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Yesterday, I went to the junk yards to try to find some parts to put on my 03' that Ford had deleted for the year, and to find some side skirts that were scraped up in a misshap. I went to about 8 different yards.
OK, the first two were U-PULL-It places. The newest Taurus I could find was a 97'. The rest were all Gen I and Gen II.
The other 6 were yards where they pulled the parts. All of these places had much newer cars. One of those I looked at on the internet and it said thay had an 00' SE and an 02' SE. So when I get there and ask they said they had it. I then asked for the side skirts and he said no they don't do those. I then asked for a switch for the glove box light. He said they only sell the entire dash assembly. The other 5 yards pretty much said they don't have the parts. I was pissed and I almost
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Get this, one guy in front of me was looking for a door for a 98' Impalla. They said sure we have it. $400. You shoulda seen his eyes
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. He said it should be around $200. The guy at the yard said the cheapest they go is $350. It is like damn just buy a new one at that price.
Anyways, the U-PULL-It places had their prices posted. Everything was dirt cheap. Tail light assemblies like $15. Doors $45 or so. Entire front clip was like $250-275 or so.
Well to make a crappy day better, at least I enjoyed looking at the cars in the U-pull-it places. There were even a few jags, and mercedes from the 70's. A few in good condition too. I also saw an older Impalla SS that had been wrapped around a pole so bad that it went at least half-way through the car. On the other side the doors had popped open since the car was in a U. Other interesting finds...MG convertable, mid-70's corvette, and a grayhound bus that had its engine gone and stripped going down the road.
Another interesting find, I saw at least 10 96'+ Grand Ams and Skylarks.
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So it wasn't just me that had a 96' Grand Am that fell apart? In the 90,000 miles that I had the Grand Am I replaced 4 alternators, 2 struts, 2 shocks, 2 axle half-shafts, 1 wheel bairing, front brake pads 3 times, rear brake shoes once, had my drivers side rear wheel cyclinder sticking-so I took it apart ever 5,000 miles to lube it, replaced the plugs 2 times, 1 battery, 1 catilitic converter, 1 oxygen synsor, all the motor mounts, and had to recharge the A/C once due to some dumb leak in a sensor or switch that was also replace. And yeah the interor floor molding along the door cracked into 3 pieces. The all happened in about 3 1/2 years.
The moral to the story you may ask?
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I just have to be more paitent waiting for the parts to arrive in the junk yards, as these cars take a lickin' and keep on tickin'......
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OK, the first two were U-PULL-It places. The newest Taurus I could find was a 97'. The rest were all Gen I and Gen II.
The other 6 were yards where they pulled the parts. All of these places had much newer cars. One of those I looked at on the internet and it said thay had an 00' SE and an 02' SE. So when I get there and ask they said they had it. I then asked for the side skirts and he said no they don't do those. I then asked for a switch for the glove box light. He said they only sell the entire dash assembly. The other 5 yards pretty much said they don't have the parts. I was pissed and I almost
Get this, one guy in front of me was looking for a door for a 98' Impalla. They said sure we have it. $400. You shoulda seen his eyes
Anyways, the U-PULL-It places had their prices posted. Everything was dirt cheap. Tail light assemblies like $15. Doors $45 or so. Entire front clip was like $250-275 or so.
Well to make a crappy day better, at least I enjoyed looking at the cars in the U-pull-it places. There were even a few jags, and mercedes from the 70's. A few in good condition too. I also saw an older Impalla SS that had been wrapped around a pole so bad that it went at least half-way through the car. On the other side the doors had popped open since the car was in a U. Other interesting finds...MG convertable, mid-70's corvette, and a grayhound bus that had its engine gone and stripped going down the road.
Another interesting find, I saw at least 10 96'+ Grand Ams and Skylarks.
The moral to the story you may ask?
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I just have to be more paitent waiting for the parts to arrive in the junk yards, as these cars take a lickin' and keep on tickin'......
