'just bloody scrap it' - the eBay 'fuck me, what were they thinking' thread

[mat777]

Spotted this yesterday on FB... not sure if he's bought, sold, sent for scrap or is just taking the piss... but thats definitely calapst m8 🤣

 

[Jerzy Woking]

On 1/25/2023 at 4:37 PM, Remspoor said:

Thought you would be interested. 😁

I have no idea. The website looks is a bit iffy. Only one image per advert. Little details of the advertiser.  Dates on some adverts are historic. I came across it by accident.

I pass a scrapyard near me a few times a week, and have done for a couple of years. Some of the vehicles I have noticed have been there all that time, with just a few bits visibly missing.

Not allowed to enter the yard though, but would like to see what's in the middle of the yard that I can't see from the road, simply to photograph them

[bunglebus]

9 hours ago, mat777 said:

Spotted this yesterday on FB... not sure if he's bought, sold, sent for scrap or is just taking the piss... but thats definitely calapst m8 🤣

 

Was that a MK1 XR2? Good way to destroy a load of useful bits

[Datsuncog]

Looks like a MK2 Fiesta, going by the line of the front wings... probably what mine looked like before the previous owner wobbed it up and gave it a quick blowover, prior to selling it to me for £120...

It looks ok in this pic, but the subsequent MOT was not kind. Not kind at all...

[mk2_craig]

Mk2 XR2 minus the bodykit. Those photos have been doing the rounds for a while now but yeah, still some useful parts. Those wheel nuts might still be reusable 

[bunglebus]

Ah I can see the indicator holes now. I knew my tired brain was telling me XR2 

[michael t]

This crunchy CX needs binning.. Citroen CX22TRS for sale in Wicklow for €650 on DoneDeal

[mat777]

Spotted on FB marketplace a a genuine, serious advert... "damaged but HPI clear" - oh well, that's fine then! I'll have it back on the road in no time .....

[horriblemercedes]

4 minutes ago, mat777 said:

Spotted on FB marketplace a a genuine, serious advert... "damaged but HPI clear" - oh well, that's fine then! I'll have it back on the road in no time .....

Unfortunately that's being sold as a ringing kit, I would say 

[Metal Guru]

13 hours ago, mat777 said:

Spotted on FB marketplace a a genuine, serious advert... "damaged but HPI clear" - oh well, that's fine then! I'll have it back on the road in no time .....

Glad they mentioned the damage, I might have missed that!

[DavidB]

Let's make our own Harlequin Golf:

I think we've gone a bit too far:

Of course it's a non-runner:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1297044794207541

[Wack]

I wonder if mandy has the holiday brochures laid out on the table ready for when the money starts rolling in 

 

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/6392945134063644/?ref=facebook_story_share

[warch]

My brother’s mate’s dad had a farm in the village when we were growing up. He had several Humbers and other largish saloons of the period plugging gaps in his hedgerows.

[808 Estate]

Beige camper of dispair.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374475106051?hash=item573074a703:g:Zg0AAOSwRQVjzXLM

[UltraWomble]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354597644966

Quote

the house has been sold what the car is rotting in

 

[bunglebus]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304840850515?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=wcMpBBYITtG&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[Andy F]

This looks a bit sad

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

42 minutes ago, Andy F said:

This looks a bit sad

 

Who was the guy on here who bought a blue Hiace truck? Cheap source of spares right there.

[Volksy]

I had the Blue Hiace Camper, that got retrofitted back to a pick up. 

It was sold on to a mate, then resold and ended up in Ireland I think.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

13 minutes ago, Volksy said:

I had the Blue Hiace Camper, that got retrofitted back to a pick up. 

It was sold on to a mate, then resold and ended up in Ireland I think.

Is that the early 80s one which looked like this? I remember it was going to be fixed up and driven across a load of countries. 

[Volksy]

Yes. 

It was a Newlander non walkthrough, so it still had the back of the cab. It had only done 30,000 miles.

The camper body was ruined though. Mr H.Imp and I pulled it apart with our bare hands in about half an hour! It ended up with the pick up bed of a fire damaged Toyota Dyna which fitted perfectly - I guess they were based on this chassis.

Friends had already done a full European Tour in it prior to it being given to me. But it was in danger of being scrapped, as being stored on my friends drive, she was sick of lots of a certain community sniffing round it.

[Austat]

Ladies and gentlemen, the Ford Escort community...

"Needs full restoration. I've tried to capture all angles in photos."

(sighs)

 

a bit ambitious m8

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204297964550?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338817149&toolid=10050&customid=DANSWORKAROUND2&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1

[bunglebus]

Fuck my arse, thirty-one hundred quid for that? Thought it was going to be a few hundred 

[RoverFolkUs]

Set of brake discs anyone? 

Don't worry, they've been sprayed with zinc paint! 

It comes with 3 brake pads, but he'll chuck the 4th one in if he can find it 💪

Seriously?! 😂😂

[bunglebus]

A Beetle floorpan that's been in a fire, with a reg that's not on the DVLA system. No more than a couple of weekend's work to put this back on the road, I'm sure the fire won't have affected the strength of the spine, or the torsion bars, or the cables etc etc etc

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225551407412?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=17gB7FjXSKy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=X5RtjeAxSP-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[coachie]

@bunglebusSome rare parts there!

This Bugatti owner could benefit from some suspension components.

 

[coachie]

On the subject of kit cars, perhaps the burnt out floorpan and engine could be combined with this.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/201165339378990

Rear engined rat look Caterham, anybody?

Edited May 1, 2023 by coachie

[somewhatfoolish]

5 hours ago, coachie said:

@bunglebusSome rare parts there!

This Bugatti owner could benefit from some suspension components.

 

Winner of the AS Least appropriate use of a fucked Beetle front end prize, 2023.

[coachie]

4 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said:

Winner of the AS Least appropriate use of a fucked Beetle front end prize, 2023.

I actually took the photos at a show in 2017, but I noticed he had a fresh MOT on it recently.

What is the exact law on welding and suspension components, and does it still need an MOT?

[somewhatfoolish]

Given you can buy Beetle front axles off the shelf having one held together with pigeon shit is just fucking stupid. Then there's the death penalty which ought to apply for fitting one to a Bugatti T35 replica.