Date:         Sat, 8 Mar 2014 09:48:33 -0600
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
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From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] i went to alaska and for got my bus - no not
              really - but somebody did
Comments: To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
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Larry, thanks.  I looked online.  They do list recently added vehicles.  I also asked my mechanic about it.  He knows about the place, but said he'd never known of them to have a Vanagon.  In fact, if anyone in the OKC area does have a parts Vanagon, from what I have been able to determine over the past five years, it is him.  Everyone who has old or middle aged VWs around here seems to know Darrell (and highly recommend his work).

mcneely

---- Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Dave,
>   You didn't mention your location, but I seem to recall it's OK.  If so,
> be aware that there LKQ self-serve yards in OK City and Tulsa.
> LKQ is a nation wide chain that seems to be trying to become a monopoly by
> buying up yards everywhere.  They gobbled up at least 3 of them in Chicago
> when I lived there and have now taken over at least 3 in W MI where I live
> now.  My Dad helped one of those yards  get started back in the early 50's.
>   The LKQ yards in W MI have an on-line listing of their "recently added"
> vehicles.  I don't see any such feature for the OK City yard.
> Probably $2 admission.  Pretty small chance of finding a Vanagon.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 2:56 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > So far as I have been able to learn, all the salvage yards here operate
> > just like any parts vendor.  Go to a counter, tell them what you want, and
> > if they have it, they bring it to the counter.  They break everything down
> > to the degree they want to, sell those parts, which are in inventory, and
> > then junk the rest -- to the crusher.  No pick and pull exists, so far as I
> > know, in this area.  There is a place called Bethany Imports that used to
> > have vehicles to pick over, but they've never had a Vanagon since I've had
> > one, to my knowledge.
> >
> > mcneely
> >
> > > __,_._,___
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >

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David McNeely