my junkyard experience today from noon to about 1:30

[Fast68Chevy]

went tp springfield today, went to northside auto salvage, old guy named popcorn and his wife run the place with a daughter and three or four yard gophers, they had four 67-72, a 68 shortstep(third 67--72 one ive ever seen now!) had rust hole sin every panel and no floors left intact, and im talking holes that you can see for fiteen or more feet away, that was the best shape one they had there besides a 68 or 70 longfleet that was tiny hair better in th4 rockers, but stil ate out all over. then he has a 72 longfleet that he swears to God has the 327 original in it, i tolds him that 68 was last year but he wouldnt hear of it, says he had a new one that got the 327, so i was like uhmmm ok yeah right whatever., it runs and drives except that oil is full of water due to river flooding and he swore its an auto and that he ran and drove it around yard, so i go into truck and its a damned three on tree,
pass side cab is caved in (from them shoving truck around probaby), literally no rocker panel on pass side and most all of drive rocker completely missing, bed caved on both sides,
and but grille very sweet shape and all glass and hood and radiator and alt brackets and short w/p SBC setup manual steering and manual disc brakes though and thats about it,.
no posi or P/S or engines on any truck around of course cpet that and the one 69 70 thats smashed(has engine no power anything either), good luck finding posi or p/s or p/b on these oldie farm trucks, hje wants 300 for truck as is, brakes do work and steering does work, but would have to have done 65$ in title work and have it hauled 40 miles for 75$
i passed, wasnt enough metal on truck left to do it, engine and grille and axle and front discs wasnt enough to justify 300 for trashed but complete truck, all others no drivetrain, including mostly gutted Custom 68 longfleret with woodgrain CHEVROLET tailgate aluminum panel and not anything elese good on truck cept maybe instr panel, missing axle, thats it,
and a 69 or 70 longfleet with smashed down cab, and doors,,,, 70's blue smogger 2bbl engine shoved in it, 4 speed 465, unknown ratio 12 bolt. that 68 shortstep has ram horns on it, pass side angled, driver side straight, whats up with that ???? anyone??? pipes all there, so apparently it works like that on 2wd long bed V8.... he says 75 each ram horn, i was like uhmmm dude you can get new vette ones for just iunder 100 each, he wouldn hear of it, claims that they are hot item and everyone wants them things and that he has hard time keeping them in yard, so uhm howcome i know of three sets he has in the yard right now then ?? huh ? duh,......

yards are gay these days, i passed on custom/cst good chrome trim 68 grille assembly and headlight bezels off the stepside for 45, and hood is mint, probably 50 for it with trim and letters there one ding in trim. 69longhornjeff or someone could get it for halfway good deal, i would,. but dont need it, are too many left yet, too common really yuet, lots of 68 and 72 trucks in yards yet, but no metal pieces cept hoods and grille, doors always misisng entire corners and crashed in and beds same way ate out bad bad missing lots metal and fender pocketsa always missing, and cabs i wont go there about the cabs..... eek
too much for a hood 50 is, 45 decent for nice chrome grille,. i oculd go back and get it if someone wants me to.,., for a few more bucks just to save a nice one from shredder if they can use it, i have to resist spending $$ and i didnt today cept for gas $$, i got to go 85 in maro on weay bnack with tops off and left name and number with some older lady with a 78 or so scottsdale of her sons' in her front yard that realy ever gets moved, in little town of broadwell along the freeway, runs and drives and for here is not too much rust through really, just rockers missing metal and lsome of rear arches and such ate out, still a beater though,..

no more yards for me these days anymore, are insane as i already knew, dunno what i was thinking when i though i could get something, and just for him taking my time of bull****ting me i took two CST cigar lighter trim plates and a camaro dash emblem and hatch release switch all for the Z28, almost took a CST cigar lighter assembly but coils packed with crap,
tried to get some radio knowbs or radi plates, but none were findable, all trucks had crappy aftermarket radios,,

Plus side though i got a free cool ass ride in a hufge ass endloader bucket across the entire yard so that i cpild get to the 68 step that was sitting in floodwater about 6" or so so i oculd inspect the truck inside and out, had been sititng in sun for years,.. everything vinyl ws completely flaked gone, piles of vinyl flakes throughout enterior, sun is damned mean... no options cept Z52 custom and G60 HD rear springs and 503AA Lt. Green(my favorite color besides anniversary 68 gold)

i may have to buy that 67 3/4 ton GMC 2wd dana 60 4 speed v8 truck across town for 300 or less if possible even though cab is compoetely gone and fenders bad and bedsides actually not any noticeable rusthrough but are dentd, wood bed though! dana60 leaf rear though and running v8 tha ien doesnt seem so bad a deal for here now after this yard trip today,. wouild be loser deal elswhere liek south or west though,... im not stupid, im aware of that fact, but cant do anything about it here,

tell me your junkyard stories recently., and what tou think of this or that

laterz.,