Quite a few months ago one of my mates had his RST stolen off his driveway.

It was in pretty bad shape (rotten) and was going to be broken for parts but as it was stolen this didnt happen.

What i was wondering is what would have done with it assuming they stripped all the salvagable parts then they surley they would have to have dispossed of the shell, but police never found it??

Has anyone got any ideas?? Surely they wouldnt have kept it??

 

Maybe it was just Pikeys saw an easy £20 to weigh it in.

 

Sorry I dont quite understand- im probally being rather stupid

 

took it to the scrap man and gave it to them in exchange for money.

 

as dave said take it top scrap man

and most likely got about £80 for weighing it in

 

Do they not check the cars before they are scraped?

 

not really as most times they are squashed beyond recognition.

no one is going to look for chassis numbers etc....

 

They should be documented. By with the amount of business they put their way, Pikeys and Scrap metal processors are usually good buddies.

A bit like Taxi drivers and 2nd hand Mobile phone dealers.

 

again dave beat me but who gona have time to find chassis bnumber when all they do is either beat it with sledge hammers to make it look like it been in a heavy crash or just fill it full of other rubbish as a sereis 2 shell without body kit just looks like a mk4 escort ie nothing special

 

Fair enough, i miss the car and it wasnt even mine- i was hoping to buy it and bring it back to the road. Oh well

 

It was probably cut up into small managable parts and disposed of in various places...fields, dustbins, ally's etc...easiest way to get rid of a shell if the fraggy (metal man) wont take it without a V5

 

In my experience scrappies will take stuff without the V5 if they know you well enough. They just dont pay you for the scrap.

 

bloody hell round out way all you do is turn up with a van or trailer ful of bits of car and go striaght onto a weigh bridge.

they record the weight you then empty the said transport and go collect the money!

 

same in most of the scrapyards in my area