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Blimey there is some great stuff in there.

 

That blue MK1 Astra estate, Fiat Croma, Pug 305, SD1, MK2 Cavalier, Senator etc etc..

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Odd that that shite has sat there for so long. I bet it's lost thousands in value since the scrap value crashed. There's a yard near me in Stoke that I'm yet to visit, It's down a farm track and away from prying eyes but the pile of cars is visible from the A500 in winter when the trees have no leaves on them. None of the cars have moved in the 10 years I've lived here. Very odd.

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^ AS Midlands Massiv scrappy raid...? 

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^ AS Midlands Massiv scrappy raid...? 

Sounds like a plan

I haven't done a scrapyard run since Legacy (Wrexham) closed late year..

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Any cortinas' or have they all been ovaled?

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Any cortinas' or have they all been ovaled?

Didn't see any Ford tin at all funnily enough - Mally's in Haydock is a better bet for Ford bits.

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Is that Croma the diesel?

 

So the badge said, not sure if it's still their but it was quite hidden away

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Didn't see any Ford tin at all funnily enough - Mally's in Haydock is a better bet for Ford bits.

 

I love Mally's yard, absolutely lethal place, had several mishaps there  :-D  but a proper old school yard. Think there was a mk2 Granny at the back but don't recall ever seeing a tina. Got some recent pics from there i'll chuck up later  

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Cheers for sharing Bangerkenny.

 

My best Scrapyard wanker story:

 

 

Ring scrapyard -

 

Me: "Morning fella, have you got X?"

 

SYW: "Aye. Cash only."

 

Me: "Righto, be half an hour"

 

*noises of car driving, stopping , and the drivers door opening and closing*

 

 

Me: "Morning mate, I was on the phone earlier, I've need the X you said you had."

 

 

SYW: "£80. I took them off the car."

 

 

Me "Really?! Theyre like £20 on ebay, with a tenner postage? I'd go £35 if it helps"

 

 

*SYW throwns one part on the ground and stamps on it, shattering plastic and ruining it*

 

 

SYW: "I'd rather smash it than sell it for that. Get one off fucking ebay, fucking timewaster."

 

 

Me: "Will do man. Have a good day."

 

 

*sound of car door opening and closing, engine starting and car driving away*

 

 

I dont know how people like that stay in business, but they never seem skint.

This very much sounds like what happened to a pal of mine at the Volvo graveyard on the A1. Rear lamp cluster for a 244 ended up in the river.

 

His son in law runs it now and is slightly more mellow.

 

Slightly.

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So you stack cars on top of each other to save room, I get that bit.

 

But some of the stacked cars have no salvageable parts left, the shell weighs fuck all and is rusting away.

 

You have a shell worth nothing, that has gone from steel to mushy wet cornflakes and worth fuck all.

 

But your rotten shell takes up the same amount of space as a perfectly functioning car

 

So why the fuck don't they get rid of the carcass that has nothing left on it so they've got room for cars to sit unstacked?

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God knows. I don't dispute they make a fair bit of money from it but to chuck something away rather than get £20 is idiocy. It wouldn't kill them to be a bit more amiable. From a commercial perspective why they haven't baled the Fiat Croma is a mystery, the parts are no good to man nor beast, they've waited and kept it despite scrap price having gone to a high price, decided not to weigh it in, now it's worth fuck all.

 

Irony is if they'd had half a brain between them they'd be retired now.

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I would have loved a shot of that Croma TD 15 years ago. Did they sell Croma diesels in the UK? Sofim engine?

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I saw the pic of the beetles and the number nine and smiled thinking, nine less............ Am I a bad person?

 

Would definately be up for AS scrappy run, can I suggest Albert looms in Spondon near Derby? I used to go there nearly every week when I had my first cars and my Capri was rebuilt with bits from there.

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Would definately be up for AS scrappy run, can I suggest Albert looms in Spondon near Derby?

 

YES YOU CAN!!

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YES YOU CAN!!

I am up there next Saturday so will scout it out
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The Midlands Massiv is due a day out - can we come too?

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Can't see why not, meet up in the car park about 1pm? I need to be away from derby about 2.30pm as nipper has a brownies sleepover, or we could do an epic session at a later date?

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Dont know much about the motor in those Croma TD's (dont think they sold them in UK) but I have heard it cited as the car that beat the Montego TD to the title of 'first passenger car with a direct injection diesel'

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Lhhhhhii ill mmmmm

 

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Holy Fred Resurrection! 

Looks like the Bearded Plum* has discovered Wades. 

The Rover P5 and Mk2 Cav are still there as well as the Beetles.

Bet that was filmed when the owner was not present..

*oh my God, oh my God, it's a Citroen, etc.. 

https://youtu.be/mw-WsgsQwhc?si=r-SogfljHBJI0t4f

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2 hours ago, Banger Kenny said:

Holy Fred Resurrection! 

Looks like the Bearded Plum* has discovered Wades. 

The Rover P5 and Mk2 Cav are still there as well as the Beetles.

Bet that was filmed when the owner was not present..

*oh my God, oh my God, it's a Citroen, etc.. 

https://youtu.be/mw-WsgsQwhc?si=r-SogfljHBJI0t4f

I will not be watching, he's a cunt 

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1 hour ago, omegod said:

I will not be watching, he's a cunt 

No problem, I don't get paid either way. 🫡

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12 hours ago, omegod said:

I will not be watching, he's a cunt 

Theres a lot of them about. Who are we talking about? I don't want to click the link in case I punch a hole in my laptop

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Bearded explorer,  broke into an old house near here and terrified the old guy that lives there.  Deserves to do time in my opinion.

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1 hour ago, R Lutz said:

Theres a lot of them about. Who are we talking about? I don't want to click the link in case I punch a hole in my laptop

I clicked on the link and the bloke sounds like he is shooting jizz. That's 3 minutes of my life wasted looking at a bunch of worthless old 1990s wrecks.

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