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[cam.in.head]

just out of curiosity there are not many scrapyards nowadays that let you walk around
there are two good ones in altham accrington that let you wander at your free will and leave you to it .  based west yorkshire it's still a good hour treck thou
does anyone know if the 4 in carlton barnsley are still there and let you in ?

[STEMO]

just out of curiosity there are not many scrapyards nowadays that let you walk around
there are two good ones in altham accrington that let you wander at your free will and leave you to it .  based west yorkshire it's still a good hour treck thou
does anyone know if the 4 in carlton barnsley are still there and let you in ?

I've just driven past them. Still open but I have no idea if you can wander around.

[STEMO]

Just rang Welbournes and he said you're welcome to have a wander round, so that's your starter for ten.

[Rangie]

Still got one in Spalding but has shrunk dramatically in size, not many folk in older cars now all due to the PCP plans that are on offer.

[cam.in.head]

Just rang Welbournes and he said you're welcome to have a wander round, so that's your starter for ten.

thankyou very much for that
sounds like a day out coming up soon then !
cheers

[Sir Tigger KC]

Still got one in Spalding but has shrunk dramatically in size, not many folk in older cars now all due to the PCP plans that are on offer.

Yes the yooves of today will never know the joys of hunting round a muddy scrap yard in the pissing rain, only to find the car you need is precariously stacked on top of two others, and clambouring up to find that some bugger has got there before you and nicked the part you needed! 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Those were the days. 

[cam.in.head]

not expecting to find any omegas let alone vivas or cavaliers but there's always something !
but yes fantastic times . we used to go virtually every saturday morning to our local ones around halifax and come back with stuff you might need one day ! seats,trims , engines etc. remember going for a viva dashboard top and came out with a newly recon engine and gearbox !
back in the days when you could unbolt an engine and 2 people lift it out in a couple of hours !
still got spare for my classics now that i got that would cost a fortune to find and buy now .

[Raeturbo]

Still got one in Spalding but has shrunk dramatically in size, not many folk in older cars now all due to the PCP plans that are on offer.

Yes the yooves of today will never know the joys of hunting round a muddy scrap yard in the pissing rain, only to find the car you need is precariously stacked on top of two others, and clambouring up to find that some bugger has got there before you and nicked the part you needed! 

               Ha ha ain’t that the truth 🤣 I used to go to Neil Jenkins father’s  scrapyard it was on a farm in Cymmer/ Porth. And a very good Rally drivers scrapie from Tonypandy Jeff Churchill 👍

[Rangie]

Still got one in Spalding but has shrunk dramatically in size, not many folk in older cars now all due to the PCP plans that are on offer.

Yes the yooves of today will never know the joys of hunting round a muddy scrap yard in the pissing rain, only to find the car you need is precariously stacked on top of two others, and clambouring up to find that some bugger has got there before you and nicked the part you needed! 

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When I picked up my Range Rover earlier in the week I was chatting to Allan who owns   the garage he told me that a lot of the independents are suffering from reduced business  because PCP ties  the people into having their vehicles maintained at the main dealerships.

[Varche]

I once got locked in a scrapyard in Leicester. I was working at getting some suspension part off a Wolsey 16/60. I could hear this low grrr ing noise and there were two Dobermans watching me. I figured it had gone six.. So continued working and got the part and very carefully moved from pile to pile and then lowered my metal tool box down the perimeter wall on a bit of the Massey Harris band everyone had in those days. Then I dropped down . All parts free!  Things have changed a lot in the last 50 years……..

[Rangie]

I once got a really quite nice set of MK2 Ford Granada alloys from our local scrappie for about £30 & a set of Capri alloys for a mates Cortina they looked a treat.

[cam.in.head]

just been over to carlton today.
two yards that let you wander around freely    carlton  breakers and one opposite it . prices good . got a clit interior set of black door panels and trims all for £25.
no omegas . few vectras in and astras.
welbourne's exists but it's not a scrapyard now as such. no cars in just a lot of doors piled up !
still a great way to spend a day out thou.  girlfriends getting into it now as well .

[johnnydog]

You don't know how lucky you are Chris - when we met up a for the last couple of visits at the one at Accrington, it was great to see her passing you tools, carrying the parts you'd taken off and patiently waiting whilst all the good stuff was removed from that Omega! Can't see my wife going anywhere near a breakers - it takes me all my time to get her to travel in my Omegas (apparantly, they are big, heavy, 'old man' cars )!!

[cam.in.head]

shes learning and getting there . dont think i could be with anyone who was afraid of mucking in !
going back years a former girfriend and i would happily change viva / chevette engines just for fun. she used to say " which car are we swapping engine today  in ? and we would pop another engine from my shed into my viva "to give it a run " and this involved the two of us physically lifting it out onto the front on some mats whilst we climbed off and lifted it down onto the floor. usually had it done and dusted in a few hours ready to go to the chip shop !