Save some Mazdas?

[warninglight]

Just seen this shared from the Practical Classics Facebook page...

Not sure where they mean by 'central' Scotland - but if anyone is desperately keen and I can help with my trailer, I will! 

 

[DodgyBastard]

Bonnybridge.

The sellers email is [email protected] if anyone wants to try contacting him.

[cobblers]

Wow, my dad had a White TWR 626 on a D plate. Not seen one since.

[DodgyBastard]

 

I'm surprised the guy isn't a member on here!

[Skizzer]

It sounds like the usual heartbreaking hoarder story.

“I’ll never sell”
“I’ll never sell”
“I’ll never sell”

“Fuck. Pay what I want for EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY or they’ll all be crushed.”

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Much as Jim sounds a bit of a dick, there are definitely some rare Mazdas worth paying £300-£700 there. D plate coop is lovely. I can only assume that the underside of the lot is non-existent because Scotland? 

[St.Jude]

26 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said:

Bonnybridge.

Saw the post and I genuinely thought it was just a collection of cars you had that you forgot about. 

[somewhatfoolish]

@hairnet likes these funny japanese things?

[SiC]

@DodgyBastard possibly some rich pickings in here for you?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

25 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

It sounds like the usual heartbreaking hoarder story.

“I’ll never sell”
“I’ll never sell”
“I’ll never sell”

“Fuck. Pay what I want for EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY or they’ll all be crushed.”

That is the perfect description for this lot. I have seen pics of this lot crop up from time to time over the years and thought they all lookd like a very sad sight. Sure enough, now the crusher beckons.

I would love a Hairnet-shape 626 hatchback mind you (not the same shape as Hairnet, I mean the same shape as the one he's got) Am I seeing a silver/gold B-reg one in amongst that lot?

 

[HMC]

25 minutes ago, Skizzer said:

It sounds like the usual heartbreaking hoarder story.

“I’ll never sell”
“I’ll never sell”
“I’ll never sell”

“Fuck. Pay what I want for EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY or they’ll all be crushed.”

I was trying to type something but this nails it far better. 

[DodgyBastard]

The photos I posted were taken in 2014 when a similar scenario was playing out, I can't remember if there was an imminent threat of them being crushed. We went along for a look with the owner but never managed to buy anything, he only seemed to want to sell the ones I didn't want and wanted more than I was prepared to pay for them.

[big_al_granvia]

Are they in the scrapyard in bonnybridge

[DodgyBastard]

1 minute ago, big_al_granvia said:

Are they in the scrapyard in bonnybridge

In a yard next to it.

[big_al_granvia]

There seems to be a lot of rotting chod in bonnybridge, old scammel trucks in 1 yard with various others. Is is where chod goes to die

[hairnet]

the a reg coupe and the 323 saloon please

but the rest look like theyre headed one way sadly

the beemer - taxed worse the wheels are worth more than the scrap value tho

[DodgyBastard]

323 saloon is sold already and he's keeping the e21, I already enquired about them this morning.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

How far is this place from you FOAD?

[HMC]

FOADWERX 3.0

[DodgyBastard]

4 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

How far is this place from you FOAD?

25 miles, 35 minutes away approximately.

[Eyersey1234]

54 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I would love a Hairnet-shape 626 hatchback mind you (not the same shape as Hairnet, I mean the same shape as the one he's got)

 

?

[Angrydicky]

I believe @Split_Pin is local!

[gtd2000]

Not "that" far from me but I suspect they will all be overly crispy.... ?

[Out Run]

Surprised there is no love for the turbo 323 hatch. GTX? I forget the trim levels.

[Spurious]

6 hours ago, Skizzer said:

It sounds like the usual heartbreaking hoarder story.

“I’ll never sell”
“I’ll never sell”
“I’ll never sell”

“Fuck. Pay what I want for EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY or they’ll all be crushed.”

I'd almost prefer some of them to have been looked after and be in some sort of roadworthy condition rather than to have loads to fucked out in the weather left to rot and possibly never see the road again. 

[AnthonyG]

Wow, scrap’s gone up a lot recently if £700 is now ‘just above’ weigh-in value for something Sierra sized (the 626’s seem to be the largest vehicles there)!! 

I suspect they’ll still be around in another 6 years time, even rustier and more knackered. Or maybe the site is to be cleared and they will all be cubed. 

The red 626 saloon on the Y plate looks OK, most of the rest are very mossy indeed. 

I suspect the TWR kitted ones will be in the worst condition due to the body kits. 

[warninglight]

Scrap has been worthless for weeks now - it's starting to creep back up I believe.

If scrap value of a crusty Mazda is more than £50 at the moment I'd be surprised.

[Split_Pin]

6 hours ago, Angrydicky said:

I believe @Split_Pin is local!

Yes I ran past there last week and saw that they had been moved further inside the yard. I thought they had gone years ago. They have deteriorated a lot since I last photographed them.

They are about 1/⁴ mile from my house.

Happy to assist with directions or whatever!

[Split_Pin]

6 hours ago, big_al_granvia said:

There seems to be a lot of rotting chod in bonnybridge, old scammel trucks in 1 yard with various others. Is is where chod goes to die

I resemble that remark!

[Iamgroot]

I actually got some bits of Jim a while ago for a 626, he's a nice guy, haven't read the practical classics article, I think his collection must have just overwhelmed him, haven't spoken to him in a while, but he is a Facebook friend, I'm sure he would do a good deal if he knew it was helping to save one. The very unusual ones are genuine very unusual ones not replica's.

Oh and as far as not being a member on here, he possibly is, he was a member on retro rides, when I used to frequent it and the old Japanese cars proboards site.