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07-14-2017
I've been hitting the local yards and noticed that almost all the places that had an abundance of 97-04 Grand Prix's etc are gone. A good amount of Bonnevilles and 05+ Grand Prix's are hanging around still. I guess the amount of people looking for parts on these cars is getting lower and they are getting crushed sooner. I know my car was already scrapped I dropped off in less than a month. 05-10 Grand Cherokee Parts are hell to find as well.
07-14-2017
Most of them get picked clean for the popular stuff. Once the motor/trans and the interior is gone they are just taking up space.
They make more money off newer model vehicles too, so that's another reason they crush the older vehicles.
07-14-2017
07-14-2017
Lucky my yards still have a bunch. Now finding good mid-80's Crown Vic parts, that's getting hard. Trying to find trim is almost impossible anymore and they're not valuable/popular enough to have any repro's being made, not even body panels. I have noticed a huge lack of 92-96 Bonneville's in my yards tho. Was looking for something for my 95 and I had to hit 3 places.
07-14-2017
Strange, since KC is full of WBody's...new and old. We always have something.
07-14-2017
Showing 7 in a local yard here, ranging from '90-'05. They did have more, but I find when you look at this kind of thing, they come in waves, so wait for the next wave of drunks and idiots to wreck their W-bodies. LOL
07-14-2017
New batches of teens are hitting the road every day...Originally Posted by Bronco Boy
07-14-2017
Haven't been yarding in a year or so myself but must say I did notice that the emphasis seemed to have switched to having plenty of 04+. Because let's face it, 03 back is stuff you can't hardly give away at this point. Some yards may be starting to fast forward them to the crusher now, after pulling working mechanicals.
07-15-2017
It is kind of weird the last time I was at a salvage yard was the day I got rid of my GP, I was looking for a factory radio for the GP since all of mine( I had two someplace) disappeared.
Originally Posted by The Sunfire Guy
07-15-2017
Any New Englander's around? There is a 40th in the Johnston RI pick n pull. I snagged the roof rails and a set of 40th floor mats which I will sell. The seats are still there in pretty good shape. The badges were gone and heat extracters and spoiler was broken.
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07-15-2017
Hello, Spider. I'm your neighbor in Coventry!
07-15-2017
No kidding thats awesome
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07-15-2017
We've got a full stable of 3800's over here. 05 & 06 GP base, and an 05 Monte LT. Formerly owned '00 & '03 GP's and an '89 Buick Electra Park Avenue... all 3.8's
07-15-2017
Last time I went to my local you pull in february, there had to be 2 dozen w bodies.
07-18-2017
You are correct. It won't be long before parts for a 97-03 Grand Prix become really hard to find. No one is saving these cars like collector cars for parts. Basically once they hit the Junkyard its only a matter of time before they are crushed for the scrap value. Each Junkyard has a time line on how long they hold a car for parts before scrapping it for the scrap value.
The only good news is mechanical interchange for these vehicles span many more years and models. The bad is specific parts for these cars will soon be extinct.
07-18-2017
Luckily, my area has a bunch in all directions. The town where she works a guy gots four 04+ sitting in his yard at home, lol
07-18-2017
GP's and W-body's up the wazoo over here. Not too worried....
07-24-2017
I recently acquired an 01 SE. It's got about 50k miles on it and it's still in great condition. In my area I see tons of these GPs in the yards still. It's much harder to find the SEs I have noticed. I hope to keep this car for at least 5 years, so hopefully it won't be a problem.
07-25-2017
X2 for me here in SoCal
07-26-2017
In my area of Florida there is tons of W-Bodies, and all sorts of other vehicles with 3800 engines. I think we'll be good for awhile, sorry to hear your area is dry though.
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