RE: Engine stand?

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

why dont you try Bug-Aid? We scrap cars too. We are a wrecking yard. If you 
call Campbell Nelson they will laugh at you. Call me @ 206-365-9781

Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V 'Rocco ragtop
'91 GLi 2.0 16V
'77 Rabbit 16V
'80 'Vert (parting out!)
'61 17 Window type II
'91 Vanagon
'78 Rabbit
'78 Rabbit (for sale)
'87 GTi 16V



>From: "Fry, Larry" <LEF@chem-tronics.com>
>To: Aireq <aireq@u.washington.edu>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: Engine stand?
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 06:14:02 -0700
>
>Engine stand:  use a standard engine stand, available from Jeg's, Summit,
>maybe even your friendly, local auto parts place...like NAPA.  They aren't
>just for Amuricun iron, either, they will work nicely for your VW.  Suggest
>you get one with a gear-drive head....
>
>Scrap yards:  around here, the yards will not even pick up a car (much less
>pay for one)unless it has a complete engine,transmission, and body.  Cars
>have very little value as metal, their value is in their parts, with the
>majority of the $ in the blocks, heads, and transmissions.
>
>Larry  sandiego16V
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Aireq [mailto:aireq@u.washington.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:16 AM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Engine stand?
>
>
>Well I'm in the process of planing out what I'll need to rebuild my car. I
>wouldn't think the engine would stand very well on it's own, and you can't
>really work on it while it's hanging from a lift. Has anyone fabricated 
>some
>kind of stand that you can set a 16v block on while you are working on it?
>Or rather say you are planning on rebuilding and engine, and you have it
>hanging from a hoist. What do you do then? Just set it on the floor? I
>wouldn't think that it would stand straight on it's own.
>
>Also can anybody suggest were I might be able to find a body to a 16v
>(preferably red and an '88). I don't really care if anything in the car
>works, just that their is no rust, and no major body damage. In seattle
>would be best. Someone suggested calling "Cambel Nelson", and another 
>person
>mentioned Bry's Auto Wrecking. Anyone else know of other wrecking yards in
>Washington that have VW's?
>
>
>Last thing. A friend of mine mentioned that scrap yards will buy scrap cars
>because they can get money for the metal. Is this true? and if so who does
>this?
>
>
>aireq
>
>
>
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