Sad junkyard find. - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

VWGuru&BenzFan · #16 12-22-2007, 04:15 PM

I'm seeing tons of VWs in those pictures too; two different colored red Jettas, a Fox, and an OLD MkI jetta 4 door.

Why is it that we see so many 190Es in the salvage yard? Perhaps they aren't worth nearly as much and they cost a lot to keep up? That's what I think. The 300Es aren't as common as the 190E though.

I have yet to see a W123 wagon in a salvage yard. I have only once seen a W202 C-Class; I have never seen anything newer than that.

As previously mentioned, W201 and W124 gassers as well as W126 gassers seem to be run-of-the-mill when it comes to Mercedes-Benz in salvage yards.

W126 and W123 diesels aren't that common. From my experience, W126 gassers outnumber the diesels probably 4 to 1, if not by a wider margin.

To answer previous posts - I think a "junkyard finds" sticky is appropriate - kudos to a good idea by Jim B - and alfa 75 - keep that camera incognito.

I actually might head to the salvage yard today...we'll see what's out there.

Hit Man X · #17 12-22-2007, 06:30 PM

I see all sorts of cars that make me sad in the yards. It's the Euro versions that really make me

They're rare to begin with and to see how some of them are trashed, it's amazing.

The wrecked ones I can understand, but near complete and clean ones?

alfa 75 · #18 12-22-2007, 08:32 PM

Check this for Euro versions.. my friend Andrew in Dallas found these:
http://ranwhenparked.blogspot.com/2007/12/over-pond-and-into-dallas-junkyard.html

Hit Man X · #19 12-22-2007, 09:27 PM

I see PILES of them here, most are in Dallas and quite a few in the Houston yards. Florida and California also seem to have a plethora of them floating around.

Last one that made me sad was a stripper 280SE. Debadge, crank windows, no rear speakers, FOUR SPEED, manual climate, etc. It had a dented in fender... seriously.

Suspension was great. Interior was clean, I can't believe someone let it for for $189.

alfa 75 · #20 12-22-2007, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hit Man X

I see PILES of them here, most are in Dallas and quite a few in the Houston yards. Florida and California also seem to have a plethora of them floating around.

Last one that made me sad was a stripper 280SE. Debadge, crank windows, no rear speakers, FOUR SPEED, manual climate, etc. It had a dented in fender... seriously.

Suspension was great. Interior was clean, I can't believe someone let it for for $189.

Ahhh, a 4-speed?! That tortures me..

lietuviai · #21 12-22-2007, 09:35 PM

I used to feel the same seeing various models of American classics of the 50's and early '60s when I started visiting the first self service wrecking yards in the late 70's and early 80's. I still remember a few nice cars there including a really clean complete rust free '58 de Ville coupe with the tranny in the trunk. I saw it about a month later in their crushed stack with all it's sheet metal still intact.

LUVMBDiesels · #22 12-22-2007, 09:38 PM

What killed me was the amount of '50's and '60's stuff that used to be in the yards. I used to love looking at the Nomads, Edsels, etc and trying to justify taking a whole one home. I was able to get parts for my 1967 GTO from the two or three that were in the yard. Now everything gets crushed so quickly.

I was working on three W126's (all gassers) in my local yard, He also had a few W123s (240D, 300D, 300TD) and some newer cars. They CRUSHED all of them!

Broke my heart! especially as they were in basically good shape. The W126s were all front end collisions so everything from the firewall back was good. The W123s looked like they were there for no reason except for age.

It is too sad to think about...

Hit Man X · #23 12-22-2007, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by alfa 75

Ahhh, a 4-speed?! That tortures me..

I know of a 280E and a 230E both four speeds just hanging out.

TheDon · #24 12-22-2007, 09:44 PM

we found like two 300SD's, a euro 500SEL, a decent 300D and a 1961 220S today

alfa 75 · #25 12-22-2007, 10:00 PM

Another one, though it may or may not be gone..

alfa 75 · #26 12-22-2007, 10:04 PM

This isn't exactly a junkyard find but it's abandoned in SLC. By that I mean it's been parked in this exact spot for at least five years:

lietuviai · #27 12-22-2007, 10:09 PM

Seems amazingly clean on the outside for having sat so long.

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Originally Posted by alfa 75

This isn't exactly a junkyard find but it's abandoned in SLC. By that I mean it's been parked in this exact spot for at least five years:

alfa 75 · #28 12-22-2007, 10:10 PM

Rain? Snow? I'm positive I remember seeing this car around 2002/2003 in that spot.

delgadoduvidoso · #29 12-22-2007, 10:16 PM

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1985 300Dt, 130k on the clock. Body is flawless, paint is still shiny, everything is there (recent acquisition for them, surely). Probably had some stupid issue like a vacuum problem with the trans.

Pull-A-Part? You can buy whole cars there. $7 per hundred pounds is what I heard. We were out at the Atlanta North yard one time and someone had brought in a mint fifth-gen Cadillac Seville. One of the PAP employees picked it up cheap before it even saw the lot.