Idiots guide to scrap yards?

custardy

mrbadexample wrote: »

Well, about 15-20 years ago it went like this:

Hello mate, got any Cortinas in?
Yeah...there's one over there on top of that Cavalier; the one on top of the Montego.
I want the starter motor, how much?
A tenner if it's still there, help yourself.

Whereupon you climbed up and balanced precariously somewhere, contravening every health and safety regulation in the book, while you took the starter motor off (not forgetting to fill your pockets with spare bulbs and any small bits of trim etc. that were missing from your motor while you were there ).
Having retrieved the starter motor, you climbed down, dodged the oily alsation and paid the fella. Job done.

And everything was a tenner. Starter motor, lens cluster, alternator, you name it. They only had one price. Occasionally they might let you borrow a spanner if you looked like you couldn't outrun the dog.

I guess things have changed a bit.....

ah memories :T

lot of scrappies if you give em a few days notice can have a part removed and waiting for you when you arrive.
often add a couple of quid but saves a lot of faffing especially if its a part that could be rusted on/hard to get to

anewman

So if I get to a scrappie that lets you wander around I know why all the trim poppers, fuses, relays, switches, and bulbs etc have disappeared, lol.

twink

i thought it was only my dh that had big pockets when he went to the scrappy, many a time i have sat in the car waiting for him and seen the alsation and lots of oily puddles too, happy days

ollyk

anyone know of any 'help yourself' scrappies in the Manchester area? I remember there was a huge one near Congleton but can't remember where right now...

Stephen_Leak

O, Mr. BE, yes, the good old days ... A trip to a "real" scrappies is my idea of a day out!

goldspanners

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

O, Mr. BE, yes, the good old days ... A trip to a "real" scrappies is my idea of a day out!

haha,i thought it was just me who was wierd,i could spend hours looking round a scrappy,even at cars i dont have!

blue_haddock

ollyk wrote: »

anyone know of any 'help yourself' scrappies in the Manchester area? I remember there was a huge one near Congleton but can't remember where right now...

Are you thinking of car transplants over at nantwich? they are pretty god damn big.

ollyk

blue_haddock wrote: »

Are you thinking of car transplants over at nantwich? they are pretty god damn big.

yeah maybe, I just remember heading that way with an acquaintance and going into the scrap yard with a screw driver... long time ago tho!