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Topic: Parts Car
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aGreenAgent
Journeyman Posts: 83
From: Orange County, CA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 11-14-2002 01:52 AM
  
Soon I'll be converting my 66 I6 to a V8. I understand that a parts car v8 will be easier and cheaper for most of the parts that need replacing. I have a problem though, I can't find a parts car. Does anybody know where I can get on in the LA area?
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71RESTO
Gearhead Posts: 1253
From: Oregon, USA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 11-14-2002 09:12 PM
The best thing to do is keep an eye out in the Penny Saver or your local newspaper for ads on parts cars. Secondly, get in touch with a local Mustang club and find out if any of their members have a parts car for sale or know where one is available. Final option is check with a wrecking yard and one of the better (and more reasonable)in LA is Memory Lane Auto Salvage in Sun Valley.
Hope this helps!!!  ------------------
Duane
71 Fastback (his) under resto (351C-4V C6 auto)
73 Mach 1 (hers) (351CJ 4 speed)
66 289/2V coupe (daughter Ashley's)
89 LX 2.3 convertible (daughter Amanda's)
M & M Member #730
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joe
Gearhead Posts: 483
From: Los Angeles
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-14-2002 09:36 PM
Salvage Yards in L.A. suck. The few times one does happen to come in, the car is picked clean within a couple of days. I found a '69 once, but there were these two rednecks who told me they were going to strip the whole thing, so if you do go hunting, bring a friend or two.
But it really is a waste of time to go yard to yard looking and calling gets you nowhere.Memory Lane has everything, but they're overpriced. A really good place to check out is the Pomona Swap Meet. I think there is one next month. The oldies stations usually announce the dates.
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 1348
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 11-14-2002 09:45 PM
I heard of one guy who hired a helicopter to look for junk cars in LA, hidden behind walls, which tells me how bad the situation is there.
Here in the Philippines, I head for the hills and poke my nose around corners and over the walls of empty lots, farms and abandoned warehouses. On a typical day, I'll find at least one Rustang.
I think the first rule of finding parts cars is that if everyone else can see it, it's gone! But they're there ... you've just got to sniff them out.
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