Surprising weigh -ins

[CortinaDave]

Surely there's more value in these than 50 quid over the weighbridge? Spotted in my local scrappy today. 50's Merc 220's.

 

Sadly its a high turnover yard so they'll be bean cans by the weekend at absolute best.

 

 

[Junkman]

They should have been raced first.

[mercrocker]

Absolutely no doubt they are/were as rotten as a pear....But some useful parts wasted there, surely? 

 

Personally speaking, that one with the short plate would have served me admirably as garden ornament for the rest of my days.   Alternatively, I could have semi-closed my garage door on it and snarled "Feck Off" at anybody who asked if it was for sale....

[Squire_Dawson]

Unfortunately loads of rare and interesting stuff has been crushed over the decades. The last hope is that the yard owner is appreciative of the fact and will grant a reprieve.

[CortinaDave]

he's quite a sweary / shouty not to be messed with type although not unreasonable if theres a deal to be done and he has sold cars back out in the past. They did look rough but surely worth something

[DodgeRover]

If he's got any sense they'll either be on oval chat or ebay later tonight

[omegod]

I guarantee there's a couple of grand worth of trim etc on those at the least 

[mercrocker]

Actually, I would consider it a fair wager that SXB 85 ends up on a gangstaYo 2012 Range Rover reading (in the driver's mind) like SeXBoSS innit....

[Junkman]

I guarantee there's a couple of grand worth of trim etc on those at the least 

 

Yeah, there always is. If not five grand. Until you try to sell it, that is.

Then it's worth fuck all AND you have to deal with the general public.

I have scrapped many cars just because I couldn't bear any of that.

 

Imagine I'd make it known that I have some P6 bits I don't need.

Next thing is I'd have to talk to those Classic Rover Forum tards.

Nah, man. Off to the tip it goes.

It's much more fulfilling if you can tell someone desperately looking

for that elusive part that you binned one last week.

[trigger]

Apparently they are both sold and are awaiting collection. Both have V5s and the black ones a good shell and the others a donor car.

[omegod]

Yeah, there always is. If not five grand. Until you try to sell it, that is.

Then it's worth fuck all AND you have to deal with the general public.

I have scrapped many cars just because I couldn't bear any of that.

 

Imagine I'd make it known that I have some P6 bits I don't need.

Next thing is I'd have to talk to those Classic Rover Forum tards.

Nah, man. Off to the tip it goes.

It's much more fulfilling if you can tell someone desperately looking

for that elusive part that you binned one last week.

I just stick everything on the bay at a buy it now price I want and it eventually all goes, I stumbled upon an E21 323i at a scrappy and raped it of everything it could give even down to the seat fabric, that paid for Christmas.  

 

Actually I came across an old merc in one of my local yards,not sure what type it was   

[sierraman]

Sometimes a lot of scrapyards might make a lot of money but in purely a business sense they can be a bit dim. The one near me has in recent past baled a rotten but not unsaleable Mk2 Capri.

[Junkman]

I just stick everything on the bay at a buy it now price I want and it eventually all goes, I stumbled upon an E21 323i at a scrappy and raped it of everything it could give even down to the seat fabric, that paid for Christmas.

 

Actually I came across an old merc in one of my local yards,not sure what type it was

 

W109.

[alf892]

If I've got spare bits I'll tend to give them away to someone who has a use for them.

 

This way I hope to generate some good karma........so that when I'm the poor sap looking for that elusive part some smug cunt doesn't tell me he just took it down the tip last week

[Junkman]

That Karma thing is total bollocks.

[lisbon_road]

Good to hear they've been sold.  I flog everything mostly on ebay.  Don't get a lot of trouble really. 

[alf892]

You should have told that to your haunted P6...................

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

There are very few scrap dealers who don't know the value of everything down to the last shilling. No way were those Mercs going to be squashed.

[sierraman]

I know they are exceptionally tight moaning bastards. Probably because of who they have to deal with.

[Uncle Jimmy]

That Karma thing is total bollocks.

Someone's been skipping their yoga classes.

[Uncle Jimmy]

In my experience there will be wannabes scaling the castle walls to get hold of some old hub cap or accessory (just flogged a roof rack I found in the garage of the house I sold for £45, yes, to a Dubber) but....If it's large and oily you'll have a rough time getting shot of it.

[tul66]

I'm sure I passed them on a flat bed heading east along the M8.