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Originally Posted by Tcoat
I damn near grew up in the things. In fact our yard probably qualified. How many people get a 1953 Pontiac convertible and a 1944 road grader as a play house? To this day I will go into random junkyards just to wander around and look at cool shot. It is getting harder to find old school yards though since most now bring stuff in and strip it down or crush it pretty quick. Once in a while I find an old one though and have a blast digging through the hulks.
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Yep, especially the junk yards that were nothing but a field full of junked cars.
My rule of thumb was usually to get two of whatever you needed, then between the part that you had and two other used ones, you could build a good one.....
Just think of the fun the young-ens are missing, by not getting to go out into a muddy field, in the winter, finding the right car, that still had the part you needed, getting the part off and walking back up hill as it started to get dark and started snowing.
Then when you got home, going out into the cold barn, with a dim trouble light, and put the part on your vehicle...... yep, and snow was blowing in through the cracks in the barn siding.
Funny part is, that some of the young-ens are thinking I just made that story up .......
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