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Re: Some Junkyard Finds
frscke1 #776025 May 12th 2021 8:57 pm
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Originally Posted by frscke1
Along with my center cup tray Im making some Oak door handles also...

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Those are looking good man. Make sure to show them off for us when you're done.


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Re: Some Junkyard Finds
Dburger #776038 May 12th 2021 10:10 pm
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I woman got excited when we were off road and she just ripped the handle offf the door ... hanging on kinda tight uh ?

I made 2 Oak then one got butchered in the accident .. body shop threw it out ... so time to make s more.


SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO
ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN
ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS
'93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB
'92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB
Re: Some Junkyard Finds
Dburger #776045 May 13th 2021 1:33 am
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Unbelievable score. Nice hunting.

Re: Some Junkyard Finds
Dburger #776076 May 13th 2021 3:57 pm
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Back to the junkyard again this morning. I was bummed about the grill not having the headlight bezels, but was just happy to get it all at such a great deal. Opened the doors on the camper to start pulling the dash, there were the headlight bezels tucked in next to the cabinet behind where the passenger seat would have been. They were covered up by a couple nasty 1990's t-shirts so I didn't even notice them yesterday. YAS!

So I worked on it for about 2 hours, then shot the breeze with the owner and employees, some of the regular customers for about another hour lol

Picked up the complete dash, woodgrain bezel (40something thousand miles on the old girl), doghouse, all the little pieces and parts, 77 GMC owners manual, a folding card table lol (worked well to sit my tools on while pulling parts and it will come in handy in the garage for sure), decided to just grab the entire doors since they are so nice and rot free, a battery tray in great condition, a windshield washer jug, the kitchenette table with flush floor mount, the tilt steering column from the rag joint to the cherry GMC steering wheel, and the chrome trim for the door sills and wheel wells inside. Everything for $125, WHEW!

Headlight bezels and washer jug

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Decent battery tray

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Nice doghouse and cover, the gasket is even in great shape as well as the heat pad. Only has two small screw holes in the front where someone had something mounted at some point, no biggie.

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Freebie folding card table lol

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Tilt column in perfect shape. Guys, I was going to use this column to rebuild and make a tutorial for you all, but this thing is mint. Zero slop in the bearings or anything, so cherry. So I will keep an eye out for another column, or possibly rebuild my original for the forum tutorial. They're actually not hard at all and fairly cheap to rebuild.

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Beautiful gauge set and bezel. Dash is cherry as well, only one non factory hole where they had a weird push/pull electrical switch running to something in the rear of the camper. I'll use that hole for a fog light rocker switch down the road. The darn AM/FM radio even looks minty fresh. I'm sure this is going to be a bit of a pain to convert my 82 dash to the 77 dash, but it's going to be worth it in the end.

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Doors are super solid, only a tiny bit of surface rust in the bottoms, and a couple super small bubbles here and there. Even the door rubbers are in great shape, the rubbers in my 82 are crusty, brittle, and falling apart. I'm guessing because the camper had the front bunk that kind of hangs over the doors by about another 6 inches on each side, it protected them from lots of water damage over the years. The wing windows look a bit crusty, but I still have the one good set in the same junkyard I'm going back to pull soon.

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And last, the "Tiidee" brand dinette table with flush mount base and pedestal.

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Re: Some Junkyard Finds
Dburger #776078 May 13th 2021 5:33 pm
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Man, look at you. Scored all day long.


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And it ain't me who's gonna leave
Re: Some Junkyard Finds
Charlie 99909 #776081 May 13th 2021 6:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Charlie99909
Man, look at you. Scored all day long.

Horseshoe up my butt yesterday and today. lol


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Re: Some Junkyard Finds
Dburger #776082 May 13th 2021 7:08 pm
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That must be uncomfortable .... lol


SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO
ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN
ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS
'93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB
'92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB
Re: Some Junkyard Finds
frscke1 #776086 May 13th 2021 7:25 pm
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Originally Posted by frscke1
That must be uncomfortable .... lol

Sometimes, but I've scored so many deals over the years, it definitely pays off. Father-in-law tells me all the time "Good grief son, you sure have a golden horseshoe up you a@# for finding deals." lol


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Re: Some Junkyard Finds
Dburger #776088 May 13th 2021 8:25 pm
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Some nice finds there, I love prowling junk yards searching for hidden treasures of van parts.

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