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TheTooth — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:35:25 EDT

@fodder650: NO HOLE IN THE HOOD! YDMF!

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Yurikaze — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:49:48 EDT

@MOPAR-MAN:
Actually, both of them are Dodge Demons, one '71 and one '72.
They gave up quite a few parts for my Duster turned Demon clone.

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MOPAR-MAN — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:15:06 EDT

@fodder650: Yes! first thing I did was look for a big hole in the hood!

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MOPAR-MAN — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:11:08 EDT

Holy crap! A Dart Sport

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Slantsick- on layaway at SPATULA CITY — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:49:34 EDT

@thatguy01: Well, the junkyard does have a "saved" section.. Hopefully, they'll move it up there, and not with the fork-loader, either.

I don't think that demo derbys are as popular up here as in some other locales.. and that would be a crime, in any case- it's a '64 Imperial for heaven's sake.

This would be my choice for derby action:

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Naturally Exasperated? — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:24:38 EDT

Silvia-engined B210 Datsun, for me. Please!

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thatguy01 — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:07:33 EDT

@slantsick: I'm surprised that the Imp hasn't been assigned to demo derby duty, unless the junkyard owners are holding it to sell as a resto candidate.

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fodder650 — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:32:09 EDT

Anyone else see the Porsche and wonder if someone put a turbine in it?

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Slantsick- on layaway at SPATULA CITY — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:50:49 EDT

@P161911: Well, I didn't examine it that closely, but I didn't see any obvious rust other than the patch on the hood.

And top price for "junk" cars is about $400 here now.

This '66 Belvy seemed pretty solid too, if a little wrinkled here and there...

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:23:10 EDT

Somebody needs to roll up a couple of portable parking lots and save these babies. The wagon, the Corvairs, the hearse--each and every one a PCH or LeMons contender, folks! And what's with that Warthog red porshce(?) with the busted orthodontia?

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Kelly — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:49:00 EDT

That '73 hearse is the cat's freakin' meow.

Gawd, I love the concept of a blown 472. I'd need my own oil well and refinery, however.

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Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:57:57 EDT

My heart belongs to that Cutlass Cruiser. It's probably a cube on a boat to China by now, though.
*bursts into tears*

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P161911 — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:50:07 EDT

@slantsick: I sold my basket case 67 Imp convertible (only ~500 made) last year. It drove on the trailer after sitting for about 5 years. It might have broke in two before it made the trip from Georgia to Ohio though. If the 64 isn't too rusty it could be saved or qualify for PCH at least.

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Barry_Ovaltine — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:18:01 EDT

Dibs on the S14.

@slantsick: That is sick. It's holding up pretty well, I had an 88 escort up north that almost turned into a pile of rust-dust within a year of being permanently parked.

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skyln95 — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:39:15 EDT

@selfhatingotaku: dammit. i thought i was gonna get to make a sweet tooth joke. i don't know any good hearse jokes

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Slantsick- on layaway at SPATULA CITY — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:16:30 EDT

@P161911: It's a Crown Coupe, production something like 5,233- way too nice to languish in a junkyard, I think..
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Hmm- I don't know why I can't get the pic link to work right now, but anyway, it's a sweet Imp.

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joeaverage — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:58:51 EDT

So how good (or bad) is the BMW?

You guys have interesting junkyard cars. Around here we just seem to have the past ten years of domestic crap.

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P161911 — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:56:03 EDT

@slantsick: I like the 64 Imperial. Was it a 2 door or 4 door?

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Slantsick- on layaway at SPATULA CITY — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:48:12 EDT

Hey Murilee- if you're interested, I've got quite a few junkyard pics I could send along..

DOTS are kind of hard to come by in rural Maine, but "permanently parked"- that I can do.

Here's one from my last junkyard trip, just for a taste-

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selfhatingotaku — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:41:30 EDT

Hey, its Sweet Tooth's Ice Cream truck.
I'll take the Dodge van and the 240SX plz.

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SundaySunday — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:29:02 EDT

I can't look at the older cars in this Long Beach junkyard without wondering if any of them had some screen time as an "extra" in Gone in 60 Seconds.

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Uncle Bo, averting foreclosure — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:27:43 EDT

I always get an all-too-familiar laugh when I see posts like this. Murilee, you've always struck me as the kind of person who I'd see rummaging thru boxes of stuff at the Long Beach Veterans Stadium swap meet or the Beach Blvd Pick A Part. I wouldn't be surprised to discover we've covered some of the same ground at the same time. And I'm prolly not the only person here who feels that way. Just thought I'd share that thought.

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