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[cam.in.head]

and now just discovered " u pull it" in york.
wander freely at your leisure,all cars grouped by manufacturer .very large .
spent a few hours there thursday . feell like im young again !

[Sir Tigger KC]

and now just discovered " u pull it" in york.
wander freely at your leisure,all cars grouped by manufacturer .very large .
spent a few hours there thursday . feell like im young again !

Sounds like a DIY massage parlour! 

[grifter]

Saturday mornings were my scrappy day to see what I could fill my toolbox with stuff I could pay the scrap man for. One of the ones I used to go to my mate said his dad and friend used to go there, go up the back and lob everything they took off over the fence and get it outside after they'd finished!

My biggest misdemeanor in a scrappy was taking a dump in the back of a merc sprinter but there you go when nature call it calls!

[Stu.C]

1st Choice Car Spares in Accrington, as mentioned by @cam.in.head. Decent old-fashioned kinda place, but let down by the fella's total reluctance to make the stacked 2.6 Elite pickable and get some cash from it, versus wanting to sell me a different "good" engine, that had been extracted in the usual clinically sympathetic manner    Well, at least it was a nice sunny afternoon ...

[cam.in.head]

deja  vu !!!!

[Andy B]

we still have this kind of yard at ''Pimhole'' in Bury where you can wander

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5906524,-2.2812229,3a,21.4y,144.41h,98.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sC-p2sw6dh18-F3AjZZZZZw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?authuser=0&coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxOC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[Rangie]

We had one local one which used to be quite good a few years back but most of the yard has been cleared of vehicles, there are now several stables on it and horses being looked after probably more money in that nowadays.

[cam.in.head]

we still have this kind of yard at ''Pimhole'' in Bury where you can wander

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5906524,-2.2812229,3a,21.4y,144.41h,98.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sC-p2sw6dh18-F3AjZZZZZw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?authuser=0&coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxOC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

wow . am i reading that wrong or is that one industrial estate full of multiple scrapyards ?

[johnnydog]

1st Choice Car Spares in Accrington, as mentioned by @cam.in.head. Decent old-fashioned kinda place, but let down by the fella's total reluctance to make the stacked 2.6 Elite pickable and get some cash from it, versus wanting to sell me a different "good" engine, that had been extracted in the usual clinically sympathetic manner    Well, at least it was a nice sunny afternoon ...

That Y reg Petrol Blue saloon is unfortunately only a 2.6 CD... it appears to have been well maintained over the years with many original GM parts. Corrosion on one inner rear wing appears to be possibly one reason why it ended up in there.
Chris (Cam in Head) and I have had all the decent stuff off it over the last few months. Had it actually been an Elite, then there would have been a lot more removed from it by now - believe me!!!

[Andy B]

we still have this kind of yard at ''Pimhole'' in Bury where you can wander

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5906524,-2.2812229,3a,21.4y,144.41h,98.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sC-p2sw6dh18-F3AjZZZZZw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1?authuser=0&coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkxOC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

wow . am i reading that wrong or is that one industrial estate full of multiple scrapyards ?

You're reading it right ..... a whole host of scrap yards! 

there used to be one on the way down there where all parts were removed & on racking. In one respect it took the fun out of rumaging through cars for bit & pieces (full, untouched fuse/relay boxes) but it was handy if you were stuck for time .... you just asked for a part & they walked you to rack ? shelf? & there it was.
can't rememeber now why they were shut down! 

[johnnydog]

In the mid 80's I found a very solid Triumph 2000 Mk2 in one of the yards down Pimhole Road, and I ended up buying the whole dash frame, and full set of immaculate doors off it for £6 each piece - just in case ...... and I still have all them today as I've never needed to replace any doors on my Triumphs .....although  they are worth far more than the £30 I paid for them back then I guess.
Again in the mid 80's, at the former yard at Altham that was later bought by 1st Choice, I found a solid Royal Blue Mk1 2000. As I had an identical one in that colour (I still have it today ), I ended up buying the whole car for £80 which included them delivering it to my house (although they just dumped it on the drive much to the annoyance of my missus....). I took all the doors from it, the bonnet, boot, plenty of mechanicals and trim, and then they picked it up again when I'd finished and gave me £50 back for the rolling shell! Pity you cant buy whole cars in that way from breakers today, and you certainly don't get bargains like that anymore...especially as I also found a large King Dick adjustable spanner under the drivers seat which I still have! (no visible blood on it fortunately  )
The good old days of proper scrap yards......

[cam.in.head]

sounds like an outing to pimhole is on the cards .!

[Raeturbo]

Better than going to the seaside👍🤣🤣

[ronnyd]

Better than going to the seaside👍🤣🤣

Sell that to the wife and kids. 

[cam.in.head]

Better than going to the seaside👍🤣🤣

absolutely
although if it was "pimhole by the sea " it doesnt sound that inviting !
only problem with going to scrapyards now is that they rarely have anything in worth looking at . the altham one is good because its always had a few omegas in but that will surely slow down now.and nothing else older to my interest. but our lass is happy cos theres always plenty clit bits.
and then once you come hone you always think of other stuff you might need ! .  now thinking a selection of the quick release fuel pipe sections especially the steel pipe versions will come in usefull innthe future .