In the 50's wrecking yards were full of cars and parts. Good parts, and good cars. You are down to just a few vintage bone yards now. The wrecking yards now are full of good cars and parts. If you are younger and have a 2003 F-150, I bet you can find nice parts in different yards. Younger people still work on their cars, go to a big salvage yard. Lots of people pulling parts every day. The old stuff is just drying up. I would say more people work on their own stuff now. Because of the cost involved in having a shop do it. Look at the info on youtube. You can look up anything, and see a how to video. The days of picking this stuff is going fast.