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23-05-2018, 04:38 PM
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Re: Breakers yards in the 70's & 80s.

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Back in the early sixties I used to work in the local breakers on a Saturday, and one of my main jobs was chopping body shells up with a huge felling axe to save them money on oxy- acetylene. I got paid half a crown for the day, a veritable fortune to me then... happy days...
I bet that was enjoyable but just think what some of those body shells might be worth now.
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23-05-2018, 06:05 PM
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Re: Breakers yards in the 70's & 80s.

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I bet that was enjoyable but just think what some of those body shells might be worth now.
Mainly Ford Pops and Austin 7s from memory, with a few Fordson vans and perhaps very rarely a Humber and even once an Austin Princess, that was a bugger to chop I can tell you....
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23-05-2018, 06:26 PM
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Re: Breakers yards in the 70's & 80s.

Had a couple of Marinas never any trouble getting mechanical parts.
Because they were rot boxes.
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23-05-2018, 07:42 PM
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Re: Breakers yards in the 70's & 80s.

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Mainly Ford Pops and Austin 7s from memory, with a few Fordson vans and perhaps very rarely a Humber and even once an Austin Princess, that was a bugger to chop I can tell you....
The Princess was well built.
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23-05-2018, 07:44 PM
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Re: Breakers yards in the 70's & 80s.

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Had a couple of Marinas never any trouble getting mechanical parts.
Because they were rot boxes.
Ha ha.

I almost bought a Marina from a friend of a friend but I think the owner must have felt too guilty and didn't show up. Perhaps I had a lucky escape.
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23-05-2018, 07:46 PM
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Re: Breakers yards in the 70's & 80s.

My old Fiat 128 used the same bolts for almost everything on board (M8s from memory) so I would always look out for them around the Fiats on the floor and take them home. I ended up with a big tin full.
 
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