Cars of the Harris Fire - Part 4 (other)

Car work has been slowed today by the closure of the 5 and 210 freeways.  The latest Sylmar fire has allowed the crew to stay home and enjoy their Saturday.  

    So, here's my last installment of the Cars of the Harris Fire.
Tonka
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TEE BIRD

A morning at the Pick-a-part

Dennis and I met up at 10am this morning at one of Sun Valley's beautiful pick-a-parts.  Niether of us had been for years and along with being stunned by the landfill mountain that had formed behind it, we were stunned by the prices!  $50 for a radiator? $20 for tires?  Who knew?

It wouldn't have been an issue if we hadn't found a 1978 RX7 that was in surprisingly good shape.  We got a muffler, water neck and a spare radiator.  I don't know if we'll use the radiator but this one seemed to be in great shape....so it's good to have as a back up.

Things I forgot about Sun Valley Pick-a-parts

1. Wear long pants

2. Wear a hat

3. It's smelly

4. Bring a rag

5. Bring a hammer

6. It's smelly
A tip - when removing an intake manifold make sure you remove all the bolts before trying to "pop it loose" with a crow bar.
The brakes were actually worse than the ones on our car and the only other RX7 in the lot had no brakes at all.

Cars of the Harris Fire - Part 2

Cars of the Harris Fire - Part 1

It's been a year since the Harris fire swept around my parents house in east county San Diego.  Here's part one of the Cars of the Harris Fire.
The hinges on this mercedes must've been made of aluminum, the doors fell away in a really nice symmetrical way.