HI I'M TINY, I JUST JOINED THIS GREAT SITE TODAY, I HAVE HAD 2 WAGONS IN THE PAST(NONE NOW) , PRESENTLY RESTORING A 78 RANCHERO, I'M A SALVAGE YARD NUT, I KNOW OF A YARD HALFWAY BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND CARLISLE THAT HAS NEVER CRUSHED ANYTHING THEY'VE BROUGHT IN AND THERE IS EASILY 200 + PINTOS AND BOBCATS, NO CRUISER WAGONS , I WOULD HAVE NAILED IT BY NOW---BUT IF ANYBODY NEEDS A SUPER RARE ITEM LIKE A '76 GRILLE, OR IF THE CARLISLE GROUP WOULD LIKE TO GET A POSSY TOGETHER FOR AN OUTING, LET ME KNOW EITHER HERE OR AT heytiny@msn.com thank you and have a blessed day---Tiny
Welcome Tiny!
Wow, a yard with 200+ Pinto's, makes me drool. We heard of a yard in Amarillo, TX who has something like 35, but 200, very nice. It would be interesting to know rough inventory, like are there any potential drivers or are they mostly sun faded rust buckets. For sure there would be good parts even if the exterior was shot.
Once again, welcome to the site and thanks for sharing!
Dave
even if the cars were parted out that would be a PhotoGraph worth having...Take pic's
FrankBoss
www.PintoWorks.com
To bad I'm on the other end of the state!
HEY ALL --TINY HERE AGAIN;
I GUESS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SMART TO TELL OF THE YARD MORE, I HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF REPLIES AND THANK YOU BUT I REALLY HAVEN'T GOT THE TIME TO GO LOOK FOR YOUR PARTS. THE NAME OF THE YARD IS CALLED "HOFFORTS" , ITS IN A TOWN CALLED BERNVILLE , THATS JUST NORTH OF READING PA. NOW ANYBODY AROUND THAT AREA KNOWS OF THAT YARD, ITS SORT OF LIKE A THORN IN THE TOWNS BACKSIDE. IF YOU GO , WHERE COMFORTABLE SHOES. THE PROPERTY IS BIGGER THAN THE CARLISLE FAIRGROUNDS(NO JOKE). THE WIFE OF THE OWNER (ON A GOOD DAY) WILL TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE TO WHERE A CERTAIN CAR IS. THIS PLACE AIN'T CHEAP, ITS LIKE THEY ARE SAVING FOR THEIR RETIREMENT OR SOMETHING. THEY'VE GOT CARS GOING BACK TO THE 1930'S, WELL PICKED OF COURSE, ANY MUSCLE CARS ARE MERELY A SHELL, NO VETTES OR MERCS, THERE IS 1 CHOPPED TOP BUICK(1954?) THATS RUSTING ALL TO HELL BUT THEY THINK ITS WORTH $2500. THERE ARE A LOT OF HARD TO FIND FULL SIZE FORDS THERE LIKE THE CLONE X- BUT LIKE I SAID SOMEBODY HAS ALREADY RAPED IT.ONE OF THE FIRST OLD CARS YOU SEE IS A 1959 CADDY THATS BEEN STRIPPED.
NOW ABOUT THE PINTOS, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE'S. YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY PUT CARS IN THE 70'S AND THEN THE 80'S BUT THE PINTOS CAN BE FOUND EVERYWHERES, THEY ARE VERY HEAVY ON THE EARLY YEARS AND ALL THE WAY UP TO '78-- THE 79S AND 80S ARE SCARCE AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THERE IS A DIRTTRACK NOT FAR UP THE ROAD WHERE THE PINTOS GOT RACED BACK IN THE 80-90'S. THE RACETRACK IS CALLED BIG DIAMOND IN MINERSVILLE PA FOR ANYONE KEEPING RECORDS.
NOW YOU CAN TAKE A CLUB OR GANG IN THERE BUT MIND YOU UNDER NO REASONS ARE KIDS ALLOWED, THEY ARE OPEN 8-3 WKDAYS AND 8-1 ON SAT--THEY ARE LOCATED ON SWISSDALE ROAD, FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAPQUEST IT. ALSO IT MIGHT BE WISE TO WAIT UNTIL THE WEATHER BRAKES A LITTLE MORE, SNOW DOESN'T MELT UP THERE TOO FAST. IF THE LADY ASKS HOW YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THEM , TELL THEM THE BIG GUY WITH DONUTS TOLD YOU. THAT WOULD BE A WORD TO THE WISE TO BRING A FOOD BRIDE, LIKE I SAID THERE PRICES ARE HIGH, EVERYTHING HELPS----GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!--TINY
Road Trip!
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thats the one, say when, and don't forget the donuts!!!!!-tiny
Tiny,
Does this place have an address and telephone number, I cannot find it in the Yahoo yellow pages.
Tiny had the spelling wrong on the name... I found it ;)
Hofferts Used Auto Parts
418 Swissdale Road, Bernville, PA 19506
610-488-1577
Thank you, I may make a trip this summer.
I just read a report on hemmings stating that this junk yard is closing and they may be crushing off the inventory. So get there soon.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/10/
Quote from: rear ended on April 14, 2008, 11:18:02 PM
I just read a report on hemmings stating that this junk yard is closing and they may be crushing off the inventory. So get there soon.
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2007/10/
doesn't that just bite! thank that to high scrap metal $$
they are not answering there phones nor is there an answering machine for the number listed in this post.
i could use a stock throttle cable to a 72 2.0 manual trans. anyone know where to get the sticker that goe on the air cleaner?
Hi Tiny off sub., I have 79 ranch. that I am cleaning up again 332,000 mi. owned 24 yr's I am going to instal 2.3 + auto 4 spd. and pull big block 351-m + fmx. The 1 to instal is 94 D port head roller rocker, so if it can pull boat up ramp then I am good with it. I have spare part's if you need. Fred :)
I called today and got an answering machine, the lady on the machine did not sound too freindly. Basically I got the impretion that they could be there or not. So I was going to plan a trip out, but if they could leave on a seconds notice, i guess I have changed my mind. No reason to make a trip for nothing.
Now are you willing to go get parts for us all for a fee?
Quote from: Original74 on March 14, 2008, 08:32:19 AM
Welcome Tiny!
Wow, a yard with 200+ Pinto's, makes me drool. We heard of a yard in Amarillo, TX who has something like 35, but 200, very nice. It would be interesting to know rough inventory, like are there any potential drivers or are they mostly sun faded rust buckets. For sure there would be good parts even if the exterior was shot.
Once again, welcome to the site and thanks for sharing!
Dave
DAVE:
Can you write me and tell me about the yard in Amarillo? I sure would be interested to hear/see whta they have. Thanks!
Chris
Chris,
Give me a bit to think.....I know he guy who posted about it worked there, I think he had Sam in his name....let me do some searching and I will get back to you.
Dave
Wow, ...searched on Amarillo...I love search at this age! Check this out friend:
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,4209.0.html
Thanks Dave, should be interesting!
Chris
HEY ALL TINY HERE, ITS MARCH 30 -2007, HECK ITS ABOUT A YEAR SINCE I FIRST POSTED ABOUT THE BIG 200 PLUS PINTO YARD CALLED HOFFERTS. WELL HERE'S THE UPDATED NEWS, THE YARD STARTED SCRAPPING THEIR INVENTORY LAST YEARS WHEN SCRAP WAS SO HIGH. A FRIEND AND I WENT BY THERE JUST 2 WEEKS AGO. YEAH THE YARD IS STILL THERE BUT YOU CAN TELL THEY HAVE CLEANED UP A WHOLE LOT. WHEN WE TRIED TO GET IN, THE LADY SAID SHE REALLY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE OPENING TODAY(IT WAS ABOUT 11AM ON A THURS.). WE DROVE A GOOD HALF OUT OF THE WAY TO THERE AND SHE WOULDN'T LET US IN. IN THE PAST I TOLD YOU ALL THAT I TAKE DONUTS WITH ME AS A BRIBE OR SOMETHING TO EASE HER OVER. WELL THEY DIDN'T WORK THIS TIME(YES I KEPT THEM). I SINCE HAVE 2 OTHER DECENT YARDS, FIRST IS KLINGERS, THEY ARE EAST OF HARRISBURG NOT FAR FROM WHERE ROUTES 78 AND 81 SPLIT. THIS GUY IS A FORD GUY, HE HAS A STRONG FOLLOWING OF MAVERICKS, COMETS, AND PINTOS. I CAN NOT REMEMBER THE TOWN BUT IF YOUR AT A CARLISLE SHOW IT MIGHT BE WORTH A ROAD TRIP UP TO THE YARD. THE OTHER YARD IS NORTH OF ALLENTOWN PA ITS CALLED "YOU PULL AND SAVE" , ITS ON ROUTE 895 IN NEW RINGGOLD PA. IT IS A VRY LARGE AND WELL ORGANIZED YARD. ALL OF THE OLDER CARS ARE IN THE BACK SECTION DOWN THE HILL AND THERE IS ABOUT 8-10 PINTOS. THIS IS NOT THE FAMOUS HARRYS U-PULL-IT, AND BY THE WAY , HARRYS IS "NOT" WORTH YOUR TIME. HARRYS IS OVERPRICED AND ITS MOSTLY LATE MODEL JUNK. WELL THATS ABOUT IT, I AM ON MY WAY DOWN TO A YARD IN NORTH CAROLINA(NEAR HAVELOCK) TO PICK A CHECKER WAGON CLEAN. GOOD LUCK IN YOUR FINDS, SEE YOU AT CARLISLE, AND GOD BLESS!!!!!! --TINY
I guess the best thing to do in that case is camp out near the entrance to the place,a runabout will sleep one,lol.I would,that would be like a trip to Disney for me,only 10 times better
i'm looking for a 3 piece rubber rear bumper guards on a 1972 pinto wagon please help Bill .....lockoski720@comcast.net
gotta 1978 pinto wagon..2.3 ltr...need accelerator cable or some advice.jeff
Quote from: jeff shein on March 18, 2010, 02:01:06 AM
gotta 1978 pinto wagon..2.3 ltr...need accelerator cable or some advice.jeff
Jeff,
This particular thread is over two years old... pretty much dead. Try posting your request in another topic here. You may also want to post it in General Pinto Talk or in Your Projects. Your best bet is probably to contact Fred Morgan. Odds are, if you post that particular need in one of those threads however, he'll contact you. He's the "go to" man for Pinto parts of most any description.
Dwayne :smile:
thanks-who is fred morgan and how can i contact him.
Fred is all over the place on this site... you can hardly miss him. He posts frequently in the Shout Box. Scroll down through the shouts until you see his name. If you click on his name, it will take you to his profile where you can PM him (sent a Personal Message). I'm sure he'll get back to you in short order.
Dwayne :smile: