Update April 29: there’s a silver 9-3 coupe in Cookstown. I didn’t get a picture of the exterior, but the interior was very clean and well-kept. It was hit in the back right corner pretty well, which is why it’s in the yard. It’s not the most deluxe version, since the passenger seat is manual and the rear seats aren’t heated as far as I could tell. Someone already pulled some of the coupe-specific weatherstrip, so the interior my not last for a long time. I got some coupe-specific items myself.
Here’s a recently-arrived convertible at Cookstown.
It got hit in the front.
Interior is very nice. Driver’s seat is untorn. Doesn’t smell. Hurry, junkyard car interiors get ruined quickly, from weather, from people leaving doors open, from greasy parts being thrown inside.
Another new arrival is a 9-5 sedan. It’s been picked over some already. The DIC is gone, for example. Bring your waders to work on this car.
Both of the above cars are in the “recently arrived, to be sorted out” area in the south end of the you-pull yard.
In the north end, where everything is (kind of) sorted, there are a couple of Saabs left over. Another 9-5 sedan, well picked over:
And a hopelessly trashed 1997 900S with the 2.3 and auto. You don’t want to even stick your head inside, believe me. What some people do to their cars….
Behind the fence, not accessible to do-it-yourselfers, are some other Saabs. A lot of them don’t necessarily belong to Cookstown (yet), someone just ran out of other space. I guess a lot of cars got smashed up this winter. So these may come out. They say that they will put out cars up to about 2007 in the you-pull yard, but I have yet to see a single 2003+ 9-3 accessible for parts. I got a couple of pictures; there were other Saabs barely visible and I didn’t try to photograph them.
I also came across a Ford Fusion with a five-speed, and a Volvo S60 with a five-speed as well. The Fusion’s shifter is solid like some industrial machinery. The Volvo’s is kind of Saabish.
Finally, do not do this to your nice survivor 1979 Honda Accord. Don’t put dumb wheels on it, and don’t smash it into a post. I guess that applies to most cars.
Late August update: someone has taken the doors from the C900 convertible. The top has been put back up and the seats still look to be in decent shape.
In other news, all of the Saabs that were at Cookstown have been crushed or otherwise disposed of. There are a couple of new OG9-3 cars that I saw.
Have you actually seen someone with a jack in the yard? The yard in Fort Erie has them on old steelies. 8 per car. one horizontal and one in the vertical position at each jack point it works really well. Unfortunately they crushed the two C900’s they had. Damn my procrastination.
I may have used a jack to subtly raise a car to, e.g., get at a midflap. Doing a big jack-up would be a no-no; one of the yard workers would likely call you out. I don’t know what the consequences might be. If I had to get at the underside, I’d ask at the desk to see what could be done. Or I’d go to Mike’s. I got lucky there: I was looking for a filler tube for my car, and there was a non-turbo tipped off the concrete block at a 45º angle. Easy to pull the tube. (Non-turbo seems to lack a sensor found on turbo cars.)
Went out and had a look at the vert. Hoping to get up and pull some parts before the yard destroys it. Any one looking for a tan interior should get it fast.
Cooks town destroys the cars placing them directly on the ground. makes it extremely hard to pull parts an encourages rust, where there was none before. what a pitty
Putting cars on the ground means there are some parts that are really hard to pull by yourself, and they say no jacking devices (which people will ignore). However, at least nothing will fall on you. I always worry at Standard, where they stack one car on top of the other. And at Mike’s, the cars are on huge concrete blocks, but they get pushed off from time to time.
And yes, that interior was sure nice for an older car that’s been sent to the junkyard!
There are a couple of new 2002 9-3 SEs in the you-pull yard. Well, one is brand new, they haven’t processed it yet. Both have nice leather upholstery with the “Turbo” embossing. However, the better of the two already has had some stuff put on the seats, so I don’t know how long they will last.
The classic 900 convertible is in the yard….with the top down. So the interior, which is nice, won’t last for long! Beats me who or how the top was put down. Too bad!