Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:45:12 -0600
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From: Scott Chen <mac.chen@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: VW Junkyard in MD
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I just got back from a day at the junkyard. It's located in Woodsboro,
MD, a little north of Frederick. I spoke with Mark, who owns the
place, and the Vans are OK to part out, however he does not want to get
calls on nickle and dime stuff and seemed leery of my releaseing his
phone number to a mailing list. If you're in the area, he seems alright
with stripping the vehicles yourself, but I don't think he wants to
spend the time getting your $1.25 window crank handle and mailing it to
you. Mind you, this is a business and he is not giving the stuff away.
I paid 100 dollars for two front seats and 10 bucks for a front turn
signal lens. I also picked up the dashboard cup holder. Anyone know
the history of these things? It's injection molded plastic, the same
brown as my dahboard, and has to be made just for the Vanagon as it
fits perfectly. Sorry to whoever wanted it, but it's a keeper. I also
got the black plastic sleeve which fits over the shift lever (I always
thought they were painted), and a later model shift knob. All in all a
good day.
Now-for what he has. A total of 14 Vanagons in various states of
disassembly. No weekender interiors, but there were at least two
middle seats in good shape. He does have some diesels, but he is
holding on to the bellhousings and oil pans (this guy knows what he
has). The old Vanagon Westy is a diesel (engine still in it) and the
interior is apparently available to part out, he didn't mention that it
was off-limits. There is alot of good glass, door panels, interior
bits, etc. Some hubcaps scattered here and there, no alloys to be
seen. As I said, he isn't stupid and takes most of the good stuff off,
like tachometer guage clusters and rear window wiper motors. One of
the Vanagons still had one of the tow hitches that bolts on to the eye
hooks though. He mentioned that working rear window wiper motors are
hard to come by and didn't know if he had any. I almost bought a
tachometer guage cluster but when I tried it the Tach didn't work and
the water light blinked without the ignition switch being turned on.
Any thoughts on that?
It was kind of sad, a majority of the vanagons showed some of the love
that their owners had for them. There were personal details on each
van, most of the bodies were in decent shape and I witnessed one
unfortunate victim on its way to the crusher, filled to the brim with
scrap metal. I need to go back next week and can scout out specific
items. E-mail me with your needs and I'll see what I can do.
Cheers!
Scott\'84 Westy
Rockville, MD
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