Scrapyard Memories
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Myself and N02 son had a wander around KB Autospares opposite Andy's (ScaryoldCortina) place https://www.kbautospares.co.uk/ this afternoon after bits for his Bini. That we got.
Had an MK1 TT in that someone was stripping the interior out of.
Had an MK1 TT in that someone was stripping the interior out of.
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I spent a lot of time in them as a child, as my family had a garage and most of the scrappies were cronies of my dad.
It's long enough ago that some of the places had real treasures rotting away. There was one small yard in town which I'd visit with my dad while my mother was shopping. Dad would be sat in the "office" (an old double decker) drinking tea, chatting with his mate, while I got to play in the rotting heaps. Yard has long gone I wasn't around when it was cleared, some of the stuff up in the corner had been there for decades including an ancient Rolls Royce.
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I used to go to Blackwells in Halstead, Essex when I was in my late teens. Full of 50's and 60's cars back then.
I suppose like most of the scrappies I went to are either closed or are now full of 90's and 00's cars.
Progress is cruel!
I suppose like most of the scrappies I went to are either closed or are now full of 90's and 00's cars.
Progress is cruel!
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From when a banger racer showed us round his yard near Southampton in 2003. In the background behind the A99 is one of eight (I think) Princess 3-litre estates,from what I can remember we were told this one had had a tree fall on it at some stage.
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Knew some of those fellas....Got a shot of that A99 on Rossies at a show nearby (on steelies), DVLA shows untaxed since 2002 but I'm pretty sure the photograph was taken a few years later!
Spudgun occasionally supplied me with Cowley parts when he got one in for racing.
Spudgun occasionally supplied me with Cowley parts when he got one in for racing.
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Didn't realise he'd died until I saw footage of the Spudgun memorial at Arlington on YouTube last year. The above pictures were definitely taken in June 2003.
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Aye, another yard frequenter (with the Jap stuff) died recently. Dutch.
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No pictures and I suppose my memories are not that much different to everyone else's. Teetering stacks, being held rabbit like by the sight of some gruesomely crashed cars, the smell of oil everywhere, the mud, propping cars up on old wheels and weird cars that you never saw anywhere else. The only place I ever saw a Wartburg in the wild was in a scrapyard.
I haven't been in a scrap yard for many years but I drive/walk past one fairly regularly and where it sits you get a very clear view of what is in it. What I find striking is the difference in the stock. Back in the day once a car was in a breaker's yard it had given everything it was going to give and a bit more. Virtually everything on it was worn or rotten. It was only if you were lucky would a car have had something replaced not long before its last journey would there be anything worth salvaging. When I look at this yard it gives the idea that with a bit more careful arrangement and some bunting it could be an only slightly down at heel car lot. Almost everything looks like it has a lot more to give.
I haven't been in a scrap yard for many years but I drive/walk past one fairly regularly and where it sits you get a very clear view of what is in it. What I find striking is the difference in the stock. Back in the day once a car was in a breaker's yard it had given everything it was going to give and a bit more. Virtually everything on it was worn or rotten. It was only if you were lucky would a car have had something replaced not long before its last journey would there be anything worth salvaging. When I look at this yard it gives the idea that with a bit more careful arrangement and some bunting it could be an only slightly down at heel car lot. Almost everything looks like it has a lot more to give.
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Was that the "warlords" team? Damned if I can remember the surname.mercrocker wrote: ↑Sat Mar 25, 2023 1:34 pm Knew some of those fellas....Got a shot of that A99 on Rossies at a show nearby (on steelies), DVLA shows untaxed since 2002 but I'm pretty sure the photograph was taken a few years later!
Spudgun occasionally supplied me with Cowley parts when he got one in for racing.
As I suspected I was right about everything.