Scrapping cars the 1965 way

[anonymous-user]

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[marshal_alan]

elf and safety didnt exist in the 60's you should have seen them cutting up steam engines, asbestos lagging the lot

[sjmmarsh]

Did anyone else think "don't crush that - there are some rare salvageable parts on it!"

Steve

[three five five]

Excellent. Thanks

[NotReallyBored]

'First orf, the car has to be fired'

Not quite what is done today...... Made me chortle.

[downthepub]

Loved the bloke with a fag on whilst operating his crane. Cheers for sharing.

[V41LEY]

Loved that thanks.
That old army staff car getting crushed was a tragedy.
As for that camp ! Must have been staged - way too tidy.


Anyone spot the Sunbeam Alpine reflection in the window at 1:01 ?

[carreauchompeur]

AAARGH, skipped through that but the sight of those blokes casually throwing stuff into the incinerator with the ineffective safety chain around it made my toes curl.

One trip away from fiery death!

[Evangelion]

On the other hand, if all those cars that were crushed had been preserved instead, they'd now be so common that none of them would be worth anything ... so would have ended up in the crusher anyway!

[crankedup]

carreauchompeur said:

AAARGH, skipped through that but the sight of those blokes casually throwing stuff into the incinerator with the ineffective safety chain around it made my toes curl.

One trip away from fiery death!

Nah, they were OK 'been doing this job 25 years Guv' not had accident in all that time so it must be safe'.

[woodytype S]

A mate of mine cut up steam engines,he did the great train robbery one.

[john2443]

woodytype S said:

A mate of mine cut up steam engines,he did the great train robbery one.

He should be on the bullstters thread! That train was diesel hauled