Guys! I Found the Most Awesomest Junkyard Ever Today! (pics)

"Round headlight enthusiast" (round-headlight-enthusiast) 03/27/2015 at 17:47 • Filed to: junkyard

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I needed to cut a piece out of an Integra wiring harness, and the yard I visit most often had just one Acura on their lot, and it was too new to be useful. So, in search of junk Integras I found this lot tucked away into the south side of the city that claimed they had a wrecked 4 door. Never had been here before, but it actually turned out to be a gold mine of rare (and surprisingly complete) cars.

Honestly, half the yard was cars that nobody has seen since at least the late '90s. It seems as though the place has a super low turnover rate, so they buy stuff and then just let it slowly get picked at over the course of a decade

Here's a few photos of what I found most interesting

Gran Turismo 4 taught me what this is. Never actually seen one in the flesh before. Too bad it wasn't in wagon mode.

and another one!

Holy crap was this 240 complete. No idea how its managed to stay that way for so long.

When was the last time you saw a Hyundai Excel?

or a Plymouth Arrow?

Hell, this is the first time I've ever seen a Yugo in the flesh

also my first TR7 spotting

jkm7680 > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 17:51

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noooo

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 17:52

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I'm digging it.

Round headlight enthusiast > jkm7680 03/27/2015 at 17:54

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Maybe I shouldn't tell you about the Corrado they also had...

Round headlight enthusiast > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 03/27/2015 at 17:55

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I actually bought the service manual from this. Figured I'd never see one again, so why not?

jkm7680 > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 17:55

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nooooooooooooooo

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 17:56

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And I just bought this.

But yeah that actually pretty cool that you took the manual. I would of never thought to have done that.

Round headlight enthusiast > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 03/27/2015 at 17:59

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The Yugo totally deserves that reputation. It is beyond comprehension how bad the interior quality of these things is.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 18:01

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The interior in the Yugo looks so clean. HOW????

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 18:04

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Awesome. I'm actually quite fond of horrible cars so this would be right up my alley. I would of gave the guy like $100.00 for the whole car and park it in my garage and maybe make an arcade or something with it. I'm sure I could do something with it maybe throw a snowmobile motor in there or something.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/yugo-fast-in-a…

bob and john > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 18:19

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that yugo is amazingly clean inside...holy shit

pip bip - choose Corrour > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 18:39

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this one is no loss.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 18:40

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yesterday.

sadly there's still a shit load running around here in Oz.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 18:40

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years since last saw one of these.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 19:15

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X1-9!

Birddog > Round headlight enthusiast 03/27/2015 at 19:49

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That brings back some memories.

Different yard but same time capsule feeling.

There was a Yard in Harvey Illinois called Bruno's that had nothing but pre 1979 cars. The first time I went there (1993ish) I was greeted by a pile of early Chrysler Hemis is in the parking lot.

"Bruno's" only rules for walking the yard was to only walk on the roofs of the cars and don't touch the Hemis.

The place had been around since the 50s and I don't think Bruno ever realized his retirement dream off of those Hemis..

Robert Jones > Round headlight enthusiast 03/28/2015 at 02:31

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As I look at the state of ruin that most of those cars have sunk into, I'm filled with a quiet of awe of sadness. Except the yugo. I look at the yugo, and think, "That's about right." Dilapidation suits it.