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Offline PlumCrazyChris

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Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« on: August 20, 2010 - 05:03:29 PM »
One of the few remaining Mopar Only junkyards is closing down next month.  :o    :walkaway:

The owners are good friends and members of our Austin club and they say they can't comply with state regs, so they are going to close and crush everything they have.   :stomp:

If you need parts, give them a shout.   :1zhelp: www.DrMopar.com
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 Bummer... it was like our own personal candyland...   
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Offline wally426ci

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2010 - 07:38:22 PM »
See I don't understand why these places don't start pulling parts or advertising. So many good parts cars get crushed b/c the owners don't bother getting the word out.  :villagers:
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Offline wiging19

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2010 - 12:18:56 AM »
Business has changed alot in the last twenty years and some businesses don't know what they don't know.  Which is why PlumCrazy did everyone a service by sharing this info.  Not many of us can take advantage of this information but the ones that can appreciate the heads up.  This is where the web, twitter and face book come in handy.

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2010 - 12:27:28 AM »
really sux. many of us struggle a lifetime to get parts that just get scrapped.

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Offline wiging19

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2010 - 01:52:20 PM »
really sux. many of us struggle a lifetime to get parts that just get scrapped.

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I feel your pain. On the positive side many of our members actually help supply new parts that were not available even five years ago.  So with their help we will eventually get what we need.

Offline Challenger6pak

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2010 - 05:05:22 PM »
I wish I was close to there.  I would help them get rid of some parts.
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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2010 - 07:22:45 PM »
I'd love to by some glass,but I'm a little leary since they are going out of business.  No way of telling what you'll get and you can sure bet there are no returns.

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2010 - 08:25:40 PM »
I feel your pain. On the positive side many of our members actually help supply new parts that were not available even five years ago.  So with their help we will eventually get what we need.

I understand that, but the initial cost, and quality ... makes it just as hard to swollow, way too often.
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Offline Cooter

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2010 - 12:19:35 PM »
The more these type places go out of business, the more my own stash of parts is gonna be worth...
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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2010 - 12:24:31 PM »
I wonder if they still have the E body roller they show on the E body parts banner? I emailed and haven't got an answer back yet.

Offline Wollfen

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2010 - 10:03:34 PM »
If I wasnt back in Australia at the moment i would have said, "Anybody up or a road trip?" After looking at the cars and hearing he is going to crush most of it, I say there would be plenty of bargains to be had close to closing date......
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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2010 - 12:50:36 PM »
I wonder if the word Bargain will come into play here....  :clueless:
I`d love to have the old sportsman Van....  :bigshades:
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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2010 - 12:00:42 AM »
in my opinion place for over priced junk.
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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2010 - 08:45:39 AM »
Well, they finally wrote me back, no E bodies and no A body Barracudas. Guess I won't be buying anything from them.

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Re: Holy Crap!! Dr Mopar's closing and crushing next month!!!
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2010 - 10:19:33 AM »
I've found that most old car salvage yards ran out of the good stuff about twenty years ago. When R&R closed they pretty much crushed the cars that no one wanted. 
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