$350.00 for a used rearend!!

[iluvmy72]

I am so pissed about the prices these junkers in Cali are getting for their stuff....350 bones for a rear axle.....****!!......you people in the midwest are so lucky....just for a bedside for a 72 will run you 350 bucks as well.....I'll admit my rearend is like a needle in a haystack to find but this sucks!!
This guy knows how hard it is to find a 5 lug 3.73 ratio with leafs....didn't know I needed such a rare rearend.

[mikep]

$160 all day long at U pull it in Portland Oregon. Posi's and lockers no different.

[John Fabris]

Look for Pick-N-Pull in CA. $90-$120, little higher for disc brake rears.
http://www.picknpull.com/Locations/C...alifornia.html




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John Fabris
john.fabris@autodesk.com
1967 C10 SWB FleetSide Web Page
1971 K5 Blazer 2WD (basket case, but give me two years or so.)

[paintpyro]

John, looks like they are all Central to Northern Cal. Nothing for us Southern Californians

[dross]

I just priced a dana 60&70 pair from California. guy wanted 2500 bucks and they were used, non posi. Some people think more of there stuff than I do. No hard feelings.

[Randy70C-10]

Damn, did that price include the trucks that they came from?

[mikep]

Theres a '99 6 lug factory posi rear end in the local ad paper with 12 miles ( Yes 12 )on it, 3.73 gears and complete from drum to drum for $600.

[Longhorn Man]

I wouldn't go there with the '99 rear, WAY too many things can go wrong (ABS on the brakes, but not your truck for one)
I have always heard Memory Lane in the L.A. area was decent, along with the pick-a-part (I think that's the name) was cheap.

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I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it.
FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite.
E-mail longhornmail@yahoo.com
My name is Andy...not Randy...I'm in Ohio...Not Illinois...close enough?
Columbus Ohio

[dmnall]

If you live near Santa Paula, CA. There is You Pick The Part actually 2 (one server 79 - 99 cars) and the other specializes in 50 - 60 and 70's Cars and trucks and most rear ends there are $ 85 drum - drum or Disc to Disc!! So that is where to go also !!

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Truck #1 68 Chev LWB Fleet w/ Wood Floor (Sucks Gas and Hauls Ass!) and in process of Body Work...

Truck #2 1994 GMC Sierra SL w/ 4.3L Vortec V6, 4L60E Auto!!

[bobs409]

Here in Pa at most junkyards, rears are $75.00 and they pull 'em.

Engines are $200, transmission are $75.

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63 Impala*66 Chevelle SS*69 Chevelle*69 C10 Stepside*71 Cheyenne 20*72 Chevelle

Parts for sale:
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[71GMC_3/4T]

I was quoted $900 for a 3.73 rearend, used, for my 92 pickup! What a scam!

[da-burb]

The MidWest isn't any better. A yard 6 blocks away wanted $225 for a 1 legged 3.07. I looked elsewhere and got one for $50.



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1971 C-10 Suburban
1972 C-10 Suburban
1969 XL Galaxie Fastback
1968 Galaxie 500 Fastback
1974 SCOUT II

Montrose, Minnesota

[67 CHEV MAN]

I bought whole trucks for a lot less than some these places want for rear ends.I know where three trans am/ camaro rear ends with disc brakes,posi, and sway bars the guy wants 100 for each but I think I will counter with an offer of 200 for all of them, he will take it..

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*72 GMC lwb *71 CHEYENNE lwb *71 CHEYENNE swb *68 CST swb with factory tac,tilt,a/c,67/68 bucket seats and american racing coke bottle rims *67 CST swb with factory tac,tilt,a/c,67/68 bucket seats and american racing coke bottle rims *68 CST swb wanting some love *67 CST swb waiting patiencely for some attention *56 CHEVY stepside,volare front clip,posi,and big back window haven't seen her in a while still at the body shop *** and enough parts for 2 more shortwides and 2 more lwb ** I know already I've got Issues, I go to a therapist twice a week!!!!!

[bbs1965]

I sold a 5 lug 3.73 rearend from a 72 for $50. and was happy. I throw 10 bolt chevelle rearends away. I can hardly get $100 on an open 12 bolt chevelle rearend. I'll have rights to your first born if you buy a 12 bolt posi from me though LOL!!. One thing you got to understand is these yards are paying healthy overhead and cars at auctions are getting higher and higher on prices while old car supplies are drying up. I wish I could get 1/2 of what wrecking yards get on some parts and I mean get not ask. I have 2 6 lug coil spring rearends 4 series gears $30 each and don't get any calls. I'm in the Dallas Texas area by the way and there still alot of cheap wrecking yards left. Pick n pulls,awesome auto etc. These places are cheap but they get old iron very seldom. Mostly late model carter cars. Carter cars are junk from the late 70's LOL!!

[hobby67stepside]

I'm from the middle of nowhere and have never heard of this Pick'n pull. I hope I don't sound terribly stupid but this must be a generic term for a yard that will let you take parts off. Right? Or it is a franchised bone yard? Don't make fun of me for being ignorant. I'm actually wondering if in the west there are franchised yards!

[bbs1965]

I always am shocked when I talk to guys from other places that say the wrecking yards in there area will not let them pull there own parts. In my area DFW we have a few big yards that you go in gate and pay a dollar to enter yard, sign a waiver that if you get hurt you won't sue and go pull your own stuff. These yards are usually full of 70's through early 90's stuff, but occaisonally they get some early iron. Now the yards that specialize in very late models like 2000 stuff won't let you pull parts they pull stuff. The great thing about these pick n pull yards is they usually have a sign posted with all the parts prices. So if you were going to buy lets a set of rally wheels for your chevelle you would get rallys for the same price as a regular steel wheel. Where you really get lucky is when you do like i did. I went to a local pull it yard got a set of bucket seats sunvisors ac brackets carb alt brackets all off of a 1970 camper special for $76. The catch is everybody and there mother is scouting these yards daily for early iron stuff. Whats even cooler is these yards sometimes have a $20 all you can carry day, We load up on HEI dist's and 4 core radiaters. The wrecking yard seen is good in North Texas but with the constant invasion of yuppies we are under constant threat of extinction.
I know of a wrecking yard just north of mine i'm building this guy buys any and every cheap car he can get. He owns his own crusher he crushes cars like there is no tommorrow. He crushed a complete 68 cutlas the other day. He has at anytime 10-20 67-72 trucks but he crushes em daily. Unfortunatly this happens alot in North Texas. They cater to Mexican buyers they buy parts and take to Mexico and old cars aren't on their wish list. So crush that old junk make more room for JAp and German junk. Think i'm exaggerating go to hwy 67 just south of 287 and sit by Chapperell steel check out the truckloads of old cars going to the shredder. I cannot tell you how many Chevelles I have seen in the crush pile at a steel yard called LIberty in Dallas. It is sad and they won't sell any parts to you. Imagine if you can seeing a 1972 chevelle 2 dr with a clean pair of bucket seats in it going to crusher I was there they would not sell me ****.

[hobby67stepside]

That is a real pi$$er. Here in the midwest almost all yards will let you pull your parts. I'm surprised they aren't scared by liabilty things but most car and PU guys wouldn't sue if they got hurt taking things off. There are always a few bad apples, however!

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[woodrow59]

Anybody know of good junkyards west of Atlanta,,,,Douglasville would be great !!!

[Chevyman69]

For the hell of it I phoned around for an open carrier 8.5 inch for my 92, 6 lug 30 spline. I was thinking throw in a EX locker or something( changed my mind on that but thats not in this story). Anyhow one yard waned about $1800 for a rebuilt one. The next yard( my local one) wanted around $2000 for an open diff with about 70000 miles on and no that is not bull****, thats the quote. These yards are stupid, any idiot that pays that should have his head examined, the disc brake equipped Auburn posi and completely rebuilt 12 bolt in the 69 cost less than that and its all new brand name parts. You gotta wonder sometimes though( buckets 92-94 highback Chevies are like $1200 and up). This is Canadian prices I am quoting however it doesn't matter its still ridiculous. You just have to find the right yard and you will be allright( I got a grey set of highbacks that are mint for $650 which was more like it). WHat I am saying is just keep looking and eventually you will find what you need.

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