Date:         Thu, 3 Dec 2009 03:14:04 +0000
Reply-To:     J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Field trip to M&M Salvage, RuckersvilleVA (short)
Comments: To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <408141.26792.qm@web110614.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

There is nothing worse than a junkyard on a rainy day! OK, maybe finding a Bus/Vanagon in a junkyard during the summer months and being so excited you jump right into the van and then realize a few seconds later what that buzzing sound is!! ( bee's nest) That's why I prefer to go in the winter months, I hate cold weather but I hate bees/wasps/snakes and ticks even more! I spent ALL day Sunday combing two junkyards in Maryland, both Crazy Ray's locations, one in Mount Airy and the other in Jessup. No Vanagons, wasn't even looking for one this time. No, thanks to a buck jumping in front of my daughters New Beetle Friday night, I was looking for New Beetle parts. Came up empty handed at the first one, but found one at Jessup. Much to my disappointment, I found VW attaches the fenders on New Beetles with dozens of Torx head screws, and guess what I didn't have? Did find though that an allen wrench of the same size can be jammed into a Torx head screw and it will come out. Made my job a little tougher, but I did leave with two fenders. Jeff 


Jeff Stewart 


----- "Stephen Grisanti" <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> wrote: 
> After the previous posts I just had to go see the place, so took a 
> rainy afternoon off and drove up and prepared myself to be astounded. Sign on the door says it all: "No one allowed in the field due to insurance regulations." 
> The guy at the counter told me they have one passenger van available 
> for parts and what did I want. No chance to look at it, wander about 
> and muse on the scavenged-part possibilities. You could tell by 
> looking at the field what the deal was; thin rows of empty shells in a 
> grassy field with no signs of recent visits by curious humans there to 
> pick parts. Fun at one time, maybe, but not today. Strictly bidness. 
> 
> Stephen 
> 
> 
> 
>