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I was there just today! Yes there are tons (literally) of 124's and 201's. I only saw one 123 (got the dash and some carpets). This is by far my favorite yard. The Pick-A-Part in Hesperia has a couple 210's (gassers), and 124's. I like to go on all weekend parts picks as well. A couple years ago, my bro and I went to 20+ yards from San Diego to San Fernando valley in a two week period, that was fun! Let me know if/when you come around So Cal, and maybe we can work together....Rich
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I'm jealous of the selection up there. Jake what yards in DE have you gone to? Have you looked at any of the Crazy Ray's in Baltimore?
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Lots of w124's, w201's and usually half a dozen or so w210's in the yard I frequent in north county San Diego. Its not a pick and pull but similar sort of place. Almost always gassers, some in pretty decent shape, some really ratty. Usually at least one or two w126 diesels, almost always om617's. I have seen a few om603's but all the goodies go quick.
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PickNPull (Schneitzer scrap metal) is in Northern CA, down to about Bakersfield. They have bought up many of the independent yards. Ecology is big in SoCal. Check the row52 site (link on PnP site), and they link to many yards. You can search and they have a photo of most cars. Search doesn't distinguish 300D, 300SD, and 300TD, but they give the VIN's (WBAB... = W123, I recall). I see about 9 SD's for every D, and see more TD than D, but D is what I need.
PickNPull never stacks cars. They are all supported on the frame rails & trunk by welded wheels. They say not to crawl under, but lawyer disclaimer since most cars have a carpet thrown underneath by customers. I always shake well before crawling under. When I travel, I check inventory at nearby yards, plus craigslist. I have hit the Ecology in Chula Vista (1/2-off day ~4 300D's) and Santa Fe Springs. A few weeks ago I picked a few interior parts in N. San Jose. I never have problems with other customers. The $2 fee keeps most riff-raff out. I have been the hero, having an O2 sensor socket in my chest and breaker bar, so in 20 sec I saved some kids an hour. Helped a young lady without enough wrenches remove a throttle body ($20 vs $400 at dealer). Most are resourceful people and many engineers like me. Just wish I could have interested my sons in mechanical things. I like the environmental concept of re-use, and hate to see the valuable stuff that gets crushed, but can't save it all.
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Up in the rust belt most of us have garages (at least for nice cars), and near the coasts lots of cloudy days. This means good crack-free dash and interior parts, nice wood, decent door seals, even the under-hood rubber is in much better shape away from the heat of constant sunshine and hard-working A/Cs.
When I was spending lots of time hoarding parts, I had four u-pull yards in driving distance (within 150miles), and frequented them all. At the ones that had regular 124s and 201s I became well known and usually bought something, from a couple of switches to a whole interior (etc.) and got to the point where they would call me (weren't supposed to, but it happens) when they'd get a Mercedes in, and let me crawl through their un-processed cars. Build a good relationship with the people at your yard, even if you can get them to tell you on the phone when there is a fresh pick coming in, huge advantage.
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I always thought if one could mix sound rubber & plastic from the north w/ shiny metal from the southwest, one could make some nice restorations. But polymers do degrade w/ just time, so better when they remanufacture like lucky Mustang and Camaro owners enjoy. In similar vein, I long speculated on a big operation to mix north GA clay w/ south GA sand to make fertile soil. The Flint River did that, but took millions of years and many floods. Some hard-core FL gardeners haul clay down every trip.
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Polymers degrade with time, but heat tends to increase the rate, in some cases significantly. The garage part also helps, garages aren't as important in nice sunny climates as in the cold ice and snow so nice Michigan cars usually spend most of their time in the dark out of rain and sun. But oh that corrosive crud they like to spread in the winters.
Which takes you to the next phenomena of the rust-belt: winter cars. Many of us have a daily and a sunny-day car, or if a lesser budget a good car and a "winter beater". The nice car might not even see rain. A nice 911 in California might be driven daily, year-round. A nice 911 in Michigan would never seen snow, rarely rain, and after 10years is probably much nicer than the CA car. My parents as they age don't even drive their Michigan cars in the winter, they're in Florida (aka: God's Waiting Room). So those cars also sit in a garage all winter, not unusual for some of the W126 cars that are now in 3rd owners' hands. You can find nice S, E, and even C-class cars here that have never been driven in winter. Less common with a Toyota or F-150 than a Cadillac or Mercedes of course.
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