Mopar Junkyard

matthon · Apr 22, 2010

My brother keeps canceling our trip to the local Mopar yard and I really want to go before the weeds grow in like crazy.

Is there anyone in the NY/MA area that would like to go possibly next Saturday?

The guy is a really great dude, although he has a hard time selling anything.

Last year he asked me to make a list of what I needed, and then go out and try to find everything somewhere else- then come back.

I spent a whole day there and he showed us all around- but he wouldn't let me go out in the yard by myself. A few people who showed up he let go, and some he let go but they had to leave their tools behind.

At the end of the day I totally understood:

Schneiderman · Apr 22, 2010

I can't make it anytime soon, but where is it so I know for the future?

GeorgeGerhard · Apr 23, 2010

Where exactly in NY is he, I may be interested
thank you
George

71318Swinger · Apr 23, 2010

I'd be interested in knowing where this is for future trips

matthon · Apr 23, 2010

Greenwich, near Saratoga.
I know exactly where it is, but I do not have an address.
I can get it though.

JohnnyJet · Apr 25, 2010

Im interested but whats the point if he wants you to check elsewhwer..im a lil ditzy...help?

matthon · Apr 25, 2010

He is cautious, for lack of a better word. He doesn't trust people because he thinks some want to take advantage of him and his stuff just to make a buck selling it after they get it from him. In his mind it is a collection, not a junkyard, and eventually he could use the parts for his own cars- he has roughly 200 running, driving, cars in barns, carports, etc- alot of them with plates on them.
He has specific things for sale, but these are mostly running cars.

Bottom line, he didn't want me running around his yard without knowing specifically what I wanted, and that I had some understanding of what it would cost to buy new or used.

It may sound crazy, but if you met him you would understand.

HemiPar · Apr 26, 2010

I would get a list and then get prices from here as to what you could expect to pay. Then take him your "PRICE LIST". Maybe he would sell then?

matthon · Apr 26, 2010

Yeah, he would. I know a few people that haven't had any issues buying stuff from him, but it seems the older the parts, the harder it is for him to part with them- pun intended.
He is a hardcore Mopar fan and has spent his life gathering everything and anything Mopar, and doesn't see it as a junkyard. As he put it, "It's not a junkyard, there aren't any Chevys in it."