Easy Jack's salvage

Some of you older hambers in Kansas might know this place, If not it's in Junction City KS

 

A whole lot more to come

 

Even more

 

Still more

 

Still more repete

 

ok even more

 

Used up a lot of battery today!!!

 

Yikes! It's still there! I went to work for Jack (and his boys) when I got out of the Army there, back in nineteen hundred and seventy five (AD)! There was a small, but vibrant hot rod scene there then. That was back in the "bad old days" and I eventually got canned for being a drunken idiot. But not before I bought a farm fresh '48 International 1/2 ton shortbed from Jack - which I proceeded to drive to Oregon, with my fresh 292" smallblock in the bed and my old pal Biker Bob riding shotgun. We rode the shoulder of the freeway all across America at 45 MPH. Got stuck in Kemmerer, Wyoming when the water pump quit and had to wait there for 5 days - God, what an adventure...
Glad to know Jacks is still there. Is he still kickin'?

 

Yeah Alive and well still wont sell his 32 jalopy he used to race though!!!!!!!

 

Take a pic of the hubcap pile.

 

Looks like a cool place to dig around in.

 

What are you looking for I'm going back this weekend

 

I like the piston tree ornament.

 

For some reason the place in well known.

 

how far is jack's from the h.a.m.b. drags?

 

Ask him how much for the artillery wheel on the top of the pile

 

I want that 60 Pontiac.....Awesome.

 

Not for me, I already spent too much $$ on hubcaps from that pile.

 

Back in the 70's or early 80's, Rod And Custom did a bit a bout Easy Jacks. Probably was pretty well unknown before that.

 

I stumbled upon Easy Jacks on a road trip about 10 years ago along with KIRK and another buddy, after seeing hand-painted signs along the highway. We drove right up to the front and had our mouths hanging open for a while as we tried to comprehend the amount of vintage tin they had--- It was like a dream!

 

That WAS pretty damn cool!

 

I led a bunch out to Salina, KS last year from KC for the KKOA show and made a stop at Easy Jacks and all of them shot up every picture they had in their camera's. Jack's a neat guy.
Dad

 

You mean he still lets you walk around in there?Is he still pretty high dallor? He is a cool guy to talk to.

 

It's been about 2 years ago when I drug out 3 early Ford cabs and a Model A body from them....Boy do they have some stuff! I have about 40 minutes of video while walking around and still don't think that I got everything from THAT side of the yard. The other side is all post war material if my memory serves me correct. At that time the yard was slowly being turned over to Jack's son Jamin. Definitaly a MUST see if your passin' through.

 

DAMN does anyone know of any yards like this in northern california anymore?

 

Jamin runs the place now. but yes they still let you walk the yard and still have a TON of old tin out there. ---- john