Most profitable cars to break?

Have you tried datman off here he breaks Japanese stuff

A local garage breaks a lot of Leon/Ibiza Cupras, Civic Type R's, Imprezas and Audi TT's

I would have thought the problem would have been getting certain cars. The one make breakers we have had in our area have either closed or just brake any vehicles.
I find at the moment many people are struggling with cash flow, Christmas will also slow this down.

Have a look at the cars the drifters are using on driftworks mx5,bmw,to name a couple bumpers,wings,front,rear lights,doors,bonnets

I've broken a lot of vehicles over the years and still do every now and again but not very often.

I find the most profitable things to break are things that are a little more "specialist" of that's such a thing?

I used to break MGs and made a lot of money off of the ZR and the MGF but both the 160 versions. The engines are sought after in the mini conversions, gearboxes seem to sell well on eBay and the ZR came with the wheels which sold very easily. Even did a BRM once which sold very well.

I also broke anything with a Type R badge on it, the accords sold very well as did the EP3. At the time I was breaking the EP3 the engines were selling for around £1,250 bare. The VTi 1.6/1.8 broke very well as did the 2.2 manual preludes.

The VTS and GTI saxos and 106s broke well but I think that ship may have sailed now as when I used to break these they were a favoured first car for young lads who liked to throw the better parts on their 1.1 base models.

I suspec the 172 and 182 may break well, I see some ropey examples for well under £1000 now days and actually turned one down the other day at £350.

The TT breaks well. I have one in at the moment which is proving very profitable.

Please excuse the crude, short and probably poorly slept reply which ha been quickly sent from my phone whilst trying to prepare to go out.

Christ, I should`ve kept more of an eye on this thread!

Thanks for all the input and opinions, all very useful. I`m still trying to decide what to go for, but pretty sure I`ve narrowed it down to combining Volvo/Saab or the VAG group. Both have their pros and cons....Volvo and Saab are generally cheaper to buy through copart, and I already know the older 9-5/9-3 market quite well. VAG opens up a new market really for me, but there seems to be plenty to go at here, including the possibility of retro/classic stuff too. however, especially with Audi, they`re more expensive to buy. Not a problem if the parts sell well though. The Unit/space I`m getting my hands on is in a good, busy location too, so maybe with VAG stuff being more popular, would also get a bit of passing trade or locals instead of relying on the internet for sales.

It definitely needs to be a specialist only business for a couple of main reasons. These are the ease of braking the cars once used to them, and knowing what parts sell well, where to price them and actually building up a knowledge of the cars to helps customers with etc. Secondly, is space. You need a lot a space to store parts etc. It`s so much easier when you`re dealing with the same stuff on a daily basis.

As mentioned in my original post, I`ve broken cars before, just not with the correct licences in place. I`ve also run my own businesses since I was 21, so am perfectly OK with this side of things. However, I`m not sure how you make 5 x your outlay on just the major bits, and 10 x on the whole vehicle! If anyone managed this, I`m clearly doing something wrong!!

Sooooo, thanks again for the input, and feel free to post any other views or ideas.....all much appreciated.

I dunno what it's like everywhere else, but the scrapyards around North Wales are seriously lacking in anythin Vauxhall, especially over 10 years old, struggling to find Vec B parts now, and a mk3 Astra is a rare find

I bought 2 mgf's last year, one for £300 and one for £180

made £500 on the first and £600 on the second and I was selling parts for less than half of ebay listing prices, worked out about £20 an hour stripping them.

That's food for thought.....I've broken a few W124's in the past, and always done ok on them, as long as they had the MB Tex interior. Might give a w140 a tester soon.....