28 years ago, when I bought my truck, I couldn’t afford to order from the Vendors. The one thing that I did was order catalog, and a few small parts from LMC. I used that catalog as a guide for what to look for in the Salvage yards.
It was a great help, and it was euphoric to find a sought after part in the back corner of an overgrown yard. Today, I look through catalogs like we all used to look at the JC Penney Christmas catalog, but I’ll more satisfaction going out and spending hours in a yard, only bring home a couple pieces of trim, or knobs, or good handles. I miss the huge old yards of 30 years ago.
