Junk Yards
Porsche 356 Graveyard
The photo of this Porsche 356 graveyard has been floating around online for about a year now. I did a little research to see if I could figure out where it was taken and by whom, but wasn’t able… more»
Junk Yard Liquidation Sale
If you’re like us, you probably enjoy wandering around old junk yards! It’s always fun to study the old heaps, trying to figure out what their story is. Were they wrecked, worn out, or just unwanted? Well if you’d… more»
Old Car City: Diamonds in the Woods
“It’s history. I saved them when other people were crushing them,” Lewis says. “I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t get up every morning and look at old cars.” These are the words of possibly one… more»
Jeff In The Junkyard: Digging in the Archives
Due to the summer time activities taking priority over my junkyard excursions, I’m running out of fresh meat. But rest assured, an external hard drive still has a few gems stored away on it, and I’ve begun pulling together… more»
Jeff in the Junkyard: Return to the Forest
As I mentioned a few entries ago, my last junkyard visit provided more than enough fodder for a few weeks’ worth of posts. We’ll revisit this yard in Western Massachusetts for some additional diamonds in the rough, and, as… more»
Classics In The Southwest
On a recent trip through Arizona and New Mexico, reader Guido S came across some amazing cars and an impressive junk yard in the New Mexico desert. He couldn’t resist but stopping and taking some photos. Since we all… more»
Jeff in the Junkyard: Memory Lane
I decided to go a bit old-school this week and post some finds from yards I used to visit. I say “used” because they’ve since been cleared of anything remotely interesting and replaced with late-model garbage from the major… more»
Jeff In The Junkyard: Woodland Treasures
I had to find some new territory recently. It was bittersweet, in a way, because this latest yard represented the last of my “new” places on a list of six yards I identified over the winter. So, I’ll need… more»
Jeff In The Junkyard: Tiverton Forest
After taking a weekend off to attend a wedding, I thought this week’s edition of Jeff in the Junkyard should feature one of my favorite stops from last year, an active salvage yard in Tiverton, Rhode Island. This business has been around… more»
Jeff In The Junkyard: Amish Country!
Well, the wait is over: today’s installment of Jeff in the Junkyard kicks off a multi-part series of my visit to a junkyard in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country. My brother and I plan a few visits each year where we check out… more»
From The Archives: Salvage Yards
The automotive graveyard really isn’t a new thing and people have been hoarding cars and parts from the very birth of the automobile, but it isn’t something we tend to give much thought to. Finding photos or information about… more»
Jeff in the Junkyard: From MA to MD
As we continue our weekly series of junkyard finds (you can find the previous two entries here and here), I’m being a bit lazy this week and combining some remaining finds from the yard that yielded my prized dashboard… more»
Jeff in the Junkyard: Dashboard Heaven
Last week, we kicked off a new series on Barn Finds that covers my adventures to junkyards up and down the Eastern seaboard. Although I visited an incredible yard this past weekend in Pennsylvania, this week’s entries focus on a visit… more»
One Guy’s Personal Junkyard
Even though we all know that our homeowner’s association and our wives would never allow it, I bet every last one of us would love to have their own junkyard! Well, one man in South Carolina is lucky enough… more»
8,000 Cars For Only 3 Million!
If I had $3,000,000, I would be moving to Wendell Idaho right now. That may sound strange, but after reading this post on Hemmings, we think you will understand. One of the oldest salvage yards in the country is located… more»
Manitoba Salvage Yard Find
Reader Michael F. went out for a Sunday drive a while back and stumbled upon this junkyard outside of Manitoba, Canada and found something he would love to own. For those of you who own a copy of our… more»
