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General => General discussion => Topic started by: richandhazel on 14 February 2005, 20:33
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I went to my local scrapyard today to get some parts for my Polo and who should I bump into? Pete (alias ridgers) :shocked:
What a small world it is. Picked up a replacement rim and gearshift gaitor for ?10 :smiley:
Pete found it very amusing watching me clambering over the cars to get to a Polo for my bits lol
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Think i need to go to a few scrappies next week to see wot bargains i can find, oh and which forum members I can bump into :grin:
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Don't you just love the greese monkeys that work in scrap yards?? :laugh:? :laugh:
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Don't you just love the greese monkeys that work in scrap yards?? :laugh:? :laugh:
Many a bargain to be found :wink:
One of the Polo rims was badly kerbed, managed to get a replacement one and a steering gaitor for a tenner :smiley:
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Ahh the local scrapyard many a fun time was had clambering over a stack of 4 cars good stuff in my book,and theres about 6 within 25 miles of me... :grin:
That the polo you bought last newark? :shocked: :cool:
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No I haven't driven it since I bought it. The guy I bought it from was banned and had already been stopped twice subsequently so it was a 'marked' car. Dare not drive it until it is totally legal which means replacing that rim, new rear box and a handbrake cable. Thats all it should need for the MOT :smiley:
Plan to use it for some of the shows this year, however, I have a feeling that when the weather improves I'll be digging the cabrio out afterall :cool:
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Scrappies, mans best friend!!! :grin:
Havent you noticed how the weather is always crap when your down one??
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Don't you just love the greese monkeys that work in scrap yards?? :laugh:? :laugh:
Many a bargain to be found :wink:
One of the Polo rims was badly kerbed, managed to get a replacement one and a steering gaitor for a tenner :smiley:
Yep, your right there mate :smiley:
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Scrappies, mans best friend!!! :grin:
Havent you noticed how the weather is always crap when your down one??
yeah and always the scrap yards are a knee deep in mud! (not good 4 new trainers) :laugh:
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...........and why is it that the car you need to get at is NEVER at the bottom :rolleyes:
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rich which scrap yard do u use as i need some bits but mine are empty in good old basingstoke
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I go to Aldershot car spares. Its a very modern 'european legislation' scrap yard where every car is on computer and they are properly stacked on huge racks. When you need a part from particular car they fork lift it down to an area where you are allowed to work on it. I can nearly always get what I want from there at a good price. Failing that there is another scrap yards 100yds further down the road which is more conventional and there are quite a few mk2 16V's in there with engines manifold's gearbox's everything still intact! The guy in there is very friendly and let me have my gearshift gaitor for free :smiley: If there is still no joy in that one there is another one about a mile away called Normandy car spares :wink:
So with three to chose from it's usually worth a trip down there to see whats new. I always pop in when passing :laugh:
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Anyone know of any around the east end of london .
Need to get some new switches and stuff for my mark 3
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I go to Aldershot car spares. Its a very modern 'european legislation' scrap yard where every car is on computer and they are properly stacked on huge racks. When you need a part from particular car they fork lift it down to an area where you are allowed to work on it. I can nearly always get what I want from there at a good price. Failing that there is another scrap yards 100yds further down the road which is more conventional and there are quite a few mk2 16V's in there with engines manifold's gearbox's everything still intact! The guy in there is very friendly and let me have my gearshift gaitor for free :smiley: If there is still no joy in that one there is another one about a mile away called Normandy car spares :wink:
So with three to chose from it's usually worth a trip down there to see whats new. I always pop in when passing :laugh:
I know the one your talking about, all the cars are in model order and its nicely concreted so you don't drop that mucn needed bolt in a deep murky puddle!!!
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Thats the one, very civilised as scrappy's go :cool:
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Yup, sure are and its reasonable on the prices, my bro Ed (veedub8v) got some VDO gauges with looms for a tenner!!!!!! :shocked:
Oh, and wokingham scrappy is another good one, its bloody hoooooge, and they hold scrap heap challenge their :grin: :grin:
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Friendly and civilised scrap yards ! Whatever next ! :grin:
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Anyone know of any around the east end of london .
Need to get some new switches and stuff for my mark 3
which switches do you need? I have a few floating around in the garage.
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Dizzie, don't suppose you have a heated seat switch for a mk1 cab do you ???
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I went to the scrappy today...........ang got a leather steering wheel for a tenner!
There was a MK2 driver in there, with 17" oz alloys and coilovers on if anybody facies them, its in Bicester. Was going to have them myself but the bank manager says no! :cry:
The said I could have the coilies for ?70
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rich which scrappy is it with the 16v's :huh:
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rich which scrappy is it with the 16v's :huh:
i dunno but im up for going and looking sometime!
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Can't remember what its called, its only been open 18 months. Go to Aldershot car spares, instead of turning in, go straight on and you'll see it in front of you.
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oo..if us r gettin all these parts n that...think ill hav a nosey in a couple near mine!! *pulls on old clothes n trainers-ready to search*
Dinx :kiss:
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i love scrap yards.
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^^^ :grin:
Ed, you know when we went to the scrappy near us that had closed and moved to aldershot???? the place where you got your last set of VDO's from.? its that one we went to that was concreted, i think.