My trip to the yard, Sorry Billy.

Took my weekly trip to the pick a part this afternoon. Always score a few odds and end and look for things forum members need. One item on my list was a Roadmaster Sedan Hood Ornament for Billy (not sure he still wanted it but what they hey). When I noticed the Buicks were missing I searched for them

and found them....


Shot at 2009-01-03

Was a double bummer really cause the blue one has a complete TBI 350 in it that I wanted for my 92 Caprice. Can't believe they crushed them cause they had complete interiors still last weekend. There is a Gold 95 (broken ornament) left but it must have been an LT1 cause it is totally stripped of its drivetrain. Need to grab its dash cluster for my 92.


Took a couple pics of some other Bs in the yard 11 are there right now total. Including a 9C1, been picked over extensively, but has some parts remaining.

An early model RMW.....I've never seen one rusted as bad as this poor old car.


Shot at 2009-01-03

A 95 L99...other than the damage it is 100% complete at the moment, well I took the window switches, if the mirrors were power I would have grabbed them. It has an untouched spare on a brand new aluminum rim in the trunk. This sucker took one hell of a hard hit.


Shot at 2009-01-03

Lots of good parts there still, cheap to. Quoted me 20 a piece for the newer style Caprice tails.

I can never find b-bodys in the bone yards around here. Thats ok on the hood ornament. Thanks for looking.

Bill

How does the grille on the rusty wagon look? The one I got is only marginally better then that one I have on my car right now, totally misrepresented by the seller.

The grille is in one piece and looks good really. It only has a couple of small cracks in a couple of center bars.

I could get it if you would like. They don't charge me too much really. I have gotten a lot of stuff (some big ticket on ebay) in the last month and only spent $60. Fixed all the minor probs on my wagon with parts from those cars.

So sad to see those cars crushed. Probably tons of good parts on them. It's rare to see the B cars in salvage yards around here.

This yard has plenty of them and the stock rotates regularly. Some of them are abandoned and some wrecked. There are two them at the moment that are junked trade ins from a local Mitsubishi dealer. One has perfect quarters that I am gonna hack the pieces from to fix my sedan.

Tons of parts is right, a few have complete interiors, in excellent condition as well.

94Woody wrote:

The grille is in one piece and looks good really. It only has a couple of small cracks in a couple of center bars.

I could get it if you would like. They don't charge me too much really. I have gotten a lot of stuff (some big ticket on ebay) in the last month and only spent $60. Fixed all the minor probs on my wagon with parts from those cars.

I am looking for one with decent to good chrome on the outer shell, I am not to concerned about the center as I will just black that part out like the grille that is already on my car.

UberWagon wrote:

I am looking for one with decent to good chrome on the outer shell, I am not to concerned about the center as I will just black that part out like the grille that is already on my car.

This grille has good chrome on it. I almost grabbed it before but definately will this time.

they have not been keeping up with the price of scrap, no sense to crush them yet they are worth more in parts then they are in scrap weight. back in september the prices were high, by the end of october the prices were at a 110 year record low. hey it's there loss.....Dumb asses

Yeah and looking at there crushed pile you would think scrap was 1000 a ton. They are going on a killing spree, and only attacking the Buicks as far as Bs are concerned. It's weird really cause they are almost complete yet some of the Caprices are stripped majorly and they have left them alone.