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UPDATED 01-30-06
SELF SERVE YARDS
General admission is usually $2. No one under 18 years.
Most are open 7 days per week.
Ecology, Oceanside -- 2315 Carpenter Road (760) 757-7770. Frequently a good supply of 240 models and occasional 740's. This is one of the smaller yards so selection is limited.
Ecology, Chula Vista -- 800 Energy Way (619) 409-9200. Good selection of 200 and 700's. Better than average parts available. The Chula Vista Ecology's are divided into import only and domestic only. This is the import yard This is a good-sized place with a good turnover rate.
Ecology, Brown Field/San Diego -- 1180 Heritage Road (619) 409-9200. Just a few miles from the Chula Vista yard. Located in an area filled with salvage yards, salvage vehicle sales lots and other goodies. You will find 240's and a few good 740's. Opens at 7:30 am.
Ecology, Adelanto -- 11200 Alden Road (760) 246-8616. A lonely, forgotten yard filled with lonely, forgotten and sun-baked cars. Worth a visit once in a while if you are in the area.
Ecology, Lancaster -- 43927 90th St. East (661) 946-1076. $1 entry into a dirt and sand lot that's mixed of domestics and imports. A few Volvo's scattered about. Uncrowded, but otherwise nothing too spectacular. Worth it if you're in the area.
Ecology, Wilmington -- 1000 East Lomita (310) 835-Junk. Good selection of 240s and 740s.
They do not have a posted parts price list, but they are very reasonable.
Ecology, Santa Fe Springs -- 13780 East Imperial Highway (714) 994-0703. Heavily visited by salvage hounds. O.K. selection. Has a high turn-over. Opens at 7:00 am.
Ecology, Rialto -- 221E. Santa Ana Ave. (909) 877-6934. Clean yard. Has a foreign car section with some scattered Volvos if your lucky. Usually a few 140's, 160's, old 240's and an occasional 740. Turnover is sporadic.
Pick A Part, Riverside -- 3760 Pyrite St.. (909) 685-6744. Large foreign car section, but alas, Volvos are few and the turn-over here is very slow… slower sometimes for Volvos. I have seen rows of cars change several times over a period of months with the same lonely, stripped out 240 on the end with a new date painted on it (???). It's worth a periodic visit because occasionally you get lucky.
Pick A Part, San Bernardino -- 407 E. 9th Street. Fair sized foreign car section with a few Volvos scattered. Better selection of Volvos than the Riverside yard, but this place too has been guilty of leaving old Volvo heaps for months while replenishing other cars all around them.
Pick A Part, Monrovia -- 3333 Peck Rd. (near Live Oak Ave). (626) 445-2922. You take your chances on finding ANY Volvos because they don't keep track of what comes in. Volvos are still way back in the corner - there were only about 4… all 240 sedans (entry 3/05), but I lucked out and found a set of hood hinges in like new condition for about $8 each. (De La Huerta Volvo salvage wanted $25 for one.) It definitely pays to "do-it-yourself."
Pick A Part, Compton -- 2050 E. Shauer St. (310) 632-4181 (Comments welcome)
Pick And Pull, Victorville -- 17229 Gasline Road. (760) 241-8414. Their other name is American Best Tow. $1 entry for both the domestic and import yards, although even the import yard is getting stocked with some domestic cars. It's a big, uncrowded lot. Some areas are paved, some dirt and sand, and there are a few inclines so it's not an easy walk. Around 20 Volvo's of various makes and models scattered about with very slow turnover - some cars will remain for nearly a year. Parts selection is decent, and prices are better than other self-serve yards. Worth a visit once in a while.
Pick Your Part, Chula Vista -- 880 Energy Way (619) 482-3770, Just down the street from the Ecology yard. This lot generally contains a couple of dozen good wrecks in the 240 and 700 class. Typically a good place to get body panels and glass. Turn-over is fairly good (check at least once a month).
Pick Your Part, Anaheim -- 1235 South Beach Boulevard (714) 385-1301. A popular yard with many of our members. Clean and paved. Fairly good turn-over of stock but fewer Volvos than some of the other yards. Opens at 7:30 am. Admission here is $2.
Pick Your Part, Sun Valley -- 11201 Pendleton. Great, GREAT yard. They have probably a good 40-50 rows of cars, and they were turning the rows over on a *Sunday* the last time I was there. Apparently stock flips very fast. Good number of Volvos, including both 7 and 2 series cars (nice 760 with a full, *clean* leather interior last time I was there.) Concrete paved lot with all the cars up on welded stanchions -- nice and stable.
Pick Your Part, Bakersfield -- 5311 S. Union (661) 833-5656. Comment from Wade, Jan 2006: Nothing but 240's.
Pick Your Part, Wilmington -- 1903 & 1232 Blinn (800) 962-CARS. Went to both lots on Blinn. Separate $2 admission charge for each lot + $2 for the "Primo" ('88 and newer) section at 1232 Blinn. Don't waste your time. There was a total of perhaps 12 Volvos on the lots and they were heavily picked over.
Pick Your Part, Santa Paula -- 910 Mission Rock Rd. (805) 525-7414 (Comments welcome)
U Pick Parts, Sun Valley -- 11409 Penrose St. (323) 875-1105 This yard is utter garbage. I've been there three times over the span of the last 4 months, and there are European cars there that were there the FIRST time I visited the yard. Everything in the yard is dirty, and the cars are held up on two steel wheels -- rather hairy. The cars they do get tend to be very, VERY beat to hell as well, and mostly stripped. The Foreign section (if you can call it that) is about 5 rows of cars. Not worth the $2.
U Pick Parts, Los Angeles -- 8103 S. Alameda St. (323) 583-1094 (Comments welcome)
U Pick U Save, Pomona -- 1560 E. Mission (909) 623-6108. Dirty, Dusty place with a small European section in the corner. Usually one or twoVolvos, but they sit there for too long.
U Pick U Save, Gardena -- 17800 S. Vermont Ave. (310) 327-0400 (Comments welcome)
OTHERS / Full Service Dismantlers where Volvos can be found
All Foreign & GM, Oceanside -- 1050 Airport Rd. 760-757-7101. Reported to be an excellent place to get Volvo parts at decent prices. This is generally a full-service yard, however they will pull parts for you or you can pull them yourself (most parts are pretty much already pulled by them and on shelves). Nice clean yard with its own section for Volvos. I even saw some 1800 bodies. This yard is on a section of Airport Rd. that is pretty much directly across Hwy 76 (and the swamp) from Ecology. Take Bennet Rd. north off 76 and you'll find Airport Rd. on your left about 1/2 mile. This place is about 1/2 mile down Airport Rd.
Certified Auto Salvage, Santa Ana -- 904 East 2nd Street (714) 835-4137. 99% Volvo. Not clean at all (they're working on it). Many 700s, 200s, not sure about other models. Not so much turnover, but rather many incoming and no outgoing. Many parts already pulled, some sitting outside collecting the weather. Can get new parts if needed; best supply of new aftermarket lights and lenses. Prices are quite expensive, but can generally find what you're looking for. This place started with a grade of F+, but they have recently been improving by leaps and bounds. Have never had a problem with any part I've gotten from them, just prices.
Daytona Auto Salvage & Parts, Volvo Specialists, Pacoima --10235 Glenoaks Blvd #A, (818) 834-0051. They did let me pick some stuff off the lower level cars myself. 99% Volvo, with a Saab, Jeep and a van. Not sure of turnover, looks as though stuff sits there until its literally picked clean.
De La Huerta Auto Salvage (Specializing in Volvo), Duarte -- 852 Alpha Street (626) 358-7316
It is a relatively small yard, but I saw more Volvo's there than at all of the other yards I visited in total.
Price Auto Parts, Santa Ana -- 905 East 2nd Street (714) 542-4421. Directly across street from Certified Auto Salvage. A self-serve general salvage yard with the occasional Volvo (Prices there are borderline free!!).
R.C. Imports, Chula Vista -- 777 Energy Way (619) 421-7151. Volvos are all that they offer. Specializes in 200- and 700-series Volvos with 900-series and 850's as well. A small yard with most of the vehicles disassembled and the parts organized and well stocked. Located just west of the Ecology yards, up a long driveway. It is run by a father and son and very helpful. If needed they will install parts at a reasonable price. Good friendly people.
Shirinco, Brown Field/San Diego -- 935-D Heritage Road (619) 661-0222. Primarily a M-Benz source, but will occasionally have a 700-series Volvo (currently has a 780 V-6). Worth a call once a month to check their stock. Located at the north end of Heritage Rd. (off the beaten path). Call for directions before visiting.
Thomas Auto Salvage, Gardena -- 440 E. Redondo Beach Blvd. (310) 327-2950, http://www.thomasvolvo.com/, E-Mail: floyd@thomasvolvo.com. Full service dismantler and Volvo Specialist. Customer Comment: I have found them to be helpful and friendly. Thomas is an older guy and doesn't
deal with the customers that much. Their prices are ok and the premises are clean. You are not allowed where the cars are and they get things for you. They usually have several used Volvos for sale that they have put together.
Trolley Auto Parts, San Diego -- 2966 Commercial Avenue (619) 234-4141. Focuses on high-end European automakers (BMW, Mercedes, Volvo). Will have 700- and 900-series Volvos ('89 780 V6 in stock). Cars are stacked up, four vehicles high on a rack system, and you ask for the parts you need. This yard was referred to me by my mechanic. Good turnover. Ask for Nikki (nice, young lady).
More SoCal Salvage Yards at: http://www.southcalifornia.com/wreck.htm
VOLVO Salvage Yards outside SoCal
Bryans Road, MD http://www.volvousedparts.com
Tucson, AZ http://www.revolvstore.com/
Scottsdale, AZ http://www.hirschinds.com/
Sacramento, CA www.sawvolvo.com
Centuria, WI www.strandbergauto.com
Central New York www.erievovo.com
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