Scrapyard tears
13-10-2006, 07:14 PM
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Scrapyard tears
I often have a look around my local scrapyard looking for bits for my car but have you noticed how hard it is to find the old mk3 mk4 escorts nowadays. It seems that if a scrappy round my erea gets hold one they automatically crush them 
I recently found an old xr3i and had a couple of bits off it then when i came back to get some more they had already crushed it I realy think it criminal doing that! parts are getting harder and harder to get hold of nowadays and all them pefectly good bits have now gone forever This car had an almost pefect gun metal grey body shell with no visible rust i could see! the reason it was in the scrappy was the engine had overheated and probably killed it. It realy makes me sad that alot of scrappys dont see the worth in keeping them anymore.
I recently found an old xr3i and had a couple of bits off it then when i came back to get some more they had already crushed it I realy think it criminal doing that! parts are getting harder and harder to get hold of nowadays and all them pefectly good bits have now gone forever This car had an almost pefect gun metal grey body shell with no visible rust i could see! the reason it was in the scrappy was the engine had overheated and probably killed it. It realy makes me sad that alot of scrappys dont see the worth in keeping them anymore.
13-10-2006, 07:23 PM
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Plenty in my local, 2 ghias in there at the moment, an XR3i, RS turbo shell, few estates, cabriolet with good shell, coupe of vans and al the usual Xl's. They seem to scrap the Pop's and Bonus's really quickly though
13-10-2006, 08:32 PM
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heres one for you, xr4i 1 owner from new, mint, been in a garage for 2 1/2 years after the owner passed away and the old lady scrapped it as she was selling up
14-10-2006, 05:18 PM
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Indeed they are getting scarce, theres always shitloads in the local scrap yards around here but i am noticing them starting to disappear, especially XR's and Ghia's 
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15-10-2006, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Oranoco
Closest I've got to finding an RS in the scrappy was finding a 1.3 with a dodgy fibreglass RST kit and Cossie bumpers.
You should have had the kit and put it on yours lol
Where you been hiding then
15-10-2006, 10:52 AM
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15-10-2006, 01:38 PM
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shit the bed, 3 rs's in one place. i've managed to find one rs turbo in a scrapyard near me. was nearly stipped though apart from bodywork.
i needed a window off it so came back the next day to find a load of poles were stripping the car for all bodykit doors and windows
managed to find a 3i ina scrappers down the road though
i needed a window off it so came back the next day to find a load of poles were stripping the car for all bodykit doors and windows
managed to find a 3i ina scrappers down the road though
15-10-2006, 05:16 PM
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if you look at the plates the one on the top of the pile is the sae one as in the bottom pic, but bloody hel 3 S1's and 2 s2's in a scrap yard!!! where the fuck is that!!!
16-10-2006, 12:16 AM
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didnt get a pic(not sure if that was west drayton car spares there, in middlesex myself) but i saw 2 white series 2's that i clambered upon to find bits and also 2 s1's although one was going to be restored by the scrappy owners ford nutter son and the other was stolen recovery.
18-10-2006, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by rsvan
heres another heartbreaking one
black one under the s1 was mostley gone and there was another front ended one on the left wich u cant see
20-10-2006, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by XR2
In whole Germany either...
Not a nice view though but it was helpfull when you could find some "normal" Mk4's at the scrap...... That's history unfortunately.
20-10-2006, 03:39 PM
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In whole Germany either...
But it's also got hard to find Fiesta MK2 parts. I'm glad that i've got nearly a whole second car in my garage in parts
20-10-2006, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by XR2
Originally Posted by PeterRST
Originally Posted by XR2
In whole Germany either...
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I often have a look around my local scrapyard looking for bits for my car but have you noticed how hard it is to find the old mk3 mk4 escorts nowadays. It seems that if a scrappy round my erea gets hold one they automatically crush them I recently found an old xr3i and had a couple of bits off it then when i came back to get some more they had already crushed it I realy think it criminal doing that! parts are getting harder and harder to get hold of nowadays and all them pefectly good bits have now gone forever This car had an almost pefect gun metal grey body shell with no visible rust i could see! the reason it was in the scrappy was the engine had overheated and probably killed it. It realy makes me sad that alot of scrappys dont see the worth in keeping them anymore.
I recently found an old xr3i and had a couple of bits off it then when i came back to get some more they had already crushed it I realy think it criminal doing that! parts are getting harder and harder to get hold of nowadays and all them pefectly good bits have now gone forever This car had an almost pefect gun metal grey body shell with no visible rust i could see! the reason it was in the scrappy was the engine had overheated and probably killed it. It realy makes me sad that alot of scrappys dont see the worth in keeping them anymore.managed to get the center speaker console grid and 2 plastic kick sills, when i went back to ask if the shell was up for grabs (it was good cond apart from bent front apron, it was chrushed
