truck salvage yard

[tripleD]

does anyone know the name of the old truck salvage yard in montana.i believe thats where i seen it.acres of 64-65-66 chevy trucks

[TwiggyTheDrummer]

Is it possibly called Heaven? Tried various searches including Junk Yard Dog but nothing matches the description or says that it specializes in 60's Chevy trucks.

[tripleD]

thanks i will try it.i seen it on the forum somewhere but cant find it.it shows all of his trucks.it might not be just 64-66 trucks but he has alot and i mean alot of trucks.sells parts etc.

[jonzcustomshop]

well... its just 2 rows, maybe 60 trucks at the most, he does have about the same amount of 67-72's as well, he does not do mail order, so you will have to drive all the way to arlee ,mt if you want any parts!!
the crusher did come through last year, we lost about 15, mostly bare cab/frames, but a few complete trucks as well.
heres a pic:

[tripleD]

yes thats it thanks!yea i heard no mail orders.i would love to drive out there.was out that way a few months ago but didnt know it existed.again thanks.

[tripleD]

have you got anymore pics of the place?

[65Custom]

That is got to be one of the most beautiful places on earth.

[jonzcustomshop]

google earth..
the red is the 60-66, and the green is the 67-72...
as I mentioned the yard is cleared out a little bit...about 20% thinner than thiese images..

[jonzcustomshop]

my original thread on this yard:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=271752
some other pics..
one day I want to get out there and take alot more pics... maybe this summer.....

[jonathan-m]

That truck in the last picture there has an odd look to it. doesn't seem quite right for some reason, maybe its just the angle of the picture (or maybe I'm crazy??)

[jonzcustomshop]

funny story , notice how the right side is off?
Kelly told me a guy spent a few hours pulling it one day, only to find out when he got it off that it was a short fleet bed that had been shortened to fit on a blazer frame , which is still there minus the suspension...

[jonathan-m]

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

funny story , notice how the right side is off?
Kelly told me a guy spent a few hours pulling it one day, only to find out when he got it off that it was a short fleet bed that had been shortened to fit on a blazer frame , which is still there minus the suspension...

Lol, good at least I'm not crazy!
Boy I'd be pissed if I spent all that time pulling that thing haha

[ruffrida2005]

I wonder if he's got any really good hoods, that dont need much

[ncsu]

Nice pics

[jonzcustomshop]

Originally Posted by ruffrida2005

I wonder if he's got any really good hoods, that dont need much

there are a few that just need light dent or crease repair, not many though, maybe les than 5...
I have been through them all,and they all have some sort of damage..

[jonathan-m]

By the way, to do a screen capture, all you need to do is press the "print screen" key on your keyboard (above or around your number pad), go to any image editing program that you use (microsoft paint works just fine) click edit on the top tool bar, click paste from the drop down box, and a capture of your screen will appear.

Example (can be made at any size):

[tripleD]

thanks i appreciate the pics.maybe one day i can get up there.

[Joey~AP]

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

Kelly told me a guy spent a few hours pulling it one day, only to find out when he got it off that it was a short fleet bed that had been shortened to fit on a blazer frame , which is still there minus the suspension...

Thats crazy talk!

Who would do such a thing?

[willyp]

wow, i would love to walk around there for the day. lots of steering wheels i see.

[jonzcustomshop]

Originally Posted by willyp

wow, i would love to walk around there for the day. lots of steering wheels i see.

I think there is only 1 deluxe 60-65 in the whole bunch!

Its fun looking at all the trucks and seeing all the different stuff thats been done to them..
one of them has a house style electrical outlet fabbed into the dash
one has the center of the top cut out and snaps all around, targa style..
there is the one thats on the blazer frame..
one ofthem has a 326 pontiac motor mounted in it..
a green forest service one is missing the doors, and then you see the same doors on the truck they were put on, but it had been rolled at a later date, and is now in the yard...

[TwiggyTheDrummer]

Man I would love to visit that place one day though. It sucks that there aren't really any really good hoods there though. There aren't enough good one's left for the number of these that are being worked on.

[jonzcustomshop]

Originally Posted by TwiggyTheDrummer

Man I would love to visit that place one day though. It sucks that there aren't really any really good hoods there though. There aren't enough good one's left for the number of these that are being worked on.

I guess it all depends on what your idea of a "good" hood is too...
I would say that only 50% of the trucks there even have the hood left..., so there probably were some good ones in the past.
but the 62-6 chev hood is definately a good candidate for a repro piece, especially since it is the same basic hood as the 62-6 gmc, they would only need to change out the front piece to make the 2 different hoods.

[LILRED66]

I have 3-4 good hoods at my shop in Kansas City, KS.

Thanks for sharing the photos...I wish I could save them all from the crusher. If I ever win the lottery I am going to save them all.

[jonzcustomshop]

thats funny^ I've had the same dream... just driving around the country with a car hauler picking up all the trucks

[ruffrida2005]

that's crazy I've had the same dreams. guess I need to start playing the lotto