Pics! Lunchtime Salvage Yard Run

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  1. 81X11

    81X11 Well-Known Member

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    So I had to take my wife to the airport at lunch. She's flying to exotic Totowa New Jersey for a week of training at a conference for her work. She's excited, they're planning to go into NYC a few times in the evenings. I hope I see her again......

    I dropped her off at the airport in South Austin, pulled out from the terminal....sunshine, 68 degrees....bluebonnets along the highway....and Wrench-A-Part salvage less than 4 miles away.. (ha!) I didn't get to go this past Saturday like I'd planned, got sucked into housework. No time like the present!

    I didn't have my tools with me, but always keep an adjustable wrench and some screwdrivers in the rear side pocket. Ok then. So I went out into the yard...in my work clothes...thankfully that means nice jeans and a polo shirt..but still, I was the cleanest one there.
    SO here we go gang!

    Ok here's a really good hood for the $350 Custom Cruiser. Compound and wax it and there ya go!
    They want $30 for it with a $2 core. Hard to pass that up!
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    95 Roady Sedan with non-cracked blue low door panels
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    And this is for all you guys up in the cold salty north. I got under the back of this blue Roady wagon, in my work clothes, and pulled the tank straps with an adjustable wrench and my fingers. The straps are dusty but totally rust-fee. God Bless Texas! I paid $6.33 for them...HA! Been looking for these for a friend in Virginia.
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    Sadly I struck out on 95-96 Roady radio mounts....sorry about that!

    -Mike
     
  2. 81X11

    81X11 Well-Known Member

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    Oh and the drive back to work was sure nice too. All the bluebonnets are coming up. Gotta love spring!
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    Back to work!

    -Mike
     
  3. GN300

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    They charge a core on a hood?
     
  4. 81X11

    81X11 Well-Known Member

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    Yep they charge a core on amy metal they don't get to crush.

    For $30 it's hard to complain!
     
  5. Fat Tedy

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    for $30, no Sh** You would be luckey to just pay $130 for that hood up here.....if you coulkd find one.
     
  6. classicfan1

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    Please forgive me for asking this, but what is a "core charge"?
     
  7. Krash Kadillak

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    It's like an exchange fee. You give them your old bad part and some money. They give you their old but good part.
     
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    That's it, I'm moving to TX or AZ!!
     
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    Lunch is never long enough.
     

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