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Old 12-30-2006, 03:01 AM
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Buddy came into town and we did our annual junkyard crawl.
Huge yard here in Arizona (Hidden Valley) had to move, because the land they were on sold out. So the new yard is maybe a third of the original size. Stumbled upon a sea of fenders, just front fenders. There on top was a 70 GTO fender under that a 71 lemans fender,with a GTO decal on it.
Made the way back to the office and inquired on the price of the real GTO fender. guys says $200 wel since they aren't growing on trees I agree to purchase it. He sends yard guy out to drag fender in. Owner thought the fender with the GTO decal was the one I wanted (since it said GTO) Yard guy brought me the correct fender. Owner was a little put off that I scored a Great fender w no rust minor damage for a killer price.
WHOO HOO! one step closer

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Old 12-30-2006, 01:20 PM
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Mint 72 LeMans dash pad,$25. Very nice 68-70 GTO hood $125

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Old 12-30-2006, 01:48 PM
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Nce score. Good luck on your project.

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Old 12-30-2006, 07:35 PM
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nothing beats this: Carlisle fairgrounds about 10 yrs ago on Sunday. Walking through the tumbleweeds on the way back to the car.....sticking out of a garbage can is a nice NO crack black dash pad from a 68 Lemans/GTO. FREE. (unless you count the labor of washing off the ketchup from the bag of french fries splashed down the side of it!)

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Old 12-30-2006, 07:49 PM
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Englishtown spring 2006 1 NOS Ram Air IV head $2.00

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Old 12-30-2006, 09:35 PM
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All GM Car Show & Swap Minnesota State Fairgounds 2002.

65 GTO 4spd Console Blue base very good top $20.

Repsrayed base black cleaned up the rest, Sold on eBay for $700.

Now I wish I kept it cause the last 65 I bought was missing console.

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Old 12-30-2006, 11:19 PM
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Englishtown spring 2006 1 NOS Ram Air IV head $2.00
okay, that DOES beat mine!

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Old 12-30-2006, 11:49 PM
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71 gt-37 with a complete numbers drivetrain and interior. rough body but all there. free from a buddy who had neighbors *****ing to the health dept about the cars.

74 g/p, drove it home with a floating knock in the engine. posi diff, th400 that shifted good,4 rally wheels triple black car. 65.00 dumbass needed to make a stereo payment and sold the car that he needed to get to work.

a couple years ago a local yard was closing and a buddy and i went on the hunt. i bought a 1 ton ford pickup load of rally 2's for scrap weight. the owner said those aren't worth anything, no one wants them. i finally got enough for all of my projects and a few spares.


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In 97 I bought a 66 2+2 for $400. The person I bought it from just needed the 4 speed out of it. I pulled all the emblems, console, buckets, 8 lugs, posi, power antenna, reverb, long branch manifolds, driveshaft, and doors and made $2200 in parts and it all sold in less than a month. And to boot the guy at the junkyard gave me $200 for what was left. The 421 was long gone and replaced with a 400. I guess that is what the guy wanted. I need to see if the car is still down there. I need the channel in that the trunk weatherstrip sits on above the tail panel.

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Old 01-03-2007, 11:39 AM
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Spring Jefferson 1995. NOS '71-72 GTO 455 HO RA air cleaner, $20.
Fall Jefferson 2005. '73-74 SD-455 valve cover oil fill cap, $25.

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Old 01-03-2007, 02:05 PM
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Pomoma, early 90s.
NOS in the box, never removed from the shrink wrap plastic on the tray, SD455 carb replacement. 50 bucks!
Sold it a couple years later for right around 900 bucks, and now see they go for over 2 grand!

Oh well,

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Old 01-04-2007, 07:56 PM
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Dont beat yourself up too bad George. With value of the dollar, current inflation rates,and cost of living adjustments. The $2000 dollers is equal to the $90 of back then

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Old 01-10-2007, 12:45 AM
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Picked up a mint 65/66 big car tach at a flea market a few years back for 8 bucks.

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Old 02-15-2007, 10:28 AM
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Also, at Pomona, in the early 90's, I picked up two hood birds, NOS.
One is silver, non-10th Anniversary, the other a blue, which willbe perfect for my 1979 Trans Am ragtop.
Got both for 50 bucks each!

George

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Old 02-15-2007, 04:55 PM
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eBay 2 years ago: NOS '65 GTO taillight corner for @ $40 shipped. Not a shockingly good deal alone, but in the box with it was a NOS taillight grille and mint lense. Kept the lense and corner, sold the grille on eBay for $400.

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Old 02-15-2007, 06:21 PM
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Several years ago, I scored all the grilles, headlight bezels and bumper all in good shape from a 67 tempest in a yard in Santa Fe for $30... also got a set of 15x7 rally 2's with caps and rings for $40 I grabbed an HEI and it went home with me in the bottom of my toolbox

Another time I bought a 72 SS chevelle for $600 at the junkyard.

Same junkyard, I bought a complete '73 Lemans wagon for $300... it had a 400 that ran good.

I bought my 67 GTO for $800... and up in Northern NM scored a basket case '65 gto for $400.

Sold everything since, except the '67 which I am now building!

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Old 02-18-2007, 01:02 PM
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Complete RAIII 1970 firebird..$400 ( still kicking myself in the ass for scrapping it) found a set of 48 heads in the scrap pile , owner wanted scrap price...$25.00,

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