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  • foxtrapper

    Feb. 28, 2010 7:52 p.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

    Ahhaaa, what a nice afternoon. Spent it in the junkyard, stomping through knee deep mud and snow. Found treasures I didn't expect to find, found the things I was looking for. It's been months since I've been in a junkyard, many months. A most wonderful and peaceful afternoon. Almost zen like in its wonderfulness.

  • GregTivo

    Feb. 28, 2010 7:53 p.m. GregTivo HalfDork

    I love Pull-a-parts

  • maroon92

    Feb. 28, 2010 8:30 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork

    I have only been to the junkyard in the snow one time. I don't want to do it again.

  • aussiesmg

    Feb. 28, 2010 8:44 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork

    After I passed 45, I refuse to do a junkyard in the snow, old makes me stubborn

  • Woody

    Feb. 28, 2010 8:55 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    I need to go and get some Jeep carpet, though every Jeep that I've ever seen in the yard is full of water, so I need to wait for the thaw.

    Screw Disneyworld, the Junkyard is the Happiest Place on Earth.

  • Wayslow

    Feb. 28, 2010 11:23 p.m. Wayslow Reader

    aussiesmg wrote:

    After I passed 45, I refuse to do a junkyard in the snow, old makes me stubborn

    I guess I have another three years to go then. I love U Pull It yards in the winter. It's quiet and the cars aren't as picked over.

  • digdug18

    March 1, 2010 7:53 a.m. digdug18 Reader

    Wayslow wrote: I guess I have another three years to go then. I love U Pull It yards in the winter. It's quiet and the cars aren't as picked over.

    +1 for me as well. You find the best stuff in the winter, most yards don't like to scrap cars in the winter, so you sometimes have more then a single day to grab parts off of a given car, enough time to pull switches and wire harnesses.

    Andrew

  • March 1, 2010 6:20 p.m. 4g63t Reader

    I LOVE junkyards in the winter. I went into the "Quiet Corner" of CT to buy a manual rack for my Galant. Car-part.com said he had one. Didn't, then bought a power setup. I called a couple of days later for some 1G parts "Can you have your guy pull them for me?" I got there and he said "We didn't put the car back. Take what you want. $75." Glad I had tools.

 
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