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72-c20 · 08-18-2008, 12:35 AM

well, I only got one thing... a bench seat. perfect shape. no tears. and somehow, I managed to put a tear in it trying to get it out... still not sure how it happened, but I will repair it.

anybody know if this is an original color? newspapers in the cab were dated 1983. was put there because of a bad engine....

came out of this GMC.

oh, and $20.00 was the cost.

72-c20 · 08-18-2008, 12:37 AM

and here's pics of the other trucks there....

72-c20 · 08-18-2008, 12:39 AM

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72-c20 · 08-18-2008, 12:42 AM

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72-c20 · 08-18-2008, 12:44 AM

the C40 he won't sell any parts off of, because it's still a running truck.... so I'm assuming he'd sell it whole.....

72highlander · 08-18-2008, 12:44 AM

wow, an abandoned highlander, somebody already scavenged the tilt.

QKENUF4U · 08-18-2008, 02:34 AM

lots of places for snakes in that grass !!!! nice find. looked like one was even a short bed.

tdave00 · 08-18-2008, 02:41 AM

Looks like some pretty good parts to still be had there.

Cyclone44 · 08-18-2008, 06:33 AM

I like that junkyard...Wish it was here.....

tcb-1 · 08-18-2008, 07:40 AM

I would only go out there with chest waders! I'd hate to think of how many snakes you woke up. makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!!!! I'm a wus when it comes to snakes, and I grew up in the country.........

nice find though!

FRCvette · 08-18-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by tcb-1

I would only go out there with chest waders! I'd hate to think of how many snakes you woke up. makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!!!! I'm a wus when it comes to snakes, and I grew up in the country.........

nice find though!

Me too. No way I would go in there with grass and weeds that tall.Snake haven for sure.I would have to wait till dead of winter to go in there.Big night crawlers scare me.

BarryB · 08-18-2008, 10:40 AM

Snake haven! HUH! I would be more scared of bees and wasps oh and spiders.(black widows, and brown recluse's) I usually make alot of noise when I go into a junk yard like that. and am very careful where I put my hands. Usually snakes will run if you make alot of noise first. Bees and wasps are viscous.

QKENUF4U · 08-18-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BarryB

Snake haven! HUH! I would be more scared of bees and wasps oh and spiders.(black widows, and brown recluse's) I usually make alot of noise when I go into a junk yard like that. and am very careful where I put my hands. Usually snakes will run if you make alot of noise first. Bees and wasps are viscous.

GOOD POINT !!! and TICKS (can you say lyme-disease) not so sure about the spiders in the grass other than big ol garden spiders AHHHHHHHHHHHH now "INSIDE" the trucks OH YA SPIDERS BIG TIME !!!!

panhandler62 · 08-19-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by QKENUF4U

GOOD POINT !!! and TICKS (can you say lyme-disease) not so sure about the spiders in the grass other than big ol garden spiders AHHHHHHHHHHHH now "INSIDE" the trucks OH YA SPIDERS BIG TIME !!!!

That is your basic orb weaver (sometimes called "writing spiders") -- great at controling noxious insects.

67mater · 08-18-2008, 10:27 AM

Where is that yard at? I saw something I think I wanna go get. Free to walk the lot? or do you know the owner?

72-c20 · 08-18-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by 67mater

Where is that yard at? I saw something I think I wanna go get. Free to walk the lot? or do you know the owner?

It's up in the sticks of NE Iowa, and yes, I know the owner and his son, so I was able to walk around, but it's normally not allowed.

**WIDESIDE72** · 08-18-2008, 11:12 AM

That seat looks to me like a mid to late 70's recover. I have never seen a stock cover without pleats, designs etc

FRENCHBLUE72 · 08-18-2008, 11:25 AM

You would not catch me there too many critters in the grass..

Imacarguytoo · 08-18-2008, 03:41 PM

lol no doubt about snakes and all...... I found out a girl in my small town has a 67 camaro in the garage. Well needless to say i tried to buy it. But she wont sell it. I was scared to death, her boyfriend comes walking in the garage with this huge ass snake wrapped around his arm. He said hey dude come here, let me show you this snake i found in the camaro last week. I uh said no thanks...thinking to myself i was just SITTING in that car 2 seconds ago. Long story shorter lol He was messing with me he found it in the basement dead. My heart didnt stop pounding for the rest of the nite. The poor camaro is rotting away literally. With no sale in the future .

big_al_71 · 08-18-2008, 04:33 PM

There is no chance in hell of seeing a junkyard like that here in miami!!!

Wish could just walk around it and see the trucks in person...

Riveted1 · 08-18-2008, 05:07 PM

Definitely some cool stuff. Looks like there's still some good parts to be had. You say people can't normally walk around there... so it's their private collection? Why would they let stuff go to waste like that?

Anyway, I would be more scared of the spiders (that pic above gave me the heebie jeebies!) and the bees/wasps (I'm allergic.) Snakes might scare me more if I was in rattler country. Ticks suck too. Do u guys have chiggers up there? Those don't hurt but are EXTREMELY annoying and itchy!

67mater · 08-18-2008, 05:10 PM

many yards have closed open access due liability (thank the idiots that sue McDonalds cause the coffee burned em). no yards around here allow you to walk the lot anymore. The one that did is closed all together.

oh, and you guys are ninnies

72-c20 · 08-18-2008, 05:34 PM

yeah, we got chiggers too! the Pull-a-part type yards will let you walk around. we finally have one in Des Moines. $1.00 to get into the yard, but they have no idea what's out there, so you have to walk all the rows.

This yard is a working "yard" still though I think they probably do more service work than anything. generally not a lot of new stuff in lately....

at this same yard, my dad and I saw a 68 or so mustang fastback, that looked okay from the "top" but when we cleared away the weeds to get next to it, it had been put onto a 1/2 ton 4x4 frame many years earlier, and was pretty much all rotted away....

I saw lots of "movement" in the weeds from critters, but nothing that alarmed me. the 5' tall stinging nettles were the most fun... just had to stomp them all down before getting to the trucks to look inside or open a door...

the stinging goes away eventually anyway. and I didn't see poison viy or oak this time....

thirdstreettito · 08-18-2008, 09:46 PM

I'm highly allergic to Ive, oak, and sumac. So I have to wear pants(dont own any) or watch out for the stuff.

MrBeast · 08-18-2008, 09:50 PM

man if I had a semi id so clean these guys out and haul it all back here...

08-18-2008, 12:35 AM	#1
72-c20 Packrat Join Date: May 2008 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 459	junk yard score with lots of pics.... well, I only got one thing... a bench seat. perfect shape. no tears. and somehow, I managed to put a tear in it trying to get it out... still not sure how it happened, but I will repair it. anybody know if this is an original color? newspapers in the cab were dated 1983. was put there because of a bad engine.... came out of this GMC. oh, and $20.00 was the cost. Attached Images __________________ gone: --'07 Tahoe LTZ 4WD --'68 Firebird 400 Convertible gone: --'72 Chevy K20

08-18-2008, 12:37 AM	#2
72-c20 Packrat Join Date: May 2008 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 459	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... and here's pics of the other trucks there.... Attached Images __________________ gone: --'07 Tahoe LTZ 4WD --'68 Firebird 400 Convertible gone: --'72 Chevy K20

08-18-2008, 12:39 AM	#3
72-c20 Packrat Join Date: May 2008 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 459	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... more Attached Images __________________ gone: --'07 Tahoe LTZ 4WD --'68 Firebird 400 Convertible gone: --'72 Chevy K20

08-18-2008, 12:42 AM	#4
72-c20 Packrat Join Date: May 2008 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 459	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... more 2 Attached Images __________________ gone: --'07 Tahoe LTZ 4WD --'68 Firebird 400 Convertible gone: --'72 Chevy K20

08-18-2008, 12:44 AM	#5
72-c20 Packrat Join Date: May 2008 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 459	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... the C40 he won't sell any parts off of, because it's still a running truck.... so I'm assuming he'd sell it whole..... Attached Images __________________ gone: --'07 Tahoe LTZ 4WD --'68 Firebird 400 Convertible gone: --'72 Chevy K20

08-18-2008, 12:44 AM	#6
72highlander Sophomore Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: brownwood, tx Posts: 927	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... wow, an abandoned highlander, somebody already scavenged the tilt. __________________ 1972 Chevrolet Highlander SWB 1972 Custom Deluxe 3/4 2WD 60k miles these trucks don't need vacuum gauges cause they don't suck! two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights do make a left all i want is a little more than i'll ever get it's better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6

08-18-2008, 02:34 AM	#7
QKENUF4U Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SUNNY WARM BIKE RIDING COTTONWOOD ARIZONA Posts: 2,097	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... lots of places for snakes in that grass !!!! nice find. looked like one was even a short bed.

08-18-2008, 02:41 AM	#8
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08-18-2008, 06:33 AM	#9
Cyclone44 Step Brother Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: K-town Posts: 4,029	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... I like that junkyard...Wish it was here.....

08-18-2008, 07:40 AM	#10
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... I would only go out there with chest waders! I'd hate to think of how many snakes you woke up. makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!!!! I'm a wus when it comes to snakes, and I grew up in the country......... nice find though! __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

08-18-2008, 10:40 AM	#12
BarryB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Blountville, Tn. Posts: 3,904	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... Snake haven! HUH! I would be more scared of bees and wasps oh and spiders.(black widows, and brown recluse's) I usually make alot of noise when I go into a junk yard like that. and am very careful where I put my hands. Usually snakes will run if you make alot of noise first. Bees and wasps are viscous. __________________ We could learn a lot from crayons... Some are sharp; some are pretty;and some are dull. Some have weird names; and all are different colours;but they all have to live in the same box. You may be only one person in the world, But you may also be the world to one person. * Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. Two rules in life. 1. Never sweat the small stuff! 2. Everything is small stuff!

08-18-2008, 10:27 AM	#15
67mater Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mundelein, IL Posts: 862	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... Where is that yard at? I saw something I think I wanna go get. Free to walk the lot? or do you know the owner? __________________ time is inversely proportional to money; that's why it takes me so long 1967 K10 1967 Camaro

08-18-2008, 11:12 AM	#17
WIDESIDE72 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cedar Park, Texas Posts: 7,500	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... That seat looks to me like a mid to late 70's recover. I have never seen a stock cover without pleats, designs etc

08-18-2008, 11:25 AM	#18
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08-18-2008, 03:41 PM	#19
Imacarguytoo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 306	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... lol no doubt about snakes and all...... I found out a girl in my small town has a 67 camaro in the garage. Well needless to say i tried to buy it. But she wont sell it. I was scared to death, her boyfriend comes walking in the garage with this huge ass snake wrapped around his arm. He said hey dude come here, let me show you this snake i found in the camaro last week. I uh said no thanks...thinking to myself i was just SITTING in that car 2 seconds ago. Long story shorter lol He was messing with me he found it in the basement dead. My heart didnt stop pounding for the rest of the nite. The poor camaro is rotting away literally. With no sale in the future . __________________ '67 C20 Lwb 350 4-Speed '01 Chrysler Concorde LXI (wifes ride) '91 Gmc Suburban 3/4 2wd 454 Tbi '51 Jeep Cj3a "Willys" 350 V8



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08-18-2008, 04:33 PM	#20
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... There is no chance in hell of seeing a junkyard like that here in miami!!! Wish could just walk around it and see the trucks in person... __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

08-18-2008, 05:07 PM	#21
Riveted1 Tasty Cakes! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 2,112	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... Definitely some cool stuff. Looks like there's still some good parts to be had. You say people can't normally walk around there... so it's their private collection? Why would they let stuff go to waste like that? Anyway, I would be more scared of the spiders (that pic above gave me the heebie jeebies!) and the bees/wasps (I'm allergic.) Snakes might scare me more if I was in rattler country. Ticks suck too. Do u guys have chiggers up there? Those don't hurt but are EXTREMELY annoying and itchy! __________________ I'm a little and a lot Ground beef: A cow with no legs. ---------------- '66 Chevy SWB "Penny" '67 Chevy Big Window SWB- aka "Pearl" '72 Burb- "Betty" "It's not a hearse dammit" '99 Chevy Ext. cab Silverado

08-18-2008, 05:10 PM	#22
67mater Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mundelein, IL Posts: 862	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... many yards have closed open access due liability (thank the idiots that sue McDonalds cause the coffee burned em). no yards around here allow you to walk the lot anymore. The one that did is closed all together. oh, and you guys are ninnies __________________ time is inversely proportional to money; that's why it takes me so long 1967 K10 1967 Camaro

08-18-2008, 05:34 PM	#23
72-c20 Packrat Join Date: May 2008 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 459	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... yeah, we got chiggers too! the Pull-a-part type yards will let you walk around. we finally have one in Des Moines. $1.00 to get into the yard, but they have no idea what's out there, so you have to walk all the rows. This yard is a working "yard" still though I think they probably do more service work than anything. generally not a lot of new stuff in lately.... at this same yard, my dad and I saw a 68 or so mustang fastback, that looked okay from the "top" but when we cleared away the weeds to get next to it, it had been put onto a 1/2 ton 4x4 frame many years earlier, and was pretty much all rotted away.... I saw lots of "movement" in the weeds from critters, but nothing that alarmed me. the 5' tall stinging nettles were the most fun... just had to stomp them all down before getting to the trucks to look inside or open a door... the stinging goes away eventually anyway. and I didn't see poison viy or oak this time.... __________________ gone: --'07 Tahoe LTZ 4WD --'68 Firebird 400 Convertible gone: --'72 Chevy K20 Last edited by 72-c20; 08-18-2008 at 05:35 PM.

08-18-2008, 09:46 PM	#24
thirdstreettito Resident of Here Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wesley Chapel, FL, USA Posts: 7,716	Re: junk yard score with lots of pics.... I'm highly allergic to Ive, oak, and sumac. So I have to wear pants(dont own any) or watch out for the stuff. __________________ ~Bradley~ 2004 Black GTO LS2/T56 too much to list Miss having a truck

08-18-2008, 09:50 PM	#25
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