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Salvage Yard Ron

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Ron Kowalke digs deep to find vintage salvage yards while exposing their classic iron treasures.

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Still sporting lots of donor-quality parts, including its grille, is this 1958 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Sedan four-door.
Features

Parts & Projects: Nobody Else's Auto

By Ron Kowalke
The Golden Sands Salvage sign attached to the beauty fence fronting Airport Road in Boscobel, Wis.
Hobby News

Finding old car gold at Golden Sands Salvage

By Old Cars Weekly
Father and son (l-to-r) Larry and Gary Foster pose with one of their salvage yard¹s wreckers. Their yard, B&S Auto Wrecking & Towing, is located in Hines, Ore., and specializes in light- and medium-duty trucks.
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B&S Auto Wrecking gives Oregon what it wants: Trucks

By Ron Kowalke
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Under the Hood

Last call for parts at Hillard Auto Salvage in Michigan

By Angelo Van Bogart
The two-room More Schoolhouse was built in 1910. Slim Haken lived there with his wife and two children for many years. He also reportedly had three dogs and seven peacocks.
Hobby News

Lamenting loss of Idaho salvage yard

By Angelo Van Bogart
The sign hanging on the office building not only contains necessary contact information, but also attractive prewar automobile artwork.
Hobby News

High and dry parts, cars at Idaho’s L&L Classic Auto

By Ron Kowalke
The cubed remains of the former inventory of Freman Auto Wrecking in Whitehall, Mont. The yard was closed in early May, and the estimated 3,500 vintage vehicles that comprised the yard’s inventory were crushed.
Hobby News

3,500 Crushed: Large Montana salvage yard closes

By raustin
The sign leading into Little Valley Auto Ranch in Belton, Texas, contains all the important contact information for the business. Simple, yet effective for maintaining customer traffic.
Salvage Yard Ron

LVAR salvage yard parks Model T's to street rods

By Ron Kowalke
A “barn find” brought to Manthey Salvage, this 1951 Nash Statesman Super two-door sedan now rests not far from its Kenosha, Wis., assembly point some 60-plus years earlier. Its roof is dented, but the car is otherwise complete and solid.
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Manthey Salvage makes room for old iron worth saving

By Ron Kowalke
Postcard picture perfect is this scene with a 1952 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe Bel Air hardtop with colorful brush growing alongside and the Rocky Mountains in the background.
Salvage Yard Ron

Project Heaven

By Ron Kowalke
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Salvage Yard Ron wraps up rip rap

By Ron Kowalke
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Salvage Yard Ron: Mystery yard of Matador, Texas

By Ron Kowalke
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Another yard falls victim to rural migration

By Ron Kowalke
1955 Packard Clipper Super Panama
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Briscoe Scrap: It's NOT a salvage yard

By Ron Kowalke
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Hayes Auto Salvage: Scavenging in a Kansas quarry full of cars

By Ron Kowalke

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