Scrapyard thread

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  On 18/05/2023 at 01:58, Metal Guru said:

Call it something like “Bluebird Meadows”  so that anyone not from there is totally unaware of the gas works.

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In fairness, the bit that's now in the park is called 'scrapyard meadow'. The gas holders are getting flats though:

https://studioegretwest.com/places/bow-common

[MiniMinorMk3]

R J Savage, Purley Way, Croydon, 1993

[MiniMinorMk3]

Car spares, Loder St, Peckham, 1989

[tooSavvy]

  On 08/06/2023 at 10:29, MiniMinorMk3 said:

R J Savage, Purley Way, Croydon, 1993

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Ex P.O. Viva Van..... Steel ladder rack 😮

My [VDC846J] MM 1000 yellow P.O. had a WOODEN one ... 😎👍

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 16/06/2023 at 11:56, tooSavvy said:

Ex P.O. Viva Van..... Steel ladder rack 😮

My [VDC846J] MM 1000 yellow P.O. had a WOODEN one ... 😎👍

 

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Good spot. I should have recognised that as I remember tying ladders to the steel ones by running the rope round the outer brackets with the plastic serrations on.

[MiniMinorMk3]

Breakers Yard near Willesden Junction in 1984

[Split_Pin]

Chevette was only 2 or 3 years old!

[sierraman]

I was absolutely obsessed with scrapyards as a kid, wish I’d taken pictures of them like this instead of fifteen million shots of me stood on the promenade at Cleethorpes.

[MiniMinorMk3]

  On 11/07/2023 at 21:27, Split_Pin said:

Chevette was only 2 or 3 years old!

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Some cars end up in yards when they a just a few days old, especially if driven by a mindless twonk who is looking at their OS  or A to Z instead of the road.

[chaseracer]

  On 11/07/2023 at 21:27, Split_Pin said:

Chevette was only 2 or 3 years old!

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I thought it was a Chevette too, at first - but after a closer look with PedantVision, I'm going for one of those tiny Japanese kei-vans.

[Split_Pin]

  On 12/07/2023 at 11:42, chaseracer said:

I thought it was a Chevette too, at first - but after a closer look with PedantVision, I'm going for one of those tiny Japanese kei-vans.

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Dang!

545cc so:

 

[High Jetter]

Or, more likely, a box van like the one I inherited in 1990 which was also on an X-reg, IIRC

Seems right with the grille.

[Steviemillar]

Is that something American above the Honda van on the top of the pile? The rear end certainly looks like a big wafty barge from the  "Ford Timelord" era

[chaseracer]

That's the front end of a Triumph 2000!  Or do you mean the car on top of the Volvo 144?  Cortina mk3, I think.

[uk_senator]

  On 16/05/2023 at 11:10, MiniMinorMk3 said:

Cantrell Rd, Bow Common, 1988 

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I used to go there for parts, there were about 8 separate breakers there.. Its not even a road any more... 😐😞

[timolloyd]

This must be the one of the last (admittedly, tiny) scrapyards that is close to the centre of London. Just along from Loughborough Junction station, not far from Oval tube station.

[Datsuncog]

  On 12/07/2023 at 12:29, Steviemillar said:

Is that something American above the Honda van on the top of the pile? The rear end certainly looks like a big wafty barge from the  "Ford Timelord" era

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The one that's sideways on to the camera?

Yeah, pretty sure that's a Volvo 144/164 going by the rear slam panel, with a MkIV Cortina and Triumph 2000/2500 providing the rest of the sandwich.

[High Jetter]

Phew, I got one! Just not quick enough to get there first lol.

[Steviemillar]

  On 12/07/2023 at 17:32, Datsuncog said:

The one that's sideways on to the camera?

Yeah, pretty sure that's a Volvo 144/164 going by the rear slam panel, with a MkIV Cortina and Triumph 2000/2500 providing the rest of the sandwich.

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Not the Volvo, the one on top of it that you can see the whole back end of ?

EDIT - I think it’s a Mk3 Cortina, 

[Shite Ron]

  On 12/07/2023 at 18:06, Steviemillar said:

Not the Volvo, the one on top of it that you can see the whole (wide) back end of ?

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The mk3 Cortina? Looks like a facelift XL from the stripes ☹️

[High Jetter]

  On 12/07/2023 at 18:06, Steviemillar said:

I think it’s a Mk3 Cortina, 

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That looks like a Triumph Herald to me, still with the rubber bumper insert. Look at the door. (I could be wrong, though)

[Wibble]

  On 12/07/2023 at 18:11, High Jetter said:

That looks like a Triumph Herald to me, still with the rubber bumper insert. Look at the door. (I could be wrong, though)

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I’m with Mk3 Cortina, look at the door handle.

[High Jetter]

  On 12/07/2023 at 18:18, Wibble said:

I’m with Mk3 Cortina, look at the door handle.

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Yup, fair point. A 2 door? Or is it just the front half on top of something else? Christ, I need a life!

[Wibble]

  On 12/07/2023 at 18:24, High Jetter said:

Yup, fair point. A 2 door? Or is it just the front half on top of something else? Christ, I need a life!

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Triangle trim piece to left of window frame/door top suggest 4 door I think.

[bunglebus]

Mexico, after the government banned two-door taxis due criminals robbing rear seat passengers. This is what finally killed the Beetle

Not sure if these are Mexico or elsewhere 

[sheffcortinacentre]

4dr MK3 cortina 

[High Jetter]

  On 12/07/2023 at 19:24, bunglebus said:

Mexico, after the government banned two-door taxis due criminals robbing rear seat passengers. This is what finally killed the Beetle

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I've heard that before, some truth there.

[bunglebus]

Sri Lanka 

[bunglebus]

  On 12/07/2023 at 22:22, High Jetter said:

I've heard that before, some truth there.

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It's what happened. Without the sales as taxis it was no longer economical to produce them. 1945-2003 is a pretty good production run for a single model though

[High Jetter]

  On 12/07/2023 at 22:23, bunglebus said:

Sri Lanka 

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119  to Croydon might be a while, then?