what a deal!

[etlsport]

went out to a scrap yard today to find a new fan/fan clutch... wasnt sucessful.. BUT i did manage to find a trooper built in july 92 (so im assuming and hoping its a 93 model year) with a purdy lookin set of skid plates! after much crawling around in glass and rocks i got them loose and dragged them, all the mounting bolts.. and another front tow hook up to the pay window.. the guy looked at me like i was crazy and said i dunno... 5 bucks? i about fell over.. but handed him a 5 and got out of there as soon as i could before he changed his mind heh... saweeeeeet my belly is now protected for super cheap! i was really close to buying the set on ebay for $80+ shipping.. glad i waited

[Triathlete]

Sweet!
Did you get all 3?

[etlsport]

no.. i only got 2 i stopped by spike's place on the way back to check his plates out.. i got the main plate that is in the center off the cross member and the one that covers the passenger side of the vx.. didnt get the one that protects the muffler... which as far as i can tell isnt all that helpful to begin with

one thing i didnt notice at the yard is that the passenger side plate was coated in what i can only describe as a peanut butter like substance.. no clue what it is.. im guessing really really dried clay and grease casserole... i soaked it in the utility sink for about a half hour... you could swear the plate was new.. there isnt a scratch on it! the main plate has a small scuff on the part of it that hangs the lowest... but other than that its perfect as well, i was going to repaint them but no need!

[VehiGAZ]

Man, I love self-service junkyards!! And I miss them too - I haven't been to one in over 10 years. :-( There were 2-3 good ones in the St Louis area that kept my '79 Volvo tip-top. If it wasn't a distinct engine part (i.e., alternator, starter, AC compressor) it was $5. I filled a bucket with interior and exterior trim bits that would have cost me hundreds or even thousands at a dealership, but it was $5 there!

I went a couple of times just for fun - smash some windows with a hammer, look through the possessions left behind in junkers, warm my hands by the fire burning in the 55-gal drum on a cold winter's day... ah, the memories of youth!

[Chopper]

I still haunt the Daytona U-pull-it a couple times a rear.

[Ldub]

MAN, I thought I got a deal...all three for $20, but since they were already removed & stacked neatly in the back seat, I guess I don't mind paying a bit more.

Still, you got a great deal.

And yes, I too love my local salvage yards...just wish there was even one VX.