Local wrecking yard finds

I live near the Yakama indian reservation and went to a wrecking yard there yesterday- snapped a few shots of the inventory. Check out the caprice wagon- arrow straight and complete, running driving (2500). The wood wallpaper is faded on passenger side because it had been parked in a carport

 

That Caprice is a '68 I think. It looks like it's somebody's daily driver and they just parked it there. Wow, some elbow grease, compound, wax and some Lemon Pledge and you'd be good to go!

 

Why is the best selection in WA and Oregon?

 

Hilarious- We always joke about the only good cars on ebay are in Florida!!
Actually, there is pretty good picking around here, plus it's a desert in the Eastern part of the states so usually little or no rust I only put up the wagon shots I took at the place, but there was a lot of cool stuff. 37 GMT cabover (general motors truck) deluxe...

 

Just a gut response, but I think in California, most yards would sell those as scrap metal after they stayed around a short while. In Oregon and Washington, they keep them forever, unless a buyer shows up with the coin.......

 

Krash- you are very right, and most here would too. My uncle and grandpa were in the wrecking business and my uncle claims the only way to make money was to sell parts, then crush the junk. Unfortunately, several years ago the price of scrap went high enough that wreckers could make a living just crushing, so that's what they do- as fast as they can. No chance for us to scrounge parts before they do it either. Thankfully in my area there are still some old wreckers that haven't changed their business model, yet.. I had a blast checking out cars and trucks from the 30s to present. 50s buicks, 60s cads, chevelles, el caminos, impalas, rancheros, the list goes on. I mostly walked the GM section, but I'm going back, so I'll take a real camera instead of my cel phone and walk the whole place.