Well, it is possible to come across a rattle snake, in an old junkyard in Ontario, but that is extremely rare, and although we have lots of snakes, some of which look fairly dangerous, the rattler is the only one to really worry about and even than, you have a better chance of winning a lottery than coming across or getting into trouble with one.
HOWEVER, when I was much younger, there were plenty of old junkyards (in Ontario)- you could root around in with lots of interesting stuff...but environmental laws have wiped most of them out.... now I hardly see any at all, and the ones i do know about, are almost all stocked with very recent stuff, and you're not allowed to wander around. (don't have too much experience cruising back roads of Qc looking for old junk, but do know that its kind of the same situation....a relative of ex-wife had a scrap yard about an hour north of Mtl, and there were several 50's era cars, all restorable, some easily..including a Hudson Hornet...then they were told to clean up... and all were crushed about 10 yrs ago) Also another yard about 10km from me, gone..property left with the reamins of the rickety office, and the front fence, with one forlorn M-37 and a couple other un-interesting wrecke sitting out front.. the M-37 good for a few parts I guess..but who even owns it now??
Also with higher prices for scrap metal these days, car crushers cruise the back roads and farms and also suck up interesting old vehicles.
In other words, the good old interesting junkyards of Ontario seem to have all pretty much disappeared with any still remaining likely to disappear soon.
The US- at least in some states- seems to have been less affected by environmental clean-up laws
Whats the situation in OZ?
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Last edited by Marc Montgomery; 10-09-13 at 16:13.
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