A BorgWarner35 auto box out of a Mk4 Zodiac.Warren t claim wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 3:27 am What's the largest or most expensive thing you've managed to steal from a scrapyard?
In Milton Keynes in the 80’s we had 5 scrapyards; Goodman’s and Fred Cox’ that are both still there. And two both named Rainbows, belonging to two factions of the same family Kevin who was a great bloke and John who was a cunt.
You only ever went to John Rainbow at Loughton when you were desperate. One Saturday afternoon after the pub, me and a mate were looking for a box for my Executive and ended up at J Rainbows as he was the only one with a recently driven in MK4, after agreeing £25 we set to removing it, dragged it to the gate and he starts moaning about the trail of fluid we’d left ( usual black mud and dog shit yard) so adds £10 to the price. I tell him to fuck off and we almost come to blows, we’re both calmed down by Trevor the old guy that worked for him. I leave with no gearbox.
We retire to the pub 200 yards away.
An hour later Trevor comes in and approaches us, “ If you want that auto box it’s yours for Tenner” John had told him to wash it down and put it in the shed as a recon. He couldn’t be arsed so dumped it under a hedge , just out of reach of the dogs chains.
If I hadn’t got a bit of Dutch courage inside me I would not have been entirely confident that the pair of Dobermans snarling at me from about 10 feet couldn’t actually reach me whilst I was strugggling with a filthy oily and muddy gearbox- Dave wouldn’t go in because of the dogs. At least he helped me get it over the 5 bar gate and into the boot of his Mk3 Cortina.