintentional offroading and automotive forestry.
Like most Pick N Pull chain yards, this one had a rebuilder section.
In the yard proper, was this - one of the faster US cars of the 1980s, a Dodge Daytona Turbo. Most of them were scrapped long ago so it's unusual to find them even in yards today. They were most generally famous for being the leading lady's car in the TV show Hunter.
This was back in the truck section; they're becoming increasingly common junkyard fodder these days.
Sometimes it's amusing to look into cars and see the idiot engineering that some owner's applied. Whoever owned this truck hated the bench seat it came with and for whatever reason didn't get the factory bucket seat brackets. Instead he just got some thin gauge angle iron and grade nothing bolts and cheesily bolted some bucket seats to the two bench anchors. Apparently he was lucky enough to not crash the truck before something died and got it sent to the junkyards.
Saw these outside of the last junkyard of the day, right before the rain brought an end to the day's explorations. Click to zoom in on both to see humor value.
Spotted this original 1984 digital clock and 8 track combo that would fit Der Stig's Bronco, but he didn't want them for some reason.
I'd been looking for Lincoln Mark VIII cooling fans to adapt to my Bronco (among other things) but in recent years the utility of these fans has become common knowledge. This sight was to become common on my quest for Lincoln cooling fans:
Going to junkyards isn't without undue hazards for the unwary. You need to be on the lookout for vehicles with biohazard markings. Unlike out in the wide world, these stickers are never jokes in a junkyard.
Another example at another yard:
An interesting bit of automotive related Americana sighted at yet another yard.
Saw this parked outside a Pick N Pull yard on the other side of town.
That's not the usual car recovery D-ring - it's more like the kind you'd use to recover a very large truck. I was rather puzzled as to why someone would fit such a large, heavy thing to a car until I saw the front. After seeing the front end held on by external bolts and all the fender damage, it was clear the owner was experienced in unintentional offroading and automotive forestry.
Like most Pick N Pull chain yards, this one had a rebuilder section.
In the yard proper, was this - one of the faster US cars of the 1980s, a Dodge Daytona Turbo. Most of them were scrapped long ago so it's unusual to find them even in yards today. They were most generally famous for being the leading lady's car in the TV show Hunter.
This was back in the truck section; they're becoming increasingly common junkyard fodder these days.
Sometimes it's amusing to look into cars and see the idiot engineering that some owner's applied. Whoever owned this truck hated the bench seat it came with and for whatever reason didn't get the factory bucket seat brackets. Instead he just got some thin gauge angle iron and grade nothing bolts and cheesily bolted some bucket seats to the two bench anchors. Apparently he was lucky enough to not crash the truck before something died and got it sent to the junkyards.
Saw these outside of the last junkyard of the day, right before the rain brought an end to the day's explorations. Click to zoom in on both to see humor value.
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