Saturday Salvage Yarding Road Trip

[81X11]

Hi all. Good day today, picked up Dad and we drove north on I-35 and hit the salvage yards in Waco and then back in Belton. Some neat finds and a good time. As usual, had the camera with me.

The day started off a little rough. I'd been driving the 79 Buick all week and the Roady had been hibernating in the driveway. I went to fire up the Roady and first noticed my keyless entry was dead...and it turns out the car itself was dead. Bad battery, the dome light had been left on....since Monday...yikes!

79 Buick to the rescue!

Once the Roady came back to life we headed north to Waco. Here we go.

Found this waiting at the front. Pretty picked over, but something really odd here....

Ummm...this Roady wagon has a power sliding sun roof....say WHAT?

This was pretty wild. The car had a Caprice wagon headliner in it that totally covered the Vista window, and the sunroof itself slid into where the Vista window used to sit. No joke, weird!

Next I got all excited over this...

Because I saw this door panel...not broken in front of the arm rest! Maroon! And then I saw a chunk out just below the light....DAMMIT!

Ol Yeller Cutlass

1977 Custom Cruiser with a 403

Solid 77 Impala

Roady Sedan

Delta with interesting headlights

Semi-score. Uncracked lower Roady door panel..in tan. Will try to dye it for my car

Another G-body Cutlass

El Camino Turbo

Mr. Brady I found your car

Who needs a 455 Buick?

Check out these hubcaps! Yes these are hubcaps. HEAVY, and I almost bought one to hang in my garage. They were cool!

How about a 1965 Impala Super Sport?

A solid 9C1

Caprice LS

Fleetwood

Cavalier Z24

Impala clone

Interesting Monte

Clean and solid G-body Regal

This one was sad to see. Despite the front end damage it was SOLID with zero rust and low miles. Interior was CLEAN and I really wanted to pull the door, they had no rust anywhere on them.

89 Custom Cruiser

Wait, what's that sound....a goat??? Ok then....

Boattail Riv

Ha, guessing this was a Daytona "Spyder" ??

And in the parking lot this was waiting. It's amazing the cars people are fixing up now.

Hope you liked the pics!

-Mike

 

[kuruption109]

did any of those monte carlos have center consoles?

 

[Qdub24]

Man, I miss going to the yard Belton just to see what they had out there.

I've taken parts from both of these cars for my Caprice:

That's a clean Donk, but it's a 4 door:

Let me know if they get any clean 2 door Donks.

Ewwwwww! I see a bodylift. Those are fugly and unsafe, if done improperly:

I remember seeing a herd of these out there:

I've seen this car on post before:

 

[MR442]

Cool yard . R those Guard goats?

Love toi go yard like that . I only to 1 yard over by Harrisburg PA that cars don't sit on ground . Safety thing you know .

 

[outsider_27]

If that Granada had a 302 in it. I bet it could be a quick little car. Growing up we had a 77 Mercury Monarch (same as a Granada) and a 79 Granada. Both with 302's and they were both pretty quick stock.

 

[itsnotanova]

Rich guys pay good money to shoot those sheep out at game ranches. Soon as their horns make a complete curl, game ranches buy them for about $1000.

 

[RITTER]

Those chrome wheel well strips on that Regal are cool 8)