I'm sorry to hear them closing up for good.  I went over there years
ago(maybe 1994 or there abouts) when I lived in Arkansas and they fixed me
up with a good 2.0 from a vanagon that I temped in my 79 until I could get
my engine rebuilt.  Very nice crew working there.  I remember seeing
a  1974 standard beetle(the darker green color) with some body damage on
it.  The owner said it only had 14k on it.  back then he said he'd been
offered $14,000 for it as is and he wouldn't sell.  Always wondered what
happened to that beetle.  they also had a nice 91 White GL with automatic
on the lot and wanted $10k for it.  I still have a couple of their floppy
plastic key fobs complete with their 800 number on display somewhere in the
house.  Maybe someday they'll be collector's items!

DM&FS

At 07:47 PM 12/18/2004, Warren Lail wrote:
>By the Powers!
>
>Today ole Billy Bones and I went to Wilson's VW Parts Yard - it's closing
>for good - and I pulled parts most of the day.
>Vanagonauts would have been all over it.  Most people there were after bug
>and bay stuff, so I had all of the Vanagons to
>myself.  Most of them had been picked over pretty well, but I managed to
>find some cool stuff.
>
>Bought: the following items (all came from a 91 GL)
>Left and right tail light assemblies (my ever so slightly cracked one
>(passenger side) is now for sale)
>Left and right turn signal assemblies (my ever so slightly cracked (driver
>side) one is now for sale)
>Fuel pump (tested it and it works - or at least it hums - hope it works)
>Engine tin (mine was missing)
>Weather stripping for both front doors (when I had my bus painted, my
>weatherstripping got painted - not good)
>Those front weather strips that bolt into the front door frame (had to
>take the doors off to get them)
>Rear side marker lights
>Left and right dash vents
>
>AND (these are real treasures) I purchased two official VW ProTraining
>manuals.  One is called "Vanagon/Type II
>Fuel Systems" and it has three sections (AFC, Digijet,  & Digifant) and
>the other manual is called "Digifant I / Digifant
>II 1987-1989 ProTraining Manual."
>
>
>Of course, I helped Greg T. with all of his bay window stuff.  All in all,
>it was a great day to be a VW enthusiast.
>
>Now some news for anyone interested.  Everything at the place is going to
>be crushed (much already has been).
>BUT - there is an air-cooled Westy - sort of a tan/brown color - with a
>nice interior, automatic tranny, and an engine -
>in other words a complete bus - but it does not run.   The body was very
>nice.  Cabinets, etc., all looked good.  I did
>not pop the top, and the guy selling this stuff knows nothing about the
>engine (he inherited the place).
>Asking price:  $500.  Call  Steve Carr at (405) 872-5533.  I have no
>connection with this place nor with Mr. Carr.
>He is a nice fellow and my guess is that the price is negotiable.
>
>There are lots of good doors, rear hatches, windows, etc. still
>available.  But I imagine that you will need to act
>fast - the crusher is on site - and shiver me timbers, tis a ghastly thing
>to see a crusher in amongst all of those VWs.
>
>Oh yes,  my total out of pocket?  $105.   All Billy Bones needed was a
>treasure chest to put all that loot into.
>
>Warren Lail
>88 Westy "Billy Bones"