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Post Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:56 pm

had a brilliant day today! finished work a 14.30 as i had finished all the work they had for me.

called in at the scrap yard on my way home and found a muddy but very good condition tech-ll steering wheel and a usefull 3" elbow off a 530 Ԛ£10 in all!!! :D

had to hacksaw throught the steering lock as the scrapper didnt have the key,but it came off intact!

put some leather restorer on it and it as good as new! no rips or tears, mint

Have any of you got any scrap yard bargins lately?? winkeye
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Post Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:52 pm

Nothing exciting, but i got a mint wheel brace, mint warning triangle, and mint towing eye for a bargaintastic Ԛ£2, lol
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Post Tue Sep 26, 2006 10:54 pm

Scrappy bargins thats what its all about winkeye
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Post Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:08 pm

give me some half decent scrappies round my way :(

saying that, i got a maplight mirror for 5quid :p
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Post Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:12 pm

map light mirror for Ԛ£5 thats pritty cool!

I got a slightly damaged full tech 2 kit for Ԛ£24 once sold it for Ԛ£250. every ones happy espeicaly me!! :cool:
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Post Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:59 pm

There some serious bargins there 8)

If only i had a decent scrappy round my too :cry:

Did get a set of M-Tecknik door sills (no longer available, so dan told me) for a tenner, that's probably my best bargin :? No Ԛ£2 jobbies for me :mad:

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Post Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:08 am

na any scrappy near me want to rip me off! apparently if i go out the way a bit i should be able to get some deals but oh my word................they have serious issues with greed! :x

will find some better ones soon.
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Post Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:28 am

nice finds. i got half a took kit from a car boot.. just walked out with it as if it was part of my kit.. probably 40 quids worth of cheap sockets etc but well worth having..
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Post Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:01 am

Tech 2 wheel for Ԛ£10.
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Post Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:46 am

Its finding a scrapper these days that lets you walk about, theres only 1 left near me now that does this, all the rest are counter service only, and if someone has to go look for you, can only immagine this bumps up the price...and then half the time you dont get what you want as the guy cant be bothered looking...hence i still use the "walk about" one...besides you cant beat a good rummage through a scrappers! Always see some interesting things!
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Post Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:01 pm

Hi I got 2 front seats in mint cond. for Ԛ£30.
I always take a wee run into my local breakers
when I have some free time.I have 4 around about me.
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Post Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:27 pm

I got Cruise control and OBC for Ԛ£15. They are having a clear out in all the yards near me at the moment so not much about.
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Post Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:17 pm

Does anyone know of any decent yards in Sussex?

I am after a number of bits and would hate to think that they would be rotting in a yard somewhere near me.

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Post Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:02 am

alwyn briges at pease pottage is your best bet. get of the m23 at pease services and its right there. pm me if you need more details. its a cracker with about 6 E30's there this week..
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Post Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:17 am

appletree wrote:had a brilliant day today! finished work a 14.30 as i had finished all the work they had for me.

called in at the scrap yard on my way home and found a muddy but very good condition tech-ll steering wheel and a usefull 3" elbow off a 530 Ԛ£10 in all!!! :D

had to hacksaw throught the steering lock as the scrapper didnt have the key,but it came off intact!

put some leather restorer on it and it as good as new! no rips or tears, mint

Have any of you got any scrap yard bargins lately?? winkeye
Good work there fella :D

I never seem to have such luck, usualy bugger all at my local scappy. :cry: