rough

Kinda new to the area, dont know where any good salvage yards out here are. I live in a town called visalia , its by lemoore, hanford, fresno. Im willing to travel a little bit of course, but im looking for a 3rd gen graveyard or a yard that has a healthy supply of 3rd gens. ALso fair on prices, ive gone to some yards and they want 3x the price of the part new.

Thanks for posts in advance, and i did search, all my local yards are trash, there more into cubing the car then parting it.


Doug

Daniel U

Want parts are you looking for? Any pics of your ride?

rough

Id like to find a 350, maybe a rear end, some parts i need to repair, like my head light carrier, just a bunch of stuff that if i got it at the dealer ship or shittyzone would cost me a leg. Yea ill post some pics in a min of my ride .

rough

Here are some pics, most are of things i need to fix hence a junkyard, like the main bezel has a crack in it, musta happened recently cuz i did not see it when i changed my dash pad and speakers up front out.

any comments are welcome , still looking for boneyards with 3rd gens!

rough

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i was in visalia for about 2 years, ad no luck at the local pic a part places, hope you have better luck.

rough

tell me about it, they have cars and trucks, that are in worst shape then my own. Back home in indiana we have plenty of bone yards, damn recycling is gimping me here, lots just wana cube up the cars and get there 300$

Another reason to add to the HUGE list of why I hate california :/
"no offense to peeps that like it here"

A1c88camaro

What kinda of air filter is that. I want one of those instead of the old closed up once.

rough

Its just an open air element you can pick up at your local autozone. Think it was like 40-50 with the cheapy air filter, gonna find a k&n for it one of these days. Only problem with it, you gotta modifiy the air inlet temp sensor. It has a hole for it, but if you pop the predrilled hole out its too big, so i just drippled a smaller hole put some superglue on the base of the AIS and it works perfect, why super glue ? the sheet metal is to thin to hold the AIS using its threads, it works fine for me


Oh and you need to move your coil pack, it will be in the way of the base sitting flat and the throttle cable, took about 30 mins to install this and modify it.

shibbykins

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if memory serves me right pick a part and or pick a pull are off of hw99 around downtown fresno, its been about 2 years since ive bee back "home"

theres one in fresno downtown by the graveyard thats relatively newer.

my info is probably a bit outdated or slightly wrong as i stated before.

the one by the graveyard had a few F-bodys but that was a while ago. i liked the one off of i think it was 99 and jensen ave? its down the street from the mcdonalds, and in n out burger and i think a motel 6

rough

thanks shibby! its a start ill check that out tommarow.

vexter

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there's a pick-n-pull off of jensen and 99 in south fresno. i will say this, i've probably been in that yard 8-10 times and was pissed that i spent a $1 to get in everytime. a little farther up on the north side of madera there's another pick-n-pull yard. it's divided into two sections (i.e. older cars and newer cars). the newer side costs a little more to get into if i remember correctly. however, i was actually able to find stuff there (paid to go into both sides). having said all that, save yourself a lot of trouble and locate the stuff you need online via ebay or the classifieds here. over the years, i've purchased many things for my car on ebay. good luck!

rough

Yea i do alot of online shopping, but it can be risky at times. like i just bought a whole steering suspension setup and it came with different part numbers on things that shoudla been the same now i gotta send it back and wait longer.

Ill try that second lot and take ur advice on the first lot. Thats weird you gotta pay to get in to a pick n pull lol,


Is there a time limit in the pick and pull or is it ever time you leave/ enter you gotta pay? cuz i can spend all day in a yard.

vexter

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they stamp your hand... it's a day pass.

rough

sweet, hopefully i can find a rear end there

rv1890

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I was there this weekend. If your looking for any 350 parts forget about it. Its mostly v6 cars, but as far exterior or interior parts their plentiful. Pick n Pull is on Jensen and 99 then further down u can find Pik a Part. Both in the same area.

dekoy411

Last time i went to pick a parts in fresno they had 1 third gen camaro. Luckly enough for me it had the sunvisors which i needed so it worked out quite well though almost everything else was stripped already.

rough

so far no luck, its like these guys are cube happy

semiller26

http://www.gmsportssalvage.com/

these guys are in san jose. a bit of a drive from fresno ~3 hours, but they have a good supply of thirdgens usually 10-20 cars. They know their inventory pretty well and can usually tell you if they have what you may need or not. I usually call ahead before I drive out their myself.

rough

Thanks much, hopefully they got what I need

vindeezl

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He said fair on prices, that counts these guys out.

Call ahead as mentioned, it will be good for a quick laugh.

OneFast91Vert

Usually Pick N' Pull has a good selection of 3rd gens. But yeah, they're mostly V6's.
I'm still waiting for the day they have a Vert.

shibbykins

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hit up the graveyard location and th oe righ next to th in n out burger this week. the 2nd location had 8-12 cars but most were v6, some decent interiors but some retard must have gone in and broke/slashed anything worht while. also worth noting someone went and pulled all the chips from the ECU's

Drinkmorebeer

How did your search at the yards go? I need to look around i got a few pieces i need for int. and i was wanting to do a console seat swap from a 4th gen...dunno. craigslist is fail in our area.

Drinkmorebeer

Your car dosent look so bad from a distance. Are the wheels dif on both sides? I thought mine was bad. I got some wide lowrider garage sale ones on the fronts and irocs on the back. The guy i bought from said he has the irocs at a buddys. Guess i might be rim hunting as well.

shibbykins

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theres not a huge selection of stuff in the yards. im headed out in a little bit to see if anything new popped up.

Drinkmorebeer

let us know how it goes.

shibbykins

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im goin to the nes off of jensen and 99 right now.

taking the digi and a note pad. expect a full breakdown wen i return in a few hours,

since im headed back to el paso in a few days i figure ill save some of you a trip so you know whats actually out there instead of guessing.

shibbykins

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Ok guys heres the breakdown

Pick A Part

83 camaro, black 305 carb, sunroof, interior is shot to hell

84 firebird, tan interior, V6

84 Trans Am, T top,

86 Camaro, Black ext, grey int, v6

87 z28 305,red, tpi gone, ecu gone, ttops gone, black interior

89 red camaro, v6, red/blck interior, pannels painted red, ecu gone

91 red camaro, v6 black/grey interior

92 blue trans am, 305 tpi gone, grey interior is pretty badly water damaged, ttops on car, B&M shifter

majority of ECU's are gone, posi rears gone, no disc brake rears, power doorlock;window buttons and trunk buttons gone/broken

some good armrests




PICK N PULL

several birds and camaros mostly early 80's, 1 early TPI Z28 missing 1 runner and plenum/TB, 1 92 anniv RS. , all the rest are V6's .VAST majority of interiors have been desroyed, no good power buttons PERIOD, all ecus gone/destroyed/missing eprom chips, GFX's are trashed, no louvers or blisters, all ttops missing, all speedos DESTROYED.

Pick N pull was a letdown.

All in all i scored a drivers side seat bracket, some good power door lock buttons and a half way decent RS badge at Pick A part.

I hope this helps some of you guys.

Drinkmorebeer

well that sucks. I would like some black int pieces. Thanks for the heads up. Might stop by next weekend.

rough

Yea i need black / red to ! Royal rumble in the PnP's !~

Drinkmorebeer

i think i might paint mine...now that i know how to paint Int trim. Just worried about the kick pannel carpets. Might be able to paint that too...not sure.

vindeezl

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You could paint both, they make special paints for both upholstery and plastics. I have a few in spray bomb format but to be honest they never turn out that good.