Rootes scrapyard visit-13.08.09

[Guest]

More to follow..........

[Guest]

Still more...........

[brammy777]

zephyrs been there 25 years mini since 1995Daimler is recent, sad, it looks nice.

[Dukestar25]

rootes_arrow1725 wrote:

don't know what this is but I like it

[Guest]

rootes_arrow1725 wrote:

don't know what this is but I like it

Sunbeam Rapier

[Guest]

More to come-saving best till last.....

[brammy777]

granada mk1 since 1996....but the mk IIs are all on SORN.any idea rootes?

[FredTransit]

WTF is going on?? Why are all those there? Not a scrappy if they have just sat there since the 90s....

[Guest]

WTF is going on?? Why are all those there? Not a scrappy if they have just sat there since the 90s....

Have you not thought that most were sat a fair while before the owners gave up and scrapped them

[Dukestar25]

More to come-saving best till last.....

Granny Heaven!!! That Ghia estate must be worth a decent amount by now, haven't seen one for years!

[Guest]

Still more to follow......

[brammy777]

That MKII cortina has also been there 25 years, bloody hell!I tell you what Rootes, i envy your ability to find these places!

[Mr H Sceptre]

Where the hell is this place????

[FredTransit]

Yeah where is it! These need to be set free, I would have any one of those grannies. Come to think of it, I haven't got an estate....

[Guest]

And the last one-the best till last was......

[MrRegieRitmo]

Gonna be in Leicestershire somewhere isn't it!There's a duplicate amongst that lot

[bigstraight6]

Bloody hell! that's some find in this day and age....

[brammy777]

I look forward to rootes updates, he led me to this site haha.Really good ones there though, god id love a MKII granny, such nice pieces of kit.

[Guest]

I look forward to rootes updates,

Thank you-thats all for this post at the moment but I hope to return there soon.

god id love a MKII granny, such nice pieces of kit.

As I get older I am even beginning to like the mk3's

[brammy777]

Yeh i love the MKIIIs too, i remember a mate of mine in primary school parents had one, and the bumper and indicator were held on with tape.Sounded rough too, but ive liked them ever since.I have only seen one MK II down here, and that was 3 days ago, didnt get a photo, was gutted.

[Mr H Sceptre]

Gonna be in Leicestershire somewhere isn't it!There's a duplicate amongst that lot

Hope so. I really want to visit it myself.Come on Rootes - spill the beans!!

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Come on Rootes - spill the beans!!

Private message sent................

[VWPowered]

awesome pics rootes

[danthecapriman]

Wow Some nice stuff in there. Those Granadas are the pick of the bunch for me though! Particularly the green estate. Being a series 1 mk2 estate its quite rare now.Just hope they dont end up on the banger track.The capris are nice too, the R reg one looks identical to mine, looks like roman bronze from the pic, its just got alot more rust and slime than mine! The red one looks fairly solid, considering it looks to have sat there for some time.Great stuff!

[Gompo]

Is this the same yard that's been featured on here before? Was in Leicestershire and they had a fair amount of old Fords. They sold a few cars (Cortina?) on Ebay, usually photographed on a grass verge.

[Guest]

Is this the same yard that's been featured on here before? Was in Leicestershire and they had a fair amount of old Fords. They sold a few cars (Cortina?) on Ebay, usually photographed on a grass verge.

I was guilty of that but no its not the same place

[Guest]

it looks like goldies banger yard but i could be wrong!?!?!????!!!! if not he's got one very very similar!!!

[pbottomley]

I just need to find one full of old vauxhalls not fords....

[mattblack]

That's about 10 minutes walk from my house...

[Guest]

 

I also put these pic's on flickr and was contacted recently by a previous owner who has been looking for it. He has spoken to the yard and is hoping to buy it back.

Heres a pic he sent me of it in better days