Best junk yard find?

[Critter]

I have been striking out latley at the salvage yard and I'm tired of it. Time to live vicariously through others.

What is the coolest/rarest/most unmolested etc, part that you have ever pulled out of the yard? Lets keep it only 67-72 parts or at least parts from another vehicle that you put ON your 67-72 (corvette engines, dana 60 front axles, etc).

So what is the best thing that YOU personally have ever gone and found, pulled, and brought home?

The best thing I have ever found was a perfect 69-72 passenger fender, no rust anywhere! The unique thing about it is it only cost me $125. That's not bad, but I know most of you can tell me a better story.

[leddzepp]

I have pulled tach, vac, speedwarning dashes, buddy buckets, an AM/FM stereo, etc...but the RAREST part I have ever pulled was an uncut taillight harness. I have gone through a LOT of trucks in the yards, and I have only ever found 1 original, uncut, unspliced taillight harness.

[too much stuff]

Pretty much the same as leddzepp. I suppose one of the best was a 63 327 SHPE fuel injected engine. (FI was gone... but still cool) You have to put your time in around here. I can drive hundreds of miles in a day and come home with little or nothing, then get a call and score big in my backyard the next day. Ya gotta love the challange.

[jerry moss]

a clean set of original upholstry buddy buckets for 75 bucks, 60-68 tow hooks for 20 bucks, perfect long fleetside bed with a rustfree toolbox door for 375, lots of other rustfree sheetmetal, am/fm radio for 50, a 72 swb stepside 4x4 with tow hooks for 500, i'm sure there's more i can't think of since i've been "junkin" for over 35 years,lol.

[1972trucks]

my best find has been a tilt and am/fm from pull a part

[special-K]

A '72 Ambulance with bucket seats,shoulder,belts,door panels,perfect barn doors,and 402/TH400/ps.
I got all of it and was there just for automatic linkage...I spent under $400. For around here that was cheap. The engine/trans combo was $300.

[jerry moss]

i forgot one super rare find that i DID NOT buy- 68 chevy 1/2 ton 4x4 panel. if memory serves me correctly there were only 48 of them built in 68. it was in the same yard i bought the above mentioned bed from and a good friend of mine bought it---and he still has it.

[Gene]

I found a truck with factory roof drip moulding, and got it.

[pritch]

I found something I hadn't seen before, and I got it for a buck:

It's identical to the original, except it's molded out of black plastic.

I got these seats out of the same vehicle, a '67 Sportvan, for 15 bucks:




I think it was a good day at the pick & pull!

[msgross]

12 bolt, 3.73 posi for $35....

69 Camaro am/fm (pulled it from a 68 chevy truck) and sold it for $350...

tilt steering columns - $15...

[71blksuper4x4]

2 pairs of 69-71 style tow hooks for $20. Trevor

[70Custom10Nut]

Been a while ago, but I scored a full factory Tach dash for $20. Told the guy I needed the Speedo. A couple months later the same yard told me I couldn't get parts from "that truck" because they were "storing it for a guy". That was 12 years ago. Last summer I went to that same yard, and truck was still there. BTW, the Tach still works great

[helldiablo]

i got a cab, it was free with the condition that i had to load it myself, so i got my brother to help.. it came with a title. i also got the shortbed frame but not going to use it..

[orneryolbiker]

1971 chrome rear view mirror with factory map light.

[70c10-08]

found a good bench seat with unusual vynil pattern (looks factory) and a tach guage cluster layin on the seat both for like 90 bucks they both came out of a 1970 c/60 then i found a c/20 with a factory posi rear end and a period type cruise control could've had the posi for 75 bucks and the owner of the yard wud remove it for me but i declined and said that me and a buddy of mine wud come and remove it ourselves I never went back and hes prolly crushed the truck by now and that was over a year ago