I used to work a John's a few years ago. They are probably not going to be your best source. The focus at John's has always really late model stuff. I used to deal with quite a few of the other yards in the area maybe they have what you need. Foster's U-Pull it always had lots of old VW's Import Auto salvage always had allot of older cars 285-9864 All Foreign out on T.V. Hwy in Hillsboro always had older Volvo's and VW's Ken and Pat are great Guys. 649-5691 And there is also Campbell Nelson in Arlington/Edmonds WA. They seemed to always have Vanagon's and Westy's in the yard. http://www.campbellnelson.com/cnar.htm Hope that helps. The info is about a little old. I moved from Portland about 5 years ago. Good Luck.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of John Rossi Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 2:07 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Oregon/Wahington VW Salvage yards
I've been searching around the Portland, OR area for a salvage yard with a descent air-cooled Vanagon (pref westy) and a Rabbit conv. or early Cabriolet to no avail. I've searched the archives & haven't had much luck there... Been to John's, called Halsey, German Auto Salvage, & a bunch of others. Last time I was in Seattle I went to an excellent yard on W. Marginal Way... wish I had more time to spend there. Anyway, if anyone knows of a descent salvage yard within 100 or so miles from Portland I would really appreciate the lead. I'd prefer a 'pick and pull' yard but I'm not that picky. With all the VW's around here there's got to be a goldmine somewhere ;) John Rossi <rossi@internetcds.com> '81 Vanagon Westy '86 Cabriolet |
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