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rockn30809 · 09-19-2009, 12:50 PM

Hit a local yard today that was rumored to be getting majority of the clunker cars in the area and oh my god, what a shame. No less than 10 rows of around 15-20 chevy trucks/ suvs per row. I was like a kid in a candy store. Got the rest of the serpentine parts to convert the 87, a 4.3 air intake for the 92 blazer, a 1998 grill for the blazer, and lots of small interior/ detail parts. Heading back down there later with my dad to pull fi harnesses and fuel lines from a pair of 87 trucks and possibly a few sets of seats. It was really a shame to see the cars out there. There was even a 2001 extended cab 2wd chevy that was a clunker car.

Colesnsty68 · 09-19-2009, 02:03 PM

Wow, Dang your lucky, i went to one today and it was all cash for clunkers cars but there was maybe a whoopping two blazers.

**old Rusty C10** · 09-19-2009, 02:59 PM

its a shame the demise of all those trucks... too bad you couldnt post pics

pcmcobra · 09-19-2009, 04:05 PM

went to my local upullit last week, watching an 89 burb in great shape (no power mirrors

), but complete. It's in the "holding" lot right now, might grab the front clip and doors, no dents! Just to hang on to them.
Never know.
Although my wife might not like turning our back yard into a junkyard.

chevymotocross · 09-19-2009, 04:14 PM

Went to my local yard today and snagged a nice tinted sliding back window out of an 86 cash 4 clunkers chevy c20...... diesel in mint condition considering it is a New England truck. I could not bring myself to send off a mint square body diesel to the scrap!

asphaltburner · 09-19-2009, 05:56 PM

Yo! I'm just glad to hear that some of those clunker parts are being used, rather than destroyed!! I was under the impression that all of those vehicles were crushed and shredded after only a minor amount of parts salvage,...
Sad to lose those vehicles and their parts, though! They'll be sorely missed in 20-30 more years.
A lot of energy went into producing them, and more energy goes into scrapping them,...particularly unfortunate considering their early demise.
Todd.

mainermikeyd · 09-19-2009, 06:45 PM

Todd you are truly right. I myself work at a GM dealership an the new motto in the auto industry is a vehicle shouldn't last more than a decade nowadays!!!! If they do that means that there is no turnover in the industry so the days of vehicle lasting 20-30 years are far from gone!!! We have 22 fullsize chevys from 99-03 traded in for the clunker program, over 40 Dodges, and 52 s10 blazers, some were rough but some were good reliable vehicles people owed with no debt, now they drive KIAs an Hyundais that need a complete brake job at 22k!!!!!!!!!!! People wonder where America's spirit an money have gone, OVERSEAS!!!!! Makes a former Marine like myself sick to my stomach!!!

rockn30809 · 09-19-2009, 10:49 PM

Repos will skyrocket in a year and those folks wont be able to find a decent car for 3 or 4 grand cause they junked them all. All it did was help jump start foreign economies and screw the lower middle class in this country.

**old Rusty C10** · 09-19-2009, 11:20 PM

ok guys no politics lets keep this civil

asphaltburner · 09-19-2009, 11:50 PM

Yo!
Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug,...
rockn30809, I think you did PERFECT! You helped to salvage some of the parts that would otherwise go to scrap. My FRANKENTRUCK is built from a huge number of junkyard parts. That's why my wife named it FRANKENTRUCK,...a truck, a donor truck, junkyard and new. Why remake what has already been made?! Remember the word recycle?
Todd.

mainermikeyd · 09-20-2009, 09:09 AM

You guys have no idea how lucky you are to have junkyards with our trucks, most of the yards around here only carry newer style stuff for collision shops, nothing older than 98 up here, gotta live ebay an craiglsit!!!!

asphaltburner · 09-20-2009, 10:56 AM

Yo! Geeze! Sorry to hear that! I'd bet that about 5-10% of FRANKENTRUCK came from the junkyard in Greeley. There's about 20 '73 to '87 trucks there still. Picked over, yeah,...some cut up,...no power trains,...but there's still lots of small parts there.
And the existing trucks gave me examples to get ideas from, gain measurements from, etc,...
Bummer that it's unavailable to you mainermikeyd!
Todd.

bluex · 09-20-2009, 09:05 PM

Someone turned in a 90 454SS here. Its in the local pick a part. I need to go see if there is anything left of it...

Stopped at a yard friday with lots of squarebodys and he said hes not allowed to sell any parts due to them being clunker trade ins. I told him it was only engines he couldnt sell, but he didnt care. Thats whats sad, he has lots of good cars with clean sheet metal from what I could see....

Sparkplug79 · 12-21-2009, 08:44 PM

here in florida i went to our local junkyards today and the owners said that neither the block nor the heads could be sold. there was 2 lt1 trans-ams and at least 7 vortec 350 trucks but yet we cant buy the heads.

86swb · 12-21-2009, 09:44 PM

Man, it is a real shame they had to destroy those engines. Was the '90 SS turned in as a clunker? If so, I really hate to see that 454 C.I destroyed. Back in '90 a guy here bought two of the 1990 454 SS Trucks and would not even drive them home. He had a roll back bring them to his house. Then he stored them in his garage. Guess he thought they would really increase in value down the line. ??

3r!c84 · 12-21-2009, 10:21 PM

yo sparkplug did u hit up the snake river junkyard in fort parce.
is that where u live right?
they got at least 15 73-87 trucks and blazerrs

keith61760 · 12-21-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by 3r!c84

yo sparkplug did u hit up the snake river junkyard in fort parce.
is that where u live right?
they got at least 15 73-87 trucks and blazerrs

Man if I was home in Hobe Sound I would be set. The selection here in Fresno went from several 73-87's too now there were maybe 4 and the rest were all 90's.

3r!c84 · 12-21-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by keith61760

Man if I was home in Hobe Sound I would be set. The selection here in Fresno went from several 73-87's too now there were maybe 4 and the rest were all 90's.

yeah there was a bunch of nice trucks out there.i seen a chrome bumper off a blazzer that i was gona go take off but the hole bumper was under a big ant pile

Benelli · 12-21-2009, 11:40 PM

I went to a junkyard looking for a transmission dipstick for my TH350 and got a "Well, I don't reckon we carry anythin' that old"

The only junkyard with vehicles that are older than 94 is owned by a die-hard Ford owner, he has two squares that are pretty much picked over. Oh well, the one thing I did buy from a junkyard turned out to be a piece of junk, It's sometimes better to buy new I suppose.

3r!c84 · 12-21-2009, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Benelli

I went to a junkyard looking for a transmission dipstick for my TH350 and got a "Well, I don't reckon we carry anythin' that old"

The only junkyard with vehicles that are older than 94 is owned by a die-hard Ford owner, he has two squares that are pretty much picked over. Oh well, the one thing I did buy from a junkyard turned out to be a piece of junk, It's sometimes better to buy new I suppose.

i needed a dipstick for my th350 too and i got one off of ebay for 10$ with shiping and it was chrome

Benelli · 12-21-2009, 11:43 PM

Well, Hell I might have to go ebayin'.

I'm sure it woulda cost 20 or more dollars if he did have one....

3r!c84 · 12-21-2009, 11:56 PM

orr go to the junkyard and find a long one and cut it to the right length

Fastest32 · 12-22-2009, 08:50 AM

I work at a chevy dealership so I saw all the cars and trucks being turned it. It was crazy! Then I had to kill the motors on all of them. I thought it was gonna be fun blowin up the motors but it just sucked. I don't know how many good running k motors I blew up. Plus we were forbidden to take ANYTHING off of them at all.

*BGRAFX* · 12-22-2009, 10:44 AM

I went to my local uwrenchit and took more pix then I did parts. It was 20degrees and I didn't take enough $$$ to the candy store

*BGRAFX* · 12-22-2009, 10:48 AM

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09-19-2009, 12:50 PM	#1
rockn30809 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 93	Junkyard/cash for clunkers Hit a local yard today that was rumored to be getting majority of the clunker cars in the area and oh my god, what a shame. No less than 10 rows of around 15-20 chevy trucks/ suvs per row. I was like a kid in a candy store. Got the rest of the serpentine parts to convert the 87, a 4.3 air intake for the 92 blazer, a 1998 grill for the blazer, and lots of small interior/ detail parts. Heading back down there later with my dad to pull fi harnesses and fuel lines from a pair of 87 trucks and possibly a few sets of seats. It was really a shame to see the cars out there. There was even a 2001 extended cab 2wd chevy that was a clunker car. __________________ 87 V10, 350 700R4/208, 373's

09-19-2009, 02:03 PM	#2
Colesnsty68 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arvada, Colorado Posts: 210	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Wow, Dang your lucky, i went to one today and it was all cash for clunkers cars but there was maybe a whoopping two blazers. __________________ 1970 Chevrolet custom camper 20 2000 F@$d F250 Powerjoke "And i still like bologna on white bread now and then" -Alan Jackson

09-19-2009, 02:59 PM	#3
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,300	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers its a shame the demise of all those trucks... too bad you couldnt post pics __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

09-19-2009, 04:05 PM	#4
pcmcobra Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 1,684	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers went to my local upullit last week, watching an 89 burb in great shape (no power mirrors ), but complete. It's in the "holding" lot right now, might grab the front clip and doors, no dents! Just to hang on to them. Never know. Although my wife might not like turning our back yard into a junkyard. __________________ 1986 C10 SWB 6.0/6l90e Miami...Flee it like a native

09-19-2009, 04:14 PM	#5
chevymotocross Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Haven, CT Posts: 882	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Went to my local yard today and snagged a nice tinted sliding back window out of an 86 cash 4 clunkers chevy c20...... diesel in mint condition considering it is a New England truck. I could not bring myself to send off a mint square body diesel to the scrap! __________________ 87 Chevy 2wd SWB: 305/700r4 Dual Exhaust, K&N Filter, Injector Pod Spacer, TBI Spacer, Belltech Front Sway Bar, Corvette Servo, Western Chassis 4/6 and c-notch

09-19-2009, 05:56 PM	#6
asphaltburner Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ault, Colorado Posts: 862	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Yo! I'm just glad to hear that some of those clunker parts are being used, rather than destroyed!! I was under the impression that all of those vehicles were crushed and shredded after only a minor amount of parts salvage,... Sad to lose those vehicles and their parts, though! They'll be sorely missed in 20-30 more years. A lot of energy went into producing them, and more energy goes into scrapping them,...particularly unfortunate considering their early demise. Todd. __________________ '78 3/4 ton 4x4 custom "Todd-built" FRANKENTRUCK! Last edited by asphaltburner; 09-19-2009 at 05:57 PM.

09-19-2009, 06:45 PM	#7
mainermikeyd Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Limington, ME Posts: 290	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Todd you are truly right. I myself work at a GM dealership an the new motto in the auto industry is a vehicle shouldn't last more than a decade nowadays!!!! If they do that means that there is no turnover in the industry so the days of vehicle lasting 20-30 years are far from gone!!! We have 22 fullsize chevys from 99-03 traded in for the clunker program, over 40 Dodges, and 52 s10 blazers, some were rough but some were good reliable vehicles people owed with no debt, now they drive KIAs an Hyundais that need a complete brake job at 22k!!!!!!!!!!! People wonder where America's spirit an money have gone, OVERSEAS!!!!! Makes a former Marine like myself sick to my stomach!!! __________________ Once a Marine Always a Marine OOH-RAH GM Fanatic 1982 K20 4" Rancho lift 350cid, edelbrock performer intake 1405 carb, hedman headers, TH350, " Wheres the MUD!!!!!!!!!!" 1986 c30 camper special 454, th400 (for sale) 1984 K10 Big Ten (project) needs motor 1984 C10 355, 700r4, (project) needs shortbox bed

09-19-2009, 10:49 PM	#8
rockn30809 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 93	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Repos will skyrocket in a year and those folks wont be able to find a decent car for 3 or 4 grand cause they junked them all. All it did was help jump start foreign economies and screw the lower middle class in this country. __________________ 87 V10, 350 700R4/208, 373's

09-19-2009, 11:20 PM	#9
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,300	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers ok guys no politics lets keep this civil __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

09-19-2009, 11:50 PM	#10
asphaltburner Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ault, Colorado Posts: 862	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Yo! Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug,... rockn30809, I think you did PERFECT! You helped to salvage some of the parts that would otherwise go to scrap. My FRANKENTRUCK is built from a huge number of junkyard parts. That's why my wife named it FRANKENTRUCK,...a truck, a donor truck, junkyard and new. Why remake what has already been made?! Remember the word recycle? Todd. __________________ '78 3/4 ton 4x4 custom "Todd-built" FRANKENTRUCK!

09-20-2009, 09:09 AM	#11
mainermikeyd Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Limington, ME Posts: 290	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers You guys have no idea how lucky you are to have junkyards with our trucks, most of the yards around here only carry newer style stuff for collision shops, nothing older than 98 up here, gotta live ebay an craiglsit!!!! __________________ Once a Marine Always a Marine OOH-RAH GM Fanatic 1982 K20 4" Rancho lift 350cid, edelbrock performer intake 1405 carb, hedman headers, TH350, " Wheres the MUD!!!!!!!!!!" 1986 c30 camper special 454, th400 (for sale) 1984 K10 Big Ten (project) needs motor 1984 C10 355, 700r4, (project) needs shortbox bed

09-20-2009, 10:56 AM	#12
asphaltburner Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ault, Colorado Posts: 862	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Yo! Geeze! Sorry to hear that! I'd bet that about 5-10% of FRANKENTRUCK came from the junkyard in Greeley. There's about 20 '73 to '87 trucks there still. Picked over, yeah,...some cut up,...no power trains,...but there's still lots of small parts there. And the existing trucks gave me examples to get ideas from, gain measurements from, etc,... Bummer that it's unavailable to you mainermikeyd! Todd. __________________ '78 3/4 ton 4x4 custom "Todd-built" FRANKENTRUCK!

09-20-2009, 09:05 PM	#13
bluex Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 1,963	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Someone turned in a 90 454SS here. Its in the local pick a part. I need to go see if there is anything left of it... Stopped at a yard friday with lots of squarebodys and he said hes not allowed to sell any parts due to them being clunker trade ins. I told him it was only engines he couldnt sell, but he didnt care. Thats whats sad, he has lots of good cars with clean sheet metal from what I could see.... __________________ Paul '78 GMC Serria 15 Heavy Half. 361/NV3500/3.73. Former LWB NV3500 swap Trailing arm swap '98 ECSB Z71 daily driver -traded '03 burb. Family cruiser http://upstategmtrucks.com/

12-21-2009, 08:44 PM	#14
Sparkplug79 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pace,Florida Posts: 19	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers here in florida i went to our local junkyards today and the owners said that neither the block nor the heads could be sold. there was 2 lt1 trans-ams and at least 7 vortec 350 trucks but yet we cant buy the heads. __________________ 79 Custom deluxe 250/th350 LWB- SOLD 87 Silverado 350/700r4 SWB - Daily Driver 57 Vw Beetle Ragtop

12-21-2009, 09:44 PM	#15
86swb Born a Chevy Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Navarre, Florida Posts: 10,221	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Man, it is a real shame they had to destroy those engines. Was the '90 SS turned in as a clunker? If so, I really hate to see that 454 C.I destroyed. Back in '90 a guy here bought two of the 1990 454 SS Trucks and would not even drive them home. He had a roll back bring them to his house. Then he stored them in his garage. Guess he thought they would really increase in value down the line. ?? __________________ John or 86 (Viet Nam combat Vet-BIG RED ONE) '65-'66 1986 Chevy SWB Silverado 1984 Chevy Longbed Silverado New Kia Sportage (Wife's car and she loves it) CHEVY, American made w/pride! If you can read this, YOU NEED TO THANK A TEACHER! If you can read this in ENGLISH, PLEASE THANK A SOLDIER! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS OUR FIGHTING TROOPS



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12-21-2009, 10:21 PM	#16
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers yo sparkplug did u hit up the snake river junkyard in fort parce. is that where u live right? they got at least 15 73-87 trucks and blazerrs __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

12-21-2009, 11:40 PM	#19
Benelli Watchin the rust grow Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Nebraska Posts: 950	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers I went to a junkyard looking for a transmission dipstick for my TH350 and got a "Well, I don't reckon we carry anythin' that old" The only junkyard with vehicles that are older than 94 is owned by a die-hard Ford owner, he has two squares that are pretty much picked over. Oh well, the one thing I did buy from a junkyard turned out to be a piece of junk, It's sometimes better to buy new I suppose. __________________ 1979 Chevy K10 (H/D Front end) - 350 w/ Holley Truck Avenger, Weinald Intake manifold, headers, bored .060 over, mild cam, Built up TH350 (TranStar Shift kit) with a part-timed NP203 t-case SOLD ($3,000) 1997 Chevy Silverado 1500 - 4.3 vortec, extended cab, 21 highway MPG, stock. "Red" SOLD ($3,000) 1987 Toyota 4wd Pick-up - work in progress, future DD SOLD ($1,850) 1998 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins 5spd Quad cab - old 12 valve with some work done 2004 Chevy Silverado - Black, 4x4, 5.3L, stock for now Underneath that rust is a heart of gold

12-21-2009, 11:43 PM	#21
Benelli Watchin the rust grow Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Western Nebraska Posts: 950	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers Well, Hell I might have to go ebayin'. I'm sure it woulda cost 20 or more dollars if he did have one.... __________________ 1979 Chevy K10 (H/D Front end) - 350 w/ Holley Truck Avenger, Weinald Intake manifold, headers, bored .060 over, mild cam, Built up TH350 (TranStar Shift kit) with a part-timed NP203 t-case SOLD ($3,000) 1997 Chevy Silverado 1500 - 4.3 vortec, extended cab, 21 highway MPG, stock. "Red" SOLD ($3,000) 1987 Toyota 4wd Pick-up - work in progress, future DD SOLD ($1,850) 1998 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins 5spd Quad cab - old 12 valve with some work done 2004 Chevy Silverado - Black, 4x4, 5.3L, stock for now Underneath that rust is a heart of gold

12-21-2009, 11:56 PM	#22
3r!c84 Badass Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lox. fl Posts: 4,586	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers orr go to the junkyard and find a long one and cut it to the right length __________________ Think outside the box? -84c10 (1stcar)→My Build← -00 Saturn 5spd drop a gear and disappear! 1/4:13:90

12-22-2009, 08:50 AM	#23
Fastest32 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Austin Texas Posts: 370	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers I work at a chevy dealership so I saw all the cars and trucks being turned it. It was crazy! Then I had to kill the motors on all of them. I thought it was gonna be fun blowin up the motors but it just sucked. I don't know how many good running k motors I blew up. Plus we were forbidden to take ANYTHING off of them at all.

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BGRAFX Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: kansas city Ks Posts: 1,970	Re: Junkyard/cash for clunkers I went to my local uwrenchit and took more pix then I did parts. It was 20degrees and I didn't take enough $$$ to the candy store Attached Images

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