Doug
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Mate of mine has just sold his E30 318is to a lad from ireland so has bought himself a £100 sierra as a runabout till he picks up his new car.
This £100 sierra has spat its dummy out and as such needed a new starter motor! So off to the scrap yard we went today to get him a new unit....
Bear in mind it has been snowing so the yard looks like this!
We find a car and start taking the starter off it.....
Then it kind of dawned on us... this car is mint?! seriously clean!! here are some under bonnet shots to prove this....
So I go to have a look at the speedo expecting around 50k..... how wrong I was!!!
This car is a minter! So we wondered why it was in the scrappers?! So we looked round and noticed it had some minor rear quarter damage  It really is a shame to write off such a low milleage mint example of an older car!
That was my days adventure into the scrap yard......
[Edited on 12-02-2007 by Doug]
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Mark330d
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Registered: 25th Apr 06
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buy it and fix it, garage it for 5 years, sell on as a classic for profit. jobs a gud un
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Rick Draper
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Registered: 10th Feb 01
Location: Cheshire
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Where abouts around chester is that scrap yard? Did you happen to notice any corsa's in there?
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jamesvalver
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scrap yards are some of the best places to go! i could spend hours in a good scrappy hunting for parts lol
we need some good ones around here!
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jammo20
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Registered: 17th Nov 03
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ever thought it could have been around the clock and back
i got a escort van with 8k lol
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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how do you know its 10k and not 110k?
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Doug
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Look at home clean everything is in the engine bay! the starter motor that we took off was like new....
trust me its 10k!!
Rick Draper - Mate there are loads of scrappies in chester  This one is in north wales and is about the best in the area! Every yard has corsas in it!
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steve_b
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Registered: 15th Jun 03
Location: Oswestry, Shropshire
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Thats H & K in Ruabon isnt it Doug?? Always a few vauxhalls in there, good scrappy. I prefer the other one myself (Clywdd breakers). the blokes a ledged, Im always down there so chucks me stupid bargains, often walk out there with stuff for free now! ha
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Doug
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It is yeah! if you cant find what you want in one of the yards then your REALLY unlucky!
Neil is a legend yeah!
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Rick Draper
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Macc has no scrap yards and car transplants and roadrunner always want to rip me off. Someone tell me where to find some good places with corsa's in.
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Colin
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It does look bloody clean!!
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Jimmeh
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Got to be 110k
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Doug
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I love the way people can judge it by not even seeing the car
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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Does look clean TBH, shame
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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if you need a alt i have one,
i think i have a few other little bits aswell that i dont need
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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10K
Whereabouts in Chester is it doug? Wouldn't mind going myself 
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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I expected to scroll down and see it on your driveway
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A.Nam
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Registered: 19th Sep 05
Location: Northwest, Runcorn
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were is ths scrappy? or any really good otherones
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Bram
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Derby
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At the end of the day its a ten a penny 4 door Ford Sierra, not worth anything IMO
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Doug
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Not saying its worth anything, just was shocked at how mint it was for a scrapyard!
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Morty123
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Registered: 27th Apr 06
Location: Bedfordshire
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i got to ask a stupid question but how do you get to exhausts if it is at a scrap yard? on like no wheels or on some wheels
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
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if it was my dads yard, chains and a crane 
or hed just grab the roof if you only wanted the exhaust
[Edited on 12-02-2007 by kurtofcc]
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eel
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
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i need 2 get 2 the scrap yard 2 get a air box
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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Which yard is your dads?!
Would be handy knowing of more yards and maybe some discount!
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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one question how the heck du work outside when its so cold my hands literally seize up
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