VW Salvage Yards, Going Extinct?

Busser74 · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject:

Any british columbianites here. Anybody know of any graveyards up here in BC, Canada been looking for a project split for like 5 years know Evil or Very Mad

gatorwyatt · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:45 am Post subject:

mike that is not the one..it is on 106 heading out of town ,by all means not a very traveled road.and you will have to visit for yourself to determine wether or not the sheet metal is usable and even if the old boy that owns them will let you pull metal.i would say no to both but my opinion is diffferent than others...
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glowplug · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:15 am Post subject:

I guess I'll drag a trailer up there just in case. It's just kinda hard to find parking to tailgate with a trailer attached. We'll see. Thanks.
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Sugarbear · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 3:55 am Post subject:

Does anyone know of any yards in Florida????moving there this summer, and need another project i just finished my 70 bug, i am looking for a split window bug"specifically but split bus are cool too, anyways nice to meet you all peace

67 Florida Deluxe · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 12:40 pm Post subject:

AlteWagen · Troll Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8501 Location: PNW

How about any yards in California. The local pick your part only seems to have supers and they are stripped to the bone!!

Dave24 · Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject:

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AlteWagen · Troll Joined: February 23, 2007 Posts: 8501 Location: PNW

I still go to russ'. Mainly watercooled now though. I did see a CLEAN 60 body with both og aprons about to get cut up by a worker there, it made me and baby jesus cry Crying or Very sad

Memory lane moved far from sun valley and the few times Ive been to the new yard only one type III, fairly complete though. I LOVE THEIR STACK UP RACKS!! Thats what I need at my house for all the projects.

I will be moving up to nor cal soon, how about yards in oregon, nevada and even n. cal?

Sugarbear · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:30 pm Post subject:

I finally made it to Florida from this last post. i will make my way to the yard i bought a 72 bay window from Orlando & it is pretty bare on the inside.
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VWGirl · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 1:23 pm Post subject:

jvulich · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 4:46 pm Post subject:

hitest · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject:

There's a great little yard in Sandy, OR- just north of Mt Hood. I think it's called Grant's. I picked a couple splittie-specific parts in the summer of 09. They had nearly 60 A/C VWs and more engines and pulled parts than I could count.
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vwjedi · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:08 pm Post subject:

Some pics from VWGIRL's old collection/salvage yard. You still got the Syncro Vanagon Lauren? Wink

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...and one of VWGIRL rolling in her Mexi-beetle. Not any splitty bus pics but this thread is about VW junkyards right?

I bought my '65 Kombi in 1994, while parts hunting I found a junk yard near St. Augustine that had 3 splitties stacked on top of each other like dirty laundry. They were all in phenominal shape by today's standards. They were all en route to the crusher. Pulled a full set of jail bars out of one. Left a middle seat in a 15 window there. I had no idea. Rolling Eyes

I remember being in the market for my first car,16 years old in 1990, had $1200 burning a hole in my pocket. I was into the old american muscle then. I would look through the car trader and there were dozens of Chevy Novas, El Caminos, Baracudas, Trans AMs, Camaros, you name it pages and pages. I bought a '69 Malibu all original with 305 small block for $750. Those days are gone........... Crying or Very sad

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werksberg · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject:

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Plus some VW events too.....more when I can get to them.... Wink

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VWGirl · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:33 pm Post subject:

Still have the syncro and the mexi... The syncro is still not for sale Smile

Most of the good vw parts yards I knew of are gone... And I dont buy them like I use to... I kind of miss that. I haven't bought a car in two years now... they seemed more plentiful in fl
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Andy P · Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 2:08 am Post subject:

I'd like to say things are better here in Oz but they aren't.
There used to be a place up in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney that disappeared sometime in the last decade.
Brookvale Spares, a well known parts place, changed from wrecking yard to a spares business that basically strips cars and sells junk for scrap and they moved into warehouse with all the stuff carefully stored.
One wreckers in a small town about 3.5hrs south of Sydney who are famous for all sorts of classic cars from all over the world have been told to tidy up or close up.
Another place only an hour from me which is a veritable elephant's graveyard of air cooled VWs is in the same situation.
That is the choice many face.
With ecological and polution standards going up, occupational work and safety issues and local authorities wanting to stop oil and other vehicle fluids soaking into the soil they just won't let old cars sit and corrode.
There are still some odd little wreckers but many got rid of air cooled VW stuff and those with big spreads are slowly but surely having to thin it out.
There are some Pick & Pay Less places but you need to have eys like a hawk and they're only really good for later model parts you might want to use in an early model car.
Anyone with their own private stash is exactly that....future parts & projects of their own.
Makes me think I should be doing the same...... Neutral

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Quiche · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:38 am Post subject:

ZENVWDRIVER · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 4:28 pm Post subject: all- vw salvage

about 15 miles from my farm is an all-vw salvage...business is slow says the owner. i have bought many bodies and parts there, over the years, including all 6 rag tops, 2 1964 sunroof bugs, a part of an oval, a 1960 23 window bus( given to me as payment for splitting and stacking 3 cords of oak firewood for their stove) and a 1962 subhatch westy bare body fo fifty bucks in 2007.
like others, i depend on this place for cheap original parts...i often think, it won't be there forever and go to buy many many spares, even if i don't need them now.
There are no splitty busses left, only about 8 bays, but over 150 type 1s...the oldest being a 1958 and 2 1959s. They are well picked over, but well worth the 40 to fifty bucks for a car.

at home in my barn is the 1962 sub hatch...rear center...

Andy P · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:10 pm Post subject:

Wow, nice collection of buses there.
What happened to the Panel with the camper windows?
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