![]() I’m talking about Turner’s Auto Wrecking, located in the heart of the Central Valley, just outside of Fresno. ![]() It’s a sprawling 70-acre facility packed full of junked cars that not only deals with local customers, but also ships parts all over the world. Unlike the chain wrecking yards, you can’t just show up at Turner’s, pay a couple of bucks and walk around the yard with your tools. Access is generally off-limits to the public, so when my dad told me a group of his car club buddies had been invited to look around the place, I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to tag along with my camera. While the most common reason to visit a junkyard is to find parts for your car, I take great enjoyment from just walking around and discovering cool stuff, and that’s exactly what I was planning to do on this beautiful fall Saturday. With acres and acres of automobiles to see, there was no time to waste. There was actually enough material for several posts, but I think I’ll limit my findings to two stories – this one for the American stuff and another for the imported stuff. ![]() Walking through Turner’s is like traveling back to an era when the roads were dominated by big rear-wheel drive American passenger cars. GM, Ford and Chrysler are all well represented, but there are also plenty of cars from brands which vanished a long time ago. And while there are exceptions, the vast majority of these vehicles were built between the early ’50s and the early ’70s.Īnd don’t think for a minute that this place only has the undesired cars of history. ![]()
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