Roaming Through the Junkyard

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I've always had a bit of a fascination with my local "Pick and Pull" auto salvage yard.

The beauty of these places is that the inventory is always changing so I always make it a point to check it out at least once every couple of months or so.

I'll just never know what I will find.

Besides the cheap entertainment factor of exploring these old hulks, it's actually a good way to get some fresh air and exercise.

Out for a Stroll

And yet I always have a sense of sadness whenever I enter the yard, for a few reasons.

The first is that every car in the junkyard started out as someone's brand new pride and joy, was lovingly maintained by someone and was a part of the events that happened in someone's life. In the end, they only wind up at the end of the line, up on blocks and being scavenged. It's especially poignant if a car was considered to be very expensive or considered to be among the best of the best

Sad Old Merc

Sometimes you find an old soldier, surviving for many decades, only to end up here, with no savior to swoop in to rescue it and give it a new life.

A mid 60's Dodge Monaco - Body's actually in good shape

Then you find something that looks to be too new and in too good a shape and you wonder why on earth did it end up here.

A 2011 Chevy Volt - Seemingly in excellent condition?


I feel every car has a story to tell. Some of them have traveled great distances and have seen many things, while others stayed close to home, going about their business with little complaint or fanfare.

Thanks to the easy accessibility of car history reports, I can at least glean a little bit of what past lives these cars had lead, and perhaps gain a better application of them before they meet their date with the crusher.

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