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Hey Charlie, there was actually an early 2nd gen at the yard today (69-71 I think), I took a few pics if you were on the lookout for anything.

This yard actually had two 3rd gens with round headlights, and a couple of old Dodges/Chevy's to boot. I ended up scoring a clean grille off of one of the 3rd gens, and a bunch of other stuff I needed for mine, so all in all a productive pull and I'm feeling a little more froggy about things.

Which yard?

Yep, that the yard I hit. I was there on Saturday and made a 3 hour one way trek for it. I left some stuff behind but I got a lot of things I needed and several things I wanted. Lol, small world.

That's funny....I was expecting to not get much when I was there but I made out pretty well suprisingly, especially the grille. I haven't been to any yard in over a year so maybe with the whole scary virus thing the scavengers have not been that busy.

I know which one you’re taking about. I was going to grab it for someone and they got back to me way late. I’m glad you were able to snag it. That’s the van I got the Martin RV sunroof from.

Is that why the roof was falling down?

Yep, he had screwed that fiberglass insert into it and I removed just enough screws to rip it down. I got some stagnant water in my face for my troubles. LOL.

Up here in Sacramento the junkyards are still very busy and most vans with anything good inside are made quick work of in a week or so.

Happy New YARRRRR!

More Econoline getting-to-know-youuuu. Basically trying to get a baseline going to really start the endeavor.

So the positive battery cable melted after changing the battery, and then it apparently proceeded to take out that side of my starter (which was a pretty new part). No idea what happened there. New starter, all good.

Today I tackled the hood - the retaining latch was missing a spring, so I couldn't drive above a certain speed without it tied down with a bungee cord. I swapped in the latch assembly I got at the yard (slightly different design) and now the sucker won't fly up or bounce around. Has to be unlocked at the latch though, I should've pulled the whole cable and dash release at the yard, but that was going to take some doing and I was running out of time. Also got the hood support arm reattached as it was just flopping around under there not connected to anything. Starting to get the feeling the prev. owner was a lazy guy. I should've dinged him more on the price, but oh well.

Brakes are pretty bad, steering fluid hose is leaking too, so I'm going to get my mechanic sort those out for me. Oh, and now I've got a big crack on the driver's door, bondo city....oh joy.