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Jund Yards in new england



speaking of salvage yards anyone know of any good yards in New england
with a lot of vw content.  better yet any pick and pull type....


|Tony

--- Brian Honnold <bhonnold@pac-cap.com> wrote:
> Bug World is no more.  It is now Called German Parts
> Warehouse The big dork 
> Cliff still runs it and bring yer KY if you need
> parts from him!!!
> 
> There is a new yard called Specialized German that
> does Audi and VW. Shawn 
> is the owner and he is a very fair but kinda goofy
> guy.  Nate just bought 
> his motor at this place and a few other things....it
> is a very reputable 
> yard with good parts and fair deals.
> 
> There is also a place that is called We Got
> Cars....it used to be German 
> Auto but that got gobbled up in a merger...many of
> the German Auto guys are 
> still there and while the prices are kinda high
> sometimes if you talk to a 
> guy that drives a 16v truck you can get good deals. 
> Don't was your time 
> talking to Big Tim.   They got tons of VW and Audi
> mostly late model.
> 
> There are also two Pick-n-pull yards in the same
> area owned by the same 
> company.  The newer one may actually take ATM cards
> for payment which is 
> cool for some of us idiots who never have cash. 
> Lotsa fresh cars all the 
> time, they cycle the vw stuff about every 2-3 weeks
> and new foreign cars go 
> down on tuesday so if you get there around noonish
> you can get the good 
> stuff before the vultures land.  These yards are
> great for the Old Volvo 
> turbo that has a thermostatic sandwich adapter oil
> cooler....got mine for 
> $7 including lines and the cooler.
> 
> There are also three other pay a dollar pick yards
> in the area and a 
> specialized VW place called BW in Roseville.  BW has
> a shortage of cars 
> right now because the owner died and his son is
> learning the hard way. 
>  Prices here are fair and there are probably 20
> Sciroccos in the yard
> 
> Hope this helps somebody
> 
> Brian Honnold
> '78 Rocco Ragtop
> '99 Passat GLX
> 
> On Friday, June 18, 1999 8:47 AM, T Berk
> [SMTP:tberk@mindspring.com] wrote:
> > VWN8@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > In a message dated 6/16/99 11:38:46 PM,
> greenchester@scirocco.zzn.com 
> writes:
> > >
> > > << Anywhere within a 2 hour radius from the
> Oakland area? I am getting 
> that
> > > bug to go and have a weekend kinda free.  >>
> > >
> > > Well I live in Palo Alto and go to school in
> Sacramento so Ive looked 
> for
> > > parts in both places. I have had better luck
> finding good stuff in Sac. 
> There
> > > are 2 VW specialty yards and 2 or 3 Pn'P style
> yards off of Sunrise 
> Blvd off
> > > of 80.
> >
> > There are Pick n' Pulls off of:
> >
> > I-80 Hmm, Cherry and 'I forget the freeway exit.."
> in Hayward,
> > there is another in San Jose off of Monterey
> Highway (south south south
> > 1st St.)- take 880 to the general area were it
> meets up w/ 280 and head
> > south, And there is one in Oakland off of E12th or
> so around 80th or
> > something.
> >
> > Vague I know but an online search with Yahoo's
> Yellow pages or sim. will
> > find you exact directions.
> >
> > Scirocco content varies, sometimes you can hit a
> bonanza, other times
> > it's real sparse.
> >
> > >If you want to go to San Jose instead there are 2
> P'nP yards and 2
> > > german yards in the SJ State area. If I knew
> exact directions I would 
> give
> > > them to you.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > > Nate
> >
> >
> > I'd like to hear from the Sacto folks about uh,
> BugWorld?, some of the
> > places out that way.
> >
> > me to hth,
> > TBerk
> >
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