xjwisconsin
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- Location
- sturgeon bay, wisconsin
After my search for a hatch this week I thought it might be an interesting feature for us to have a state by state review of yards. I was not sure where to post this idea, but figured the BOD and most MWC members would see it here. I also thought that other members might find this idea interesting.
My thought is creating subthreads for each state in the MWC for people to post their reviews of service, cost, inventory, conditions at pick and pulls and private yards in their states. I also imagined that people could post up things they might have seen, much like the craigslist thread...
So to kick it off,
I was at Gibsons Iron and Metal on 9/17/12. Called and told them I would be driving an hour and a half to visit them. Could they tell me if they had any 97+? "yeah we have a bunch". Arived and found no maps to the locations of vehicle. After spending an hour walking the truck and suv section we found numerous 95 and down, but not a single 97 up. :firedevil I did see two manche with good cabs but bad beds. Several (3-6) Early model FSJ with D44's and 3-4 70's scouts. Service was next to who gives a f%$k.
Wife suggested we check Oshkosh... Arrived at Wallys Pick and Pull a Half our later. We were given a map of where xj's of our vintage might be found. Ten minutes later we were pulling a hatch and several other parts ( I the hatch the missus the sensor and such we were looking for). Inventory included many 96- and a handfull of 97 up. Two of the 96- had been lifted, one with a rusted out skyjacker kit, the other a mix kit. Service was excellent, the paths appeared to be graded daily or weekly. Lots of weeds between cars, but not the usual broken parts of wtf laying everywhere. Ended up picking a full hatch (minus closing latch) some trim panels and the switchpanel to control the defrost for the new hatch, and the lift struts for $100.:wierd:
My thought is creating subthreads for each state in the MWC for people to post their reviews of service, cost, inventory, conditions at pick and pulls and private yards in their states. I also imagined that people could post up things they might have seen, much like the craigslist thread...
So to kick it off,
I was at Gibsons Iron and Metal on 9/17/12. Called and told them I would be driving an hour and a half to visit them. Could they tell me if they had any 97+? "yeah we have a bunch". Arived and found no maps to the locations of vehicle. After spending an hour walking the truck and suv section we found numerous 95 and down, but not a single 97 up. :firedevil I did see two manche with good cabs but bad beds. Several (3-6) Early model FSJ with D44's and 3-4 70's scouts. Service was next to who gives a f%$k.
Wife suggested we check Oshkosh... Arrived at Wallys Pick and Pull a Half our later. We were given a map of where xj's of our vintage might be found. Ten minutes later we were pulling a hatch and several other parts ( I the hatch the missus the sensor and such we were looking for). Inventory included many 96- and a handfull of 97 up. Two of the 96- had been lifted, one with a rusted out skyjacker kit, the other a mix kit. Service was excellent, the paths appeared to be graded daily or weekly. Lots of weeds between cars, but not the usual broken parts of wtf laying everywhere. Ended up picking a full hatch (minus closing latch) some trim panels and the switchpanel to control the defrost for the new hatch, and the lift struts for $100.:wierd:
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