Large junkyard discovered in RI.

Some kind of crazy junkyard discovered in Rhode Island. Plenty of Mustang content:

Link: http://jalopnik.com/5102534/massive-secret-mustang-junkyard-found-in-rhode-island-forest?skyline=true&s=i

and every one of them beyond restoration

wow if you look at the comments some one found them all in an ariel shot, there's TONS of cars there.

why was it a secret? Looks like many of the cars were picked for parts unless it was one loony doing it.

I though Rhode Island was a lot smaller than that.

I guess it's just me, I see many, VERY rusted looking cars, several that are interesting, but how many of them are salvageable? It doesn't look like very many.........tho it could just be the pix.

yeah, that's just a bunch of $60/ton scrap, to be sold to china so they can make it into war planes and bombs and stuff and give us what we've been paying them to give us -- a good old-fashioned Sun Tzu ass-whoopin. we may not be at war with china, but china's certainly at war with us.

oops, i think i just floundered this thread. feel free to ignore me. i'm in a pissy mood this morning.

Wow Angry just poped a brake line getting out of bed today...

Theres loads of good stiff in that yard still like pedal assemblies and molding grills and headlight buckets ect all hard to find stuff. Wish i had time to go and look it about 2 hour drive from here.

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I wonder where in RI this is...

Not that I'm in the market for a half-disintegrated Mustang.

Cool find, though. Very cool.

Some of those would be AWESOME if they were just in slightly better shape...that Dodge truck and that crazy old Ford van would be sweet projects.

44Dwarf wrote: Wow Angry just poped a brake line getting out of bed today... Theres loads of good stiff in that yard still like pedal assemblies and molding grills and headlight buckets ect all hard to find stuff. Wish i had time to go and look it about 2 hour drive from here. 44

I agree. Very rough but may have some interesting parts in there that are usable/restoreable. I would love to walk around there.

There are some good projects there but I'm sad so many have no glass and thus probably no floors at this point.

Still, I call dibs on the 57 Olds hardtop, 55 Chrysler and 69 Mustang Sportsroof. And I definitely saw a Chevy II and 47-54 Chevy stakebed truck that would be easy to patch up.

yeah the box 2dr looked promising and the ?Hillman? wasn't too bad either.

How many mice are living in these hulks of rust,and rott? I only ask becaue I have been battling mice in my house the past week or so. I have got three so far with traps,and I imagine I will have more.

There were at least 6 living in ToddK's TR8 coupe he had stored in my yard for the past year,and these cars have been sitting way longer.

You have to remember with Mustangs there is so much aftermarket sheet metal avaiable that a lot of those car can be brought back to life. The problem is the cost to do so. Its always cheaper to start with a solid car then a rusty one dispite the fact that the solid car is going to cost more to buy. You either pay up front or during the rebuilding process. Which will take longer.

Yes and no those rust POS are good VIN numbers....

44Dwarf wrote: Yes and no those rust POS are good VIN numbers....

and if you have the money to pullit off, a good vin is essential

I see an complete early RX7 and MG in these photos....hmm...wonder if it might be worth a drive to go down and check it out.

RoadWarrior wrote: I see an complete early RX7 and MG in these photos....hmm...wonder if it might be worth a drive to go down and check it out.

Had to search for them but I found 'em. Man, there is a lot of pics. The MG doesn't look all that bad really. I would love to walk around that place.

Stuff like this is fascinating. You could easily kill a day exploring that yard.

RX7 took some finding! I also spotted a decrepit Fiat 124 spider, a Ford Anglia (100E?), and you can see the corner of an Opel GT in one shot. There's a few other interesting '80s Japanese cars, too.

EricM wrote: and every one of them beyond restoration

Yep... A few of the cars look like they could be salvaged.. but then again, think of how many feet of snow they've been buried under over the years... some of the trim off the 50's cars would be worth saving. Even if it needs restoring, it would be better than nothing.

So....NE GRM-er run to hidden junkyard?

Wish i had time this coming weekend is allready booked for forester clutch...