Frankendent and pick n pull
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Frankendent and pick n pull
Well walking through pick n pull looking for whatever. I find the Frankendent. Sucker looks like a 78/79 dent combined with the back of a 50's chevy panel. WTF. Cool idea I gues except for the 6" of bondo in the cab to chevy part. 
I also scored a set of DOVE-C heads for my spare 460 build for $70.00. Good day for me.
I also scored a set of DOVE-C heads for my spare 460 build for $70.00. Good day for me.
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I noticing a bad trend lately at my favorite salvage yard. Usually the "Dents" number at least a dozen to 20 trucks, with around a handfull of Bumpsides.
But lately I've been to the yard quite a few times over the Summer to gather parts for an M5OD swap in my Ranger and the Dents are lately numbering in the low single digits with maybe 1 or 2 bumpsides if that.
Josh
But lately I've been to the yard quite a few times over the Summer to gather parts for an M5OD swap in my Ranger and the Dents are lately numbering in the low single digits with maybe 1 or 2 bumpsides if that.
Josh
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I was just talking with a buddy about this earlier today. I've seen more than one good old truck going to the crusher lately, with steel prices where they have been.
In ten years, it will be hard to find parts for a 78. Even harder than it is to find parts for a 68 today - until recently, scrap prices were not so high and they were not all getting crushed/stripped. The u-pick-pull-and pay places are outbidding the old mom-and pop kind of junkyards that would keep old cars for decades. They turn them over in a matter of months then send them to the scrap metal yard. So the old cars that would have sat around in a a junkyard for 20 years, are now stripped in a matter of weeks then crushed. Old junkyards are being cleared out for the steel weight so they are emptying out.
In ten years, it will be hard to find parts for a 78. Even harder than it is to find parts for a 68 today - until recently, scrap prices were not so high and they were not all getting crushed/stripped. The u-pick-pull-and pay places are outbidding the old mom-and pop kind of junkyards that would keep old cars for decades. They turn them over in a matter of months then send them to the scrap metal yard. So the old cars that would have sat around in a a junkyard for 20 years, are now stripped in a matter of weeks then crushed. Old junkyards are being cleared out for the steel weight so they are emptying out.
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