Sunday Austin Texas Wrench-A-Part pics

I had to go to Wrench-A-Part in South Austin today to find a distributor for my '88 Cutlass 307-to-350 swap, and took a few pics since I think some folks on here enjoy them.

No big "finds", and let me tell you it was HOOOTTTT out there today, but I DID get my distributor, which made me happy, and nabbed a few pics while walking around.

Here we go!

How can you break a car seat....it's impossible!


Jenny Summers: I remember you used to drive that crappy blue Chevy Nova. What are you driving now?
Axel Foley: Same crappy blue Chevy Nova.



I'm calling my brother Reggie, and I'm calling my brother Gaylord....



Cheviac Wagon



Filthy '94 9C1 Caprice


Bumperless big 80's Olds with a TON of good parts left


1978 Buick Wagon with hideous green vinyl interior and a 403 under the hood, along with the distributor I need for my Cutlass engine swap! $30 later it was MINE!




Picked-over TBI Roady sedan


Rust-free T-top '88 Firebird. Just a V6 but TONS of good parts. T-tops were still perfect too.


80's Monte with lots of good parts


This hurt to see, gold 1996 Roady wagon with just 119K miles on the clock. Happily someone nabbed pretty much the entire interior before it's gone to the crusher. Engine and drivetrain are all still in it. Tow-pack car too. I almost grabbed the sun-shades, they were perfect, but it was SO HOT out there. I did grab both 3rd row reading light/grab handle lenses. I know they are getting hard to find and I WILL have another longroof again!








Here's something that is getting harder to find, a rust-free '80 Camaro, with most of it's interior still in it. Lots of good parts for 2nd-gen F-body folks





Check out this late 60's Buick Electra. The car itself had a few good parts left, but what got me is it was STUFFED with parts, inside and in the trunk. There was a somewhat rare Chrysler "Tuff Wheel" steering wheel attached to a column laying on the front seat, and some really nice old classic hub caps in the trunk. The late-70's "finned" Pontiac Bonneville caps are neat, and the 70's Caddy caps are getting harder to find too.




And lastly, here is a fairly clean and rust-free Impala "Slantback" Coupe. I still like the styling on these. Sadly some dumbass smashed the rear window, the think that made these cars special and also something that is getting more valuble every year. That back glass goes for a lot on Ebay now. Frustrating!



Hope you enjoyed strolling through the yard with me!

-Mike

This is tough to look at. So many dent & rust free old rides that are being junked.

now did that lemans have power windows?

if so that is the source for the rear power vent conversions that works in our wagons

buickestate wrote:

now did that lemans have power windows?

if so that is the source for the rear power vent conversions that works in our wagons

Nope. it was a very low option car. Cloth seats, but manual everything, actually in really solid shape, was not picked over at all. I love 2-door G-body cars, and liked my '83 Bonny Model G wagon, but making the rear door windows on the 4dr cars fixed and only giving rear seat riders vent windows was SO STUPID. If the a/c dies in the car anyone in the back just flat roasted.

That said, you really do need to make up and sell some power vent kits for Longroofs. I know you'd have a market here!

-Mike

Man I would pay good money for the some of that beltline trim. It lloks like it had some good pieces on it.

Are you going back?

coopracing wrote:

Man I would pay good money for the some of that beltline trim. It lloks like it had some good pieces on it.

Are you going back?

I don't know when. I about got heatstroke. I need to go at 9am when they open if I do go again before October.

Great pics. But sad to see a dead woody wagon.