Looking through my old pics I realized I have come across some interesting (to me at least) cars scrounging the self service yards so I'll share with ya'll cus we're buddies and buddies do that.
Not a jy pic but spotted this in the wild
It's a TOYOTA!
Funny Porsche vin plate
Saw this on the way back from a jy trip
And this brings us to this past Saturday;
gorgeous wheels, only 3 present though
this isn't the same one from the first post, that was a couple years ago.
Since I've been part hunting for my Saturn lately, never seen one this color and this day I saw 2. A sedan and a wagon.
we got them low lows
I miss a nice junkyard. Its been a few months since I've been able to hit the local ones. Will that one sell whole cars?
That Opel is darn cool. We never got those in Canada for some reason.
That Mercedes grilled Jag is rather horrific.
holy crap, you mean they put all the cars up on stands for you? and there's space between them? and some of the yards are PAVED??!!
Everything's swanky on the left coast. Here in Georgia the u-pull yards are all piles of cars laying on top of each other and buried to the axles in red clay. If you want an axle you have to bang on the car with a stick to chase the rattlesnakes out and check for wasps, then cut down the tree that's growing up through the trunk opening, use a huge pry bar and a scrap rim to lever the car up enough to get your floor jack under it, then scrounge enough old rims to prop it up so that MAYBE it won't fall on you while you use the 4' cheater bar to break the rusted bold loose.
ultraclyde wrote: holy crap, you mean they put all the cars up on stands for you? and there's space between them? and some of the yards are PAVED??!! Everything's swanky on the left coast. Here in Georgia the u-pull yards are all piles of cars laying on top of each other and buried to the axles in red clay. If you want an axle you have to bang on the car with a stick to chase the rattlesnakes out and check for wasps, then cut down the tree that's growing up through the trunk opening, use a huge pry bar and a scrap rim to lever the car up enough to get your floor jack under it, then scrounge enough old rims to prop it up so that MAYBE it won't fall on you while you use the 4' cheater bar to break the rusted bold loose.
Yikes, I've seen some of the pics you guys have posted on here, I believe it. The thing is, our yards go through cars quickly. All cars are on stands and organized imports and domestics, some places go further and divide them by make. The ones that aren't are staged to get put out or are for sale whole in their own lot. Cars are usually out for 6 weeks at most and then gone forever which sucks because lots of usable parts are crushed. And really rusty cars are an usual sight.
I haven't seen an RA29 Celica in a year or more. We can't buy catalytic converters off them either. We also complain when it does rain and there is mud and puddles. 
ArthurDent wrote: That Opel is darn cool. We never got those in Canada for some reason. That Mercedes grilled Jag is rather horrific.
Double take on both, for sure. Probably the first Opel I've ever seen in real life, had no idea what it was.
mrwillie wrote: I miss a nice junkyard. Its been a few months since I've been able to hit the local ones. Will that one sell whole cars?
Yeah I've seen a couple leave on flatbeds, some come from the lot where they have cars meant for sale, some come from the yard itself if you're willing to pay, a member here got some old J-Tin from someone who bought it from a yard like this.
Almost every one of those cars is in better shape than the crap for sale here on Craigslist for tons of money. It's a real shame to see 70's cars with no rust on them sitting in a junkyard.
I wonder what the story is behind the toyo-porsche. Stolen w/ a VIN swap?
ultraclyde wrote: holy crap, you mean they put all the cars up on stands for you? and there's space between them? and some of the yards are PAVED??!! Everything's swanky on the left coast. Here in Georgia the u-pull yards are all piles of cars laying on top of each other and buried to the axles in red clay.
That's not just on the left coast--- All of the u-pull-it type yards here are the same. PullAPart came to town and set the standard, then the others followed suit.
Powar wrote:ultraclyde wrote: holy crap, you mean they put all the cars up on stands for you? and there's space between them? and some of the yards are PAVED??!! Everything's swanky on the left coast. Here in Georgia the u-pull yards are all piles of cars laying on top of each other and buried to the axles in red clay.That's not just on the left coast--- All of the u-pull-it type yards here are the same. PullAPart came to town and set the standard, then the others followed suit.
It's an EPA thing. The pavement keeps all those wonderful fluids from seeping into the ground.
Most the pull your part yards separate makes around here, and I assume putting the cars on blocks helps keep dummies from getting crushed.
I'd buy that Herbie hood just to hang on the wall.
What IS up with that toyota porsche thing?
4 lug, drum brake, with leaf springs?
What WAS it?
many of the yards have a 'no jacks, no torches' rule, hence putting the cars up for you. I've seen many a nice steel rim ruined by making it into a jackstand that way.
Western and southern yards are depressing. They are throwing away cars that are nicer than the ones us northerners drive everyday!
Most fluids are drained before cars are put out. Batteries and nicer stereo equipment pulled too.
Thinking the ToyoPorsche was a kit car, possibly made for movie/television purposes? Want to say it was a Celica, but that was awhile ago; note the "Clunkers are coming!" banner in the background
wvumtnbkr wrote: What IS up with that toyota porsche thing? 4 lug, drum brake, with leaf springs? What WAS it?
I'm impossibly confused by that.
now I need to go to Bob's Pick-n-Pull and take some pictures.
The Opel is cool, a Kadett coupe fastback, but not the Rally trim level. I had a '70 Kadett 2dr sedan (notchback) for a while but never got it running.
The Porsche thing screams legal issues, I'd love to know what happened. If it IS a rebodied Toyo, I want the instructions.
Strangest thing I ever saw in a yard was a badly rolled police Crown Vic with a can-opened roof and a LOT of blood on the carpeting. 
With the help of Bobzilla, the VIN is for a 1987 2.0 base Celica.
That explains the drum 4-lug rear, and the multi-link suspension. (Those aren't leafs.)
This Porsche is FWD, and likely powered by a whopping 115hp of 3sfe.
Looks like they just back-halved the Porsche onto the celica. Notice how the windshield angle doesn't match the 911 body at all.
Speaking of... memorial day is coming and that means a sale... time to hit up the jy again. The heat and the long lines suck though...
We in the rust belt are so jealous of you.
dean1484 wrote: We in the rust belt are so jealous of you.
agreed. I don't see any dangerous jagged rusty panels or a cloud in the sky!
This reminds me that I need to go hit the SoCal junkyards myself. How's the E30 content these days?
Swank Force One wrote: With the help of Bobzilla, the VIN is for a 1987 2.0 base Celica. That explains the drum 4-lug rear, and the multi-link suspension. (Those aren't leafs.) This Porsche is FWD, and likely powered by a whopping 115hp of 3sfe.
So that begs the question, why?
driver109x wrote: Speaking of... memorial day is coming and that means a sale... time to hit up the jy again. The heat and the long lines suck though...
yep, 4 days of 50% off at pickyourpart. Go on Thurs, pull and stash. Walk in Fri or whatever, grab parts, get in line to pay. Gonna be a hot one though, considering the trend lately.
Max_Archer wrote: This reminds me that I need to go hit the SoCal junkyards myself. How's the E30 content these days?
About the same, maybe slightly less. Depends on what you're looking for, all dashes will be cracked and lower valances gone. They now have the LKQ website set up so it tells you what cars have been added and when.
Gearheadotaku wrote: Western and southern yards are depressing. They are throwing away cars that are nicer than the ones us northerners drive everyday!
Even here in the PNW, I constantly see cars in junkyards that have less rust than cars I know folks back east are restoring. E30's, early Z's, old Celicas, etc., etc.
He has come back from worse...
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