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[joshwyatt]

I'm just wondering if anyone has seen recently any facelift Omega's in scrap/breakers yards? The tradtional one's where you can walk around yourself. I do travel around a bit so distance doesn't matter too much, just interested to see if there's anything out there.

[Rockhampton]

Pengam Part Mart in South Wales had a Nocturno Blue facelift in last week.... CD trim, not sure about the motor 

[tunnie]

According to TB, Smiths had a 2.2 taxi in....

[joshwyatt]

Thanks Rockhamtpon, may be going to Cardiff soon, so that's fine 
Tunnie...it wasn't there when we were there was it? I'll take a trip over there tomorrow in that case if a facelift's in...if I can remember how to get there 
Did TB say where abouts it was in the yard?

[tunnie]

no it was there after we went, not sure were in the scrappy it is, being a taxi expect it in worse condition that everything else 

Trouble is may already be gone, sometimes they stay in there for ages, other times they only last a week before being crushed

[joshwyatt]

Mmm good point, may already be dead by now...but maybe worth a go anyway...I'll take a drive there and see what's what. With the amount of vehicles they've got, I doubt phoning them would help much either.

[tunnie]

nah, don't think they know whats in there half the time. Always worth a go, one summer there was 5 in there, couple of Elites too!

[biggriffin]

most scrap yards that i use leave the cars to be butcherd for about 4 weeks then they have a clear out and restock.

[Monaromega]

We had 2 crashed ones on our local scrapyard in the last 6 years, thats it, most Omega's are just prefacelift 16v CD or base modells.

But I guess, in the next years the number of facelifts on the scrappie will increase.

[alunonhisown]

Pengam Part Mart in South Wales had a Nocturno Blue facelift in last week.... CD trim, not sure about the motor 

Ahh Pengam Partmart!!!
I remember when this place was a main dealers, Charles Jenkins & Son's. First Rolls Royce I ever saw belonged to Mr Jenkins.
Rhymney Council Bus Garage was opposite. Oh the memories.

[Rockhampton]

Pengam Part Mart in South Wales had a Nocturno Blue facelift in last week.... CD trim, not sure about the motor 

Ahh Pengam Partmart!!!
I remember when this place was a main dealers, Charles Jenkins & Son's. First Rolls Royce I ever saw belonged to Mr Jenkins.
Rhymney Council Bus Garage was opposite. Oh the memories.

Yep, the've been selling or breaking cars there for years!

Bus depot is a council depot now.

They don't get many facelifts in there, so I tend to notice on the rare occasion when one appears.... it was on the back of an incoming transporter last week. Might go over later to check it out - there's a few bits i could do with 
Will post if anything of interest

[joshwyatt]

Just got back from Smiths,
The facelift is an ex taxi 1999 'V' 2.0 GLS in silver with 227k miles.
There were three prefacelifts too, two CD and one CDX.

[Welung666]

Did you get the drivers door loom and the rear switch though Josh?

[joshwyatt]

Manged to get them from elsewhere Lee, got a rear switch and ordered a loom today so that should be here by Tuesday hopefully...so it's nearly done