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Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:02 pm

£21 is that it is th eprice of steel that low now?
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:12 pm

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B7 wrote:What did they give you for the shell barry. Or did they pull ya pants down?

Agree this was a hero chariot of the highest order. Saw some serious squirts on the way to the Pod in this and it was a blinder.

Still Out with the old, in with the new.
£21! :(

Still there was f8ck all on it!
So whats all this b0ll0ks about "oh yeah, you'll get a £100 for the shell alone"? We here it all the time. Mate scrapped a golf shell the other day and couldn't get a cent for it. Asked Si last night on the stirling touring, again, nowt. How do people "weigh" shells in and get money for them?
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they fill the shells with concorete !!!!!
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:06 pm

was it in a bit of a state then(tourer shell)
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:39 pm

Gutted
Can't believe you scraped it with those SE side skirts on it!! :cry:
Been looking for a set for months for my iS. Ordered a set from a zoner on the weekend for £40 then see pictures of your touring just before being crushed with them on 8O just thought I’d let you know my shame in you...only joking. Just read through your thread your a fooooking star mate...cars coming on extremely well and remarkably fast
Nice one can’t wait to see the finished vehicle!!
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:16 pm

scotty86d wrote:was it in a bit of a state then(tourer shell)
It was reasonably solid but starting to go in a few places that would have been expensive to repair properly like the roof. Anyone that knows me will know how anal i am about rust.

Even if it was completely rot free i still would have reshelled it as i prefer 2dr E30's.
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B7 wrote: So whats all this b0ll0ks about "oh yeah, you'll get a £100 for the shell alone"? We here it all the time. Mate scrapped a golf shell the other day and couldn't get a cent for it. Asked Si last night on the stirling touring, again, nowt. How do people "weigh" shells in and get money for them?

Scrap price has fallen dramatically over the last few months, its down to £40 per ton in some places, in the summer we were weighing in for £200 per ton

Scrap merchants are going bust all over the place, ive even heard EMR have gone into liquidation
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:14 pm

DanThe wrote:
B7 wrote: So whats all this b0ll0ks about "oh yeah, you'll get a £100 for the shell alone"? We here it all the time. Mate scrapped a golf shell the other day and couldn't get a cent for it. Asked Si last night on the stirling touring, again, nowt. How do people "weigh" shells in and get money for them?

Scrap price has fallen dramatically over the last few months, its down to £40 per ton in some places, in the summer we were weighing in for £200 per ton

Scrap merchants are going bust all over the place, ive even heard EMR have gone into liquidation
More volatile than I thought then!
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back to paying them collect again then soon :?
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:22 pm

DanThe wrote:
B7 wrote: So whats all this b0ll0ks about "oh yeah, you'll get a £100 for the shell alone"? We here it all the time. Mate scrapped a golf shell the other day and couldn't get a cent for it. Asked Si last night on the stirling touring, again, nowt. How do people "weigh" shells in and get money for them?

Scrap price has fallen dramatically over the last few months, its down to £40 per ton in some places, in the summer we were weighing in for £200 per ton

Scrap merchants are going bust all over the place, ive even heard EMR have gone into liquidation
I looked at the prices a while ago as I advised to a mate who knows nothing about cars the best thing he could do was scrap his rover 25 and collect £160. Sound advice I thought :) , but they were only offering £50 which I assumed was because he couldn't 'talk the talk' until I checked. They slumped around August iirc. Lost 60% of the peek value.
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Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:08 pm

My mate was lucky to shift his LWB transit for £180 then! (in August..)
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:15 pm

Good progress Barry, only about a days work to get it finished then!?lol. :D
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If i had a whole day i could finish it off so it can be MOT'd but im just doing the odd half hour here and there so progress has slowed somewhat. On saturday i'll have 5 hours spare so can get most of it finished off then it will be coming back to my lock up next weekend.
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:42 pm

Barry so you've finally got around to doing the conversion then, been of here for a while due to no computer, just finished reading the whole thread, welll done mate, wished i had a garage to work in like you do, makes life alot easier.

What was the chances, didnt even think about asking you for the bits before and jsut my luck you scrapped the car. Any how if you need a hand with putting your car back together let me know, not doing nothing at the moment anyhow.

chat to you soon then.....
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Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:54 pm

Just read this whole thread Barry, its brilliant.

That shell is one of the most rust free i have seen, near perfect.

Im loving the look of this car and the spec list. Cant wait to see it in person some time. Keep the pics roling in. Well done.
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Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:36 am

looking good there baz, that two door was a good find.

makes me want another project, could have made use of the touring :(
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Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:56 am

Same here i cant wait to see this finish, Great work! 8)
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Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:47 pm

Mate - what can I say other than awesome! An inspiration to the rest of us. Best of luck with the rest of the build.
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nice one barry, glad youve finished it, looks good :)
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cypriot_boy_2k7 wrote:nice one barry, glad youve finished it, looks good :)
Oh its not finish yet mate, quite a bit of work left to go before its MOT'able.
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well the hardest parts are done, thats the main thing. i hope you haven't forgotten my phone call? (dash)
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cypriot_boy_2k7 wrote:nice one barry, glad youve finished it, looks good :)
fella whats up with your car, i remember driving past and seeing it all smashed up outside the house- hope all was ok no injuries?
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Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:26 pm

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cypriot_boy_2k7 wrote:nice one barry, glad youve finished it, looks good :)
fella whats up with your car, i remember driving past and seeing it all smashed up outside the house- hope all was ok no injuries?
WHAT?!

The red 2dr is still at work unfinished and my black sport is in use daily. Its at work right now though as im testing some renault scrap overnight.

Where, when and what exactly did you see? :?
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Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:32 pm

Derr! I remeber now Giorgio's car got hit a while back.
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Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:38 pm

Want that bit cleaned up Barry?

Top work so far btw. & theres me struggling to find the enthusiasm to swap a new lock set in :D
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d6dph wrote:Want that bit cleaned up Barry?

Top work so far btw. & theres me struggling to find the enthusiasm to swap a new lock set in :D
Which bit woud that be?

I'm begining to loose enthusiasm for it now. Its leaving my work on sat and coming to my lock up where no doubt it will sit for a few weeks before i drum up some interest to look at it.
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d6dph wrote:Want that bit cleaned up Barry?

Top work so far btw. & theres me struggling to find the enthusiasm to swap a new lock set in :D
Which bit woud that be?

I'm begining to loose enthusiasm for it now. Its leaving my work on sat and coming to my lock up where no doubt it will sit for a few weeks before i drum up some interest to look at it.

Get it done man stop faffin about!! I'm sure you'll change your mind once you hear the S50 roaring again!! :D
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bss325i wrote:
d6dph wrote:Want that bit cleaned up Barry?

Top work so far btw. & theres me struggling to find the enthusiasm to swap a new lock set in :D
Which bit woud that be?

I'm begining to loose enthusiasm for it now. Its leaving my work on sat and coming to my lock up where no doubt it will sit for a few weeks before i drum up some interest to look at it.

Get it done man stop faffin about!! I'm sure you'll change your mind once you hear the S50 roaring again!! :D
I've even had thoughts of selling it for a Cosworth! :rock: :duck:
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ricey46 wrote:
bss325i wrote: Which bit woud that be?

I'm begining to loose enthusiasm for it now. Its leaving my work on sat and coming to my lock up where no doubt it will sit for a few weeks before i drum up some interest to look at it.

Get it done man stop faffin about!! I'm sure you'll change your mind once you hear the S50 roaring again!! :D
I've even had thoughts of selling it for a Cosworth! :rock: :duck:
Ok.....have you been having conversations with fuzzy by any chance??lol.
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mikeyboy wrote:
cypriot_boy_2k7 wrote:nice one barry, glad youve finished it, looks good :)
fella whats up with your car, i remember driving past and seeing it all smashed up outside the house- hope all was ok no injuries?
it was parked over night sum fekker went strait into it :( was all ok, it happend about 2 mins before i got home from clubing :( and the guy was high and the police never noticed :x sorry to clot the thread barry
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bss325i wrote:
mikeyboy wrote:
cypriot_boy_2k7 wrote:nice one barry, glad youve finished it, looks good :)
fella whats up with your car, i remember driving past and seeing it all smashed up outside the house- hope all was ok no injuries?
WHAT?!

The red 2dr is still at work unfinished and my black sport is in use daily. Its at work right now though as im testing some renault scrap overnight.

Where, when and what exactly did you see? :?
sorry barry i was referring to cypriotboy
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mikeyboy wrote:
bss325i wrote:
mikeyboy wrote: fella whats up with your car, i remember driving past and seeing it all smashed up outside the house- hope all was ok no injuries?
WHAT?!

The red 2dr is still at work unfinished and my black sport is in use daily. Its at work right now though as im testing some renault scrap overnight.

Where, when and what exactly did you see? :?
sorry barry i was referring to cypriotboy
No worrys mate, i soon realised that.
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Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:53 pm

what a cracking little project on your hands, that shell is so straight, the jacking pads on that 2 door shell are well clean, mine are hanging on for dear life ready to drop off :roll:
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