Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Cutting up perfectly good carsDavenger
@dminifreak
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Oct 28, 2004 19:17:47 GMT
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I hate to see perfectly good cars being stripped or cut up for parts just to make a few extra quid.
What do you folks think of it?
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Oct 28, 2004 19:23:30 GMT
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Round the back of where I work, theres a guy who seems to do this for a living. Only today I saw a Triumph Dolomite going off to the scrappy in the sky  Theres Mk1/2 Granadas/Consuls as well as Mk4 Cortinas and some old Vauxhalls (Cresta). A while ago there was a MkII Jag as well  He also has some Ford D series trucks too  |
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Oct 28, 2004 19:23:59 GMT
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I'm all for it me like. Bring on the burner torch!!!!
Of course i'm not. I don't mind if someone chops up a perfectly good mondeo to put the engine in their Cortina or something, but there are limits.... What makes you ask the question?
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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Oct 28, 2004 19:27:34 GMT
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Oh, this thread isn't about what I thought it was gonna be about!
I thought it would be about my hobby which involves junctions and those curse word in shiny suits from "Foxtons" and their gay New Mini's.
Anyway back to topic: Does this happen all that often then? I suppose "perfectly good" is a little subjective.
I scrapped my mini which had had loads of money on nice bits spent on it after it was vandalised, but hey at least someone else benefitted.
I felt more guilty when I sold an Astra with no MOT and dodgy brakes to some guy who insisted on driving it away. "I'll get it back on the road" he said. It really wasn't worth the effort and should have been broken, but hey, he was paying me for it....
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Oct 28, 2004 19:29:13 GMT
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I hate when people slice up perfectly restorable, structurally alright cars just because they think they'll get far more cash if they sell them in bits. If they were knackered and not rare at all it'd be different, eg getting an engine out of a Vectra, but classics are different.  |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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Cutting up perfectly good carsDavenger
@dminifreak
Club Retro Rides Member 140
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Oct 28, 2004 19:35:57 GMT
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Thats exactly it Rev, it,s just mindless vandalism.
The reason I asked was that there is an MGB roadster shell for sale in the for sale section and someone suggested chopping it up to get more cash for the individual panels, undoing all the work that the guy has done to it to turn it into a good solid shell.
It just annoys me, thats all.
If it's a 2 a penny rep mobile or just past it, then fair enough, but to chop up a perfectly good car is just wrong
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Oct 28, 2004 19:38:01 GMT
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Oct 28, 2004 19:40:43 GMT
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Lets be honest this example doesnt sound like much of a moneyspinner, MGB panels are hardly rare or expensive. Anyone ill-informed enough to do that should just crack on with it in my view.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT! |
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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Cutting up perfectly good carsDavenger
@dminifreak
Club Retro Rides Member 140
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Oct 28, 2004 19:41:02 GMT
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Thats the one, it'd be such a shame if it went that way, it'd be a great base for a restoration or a kick  retro track car |
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Oct 28, 2004 19:44:10 GMT
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Dminifreak: Check your PM!
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Oct 28, 2004 20:48:29 GMT
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i'm after bits for my 'rocco and have been offered a complete car with 7 months MOT and a low mileage (77k) for £125 but i don't want to break something that belongs on the road. no-one will buy it as on-the-road though.  |
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Oct 28, 2004 23:03:44 GMT
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I remember going to a scrappy in Castleford a few years back, my mate had told they had some Imps. When we arrived in was like heaven!! Loads of quality old (restorable) classics, maybe 20-30 cars, everything from Imps, Mk1 'tinas, Mk2 jags, Minis, 105E's, Anglia's etc just sitting piled up outside the yard. I ask the guy about some parts off a few of the Imps, but he told me that he had sold the lot to a dealer for crushing!!!  I couldn't belive it, most of the cars were saveable!!! I tried to buy some imp bits off the various imps, but he kept telling me to 'feck off' they were already sold and going to be crushed!!! He seemed to enjoy the fact. |
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It doesn't look like it from the photo's, but was really rotten - boot floor, both outer sills, passenger floor, rain gutter, rear valance etc - not really worth saving. All the parts got put on to a new shell though.
Did all this in 4 days - cut up blue one a got rid of it, transferred all parts to new shell and got it through an MOT by the end of the week!
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OK, I'll let you off!
When a couple of our Mini's got that bad, we donated them to a local project fot young offenders. They basically stripped them and turned them into Ministox racers!
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I've still got the roof hung on my garage wall....... ;D
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