What is your best scrappy find/purchase/steal ?
What is your best scrappy find/purchase/steal ?
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Alfa GTV

Original Poster:

257 posts

192 months

Friday 6th May 2011
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Okay then as per title what is your best scrapyard purchase/find/steal nono ?

One from me, my local scrappy when I was a bit younger had a Vectra ST200 just in and still on the back of the lowloader, had a quick look around it, most of the front end had been knackered, I bought 3 of the 4 17" Speedline Mistral alloys (the 4th wheel was buckled) for £90 and also bought the Recaro front seats from it for £50.

I didn't have a vectra at the time, but knew what the parts were worth, unfortuanetly the scaryard owner didn't - bonus.

Later on sold the alloys on Fleabay for £300 and the recaro front seats for £250.

Tidy little profit cool

So what is your best find/purchase/steal?

Alfa GTV

Original Poster:

257 posts

192 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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Zeemax_Mini

1,235 posts

280 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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A pair of immaculate leather MGF seats for £30, which I fitted into my old mini!

Dom

ChiChoAndy

73,668 posts

284 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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Some manual hubs for my Isuzu that cost me $5... Bargain.

175gt

337 posts

192 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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Not car related but a cattle crush with integrated weighing crate and automatically locking doors. Got it for £15 about 8 years ago. Thing must weigh at least 500kg. Maybe I'll see if the same scrappy wants to buy it back...laugh

Mini_Lund

1,743 posts

239 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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I very nearly adopted a Audi Coupe for free, but it got scrapped. frown

Ricky_M

6,618 posts

248 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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Thermostat housing for my Focus which was over £100 brand new, went to the scrappy with £60 cash.

Eventually found one, the guy said £30, as I proceeded to hand over the cash, he laughed and said "Only joking mate, call it a tenner". Was very pleased with that!

EarlOfHazard

3,630 posts

187 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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A complete Black leather interior for a Vauxhall Omega for 50 quid !!

A.J.M

8,388 posts

215 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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I once found a complete genuine mk3 escort rs1600i, the interior was burnt out but the engine and bodykit was all there. Really wanted to buy it as the stuff is worth a few £££ but it got sold before i could come back, buyer did what i was going to do. Cleaned it out of the valuable bits.

Also found a defender 50th as well. Guy wouldnt sell it either. was gutted as a 4.0 V8 auto defender would have been great to fix up and sell on. bd. hehe