Scrap yards!

[NeilW]

Is it just me or have scrap yards become a past time.
In my area there used to be around 8-9 decent scrap yards where you could go wander around loaded with a toolbox and get stuck into a car covered in crap and all kinds to get whatever you wanted, then off to negotiate at reasonable cost. A pain at the time but actually quite satisfying looking back.
Nowadays we have 2-3 scrappies who in simple terms just take the p***. I guess the likes of the Internet killed the trade but i am often impatient and if I need a part would like to have it yesterday....

I went to what I though was the best scrap yard left looking for some steel wheels to get my roadster rolling, expecting around £20 or so for 4 wheels with crap tyres. The guys running the place was a complete tool, half arsed, no banter what so ever, and after finding 4 wheels scattered at each corner of the place he was wanting £70!. I don't mind supporting the place a little but at that price I told him do one.

Gone are the days....

[norton]

Same here. My local looks like a supermarket and milks you just the same.

the one I remember fondly that dictated you go digging around looking in the dark corners amongst precariously stacked cars has gone. The Internet and health and safety ended that.

[rpjg1975]

Totally agree....many an hour spent climbing up into cars stacked up and taking chunks out of knuckles trying in vain to undo rusted bolts!!!

Search normally ended with a shout to the guy in the forklift of "ow much??"

Good times 😊

[flyerncle]

Ocular surgery,they know you are stuck so stick it to you.

Do as some have done and re-invented the wheel,wooden ones !!!!

[vmax1974]

Originally Posted by flyerncle

Ocular surgery,they know you are stuck so stick it to you.Do as some have done and re-invented the wheel,wooden ones !!!!

they will have ya eyes out too lol

there is still 2 old style pile em up and let you pick at em In middlesbrough but they still charge through the nose went to get a corsa c front caliper for the wifes mates car and they wanted 20 notes

at least dick turpin had the good graces to wear a mask

[flyerncle]

They got wise to cost of parts,I manage a garage and the owner is also a breaker of cars so I know where you are coming from,really pi55e5 him off when I buy new stuff when he has expensive secondhand kak on the shelf.

[rpjg1975]

It's even worse when sellers know that builders like us want things hence why you could get a pallet of gold bars for less that an old Sierra steering column now on eBay!!!!

[flyerncle]

I see what you mean,nice to know I have a couple of hundred quids worth lying in the garage when needs must.

[TalonMotorFabrication]

I think that is the advantage of moving towards the mx5 route with regards to the price of parts, there is a whole cars worth of drive it on to the trailer donnor on ebay for £110 or best offer thats been there for the past 4 weeks. Non of the fuss of selling on the unwanted bits just bin the tin that you don't want.

[twinturbo]

yep spent many gr8 afternoons getting upgrades and parts. Have not been to our local in 8 years probably it was ( hopefully still is ) a proper yard.

I remember once wandering round the BMW isle when a TORRENTIAL ran burst errupted. Me and my brother in law jumped in the clossest thing to us. An E21 320 Baur Convertable with a very leakey roof

TT