junk yards

[rustys82]

 well i went to a salvage yard this weekend with my dad. my dad is my best bud, so might see me mention him alot. but anyway. this salvage yard we found was for trucks only.  man was i in heaven. i went there after work on friday. found a truck with parts that i wanted. went back on saturday. pulled the parts. then i found more stuff i could use. i NEED to go back. Near pefrect vent window assemblies for 35 bucks each. near perfect doors. i have finally got motivated start my project.  I LOVE JUNK YARDS.

[Lt.Del]

i am right there with you Rusty.  Salvage yards are my toy stores. I go there with no particular goal, just to browse around and take things apart, if just to see how things are put together and learn from it.  Then I go to my truck and do the same thing.     I can't tell you how many alternators, starters, distributors, etc.. i have for my trucks stashed in my garage right now.

[rustys82]

you never no what you will find.

[zieg85]

you never no what you will find.

or what you can't live without...

[Blazin]

I love junk yards as well. I have two not to far from me that still deal with older stuff. Plus one buys scrap metal so I make a run there about once a month for that. I always browse around. Last time I came home with what I am thinking is a TH475. A heavy duty TH400, have read about them before. They have strait cut gears more like a standard. Came in medium duty trucks C50 / C60's, / busses / older motor homes, etc. This one has about a 3" deep pan, and a drum brake emergency brake bolted in place of a tail shaft housing. Looks just like a half ton drum brake set up. Those are what caught my eye as those are what the article I read years back said are tell tail signs of a TH475.

[ccz145a]

Courious about the th475... I got what I thought was a rebuilt th400 20 years ago to put in mine. But it has a factory 3in pan and a tapped hole in the tailshaft. Could this really be a th475?

I love junk yards as well. I have two not to far from me that still deal with older stuff. Plus one buys scrap metal so I make a run there about once a month for that. I always browse around. Last time I came home with what I am thinking is a TH475. A heavy duty TH400, have read about them before. They have strait cut gears more like a standard. Came in medium duty dump trucks C50 / C60's, / busses / older motor homes, etc. This one has about a 3" deep pan, and a drum brake emergency brake bolted in place of a tail shaft housing. Looks just like a half ton drum brake set up. Those are what caught my eye as those are what the article I read years back said are tell tail signs of a TH475.

[BigBadJohn]

Being a packrat, I can relate to the toy store thing.
I wont even own a car but if I see something neat like an old 50s/60s pickup or car I have to find something neat to get off it.

I also think you can never have too many of the same part either. Especially for cars I own. I have 3 extra gauge clusters for 73-87 right now as well as a few climate controls, few extra washer bottles

I wish I still lived a half hour from Speedway outside of Granite City. I used to go there once every week or two. Theyve got a good selection of all sorts of stuff from f-bodies, to GM van/truck section, gm car section. Carry all soprts of different brands from Hyundai, Toyota, Chevy, Ford, Pontiac, Olds, dodge, chrysler, vw

I dont know how long its been since theyve updated their site but iirc it used to say something about having 4000+ cars in stock

Ill get random stuff to upgrade/retrofit cars I have. Last week, besides the truck parts I got, I also picked me up dual horns from a 97 taurus to put in my corolla. Thing sounds like a toy when you lay on the horn.

[farmallgray]

well i went to a salvage yard this weekend with my dad. my dad is my best bud, so might see me mention him alot. but anyway. this salvage yard we found was for trucks only.  man was i in heaven. i went there after work on friday. found a truck with parts that i wanted. went back on saturday. pulled the parts. then i found more stuff i could use. i NEED to go back. Near pefrect vent window assemblies for 35 bucks each. near perfect doors. i have finally got motivated start my project.  I LOVE JUNK YARDS.

I don't know what part of Pa you are in (I'm near State College) but would you care to share where this yard is?

[rustys82]

i am in lansdale. about 4-5 hours east of you. its in bucks county, pa. on diamond st. near route 113. 
 1 hour north of philly, 20 minutes west of jersey. i cant remember the name of the place.

[frogman68]

Is this the one ?

http://wegotused.com/

[rustys82]

no, not it