The Berry Island Blog

A Great Junkyard on the South Dakota Prairie: Ewe Pullet Self Service, Garretson, SD

A Great Junkyard on the South Dakota Prairie: E...

This is one of my favorite yards! They keep the old stuff and don't crush it, adding old stuff now and then, sometimes from the owners collection. I met the...

A Great Junkyard on the South Dakota Prairie: E...

This is one of my favorite yards! They keep the old stuff and don't crush it, adding old stuff now and then, sometimes from the owners collection. I met the...

Antique of the Week: 1951 Nash Ambassador at Ewe Pullet

Antique of the Week: 1951 Nash Ambassador at Ew...

Found this at the Ewe Pullet in Sioux Falls. I used to think that these cars were ugly as hell but in light of the bland, weird products you can...

Antique of the Week: 1951 Nash Ambassador at Ew...

Found this at the Ewe Pullet in Sioux Falls. I used to think that these cars were ugly as hell but in light of the bland, weird products you can...

When Your Business is Selling Recycled Parts, You Gotta Stick With the Theme

When Your Business is Selling Recycled Parts, Y...

Went thrifting today and found this thing. It looks like something ladies use to wash their hair with. I'm going to use it as a small parts washer. At $6...

When Your Business is Selling Recycled Parts, Y...

Went thrifting today and found this thing. It looks like something ladies use to wash their hair with. I'm going to use it as a small parts washer. At $6...

Old School to the Max: Driving My Classic Truck as Much as Possible

Old School to the Max: Driving My Classic Truck...

During the day she hauled car parts. Tonight she is downtown for a little socializing. She's a working girl. She's a party girl. Either way she was meant to be...

Old School to the Max: Driving My Classic Truck...

During the day she hauled car parts. Tonight she is downtown for a little socializing. She's a working girl. She's a party girl. Either way she was meant to be...

Origami With Cardboard: How I Build Boxes to Ship Weird Parts

Origami With Cardboard: How I Build Boxes to Sh...

Over the years I've gotten fairly good at building boxes around weird-shaped parts. Why pay to ship air? I lay out my part, in this case a 1960 Ford Fairlane...

Origami With Cardboard: How I Build Boxes to Sh...

Over the years I've gotten fairly good at building boxes around weird-shaped parts. Why pay to ship air? I lay out my part, in this case a 1960 Ford Fairlane...

My Tried and True Method for Bumper Shipping

My Tried and True Method for Bumper Shipping

Shipping bumpers is never fun, especially if they are those monsters from the 1950s or those 5 MPH EPA mandated slabs from the 1970s. In this case it's a 1965...

My Tried and True Method for Bumper Shipping

Shipping bumpers is never fun, especially if they are those monsters from the 1950s or those 5 MPH EPA mandated slabs from the 1970s. In this case it's a 1965...