PNW Junkyard visit

"slipperysallylikespenguins" (slipperysally) 07/09/2017 at 18:12 • Filed to: None

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I visited a Tacoma yard and Olympia yard, lets start with some Tacoma highlights:

Alfa!

I’m tempted to take this but will wait till next weekend. If you need it, you better get it soon!

Not quite right

Very Clean car, had no parking sticker on it so I am hoping everything is good on it.

Fantastic seats!

Seats were in here

Absolutely nothing special about it

Fancy Mercedes phone

I pity the poor bastard who drove an old diesel van

The skeleton carpet belonged to this

V6 of course

And now for some Olympia highlights:

This is in a holding pen so it might be saved

Dirty Diesel VWs, pretty surprised to see them here

Sweet upswept exhaust bro!

Coffee was in here

What?, super hard to find in a junkyard!

I feel an intentionally rusted hood is an early sign a car is headed for junk status

Super little truck, had near perfect bench seat in it

Trofeo!

I had no idea Preludes dated back to the 70's

Only thing recycled from dirty VW’s

For Sweden > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 18:15

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You laugh, but what coffee bean thief will think to look in the ashtray?

facw > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 18:17

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See seats:

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My X-type is too a real Jaguar > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 18:20

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Lots of 80s iron much more interesting than the yards around here.

carcrasher88 > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 18:29

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So, it is possible to safe cars from places like this? I’d love to save that MR2, even though it appears the engine is gone. Looks like a great candidate for an EcoBoost swap from a wrecked Focus ST.

In case you’re wondering why I thought of that, I’ll just say...I spotted a Foxbody Mustang at a car show with a 2JZ under the hood. Looked completely stock on the outside.

And seeing that MR2 makes me wanna do a Ford to Toyota swap in reverse of that Toyota to Ford swap.

gmctavish needs more space > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 18:42

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If I had the money, I’d save as many of these interesting ones as possible. That would require winning the lottery or something, there wouldn’t be any way to make money doing that.

slipperysallylikespenguins > carcrasher88 07/09/2017 at 18:50

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That would be a pretty awesome swap, most of these big yards won’t sell complete cars once they go through the gates.

slipperysallylikespenguins > For Sweden 07/09/2017 at 18:51

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I had no idea my coffee beans were in jeopardy!

slipperysallylikespenguins > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/09/2017 at 18:51

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Its getting less interesting every year unfortunately.

carcrasher88 > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 18:53

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If the powertrain is out of that MR2, would they be willing to sell it as-is then? Because it looks pretty clear the engine is gone.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 18:56

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Other than the intact, running Phaeton we had in a local yard out here, most of the stuff in my local yards pales in comparison to some of the goodies you found.

I haven’t seen a VW Fox in years and still want one, wagon of course...

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/09/2017 at 18:58

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That’s because the PNW is practically a time capsule for cars. It might be easier on them than even the desert southwest (eats the interiors and rubber) due to the more temperate environment. Water is the only problem, should seals leak. It allows cars to be used much longer with rudimentary care than just about anywhere else.

MM54 > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 19:01

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So many of these make me ask WHY ARE THEY HERE they seem completely savable, but someone junked them...

I’ve not found anything interesting in any yards around here, all there is is piles of rust and mid-90's and newer sedans (except panther platform cars, which for some reason are impossible to find in junkyards here and play host to the only mid-90's and newer sedan parts I ever need).

Powershiftmedia-ResidentDSMGuru > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 19:04

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I really want that 164, the jealously is real right now.

fintail > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 19:16

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Gotta love the PNW, stuff like this still on the road every day. I saw a VW Fox on the road just the other day, today I have seen a Tempo, 190E, MGA.

Does that W123 have headlights from an early 80s Subaru? Weird.

Zoidberg will cry about that little Hilux.

Frenchlicker > carcrasher88 07/09/2017 at 19:19

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I know many states have laws against salvage yards selling cars while especially once they have started the salvage process.

slipperysallylikespenguins > carcrasher88 07/09/2017 at 19:20

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I doubt it, but it might be worth asking about. Lakewood, Wa Pick-N-Pill

slipperysallylikespenguins > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 07/09/2017 at 19:21

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Yep, its fantastic, but finding a mold free interior in a junkyard is a rarity

slipperysallylikespenguins > MM54 07/09/2017 at 19:22

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It always confuses me, as a lot of these cars could be sold as projects or parts cars for a lot more than the junkyards give them

slipperysallylikespenguins > fintail 07/09/2017 at 19:23

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Its been one of my favorite things about WA since I moved out here. The variety of cars that people daily drive can’t be beat.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 19:35

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Wow, those are some cool shots! Some of those old little pickups were awesome and in pretty good shape, it looks like!

fintail > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 19:37

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Yep, you see it even in the city. There’s a guy in my neighborhood who DDs a Volvo Amazon/122 wagon, and in the office where I work, someone DDs an 85 Camry - not exotic, but that’s an old timer now too.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 19:57

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That Blue Teal made me cry. Probably was an Si.

What’s that red thing between the 5 series and the first gen Prelude? Also my mother in law’s first car was one of those Preludes, she sold it and bought an Altimia because she couldn’t handle driving stick.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 20:06

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I’d bet. Once someone leaves a door open for a day or two of rain, it instantly starts molding...

19JRC99 > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 20:08

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The Apollo, the squarebody Chevys and Dodges, and the 75 ish Nova make me sad.

Urambo Tauro > slipperysallylikespenguins 07/09/2017 at 21:24

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Took me a minute, but I think I figured it out. It’s an odor control thing, isn’t it?

slipperysallylikespenguins > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/10/2017 at 01:26

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87 Nissan Sentra

slipperysallylikespenguins > Urambo Tauro 07/10/2017 at 01:27

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Thats what I assumed too, It didn’t smell at all inside so maybe it works

NojustNo > carcrasher88 07/10/2017 at 15:10

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they cut out the exhaust system and drain everything. It would be a big project to rebuild. I don’t think they resell whole cars once they are up for parts mostly because they can’t get it out until the whole row is being crushed ...and you couldn’t keep people from yanking parts if its on hold.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/22/2017 at 12:34

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deleted. Looking at wrong picture...