A Trip To The Junkyard

[bob w]

My friend Jim is visiting from Atlanta , GA. I took him to Windy Hills junkyard which is about 125 miles from the Twin Cities. Windy Hills used to have thousands of old cars but they have crushed many in the last few years. Here's a Chrysler coupe body we saw.

 

[bob w]

Unfortunately the body is cut off straight down fron the rear window. It was pretty nicely done. It looks like an over long truck cab. The driver's door is missing but I spotted a door that could be adapted. I'm actually thinking of getting this thing but don't know what to do in the back of it. Truck bed? Nothing. Old accessory trunk?

 

[bob w]

A couple deco Mopars. There is probably a hundred cars and truck from the mid 20's through the 40's. Very few are complete enough to rebuild but a person could make a roadster pickup cab out of a 30's or 40's sedan body, for instance.

 

[bob w]

Anybody up for building a single seat rod out of this? Or maybe a drag car?

I'll post up some more pics later.

 

[BruceR&C]

You could take him to Angus to the Glass place. I think they've still got a mess of old tin still there. May even find him a project.

 

[Bonehead]

I like the Chrysler. I am sure you could make it a classic.

 

[Rat Rod Jim]

Buy the Chrysler now, figure out what to do with it later... With all the square angles, looks like an easy top chop...

 

[sixtall]

I've been aware of Windy Hill for years but had never seen any photos from there. Anything else look good in that yard ?

 

[bob w]

WHen I got my Crosley body there a couple years ago there was 5 or 6 mid 30's Internationals. They're all gone now. All the gaps between the hulks pictured were at one time (not too long ago) occupied by vehicles of early vintage.

 

[bob w]

All the 20's and 30's stuff is very picked over. I don't recall a car or truck that could be built, too many parts missing.

 

[bob w]

The yard is at least 160 acres. A friend of mine has an aerial photo that shows the yard completely full. And, it wasn't that long ago. There are late 40's and 50's sedans that could be saved. In another thread, Picnic at Greg's, I showed a '39 Chev truck that a young guy built. He got the cab at Windy a year or two ago. Old stuff does keep coming in so it is worth checking out every once in a while.

 

[bob w]

I looked at these rows of wheels, this is a very small portion, and thought of each wheel as a tombstone for an old car that has been converted into Chinese steel, eventually becoming a Kia, or Preius.

 

[Rat Rod Jim]

That place is amazing... I sure wish we had something like that out here... Do you think they have a web site with photos of what they have for sale (I doubt it, but it would be nice)... if anyone knows of a similar palce in california, please post...

 

[DeathTrap]

It blows my mind how people just let money lay in the weeds....

 

[InkSlinger]

Hard A@@s and hard heads....u guys make me drool so freekn much!!! WANT ONE!

 

[52bombshell]

i do need some of those wheels any one wiling to buy em and ship em to me ill pay the shipping and cost of what it costs ya to drive out there and what not??

 

[whytesmoke]

I love junk yards

 

[Thunder1]

Great pictures Bob. I haven't been to a place like that in 30 years. Too bad places with all older stuff like that are slowly drying up.

Thunder

 

[VonRatty]

[dr[dr[dr[drI could look at these for hours !!!

 

[bob w]

52bombshell, I've only been there a couple times. But, let me know what wheels you are interested in and I'll see if any are "in stock" next time I go. Shipping could be expensive though.