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General => General discussion => Topic started by: DAVEMARX on 26 July 2014, 22:07

Title: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: DAVEMARX on 26 July 2014, 22:07: I've got a mk3 golf I've stripped of all parts so I'm only left with the body shell a few dented panels and the crap that isn't worth saving. I've lost the logbook to... I've rang around to get it picked up and scrapped but they won't take it. 1 I have no log book and 2 it's not a full car.
So what do I do with it?? Can I take it to a scrap yard? Cut it up? What's my options?
Title: Re: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: clancy on 27 July 2014, 00:12: Least hassle option, cut it up into metre ish size metal chunks then just weigh it in at a scrap yard mate

Just remember to send the paperwork off to the dvla! I scrapped a car, got fined 18 months later for not sending paper work off -_-
Title: Re: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: DAVEMARX on 27 July 2014, 11:24: Paperwork??? I take it you mean logbook right? So ill need to get a new 1 from DVLA before I weight it in. Which isn't really a big deal just means I can't start to dismantle my dead passat til it's gone coz I'm a bit short on space.
Title: Re: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 30 July 2014, 23:42: A lot of breakers yards won't take bare shells now as they make no money from them as there won't be any parts to strip themselves but a scrap metal merchant will more than likely collect it for free. It's what I did with my stripped mk3 shell.
Title: Re: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: madmanmart on 31 July 2014, 13:01: Sounds like your asking the wrong people. My local scrap yard will collect with a skip waggon, weigh it at the yard then pay me the money.

If I ain't got a logbook then they don't care.
Title: Re: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: clancy on 31 July 2014, 18:44: Quote from: madmanmart on 31 July 2014, 13:01
Sounds like your asking the wrong people. My local scrap yard will collect with a skip waggon, weigh it at the yard then pay me the money.

If I ain't got a logbook then they don't care.

When was the last time you did this ? Don't know anywhere that would dare do it now, not worth risking

Few years ago was different story
Title: Re: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: madmanmart on 31 July 2014, 19:07: Virtually every month :grin:

Some of the smaller family owned yards need the scrap so might take the risk.
Title: Re: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: clancy on 31 July 2014, 19:45: Yeah fair enough, just never found a small scrappy! Lol
Title: Re: Scrapping my ride/ body shell dipposal
Post by: th3_f15t on 05 August 2014, 23:52: Long shot, but when my bro had to scrap an old car, we asked the local fire service if they wanted a car to practise on. See if they want it to train new guys on cutting up cars.