I need an awesome junkyard in the DFW area (Dallas).
December 20, 2009 7:22 PM   Subscribe

I live in Plano, TX, and I am looking for a place where I can basically harvest my own parts from a large scap yard.

I am looking for one of those junkyard places (auto salvage yards?) where you can go in, pay a nominal fee, and take parts off of junked cars in order to fix your own car. Basically, I have the skill, I don't have a lot of money, and I enjoy the game of repairing my own car.

(If you're interested, my multi-function switch in my new to me 2002 Ford Explorer is kaput. But it also took the right rear turn signal with it when it died.)

I don't mind 30 or so miles of one way travel to get to a cool yard. I would certainly revisit a place that was awesome and had nice people running it. If you're in the DFW Metroplex and know of a place like this, could you let me know?
posted by Jim On Light to Grab Bag (3 answers total)
 


Sometimes those places also go by "pick and pull," so Googling that should give you more leads.
posted by fairytale of los angeles at 7:39 PM on December 20, 2009


Response by poster: For some reason I knew I was leaving myself up to the "google this" chorus - sometimes a recommendation for a great place that has no idea what the "internets" even are finds its way into MeFi. That was what I was hoping for!

I did find our Dallas Pick-N-Pull place. I found the part I needed (like 50 times over), had a great time by myself wandering among the car and truck graveyard, and the staff in the front was nice.
posted by Jim On Light at 7:28 PM on December 22, 2009


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