Popular Post Lacquer Peel Posted August 11, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2017 Supernaut offered some parts to help finish off my Berlingo TD so I headed Aberdeen bound, on a whim I decided to visit my favourite scrapyard, Sharpewood Spares near Huntly. It's great, the guy's a bit of a hoarder but friendly and not greedy (I don't think I've ever spent more than a tenner there), I didn't buy much but spent hours finding paths through the piles of cars, a lot of which you would never see at the typical high turnover scrapyards. Rusty Panda 4x4. Ex-British Airways Mk3 Fiesta van ratluk Overview of a small part of the yard Spotted some Talento. XM sandwich. They've rebadged it you fool. Some impressive patina on the cars at the back of the yard, moss, lichen and weeds growing out of them. Not in the Prima of its life One of two Mk1 MR2s I wonder how the original owner of this Corsa B funded their purchase. Racism dispenser (into the scrapyard overspill now) A series Maestro with an excellent sunroof repair, a sheet of metal and self tappers. Dead brand A spot on the way home from Aberdeen, the roughest Hilux I've seen on the road, it must be registered as an agricultural vehicle Large American cars dwarf small Moray town. Good to meet Supernaut and thanks for the bits. cpjitservices, CreepingJesus, mercrocker and 47 others 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Q Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Nice, thanks for sharing. Looks like the owner is going for the "return to nature" plan for the shells - suppose you never have to bother moving them to weigh them in if you just let them decompose naturally over 30 years or so. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 Nice, thanks for sharing. Looks like the owner is going for the "return to nature" plan for the shells - suppose you never have to bother moving them to weigh them in if you just let them decompose naturally over 30 years or so. I've been going there for the best part of a decade and a lot of the stock has been there that long. He mentioned not wanting to weigh stuff in because the moment he does someone wants parts for that car. Sound. mercrocker and fiatdaft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 I like that place.When I was a Mini licker my friend Brian and I used to regularly go there and kick the rotten front end of an MG Metro or a Vanden Plas, drop the 1275 onto the ground and drag it out the yard. The guy never asked more than 40 quid or so. There was usually at least 5 or 6 to choose from.One time we spotted a load of MG Metro pepperpot alloys....we ended up bagging 20 of them to flog on in the ScotAds after a quick "refurb" with a few cans of Halfords wheel paint. Right at the back amongst the trees it faded from merely old stuff to properly ancient and even a few pre-war things which were unidentifiably fucked even back then and probably just a smear of powder for future alien archeologists to ponder over now. It was an old boy back then and I think his son, but thats probably 20 years back now....Wonder if the old guy is still around? oldcars and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 It might be his son in charge now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 Get it bought! https://www.aspc.co.uk/search/property/285250/Sharpewood-Spares--Kinnoir-Wood/Huntly/ I wish I could. Mr Laurence, mercrocker, Supernaut and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodweaver Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 "Features:Parking" Sent from my BV6000 using Tapatalk HillmanImp, Supernaut and Lacquer Peel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Love proper scrappies like me this, sadly disappearing quickly now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendry Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Jesus christ! I could easily spend days in there!! There are some yards round here than extend into trees, quarries, foresty kinda areas and with some motors lying for ages, but nothing even remotely like this. Wonder if he will begin crushing stuff when he runs out of space, I never understand when scrappies dont make the most of their space by organising them to fit as much in as possible, that yard from the pics just looks like stuff has just been chucked randomly on the ground. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Cracking pics. I have a massive fondness for 'traditional' scrappies, which are all too rare now. An afternoon spent wandering around the legendary Flynn's yard outside Cooma in NSW is still probably the highlight of my life so far. Asimo, Magnificent Rustbucket, mercrocker and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Nice. Some interesting things tucked away there. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 The number on that XM looks oddly familiar. Ex-CCC, maybe... Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Get it bought! https://www.aspc.co.uk/search/property/285250/Sharpewood-Spares--Kinnoir-Wood/Huntly/ I wish I could.Area 52 North? Who's for a whipround? loserone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldofceri Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I'd chuck in £4.25 for a 1/100,000 share in an Aberdeenshire scrap yard. fiatdaft, mercrocker, Lacquer Peel and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 The number on that XM looks oddly familiar. Ex-CCC, maybe...My XM was P232 PWP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 The number on that XM looks oddly familiar. Ex-CCC, maybe...I wonder does it still have the suspension height controller switch Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 My XM was P232 PWP. D'oh! Of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Wow, two 5s! I see the "TADTS" rust along the right rear window lip is present and correct too. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 You NE scots guys might know - is Leslie Fairfowls ( not sure of spelling ) place still open / he still alive ?He had a similar place near Maud and I used to live about 3 miles away from there . He used to go to all the farm sales and buy all the 20p lots at the time . Lovely bloke but a bit weird too . Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 That's the one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatdaft Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Link no worky. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Wow, two 5s! I see the "TADTS" rust along the right rear window lip is present and correct too.The other 5. brickwall, privatewire, Mr Laurence and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Looks pretty high-spec, colour coded door bottoms, mirrors and C pillar trim, opening rear quarter windows. Lacquer Peel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 MOAR. Kelisa on top Van blanc et rouillé This 100 has been here for years, hardly any parts are missing and it gets shunted about now and again. The scrapyard owner must approve of 1980s aerodynamic styling. Guess the tailgate The Talento's weird appearance still makes me LOL when I see it. Freddie from Psychoville checking a Honda Accord's brake fluid levels. RIP in peace Powered by Fairy Dust These "last of the real Citroens" were hiding behind a pile of Berlingos and assorted hatchbacks. drum, Heidel_Kakao, strangeangel and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 What are the opening times of this place? XM's are oddly alluring for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Get it bought! https://www.aspc.co.uk/search/property/285250/Sharpewood-Spares--Kinnoir-Wood/Huntly/ I wish I could. Shirley keeping scrap cars on uncovered earth isn't legal anymore? I thought that (with the help of H&S worries about big piles of cars) is why places like this have died out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M'coli Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Tailgate looks like a B1 Passat but more likely an Audi 100 Avant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat_Pirate Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Tailgate is Renault 20/30, I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacquer Peel Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 What are the opening times of this place? XM's are oddly alluring for some reason.Roughly 8am-6pm I think but it's nowhere near the SVM meet. The front end of the XM looks like this Heidel_Kakao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidel_Kakao Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Ah less alluring now if the engine is not present. I wanted the plastic engine cover off the 2.5TD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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