Hi Gang. I think you folks are going to get a real kick out of these pics. First, as always, the story.
Dad and I jumped in the Roady wagon early yesterday and headed about an hour and a half southeast of Austin to just about my favorite salvage yard for old car parts searching, John's Salvage Company in Seguin Texas.
I went down there to find an exhaust manifold for my buddy Mitch's 76 DeVille...but also to go marvel at all the cars John's has. He does not crush cars, and has stuff going back the at least the 1930's. Sadly we went about a month late, as the spring vines and shrubs are covering a lot of the cars. In the winter you can see them all. But I think you'll get the idea.
This is what you see on Fox Trotter Road as you approach the office at John's:
And pulling up to the classic car nut's version of Disneyland:
To start, here is what we went for:
When we got there, John told us to go to the "Manifold Bus" and see if we could find a manifold already off. We walked out the door to find row after row of old school buses jam-packed with parts. One was full of carburetors, one full of hubcaps, one full of tail lights, and one full of exhaust manifolds...and I mean FULL. Dad and I spent about 5-mins looking and all the manifolds and then started laughing. You could spend DAYS searching through there and not find the right manifold.
We walked back over to the office to suggest we go look in the Cadillac's and pull one off a car, and one of the old guys in the office sighs, gets up and says "Come On" and walks out the door. He walks into the manifold bus, and no joke, comes out less than a minute later with this:
We set the broken manifold next to the one he came out with, and it was a perfect match. Dad and I were both shocked. The old guy just smiled and said "All you had to dowas look". :lol:
So now that the "chore" was over, Dad and I walked down the hill into the yard to take in the sights. Ready to go? Here is what we came to first. Need a perfect hood for your 57 Chevy?
Moving on, your come to transmission land.
Followed by engine land, with some neat cars in the background. Check out the 65 Impala SS with the front end falling off!
You wanna be Starsky, or Hutch?
It's the Deathmobile from Animal House
I freaking LOVE 1st gen Toronados!
1958 Chevy 4dr hardtop
Couple big Oldsmobiles
Couple 70's-era Cutlass
Olds Dynamic 88
Very picked over 69 Cutlass
68 Olds Cutlass Wagon
Dodge trucks
Cool Dodge Truck Emblem
Plymouth Belvedere
Dodge Polara
Toyota Land Cruiser on 70's Dodge Tradesman
Row of classic Chevy trucks
Now how many headlights do you really need?
Wood-sided Country Squire wagon
Turbo Corvair Monza Spyder on top of the stack
Another Corvair Monza, not a turbo, but solid!
Stacked Ford Fairlane's
4dr hardtop Corvair and 68 Firebird shell in the background
A TON more Corvairs and a 70's Buick Centurion 2dr hardtop
Hey Dude it's a Stude!
I spy a 2dr Citation...ha!
Grand Prix and Malibu wagon in front of stacked classic Chevys
Very complete Laguna S-3 with a 58 Chevy on it's back
67 Firebird with some big fender flares
Lincoln
Kojak Bang-Bang!
Monte Carlo
Two 79 Buicks...parts for me!
Stacked Chevys
61 Chevy
60 Chevys
Stacked Pontiacs...very solid Tempest on top
Batwing 59 Chevy
It's KITT! I wondered what happened to him!
More stacked Chevys
Neat old Pontiac
1955 Pontiac
1952 Olds
60 Buick 4dr hardtop and Oldsmobiles in the background
Very worn Z-28
Hey another X-car...and look at the grill on this Buick! SHARP!
Gorgeous 57 Oldsmobile
56 Plymouth
1940 Buick
I'll let these pics speak for themselves...
Nearly totally complete Hudson Hornet
Smiling Buick
59 Edsel
Ford Town Sedan
DeSoto
Corvair Van
58? Ford
Cadillacs
Valient and Polara
Neat Plymouth Wagon
Imperial
Valient with 69 Charger behind it
Just cool. Check out that Chrysler lettering
Rambler Wagon
Hey it's Harry Potter!!
Big woody Caprice wagon
It's weird, it's orange, it's SAAB!
71 Lemans and 74 Firebird
Stacked Pontiacs - Firebirds behind Sunbird Turbo ragtop
67 Catalina and late 70's GP
Another Tempest
Wow...GTO
Another 67 Poncho and a 69 GP
More stacked Pontiacs. Firebird on top
69 LeMans 2dr hardtop
Neat old 5-window Chevy
El Camino!
Check out the bumper on that Buick. 2dr hardtop too
Cool T-Bird
C3 Corvette stacked
T-Birds
63 Chevy Wagon
65 Impala SS stacked
Inside the office/shop
And outside the shop.
55 Chevy Sedan
Ford
Toys!
Impala 2dr hardtop
VERY SOLID Buick sedan
Fords
I "think" this is a Plymouth. 2dr hardtop. Neat!
Another solid 55 Pontiac
Mercury Comet
Plymouth
Falcon
57 Ford Ranchero
Very sharp Imperial
Ok that was John's....keeping in mind we never walked down the 60's Mustang row or the AMC row. Will do those next time. Place is AWESOME and if you have the chance, go walk through it!
-Mike
Dad and I jumped in the Roady wagon early yesterday and headed about an hour and a half southeast of Austin to just about my favorite salvage yard for old car parts searching, John's Salvage Company in Seguin Texas.
I went down there to find an exhaust manifold for my buddy Mitch's 76 DeVille...but also to go marvel at all the cars John's has. He does not crush cars, and has stuff going back the at least the 1930's. Sadly we went about a month late, as the spring vines and shrubs are covering a lot of the cars. In the winter you can see them all. But I think you'll get the idea.
This is what you see on Fox Trotter Road as you approach the office at John's:
And pulling up to the classic car nut's version of Disneyland:
To start, here is what we went for:
When we got there, John told us to go to the "Manifold Bus" and see if we could find a manifold already off. We walked out the door to find row after row of old school buses jam-packed with parts. One was full of carburetors, one full of hubcaps, one full of tail lights, and one full of exhaust manifolds...and I mean FULL. Dad and I spent about 5-mins looking and all the manifolds and then started laughing. You could spend DAYS searching through there and not find the right manifold.
We walked back over to the office to suggest we go look in the Cadillac's and pull one off a car, and one of the old guys in the office sighs, gets up and says "Come On" and walks out the door. He walks into the manifold bus, and no joke, comes out less than a minute later with this:
We set the broken manifold next to the one he came out with, and it was a perfect match. Dad and I were both shocked. The old guy just smiled and said "All you had to dowas look". :lol:
So now that the "chore" was over, Dad and I walked down the hill into the yard to take in the sights. Ready to go? Here is what we came to first. Need a perfect hood for your 57 Chevy?
Moving on, your come to transmission land.
Followed by engine land, with some neat cars in the background. Check out the 65 Impala SS with the front end falling off!
You wanna be Starsky, or Hutch?
It's the Deathmobile from Animal House
I freaking LOVE 1st gen Toronados!
1958 Chevy 4dr hardtop
Couple big Oldsmobiles
Couple 70's-era Cutlass
Olds Dynamic 88
Very picked over 69 Cutlass
68 Olds Cutlass Wagon
Dodge trucks
Cool Dodge Truck Emblem
Plymouth Belvedere
Dodge Polara
Toyota Land Cruiser on 70's Dodge Tradesman
Row of classic Chevy trucks
Now how many headlights do you really need?
Wood-sided Country Squire wagon
Turbo Corvair Monza Spyder on top of the stack
Another Corvair Monza, not a turbo, but solid!
Stacked Ford Fairlane's
4dr hardtop Corvair and 68 Firebird shell in the background
A TON more Corvairs and a 70's Buick Centurion 2dr hardtop
Hey Dude it's a Stude!
I spy a 2dr Citation...ha!
Grand Prix and Malibu wagon in front of stacked classic Chevys
Very complete Laguna S-3 with a 58 Chevy on it's back
67 Firebird with some big fender flares
Lincoln
Kojak Bang-Bang!
Monte Carlo
Two 79 Buicks...parts for me!
Stacked Chevys
61 Chevy
60 Chevys
Stacked Pontiacs...very solid Tempest on top
Batwing 59 Chevy
It's KITT! I wondered what happened to him!
More stacked Chevys
Neat old Pontiac
1955 Pontiac
1952 Olds
60 Buick 4dr hardtop and Oldsmobiles in the background
Very worn Z-28
Hey another X-car...and look at the grill on this Buick! SHARP!
Gorgeous 57 Oldsmobile
56 Plymouth
1940 Buick
I'll let these pics speak for themselves...
Nearly totally complete Hudson Hornet
Smiling Buick
59 Edsel
Ford Town Sedan
DeSoto
Corvair Van
58? Ford
Cadillacs
Valient and Polara
Neat Plymouth Wagon
Imperial
Valient with 69 Charger behind it
Just cool. Check out that Chrysler lettering
Rambler Wagon
Hey it's Harry Potter!!
Big woody Caprice wagon
It's weird, it's orange, it's SAAB!
71 Lemans and 74 Firebird
Stacked Pontiacs - Firebirds behind Sunbird Turbo ragtop
67 Catalina and late 70's GP
Another Tempest
Wow...GTO
Another 67 Poncho and a 69 GP
More stacked Pontiacs. Firebird on top
69 LeMans 2dr hardtop
Neat old 5-window Chevy
El Camino!
Check out the bumper on that Buick. 2dr hardtop too
Cool T-Bird
C3 Corvette stacked
T-Birds
63 Chevy Wagon
65 Impala SS stacked
Inside the office/shop
And outside the shop.
55 Chevy Sedan
Ford
Toys!
Impala 2dr hardtop
VERY SOLID Buick sedan
Fords
I "think" this is a Plymouth. 2dr hardtop. Neat!
Another solid 55 Pontiac
Mercury Comet
Plymouth
Falcon
57 Ford Ranchero
Very sharp Imperial
Ok that was John's....keeping in mind we never walked down the 60's Mustang row or the AMC row. Will do those next time. Place is AWESOME and if you have the chance, go walk through it!
-Mike
