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I used to love going to junk yards as it was a chance to experience the
weirdest parts of culture. The people who you were likely to see there looked as if they belonged in some artsy movie. Now all the junk yards have gone to computerized systems and they send their parts all over and rarely allow you to roam at will. Last time I was in one was when I was looking for a brake drum for a '58 ford F100 in the mid 80s. The proprietor told me tjhey kept all the removed ford drums in that old yeller truck over yonder. I went over with my old drum and calipers and the collapsed truck cab was filled with old brake drums which I started going through. After awhile I was fairly deep into the pile with my body almost all the way inside the old truck when DAMN, hornets. They were nesting inside one of the drums. Hit my head almost hard enough to knock myself out after being bit a couple times and then ran like hell. I soon outran em and thought i was lucky till I looked behind and DAMN again, the junkyard dogs were after me. They musta been trained to chase anybody running. I made it outa the gate and thought "Screw this" and went and found my JC Whitney catalogue, money savings be damned. |
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![]() wrote I used to love going to junk yards as it was a chance to experience the weirdest parts of culture. The people who you were likely to see there looked as if they belonged in some artsy movie. Now all the junk yards have gone to computerized systems and they send their parts all over and rarely allow you to roam at will. There's still a few ''U-Pull-It'' yards around here. Hit my head almost hard enough to knock myself out after being bit a couple times and then ran like hell. Be glad they didn't sting you, that hurts. -- Scott Vernon Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_ |
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 18:50:59 -0500, "Scotty"
wrote: wrote snipped a bunch There's still a few ''U-Pull-It'' yards around here. And I read recently they are making a comeback in yards that do a much better job of keeping track of the exact location of a specific vehicle and what has been removed/what is left. I wonder how they are getting past the liability issue. That's what stopped the U-Pull-It ventures in the past. Frank .. |
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![]() "Frank Boettcher" wrote There's still a few ''U-Pull-It'' yards around here. And I read recently they are making a comeback in yards that do a much better job of keeping track of the exact location of a specific vehicle and what has been removed/what is left. I wonder how they are getting past the liability issue. That's what stopped the U-Pull-It ventures in the past. Don't know, probably have to sign a release of some kind. Never been to one. Last time at a yard they had the Camaro door on a rack with all the other doors. Every now and again they have a'special', where for a set amount $50 or $100, you can take anything you can carry out in one load. -- Scott Vernon Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_ |
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