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Welcome to my junkyard. If the saying "you are your art" is true, then I must be a rusty old
bucket. My name is Dennis Heaton I am from Los Osos, CA now living in Idaho. I love to build old junkyard cars. I have always been fascinated
with that old car sitting behind farmer Johnson’s old barn. Never knowing if a dream a person is holding onto, that never
seams to happen, will ever come true. I guess that’s how it all started for me, when I was a kid living on a ranch
in central California we would often go to neighboring farms helping with the harvest and clean up.
Every ranch had a scrap iron heap in those days. You know, when iron was worth something. I saw many old cars and trucks that the owners wouldn’t part with. Those poor old cars just sitting they’re rusting away with people out there just wanting to love them. Well I couldn’t give them that love but I put hours of love into recreating some of those old cars. Not as the cars they once where when they left the showroom floor, but as the cars they have become. I have spent years building models as junkers and God only knows how many hours teaching myself the different techniques I use to achieve the looks each car needs. I build custom 1/24th plastic model junkers. This site was designed to allow customers to view some of my previous work before they order. Many of the cars you see here were designed to emulate photos of customer's cars before restoration, as well as some that were ordered for dioramas and train landscapes. There is nothing like a well done junker to add some realism to your project. I have even had orders from a lady who wanted them for her potted plants. As many other forms of art, the true enjoyment is in viewing it in the chosen display. |
