Junkyard gold
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You better stay on you're own side of the Delaware.
Pennsylvania parts require special usage tax for non residents. Plus a $300 fee for bridge toll, force you to buy fuel here, and maybe eat some scrapple.
Really, nice pick Bob
Any more vintage stuff there?
Pennsylvania parts require special usage tax for non residents. Plus a $300 fee for bridge toll, force you to buy fuel here, and maybe eat some scrapple.
Really, nice pick Bob
Any more vintage stuff there?
bobtile
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Not really, mostly modern stuff.
A couple old trucks but that's it.
What is the ID of said bone yard please. I have been to many out the PA way as they are closer to me than NJ yards. I am 10 miles from the border. If it's a secret, PM me.
bobtile
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This was Harry's u pull it in Hazelton.What is the ID of said bone yard please. I have been to many out the PA way as they are closer to me than NJ yards. I am 10 miles from the border. If it's a secret, PM me.
Thank you sir, we've been there many times. Was just there in late September with my son scrounging for PT Cruiser stuff. It's about 70 miles from me. They used to be better. Prices were lower and in general, better condition. They also used to have a food stand; "Harry's You Eat Em". In addition, they had motor cycle parts and sold whole cars with title. Also, when you wanted a motor, you unbolted it and they came with a fork truck to pick it up and bring it to the front gate for free. At the gate they had a winch to load it into your vehicle. I couldn't get over the pile of engines that must have been 30 feet high! Also, they used to have a special area behind a cyclone fence, right next to the regular stuff, that had special cars like you just got parts from, Studebakers and such. No body could get in there without making special arrangements, must have had to know Harry or something. I have been to his other 2 yards as well. Not as good as West Hazelton.
I guess it's all in how you look at it. People these days need more modern car parts, as for us, we remember rows of 50, 60, and 70's cars just laying there to be pick apart. Unbelievable how many cars I walked by that would be worth thousands today in the condition they were in then.
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I remember the good old days of junk yard crawling 30 years ago. As previously stated, there was a lot of stuff in there that would be salvageable now. Weird stuff too. One yard had a 1968 Barracuda in it with the 340 and 4-speed intact. Another yard had a 1971 Chrysler 300 with dual air, with the extra evaporator in the trunk over the rear axle hump. One yard had a 1966 Coronet 500 hardtop. Bucket seats and console were standard equipment in these, but in 1967, console became an option. This car had 318 with 3-speed stick on the column. The standard equipment console had no shifter in it, with a blank decorative plate where you would expect to see a shifter. There is also a 1966 Charger in the area equipped this way.
I used to get some good deals too, being a frequent customer. Some of the counter guys knew me by name. I got a 4-speed hump out of a smashed '68 Road Runner for $5.00 for my one-of-none 1967 R/T station wagon project. Another yard had a complete, but terminally rusty, 3-seat wagon that they said I could have anything I wanted off it for inclusive price of $65.00. I got the whole interior, a good rear door, tailgate. and instrument panel. One yard had a really rusty 1966 Coronet sedan in the back row, but the front fenders were very solid. Further investigation revealed that they were fibreglass. $50.00 for the pair. Sold! They went on my wagon as well.
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I used to get some good deals too, being a frequent customer. Some of the counter guys knew me by name. I got a 4-speed hump out of a smashed '68 Road Runner for $5.00 for my one-of-none 1967 R/T station wagon project. Another yard had a complete, but terminally rusty, 3-seat wagon that they said I could have anything I wanted off it for inclusive price of $65.00. I got the whole interior, a good rear door, tailgate. and instrument panel. One yard had a really rusty 1966 Coronet sedan in the back row, but the front fenders were very solid. Further investigation revealed that they were fibreglass. $50.00 for the pair. Sold! They went on my wagon as well.
AAAAhhhhhhhhh, the days of yesteryear! Wow, your wagon is really nice.
66ChargerHI-PO
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I been there, mostly newer cars. Nice scores!
Although we might have missed it; when traveling south on RT. #81, there was an ad for Harry's in the form of a stack of vehicles stacked on a huge pole, (like a pike or a BBQ spit), sitting on the edge of a mountain off to the left. As a result, we missed the exit and had to turn around!
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$300 bridge toll ???
I try to cross several times a week, even if I just turn around and go back. I like to think I am doing my fair share in appreciation of PA! As a plus, my aches and pains seem to go away upon each visit! It also helps eliminate all that filthy green stuff that accumulates in my house on payday!
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Wow, I thought Jersey and New York Dry Raped Drivers !
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cool parts Bob, nice score
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They sing rap music to the drivers? THAT is a strange custom.
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Awesome ride!
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