the JUNK YARD tour MONGO is gonna wish he had'nt missed...

[kustombuilder]

went up to Levi's Classic's secret junk yard with this "old timer" friend of mine, Dave Crowner yesterday. actually the adventure began saturday when i was up till midnight finishing the doors on Brett's (Levis Classic) model A chop i just did. got up around 6am sunday, loaded the car, filled up with gas, headed for Dave's, relized i forgot the directions at home, turned around, got the directions, THEN went and picked up Dave and we were FINALY on our way.

3 hours or so into the trip we realize there is a good possibility we missed our exit, so i stop and call Brett from a pay phone. seems he told us the exit was NORTH of Cadillac when in fact it was SOUTH of Cadillac. so we passed it before we even started to look for it.

so, we eventually find our way to 'Casa DeGordie' were Brett is anxiously awaiting the return of his baby.

long story short. we BS at his place a while, nload the car, remove the body, reload the frame (gonna help him out and weld some stuff on his chassis cause his welder SUCKS. to put it nicely http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif.), load our fat asses in Brett's truk and head to his secret storage unit full of old parts (he even made us wear blind folds!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif). you've all likely seen pics of his PACKED storage unit before so i'll spare you the pics, but take my word for it, it is OVERWHELMING the amount of stuff he has in there. i was rooting through some crates and found several parts to which Brett replied "i've never seen THAT before!!". some peoples kids!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif...

after that we headed back to his place with a quick stop on the side of the road where we snagged this GREAT lookin old fridge that had a sign on it that said "FREE, it works". it is the PERFECT size for the gargage and will look killer when i talk MikeO into painting it up kustom for me http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif...

[kustombuilder]

so we take both trucks up to the yard. park my old Chev with the trailer by the road and load into Brett's 4x4 for a "quick" run around through the yard. i was about to climb out the window a hundred times as we'd drive past a group of old cars sitting here and there amongst the later model cars and just plain JUNK of EVERY description. finaly i could'nt take it anymore and junmped out of the truck. i'm not even sure if it was stopped yet http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif...


we walked and drove all over this HUGE yard for FIVE HOURS!!. thats when, as we were BS'n with the proprieter of the yard, i looked at my watch and noticed it was 9pm!! i have to get up for work at 4:30am and it was a FOUR HOUR DRIVE HOME!!! needless to say i am one tired puppy today. my plan for the evening is to show off all the goodies we scored/saw/and are saving for the next trip, eat some dinner and go to bed early..

so without further blabering from me.....

[kustombuilder]

anyone want some cool quad headlights for their Kustom???

[kustombuilder]

HMM. it just dawned on me, those headlight and that grill just MIGHT work pretty nice in Studeboy's Stude pickup!?!?!


speaking of kustoms. here is a 4 door Ford kustom sitting amongst a bunch of big truck parts...

[kustombuilder]

oh yes, i said it is a KUSTOM. check out the frenched headlights AND the NAILHEAD peakin out from under the hood...

[kustombuilder]

see if you can spot the other mods in that last pic!! check out the lisence plate surround treatment and the frenched taillights...

[kustombuilder]

DIVCO! this might have to come home with me some day. yeah right!! that'd go over well http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif...

[kustombuilder]

Kaiser. one of a couple on the premisis...

[kustombuilder]

any guesses what these seats are sitting in??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif sure would make some cool hot rod seats with a little reupholstering, would'nt they!!

[kustombuilder]

53 Chevy...

[kustombuilder]

last one for now. i need to eat and go to bed soon. check back tommarow though cause i have'nt even got to the good stuff yet http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif...

[Levis Classic]

Mike,

Glad to see you and Dave made it home alright! Do you have any adult beverages in that fridge yet?

It was hilarious watching Mike and Dave in the secret bone yard! Dave kept saying "this is the most fun I've had in a long time" and that man has seen and buit some cool stuff in his 73 years of rodding and racing.

Next time you come up Mike we'll fill the truck full of Kustom stuff for that secret finned Stude truck build we dreamed up!

Brett

[slazzen]

the seats are in a 62 olds f-85 ???

[Levis Classic]

They are actually out of a bizzard little rear engine tiny sunbeam.

[kustombuilder]

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the seats are in a 62 olds f-85 ???

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SUNBEAM IMP!! HA HA, you were so wrong!!!! thats ok none of the three of us knew what it was till we found the emblems http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif...


Brett. i am sooo stoked about our top secret joint venture http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif. i found pics of that other cab that Bob said was nicer. it is MUCH nicer. you should see how much more it would be for the better cab. if you ask about the Desoto fins tell him we want it from the rear of the doors all the way back, trunk lid and all. he he he, it will be so cool.. in a hundred years when we have our other stuff done and have time to work on it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif. i think that Buick dash from the hacked up convert would be the shit in our little beast.

gotta run. time to get some shut eye....

[HotRod60F100]

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oh yes, i said it is a KUSTOM. check out the frenched headlights AND the NAILHEAD peakin out from under the hood...



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Why wouldn't you try and save that car?it was once a bitchin custom,why the hell would someone throw somthing like that away http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[CherryBlossom]

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Why wouldn't you try and save that car? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

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Because he'd have to be saving alot more (namely his ass) once he brought it home http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[lulabelle]

The chev in the first pic was being stripped of it's "chrome"the day I was there.So didja get that guard off of the Kaiser?Howz about the radiators on the trailer load of industrial ford plants?Is my camper still there?....... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Levis Classic]

We didn't have much tile to do any wrenchin. Your trailer is still there - I forgot to ask BOB the price. Sorry

[Levis Classic]

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Because he'd have to be saving alot more (namely his ass) once he brought it home

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I aint afraid of you Kris!!!

Easy for me to say 180 miles away!!!

I promise I wont let Mike drag anything unsightly home.

[kustombuilder]

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Because he'd have to be saving alot more (namely his ass) once he brought it home

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I aint afraid of you Kris!!!

Easy for me to say 180 miles away!!!

I promise I wont let Mike drag anything unsightly home.

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LIAR!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[kustombuilder]

ok, round TWO!!! this one is for you MikeO. Dodge sedan turned FARM truck!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif but i have some BITCHIN ideas for it. check out the cool details on the body. dual cowl vents and a cool body reveal in the middle of the cowl. it has a glove box on each end of the dash and hole for squarish gauges in between...

[kustombuilder]

this one too MikeO... model A "doodle bug". there were actually quite a few "doodle bugs" and makeshift tractors at this place...

[kustombuilder]

ok sorry for the delay. i had to go mow the yard, and my yard is HUGE. plus i had to push a couple cars around and mow under them... why is it when you park a car in the yard the grass is dead in about half a day but if you park a car in the driveway for more than a day the grass grows UNDER and around it at 4 times the rate the yard grows at???
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

anyway, back to the junk yard pics...

check out the CHROME grill on this GMC. not sure i ever saw one of the Jimmys with chrome on the grill before...

[kustombuilder]

anyone need a W motor???...

[kustombuilder]

that valve cover sure is rusty. it's gotta be ALOT nicer on the inside, right???

[kustombuilder]

wonder how long this home made tractor has been sitting here???

[kustombuilder]

found a couple Mopar Polys, in cars with hoods, so they may even be good!!

[kustombuilder]

these titties are comin home with me! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif they'll look GREAT on a future Kustom project...

[kustombuilder]

this Stupidbaker cab (or another one that is just like it but a little nicer) is gonna be the basis for mine and Levis Classic's joint venture/project i have dubbed "The Orphan"!! it needs a good 4" (or so) section taken out of it for sure, but the top might just stay stock height...

[kustombuilder]

there were ATLEAST 4 Nailheads in this pile of motors and a bunch more throughout the yard. most were the smaller pre 401s. there were also a TON of flathead Fords but did'nt see a single Merc flathead http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif...

[kustombuilder]

anyone need a truck cab for a ButtReynolds style rod project?? there were alot of decent cabs layin here and there of all makes. i think this one is a Stude cause of the bent windshield glass. i think the reason most of these cabs were so decent is becuase most were off big trucks. there are ALOT of big trucks in this yard. in fact the guy is a REO nut and there must be at least a hundred big REO trucks and a few Diamond Ts...

[Mongo]

Yup!! That would have been fun.But if I had went with you guys my car would'nt be hammered on the ground now http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gifI put blocks in the back and my brother(Springer) and I cut 2 coils each out of the front springs.

[kustombuilder]

this Poncho still has the original clock, believe it or not!!

[kustombuilder]

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Yup!! That would have been fun.But if I had went with you guys my car would'nt be hammered on the ground now http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gifI put blocks in the back and my brother(Springer)

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ah yes, but can you DRIVE the damn thing yet??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif this seriously would have ben worth waiting a weekend on the lowering job. it ROCKED...


more fins!! these need to become the bed sides of some WILD freak rod kustom job...

[Mongo]

Im just waiting on my brake parts from Kanter to show .I dont get to have someone help me work on my car that often so when there is someone ready to help thats when Im gonna work on it.

[kustombuilder]

there were alot of nice lookin ass ends in this yard...

[kustombuilder]

there were even a couple parts trucks for StudeBoy on the premasis...

[fab32]

Looks like you guys hit the mother lode. I'm sure Cherry Blossom is just kidding about bringing this stuff home. Don't you have 10 or 15 square feet of property that doesn't have a PROJECT sitting on it?
Kris, I'm going to come and rescure you from that madhouse. Your husband is out of control (but in a good way) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Frank

[kustombuilder]

maybe you'll have that boat ont he road for the Hunnert Car Pileup afterall?? i'm not so sure about Pinball though http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif...

now that you have practiced you can come out and do the lowering thing on my 47 Chevy. i gots to rebuild the two carbs, put em on and change my shift linkage rod and i'm good to go for the Pile Up. should get around to that soon. soooo many projects though http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif...

check out some of the goodies i got from the yard. this Oliver shell (there must have been 8 of these Olivers on the grounds but this shell just happened to be off and layin by some junk (imagine that http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif) so it is the one that came home with me. thatnks for buyin it for me Brett http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif..

[kustombuilder]

Brett walked right past this 94 sittin on the hood of an old Buick. it damn near bit him in the ass till i grabbed ahold of it and saved the day. any idea how much one of these weighs after you've been carrying it for an hour and a half?? keep in mind it is FULL of sand...

[kustombuilder]

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Looks like you guys hit the mother lode. I'm sure Cherry Blossom is just kidding about bringing this stuff home. Don't you have 10 or 15 square feet of property that doesn't have a PROJECT sitting on it?
Kris, I'm going to come and rescure you from that madhouse. Your husband is out of control (but in a good way) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Frank

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stop flirting with my wife RIGHT in front of me!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif.. at least have the decency to do it behind my back http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif...


check out this water filter off some big ole REO (or was it a Diamond T). i think we might just be able to make this into a cool little firewall mounted OIL filter!! polish it up and you'd never know what it was in a former life! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Mongo]

That Oliver Shell is cool!!. As far as a know Pinball isnt going to be able to have it done in time.He does'nt have the dough.

[kustombuilder]

there were several of these big ole GMCs in the lot. was'nt this the grill NealinCa (i think it was him) turned into a duece lookin grill shell???

[Ayers Garage]

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there were several of these big ole GMCs in the lot. was'nt this the grill NealinCa (i think it was him) turned into a duece lookin grill shell???



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No, he used one like the chrome one you pictured above.

[Levis Classic]

Mike your giving all our secrets away!

Next thing ya know all those HAMB'rs from CA will be heading to the rust belt for parts!!!


Lets get started on the orphan! Oh yea gotta get the Tudor on the road for the pile up first. OK lets gather the parts for the Orphan and dream of a day its at Autorama!

[kustombuilder]

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Mike your giving all our secrets away!

Next thing ya know all those HAMB'rs from CA will be heading to the rust belt for parts!!!


Lets get started on the orphan! Oh yea gotta get the Tudor on the road for the pile up first. OK lets gather the parts for the Orphan and dream of a day its at Autorama!


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i was'nt gonna tell anyone where all this stuff is http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif. just tease em with it like all the California guys do to us when they have a 70 year old body with surface rust and say it is "too rusty to fix"!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif WTF!!


i agree about "The Orphan". got other prioroties but that don't mean we can't collect parts!!

[studeboy]

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Next time you come up Mike we'll fill the truck full of Kustom stuff for that secret finned Stude truck build we dreamed up!


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I was wondering if this was MY truck you were dreamin about til I saw the M series P/U.

What do the bakc edge of those front fenders look like on the R series trucks. (I'm in need of both sides if they're not full of holes and cheap.)

Looks like I missed a good time. I am gonna have to see this place in person and hopefully bring home some parts for the Stude.

Eric

PS I already have some Buick headlamp bezels for the beast.

[kustombuilder]

screw the Buick bezels, everyone has those http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif.. i did'nt look that closely at the Stude trucks like yours. sorry. maybe Brett will next time he is out...

[lulabelle]

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this Stupidbaker cab (or another one that is just like it but a little nicer) is gonna be the basis for mine and Levis Classic's joint venture/project i have dubbed "The Orphan"!! it needs a good 4" (or so) section taken out of it for sure, but the top might just stay stock height...



[/ QUOTE ]I looked at that for a while.I really like it!It'll make a cool project!

[impster]

hate to open this old thread but the picture of the little sunbean imp seats has me interested.
I am looking for a few bits and pieces to complete a project IMP.
any help would be appeciated

Mike

[55olds88]

hate to open this old thread but the picture of the little sunbean imp seats has me interested.
I am looking for a few bits and pieces to complete a project IMP.
any help would be appeciated

Mike

Used to be lots of them down here, big things or small things you looking for ?
A mate had a book how to get 110mph out of your Imp........ (I think it started first remove your brain, then...).

[attitudor]

Holy crap! Hadn't seen this old post before!...I want to go there... I want them all... I need to get them... Now.... Me me me.... Muahhahaaaaahahaaaaaaaaaa........

[impster]

Used to be lots of them down here, big things or small things you looking for ?
A mate had a book how to get 110mph out of your Imp........ (I think it started first remove your brain, then...).

Looing for a rear valance, differential drive shafts, these are the main items I need right now.

There is a place in Newzealand called Impwerks that I can order these items from , but just trying to locate someting stateside to save on shipping.

This one is about 2 hours away from me and would make it convienent if someone directs me to it.