Highway 67 Truck Dismantlers

A frightening place. I mean literally. I called a day ahead of time. They had the right vehicle, from which I intended to grab some relays, maybe a radio, electric window motor, rear windshield wiper motor and probably a few miscellaneous items. George told me the relays would be $ 2 each. Fair enough. So I show up the following day. The drive was 15 miles one way. They allowed me to go look at the vehicle. All normal so for. I grabbed a couple of small things, looked at a wanted clock in another vehicle, went back up front to get prices and figure to find out what the rest would cost. With George absent from the counter then, I began asking the other guy wearing a shirt with the name Manuel.
He tells me $ 5 for one part. No problem. $ 10 for another, a small plastic lug bolt cover. I set it aside because it wasn’t the right match for my vehicle anyway, though would have fit. If only $ 5, I would have purchased, then thrown away when finding the correct color at some point in the future. I didn’t know it yet, but this act irritated Manuel quite a bit.
We started talking about radios. There were some on the shelf behind me. They’re about $ 40 – 80 on eBay, depending on whether one of three types that fit. He gave me a price. I asked if there was a guarantee to work with that and the window /​wiper motors. He said no because people often buy electrical parts just to test out the wiring. Maybe, but who wants to throw out $ 40 to $ 80 plus taxes on an item with unknown function. Manuel assures me they pretty much always work. On eBay and for the same price they are definitely guaranteed, plus shipped right to my door.
I informed him patiently and politely that actually the radios for these vehicles have a propensity for the LED lights to fail, that there is even a specialty shop repairing the condition, which is caused by a too small resistor. I also gently mentioned how I don’t know how things work in San Diego. Back north of Sacramento, the radios were $ 25 and guaranteed. This just seemed like good negotiating and figuring out what each other was willing to do. Not to Manuel. His mood became more tense.
Seeing George walk back in, I told Manuel that I had not meant to get him angry and suggested I continue the pricing with George. At this point George spoke up and said he did not want to help me either. I responded, «Come on, guys. I am not here trying to give anyone a hard time. Just want some parts and to learn how much they cost for the purpose of making good decisions. because of my limited income.» Manuel speaks up and says he is not going to sell me anything. What? «Okay,» I said, «look, I drove here with a limping car in desperate need of at least one relay., Can I get that?» «No!» At this point he started walking out from behind the counter in one of those intimidating about to get physical guy things rather than intelligently talking through any differences.
Yes, I left, quietly stunned and bummed. They are the closest yard to my home. And I just got booted for what seems from this angle now more than a month later to be a shockingly juvenile and highly inconsiderate reason. There were not even any other customers at the time, no one held up by my questions.
Manuel said he was the owner, by the way, leaving me SOL. The other negative review by Josh. Sounds like we may have met the same counter workers.

Never again. I’ve had one good experience and three bad ones.
Once they yelled at me about where I parked. (If you don’t want people parking where your facility is actually located, put up a sign. No big deal.
The next time they said I couldn’t come in because my shoes weren’t «substantial» enough. Now… If someone drops a 500# axle, or a 50# steering gear on my foot, it doesn’t matter if they’re nikes or vans. Sorry my slip-​ons weren’t enough. I would have gladly worn my steel toes had I know (again, a sign would help).
So unless you just really want to see the scenery that lakeside has to offer, there is always A & B, silverado, etc.

For junk yards this place is ok. Just don’t let your visit there go 1 minute past closing. I lost track of time (easy to do when searching through a place like this), and one of the employees came up to me at 1:03pm. He asked what I was looking for, but then said I had to go. I realized it was just after 1, so I said ok. On the way out I noticed one last potential car that might contain the visor I needed. I asked if I could take a quick look, but the employee told me to come back another day. It would have taken less than 2 minutes to take the part off (if it was on that vehicle in the first place). I said «Really? That sucks.» Then he went on to lecture me the entire way out about getting there earlier, leaving on time, etc. I understand, but when it’s right there and it’ll take a good 2 minutes, why not?! He walked me all the way out, making sure I left. All the while there were still customers in the office. I was in my car by 1:06pm. Wish I would’ve got that guys name. Hope the rest of the employees there aren’t like that.

You could not pay me to go back to this Dismantlers. I called to check a wiring harness, the sales man George, said they had it no problem. I asked to have it pulled and I would pay up front, George explained it was policy not to take payment over the phone and not to pull parts until the customer was there. I explained it would be close to closing when I arrived, he again said no problem. I arrived at 4:30, spoke with George and stood around until 5:15 when I was told they were unable to pull my part because it was dark. This after waiting through others who arrived after I did, but because they were either regular customers or they had spoken to Manny (the owner) were taken care of first. Manny the owner was at the counter as I expressed my discontent. I asked if they even had my wiring harness, Manny began to raise his voice at my like I was his child. I explained that I called, I knew it was going to be close to closing when I arrived, that I had traveled quite a distance, and I was told it would be «No Problem»… Manny’s only reply was I could pay for the part and come back and pick it up tomorrow. I wasted my time and money traveling to this pit in good faith. The result was POOR SERVICE AND BAD ATTITUDE. I wish there was a lower rating to give this place.

I LOVE this place! I’m like a kid in a candy store here. I always leave w more than I came for. The staff is super helpful and the best part is they pull the parts for you. If you have an older truck like mine and you’re looking for cheap parts this is the place to go. Give em a call ahead of time and they will have your part waiting for u when u get there. Unless you’re like me and like to frolic around the yard looking for all kinds of neat thingamabobs.

Now I have never been to a junk yard but I recently invested in an older ford that needed some tlc. After calling Ford directly to get an outrageous price for a simple doorlatch I began calling everywhere trying to figure out where to get this little doo-​hickey for what I would hope to be less than an arm and a leg. On craigslist this place popped up. I gave them a call and asked for a driver’s doorlatch as well as an e brake cable. They found the parts in their inventory right away and gave me a reasonable quote on the spot.
I swung by later that day and although they weren’t very personable they did go out and grab the parts for me rather than me tracking them down myself. Came back, answered all my little tedious questions and gave me a solid price for the 2 items. All in all this place was actually really cool and super convenient that they keep up on inventory considering how huge this place is. ⁴⁄₅ only because many of the workers just walked by me like I wasn’t even there but I also do understand that they’re there for the auto side, not to kiss my butt so I didn’t really mind. In a nutshell, great place, great prices, extremely convenient.

So for a light in my car I have been doing it ‘trailer park style’ by flipping down the visor and using the vanity mirror light. Having an older car I am trying to get all OEM parts on has been hard since it’s a Convertible Mustang GT. However, late one evening I was cruising craigslist in orange county looking for parts for my Mustang and found an ad from Highway 67 Truck Dismantlers. I went to their website and sent an email inquiry; *****I have found most of these businesses never write back or take weeks and I have to follow-​up, NOT Highway 67! ***** The next day I had an email from Ryan saying they had the 98 Mustang rear view mirror and the price.
So I emailed back and asked if they could ship it to me since they are located quite a ways from OC and the price of the part was much less than the gas to get there would have been. He emailed back asking for more info and I was so excited that they even had the part that I just called him, gave him my zip code and got some more info that I needed for additional parts and future use.
The shipping was only $ 6 or 7 dollars and he sent me the PayPal invoice. I followed the link, paid the invoice and 2 days later the part was at my front door — taking it to the car I was thinking YES!!! but it probably wont work with the interior light (my car’s a convertible and I just wanted the interior lamps on the OEM mirror so I can start restoring the vehicle. I left the aftermarket mirror on and just plugged in the OEM one from Highway 67 Truck Dismantlers and OMG OMG OMG the lamps worked too!!! I unplugged it, wiped it off and Armorall’d it then installed it and then opened and closed the doors about 10 times to see the lamps going on and off! WOOT WOOT WOOT!!!
I wish I would have remembered to ask about my side marker on the passenger side but I didn’t — so again another late-​night email to them and BAM!!! The next day the YES was in my email and I requested the invoice via PayPal once more — I just paid the part today (Thursday) and I’m sure it will be here on Saturday (2-​days just like before) and I’m going to install that too …
Are there closer places, yeah, I’m sure there are — but I’m happy with Highway 67 Truck Dismantlers and until they run out of parts I need, I’ll keep using them!
These guys didn’t know I work for a major insurance company and have the lovely job of assisting people through losses requiring minor to major repairs. In taking with my insured’s and discussing restoration projects, repairs and general conversation I have suggested Highway 67 Truck Dismantlers to numerous people in JUST A WEEK since my first order —- for hard to find parts, OEM and restoration jobs.
Great job guys and thank you so much for being rapid to respond and not providing non-​working parts!!!