The Dark Wob

59Impala wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:50 pm Ah scrapyards, they used to be so good to wander around back in the 70's. Sadly back then I didn't have a decent camera (and film plus developing was expensive) so no photos. There used to be two yards on the A20 in between Sidcup and Swanley, the first was ZB's which had a pre-war Wolseley Hornet atop a pole (the Hornet was always mistaken for an Austin Seven), they might be still in business. Just a bit further along was another yard that I recall having two of those 50's BMW V8 saloons sitting at the front by the fence. There was another yard near there tucked away down a country lane that I visited in 1976 looking for twin headlight buckets that I could adapt to replace the ones on my 1959 Impala that had rotted away. Loads of stuff but to my surprise they had a very complete 1960 Impala 2-door hardtop which looked in decent shape apart from the Farina Oxford that they had plonked onto its roof. I remember that a guy there told me that the chassis of the Impala was broken which was weird as it didn't have any significant damage.

I do have photos from yards in the USA but I don't know where they are, now if only digital cameras had been a thing in the olden days.

mercrocker wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:09 pm Yeah, there was another yard nearby but if I recall he was a bit of a wurzel and didn't really want us in there....I wouldn't be surprised if the Imperial got raced, it looked good but had already had something dropped on the front n/s wing which was full of plod and red oxide.