Cool salvage yard I have yet to go to...

[ToolGuy]

Sounds great and I first read about it in an article in my May Car and Driver! I will be going one weekend for sure! Next time you are in the Motor City, take a drive down Eight Mile Road and stop at Parts Galore. You won’t see hip-hop artist Eminem spewing lyrics, but what you will find is a junkyard that has mastered a tune of its own. This 100 percent self-service salvage yard is quickly becoming a haven for do-it-yourselfers and professional technicians looking for replacement parts. A staffer told us they turn over 1,000 cars a week. “We get our fair share of technicians from dealerships and independent shops looking for hard-to-find parts,” she says. Though two of the technicians we contacted in the Detroit area had yet to go there, both had heard about it.Open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., visitors simply pay a $1 entrance fee and bring their own tools. The eight-acre lot is a virtual sea of automobiles arranged by vehicle manufacturer. It’s neat and orderly and demystifies the theory that all junkyards are, in fact, junkie.There is plenty of browsing room, and all vehicles are lifted off the ground for easy undercar access. Plus, there is a designated price for every product — no matter what car it came off of. For example, a front axle assembly with hub for a 4x4 costs $150.99, a mirror door for a truck costs $5.99. A blower switch is priced at $2.59. Brake rotors without the hub for a passenger car ring up at only $10.99. Parts Galore Manager Sidney Stokes says they see about a 50/50 split in sales of hard parts and collision components. Traffic is so heavy that they change cars daily. “We have 2,000 on the lot every day. If the vehicle is stripped, it comes off the lot, or if there is an abundance of a certain type of vehicle,” Stokes told us during a tour of the facility. All automotive fluids are removed for recycling and buyers are charged a 29- to 99-cent environmental fee on each part.

[ToolGuy]

OK cool! You never know what you will find at one of these! I used to go to one on a regular basis in Ohio but I do not live there anymore and this one seems much better! If these cars could only talk, wow, the stories we would hear...

[drunkenmaxx]

junkyards rock! i like to just look around and see all the wicked wrecks! we have one around my parts that has all the cars lifted off the ground, it can make things much easier and safer.

[silver_vibe]

Too bad they aren't closer. I need a part GM doesn't make anymore. I just checked mapblast and 2300 seems a little too far for a $25 part.

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[rebbierae]

Silver...time it just right and go north just a wee little bit, and you could be there for the Midwest Meet this summer!

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by rebbierae »Silver...time it just right and go north just a wee little bit, and you could be there for the Midwest Meet this summer! Haha, that's what I was thinking! We can make a train up there from SoCal! lol

[ToolGuy]

Quote, originally posted by silver_vibe »Too bad they aren't closer. I need a part GM doesn't make anymore. I just checked mapblast and 2300 seems a little too far for a $25 part. I can take orders bro! LOL!!! I can take pics too and maybe they could ship to you if they do that...Toolguy parts runs, I like it!

[Mrizzle05]

Umm... yes, id like an order of alternator with a side of spark plugs!!!

[silver_vibe]

Quote, originally posted by MiVibe-ToolGuy »I can take orders bro! LOL!!! I can take pics too and maybe they could ship to you if they do that...Thanks for the offer - I'll keep that in mind. We got a few Ecology Wrecking yards down here that I go to, but it's very hit-and-miss. Although there is no way they turn over 1,000 cars a week - probably more like 1,000 a year.