I usually went to the little "hole in the wall" yards where the proprietor often lived in a shack on the premises.
These were the characters that would look out place anywhere else they went. Often unshaven and grubby and or intoxicated.
But these were the yards that had the old parts that I was looking for and often you could get something you needed for the mere price of a six pack of beer.
I used to roam around looking at stuff even after I found what I was looking for. I remeber one yard that had a whole row of Vairs , I even bought an entire front clip from them because it had factory AC. I never did do anything with it tho.
So when I moved back to Alaska about 25 years ago there were only two junkyards in town and the owners had you over a barrel on pricing. Most of the cars were already Rust Bombs by the time thet got to the yards.
Several years ago the EPA put both yards out of business. Now the city accepts junkers at no cost and all of the cars including newer totaled cars are stacked on a barge and shipped to seattle for salvage.
I see them go right by my house and wonder how many good parts that I could adapt to my Vair are gonna just be shredded or melted down.
I do kinda miss strolling thru the old cars -
Here's a a corvair junkyard video slideshow that I made the other day . It's just early models. You may have already seen it , but if not - check it out
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