Texas Salvage Yarding March 1st

Had some great weather yesterday so Dad and I hopped in the Bonneville and went yarding in Belton Texas.   Pics below.   No wagons, but lots of sedans and other stuff.   Nice Day!







































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Probably a very long shot but if you ever come across any 1941 Oldsmobiles on a yarding trip. I would be interested in pics.

Where are all the wagons? Sad to see 60's cars with so many great parts on them sit and get crushed

If you want to see the first functional constantly variable transmission (CVT) pull out the engine and tranny from the 61 Buick.  The origins of the Buick "Dyna Flow" transmission consisted of stacked torque convertors (2 or 3 if it was in a cop car) with variable stators hooked up to the throttle.  Also had a strange quadrant, P,N,D,S(super) and R.

With the Wildcat 445 in front, it would light up the tires from a standing start, and with your pedal to the floor, the engine would wind to about 4,000 RPMs and the car would catch up to it.  No gears, just go as per the original Tucker design. You could lock the stators in low by selecting S.  The reverse forks (really weak part of the system) would actuate a set of planetaries.  Only issue was heat.  After 20 minutes in the city, you could cook eggs on the cooler. Other than the fact that it weighed over 300 lbs., I still think with todays tech and a lockup circuit, would beat the current crop of CVTs hands down, especially if you tied in an overdrive planetary or a gear vendors.

The convertible version of the Electra (first year) has been on my bucket list since Dad sold our 61 4 door, 50 years ago.  Learned to drive in that car.  On a side note, this car had the coolest speedo ever.  The speedo head itself was printed upside down and backwards and you viewed it through an adjustable mirror.

Bill

94Woody wrote:

Probably a very long shot but if you ever come across any 1941 Oldsmobiles on a yarding trip. I would be interested in pics.

Here's the best shots for that:

http://www.ctcautoranch.com/

http://www.johnssalvagecompany.com/

My grandfather passed away last year and left his Olds to my dad. 1941 2 door vert. Was bought brand new by his brother and has less than 10k original miles. Needs a few odds and ends to make to make it right. Want to draw a crowd? Cruise around in a 70 plus year old Oldsmobile

Ahhh man, last time I saw a g-body in the salvage yard was a year ago, it was a loaded el camino that I stripped for all it was worth. Got plenty of good stuff for my Malibu Wagon

81X11 wrote:

94Woody wrote:

Probably a very long shot but if you ever come across any 1941 Oldsmobiles on a yarding trip. I would be interested in pics.

Here's the best shots for that:

http://www.ctcautoranch.com/

http://www.johnssalvagecompany.com/

Wow,the ctc auto ranch has 2 of my alltime favorite fords,the 66 7 litre galaxie and the 72 ranchero.Got to drive a 7 litre for a weekend when I was 16,what a beautiful car.Put a deposit on a black on black 72 ranchero GT with a 351 cleveland,4 speed and all the goodies.I already had a 70 vette and my insurance guy absolutely refused to cover both cars so that was the end of my ranchero plans.Jay Leno has a 7 litre thats beautiful but he doesnt own any junk.Maybe some day I will have one of those cars.