Tacoma Junkyard Visit

"slipperysallylikespenguins" (slipperysally) 02/25/2020 at 12:23 • Filed to: None

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What kind of monster takes this to a junkyard? How unaware do you have to be to think $300 is the most you can get for this? It had clearly been well taken care of. It already had sold written on the window so it shall be saved.

Two door neon!

So 90's

4 door, but very similar to Bryan doesn’t drive a 1M

Another 2 door neon!

A third two door neon, a spec race waiting to happen.

Ranger with a massive lift

Tracker with a rare hardtop.

Hours later it was snatched up.

Another rarity that would be worth far more to an enthusiast.

Ooooh, what is this beauty?

Ah, a Cressida. I’ve seen a few of these go through this yard before. Never seen one on the streets.

A genuine 1995 M3, another sad fate.

Looks like a wanabe drifter had it

Not an M3

Gross

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 12:27

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phew, no first gen rams

phenotyp > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 12:28

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Is that you, Murillee Martin?

E90M3 > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 12:29

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In all my years of junkyarding, I’ve seen a total of 1 M car. It was a ~97 M3 convertible with an auto.

slipperysallylikespenguins > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 02/25/2020 at 12:31

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They had an early 80s that was pretty stripped.

slipperysallylikespenguins > E90M3 02/25/2020 at 12:33

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Me too, this is the first one. I’ve seen one AMG too, a C36.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 12:35

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did you Rescue Dog that Benz?  If I was closer?  would be all over that...

E90M3 > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 12:42

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I’ve seen a C36 before, but that was after a Benz specialty place closed and all their parts cars got hauled off to the junkyard. That was in ~2010. 

fintail > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 13:04

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Ah a Neon Expresso, I recognize the oh so 90s upholstery, my brother had one nearly new. He was incredibly happy when it got t-boned by an old Cadillac that ran a red light, and he was able to get away from it.

I wonder about the back story on the 123 coupe as well. Almost looks like they washed it before sending it off, wheels look good. Lots of parts value in it at the least.

Cressida is a good example of a car I like that attracts a demographic I don’t like.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 13:20

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Poor baby. I never see a Mk1 in any junkyards near me. They only ever die in one of two ways- rust (because people are afraid of welding), and wrecks. They don’t really make it to the junkyard regularly from wrecks because they get parted out and the shell gets scrapped usually. I’ve seen a total of one Mk1 in a junkyard. It was a Digifant Cabriolet. I like to poke around cars and figure out what took them to the junkyard- I had no idea what was wrong with this one. I found no rust or structural damage. I guess it must have been mechanical. It was automatic, and the autos in Mk1s aren’t known for being particularly robust. Oh well. I snagged a number of parts from it to support my Cabriolet and to sell on eBay and said goodbye.

slipperysallylikespenguins > E90M3 02/25/2020 at 13:32

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oooh that would have been some good pickings

slipperysallylikespenguins > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 02/25/2020 at 13:33

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I see a few every year, usually in pretty nice shape. I almost didn’t even bother taking a picture. They get picked to the bones pretty quick.

slipperysallylikespenguins > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 02/25/2020 at 13:34

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Benz was saved before I got there, just waiting to get picked up. Desirable cars that they can sell usually find a home.

slipperysallylikespenguins > fintail 02/25/2020 at 13:39

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The Benz was a diesel as well. I’m assuming the junkyard washed it and aired up the tires to sell it. You could tell the tires had some flat spots, probably had been sitting for many years.

Cressidas are strange. I always forget they exist and then think they are an import until I look them up on wiki again. Still have never seen one not in a junkyard.

slipperysallylikespenguins > phenotyp 02/25/2020 at 13:41

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I’m really glad to see he is still doing his thing over at Autoblog.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 13:50

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I’m surprised you see so many. The one I saw was pretty much stripped by the time I got to it, two days after it got to the yard.

fintail > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 14:11

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It almost looks like a little rust might exist on the far front rocker/fender base, but hard to tell. Still, if the wheels are as nice as they look, they alone are worth the scrap payout of the car.

Shitheel driftbros are not easy on cars, and are working as hard as they can to ensure genuinely nice (no, that lowered and stanced fartcanned mess is not nice) Cressidas become unicorns.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 14:33

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Nice finds!

The other day I saw a Volvo C70 with the Propus-C wheels (BBS 17x7.5" 2 piece) show up on the website of a yard about an hour away. I may take a drive up there Saturday and hope they haven’t been snatched up yet. Even if they have been, I need a few other Volvo and Cruze bits.

slipperysallylikespenguins > Snuze: Needs another Swede 02/25/2020 at 15:56

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This yard always pulls the wheels if they can have a whole set . So you have to specifically ask if they have them in the back some where. I have seen very few Cruzes ever in any of these yards.

Those wheels look really nice. I have been looking for a 14" 4 lug bmw wheel for about 2 months now, still can’t find one.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 16:40

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Seems like every yard has a different method. The yard(s) I mainly go to are LKQ PYP yards and they seem to specialize in cars that are between 10 and 20 years old . LKQ is a big parts recycler so all the late model stuff goes to their warehouses to be stripped.

There’s another yard that has an interesting method - they have a main yard and a late model yard. Anyone can go walk and pull parts in the main yard, but all the late model stuff is in a special fenced in area and you have to get permission to go pull parts in there. 

phenotyp > slipperysallylikespenguins 02/25/2020 at 23:54

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She does good work.