Snapshots: Visiting the dead

[rob w]

Todays trek to a salvage I've never visited before in Mount Pleasant, MI.


 











The only thing I got was, depressed. It was like strolling through a cemetery.
BobW

[thrownchain]

Yeah, but did you find anything that you couldn't leave without???

[wildman]

Bob, I was there last year and looked through their pile of wheels stacked against the fence, looking for a spool type wheel for my ice racer. There in the very back was a Penton front wheel with nice Sun rim and brake assy. Sold! for 20.00. I looked at it recently and it's the later hub with reinforced bearing area. I,m going to update my 250 HS to it soon. I like the Mount Pleasant motorcycle and snowmobile graveyard ( it's actual name) the best because the prices are lower than Slicks but you better know what you are looking for because most stuff is just in a huge pile, unmarked. Wildman

1975 250 Cross Country, 1974 175 Jackpiner, 1975 125

[rob w]

Dans,

Looked at everything, did'nt find anything, and wisely left with nothing. But that's under the category of - you'll never know if you don't look.
Tip for anyone starting a salvage business:  When you store your goods out in a field, in the back. As each year passes, your parts are going to become less desirable.

BobW

[Rain Man]

There's probably not any Pentons in any motorcycle graveyards left in the Country.  I'd say  "nice job to all of us".

Raymond
 Down East Pentons

[Chrisbo]

WOW, I wish we had yards like that in the U.K. although with our terrible weather they would need to be inside or everything would disintegrate within one year
Cheers
Chris.

[tofriedel]

Chris,

I don't know about your weather, but the weather in Michigan can be very severe.  Extremely cold and a lot of snow and ice.

Tony