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There isn’t a single car in that lot that I wouldn’t love to have!

I, too, remember wandering the wrecking yards and finding obscure tidbits for whatever I was working on at the time.

Just last week I was trying desperately to find a piece of original steel for my 1957 Chevrolet Suburban.  I scoured the internet and just couldn’t find what I needed.  Then it dawned on me there was an old wrecking yard south of town (pretty much in town now) that had everything you can imagine for a decades old vehicle.  I remember walking through that place and seeing all manner of rare stuff like pre-WWII Harley Davidsons with factory side cars and every truck and car you could imagine.  It was actually featured on a TV show a while back but I can’t recall which one.

Anyway…I called and lo and behold the same crotchety old man I remember from the mid-80’s answered.  As usual…he had just what I needed.  We chatted when I picked up the part and he was every bit the “salt of the Earth” kind of guy I like…and he’s only 93 years old!

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