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scrapping the shell
lewis - 13/10/09 at 10:34 AM

im at the stage of getting rid of the sierra shell i have enquired and am getting quotes for between £20 and £40 quid that i have to pay! has the price of scrap gone right down or something? i was expecting to make £20 or at least get rid of it for nothing

blakep82 - 13/10/09 at 10:40 AM

just find the right place.
round here, i think they're all free collection.
is that £20-40 if they come and collect? what if you take it to them?

vinny1275 - 13/10/09 at 10:48 AM

I just chopped it up with an angry grinder (keeping the VIN plates) and dropped it in the appropriate bins at the local tip.....

blakep82 - 13/10/09 at 10:53 AM

quote:
Originally posted by vinny1275
I just chopped it up with an angry grinder (keeping the VIN plates) and dropped it in the appropriate bins at the local tip.....


thats what i did with my mini too. took a few days though

coozer - 13/10/09 at 10:53 AM

Cut the number out of the floor and remove the vin plate. Advertise it in the local paper for banger racing or tap one of the transit pickup drivers scrap men to take it.

Or, as said there cut it up into bits and weigh it in yourself!

[Edited on 13/10/09 by coozer]

nick205 - 13/10/09 at 11:05 AM

The 3 body shells I've scrapped I've taken there myself and got anywhere between £30-50 scrap value for them (lob in any old steel weels and other extra weight you can to up the value ;-) ) - but then having access to a trailer makes things simpler.

Otherwise, cut up into bite sized chunks and either dispose at the local amenity tip or weigh in at the scrap merchant.

Daddylonglegs - 13/10/09 at 12:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
quote:
Originally posted by vinny1275
I just chopped it up with an angry grinder (keeping the VIN plates) and dropped it in the appropriate bins at the local tip.....


thats what i did with my mini too. took a few days though


I did the same with an old mini I was robbing stuff off when I restored my eldest son's first car. Took me a couple of days with a cold chisel and Mr Angry but the stress relief was enormous!

Simply loaded up the estate car I had a the time and took it all down the recycling centre. Didn't half get some funny looks when I started unloading it all though

turbodisplay - 13/10/09 at 12:05 PM

On ebay as a 99 p start. buyer collects?
Darren

HOL - 13/10/09 at 12:30 PM

You are looking for Scrap metal merchants and not car breakers?


I have just had a Galant we used in a recent race (no interior etc) taken away for nought by one local firm.

Another local firm gave a friend £75 for a 306 he took down there on the back of his work truck.

Most seem to advertise £60 a tonne, excluding wheels and tyres.

So there is money in it.

[Edited on 13/10/09 by HOL]

irvined - 13/10/09 at 02:18 PM

quote:
Originally posted by vinny1275
I just chopped it up with an angry grinder (keeping the VIN plates) and dropped it in the appropriate bins at the local tip.....


I did that, until Mr Jobsworth at the local tip accused me of stealing cars and ringing them, (I had the V5 and receipt.) and started a big argument with me about the legalities of what i was doing.

Its not very often I get irate, but that was one of those moments, I think my rant was mainly about how much I enjoyed paying so much council tax just so I could be hurled abuse at by some work shy moron who couldnt tell the difference between a 'rung' car and his elbow anyway. My friend Paul seemed to find it rather amusing though so at least one of us was laughing.

I got a bit victor meldrew that day, anyhow, in the end I took the rest to a local scrap yard and they didnt bat an eyelid and gave me a tenner for it which just about paid for the evenings beer.

lewis - 13/10/09 at 06:02 PM

these were car brakers not scrap metal so maybe ill give them a go.

robocog - 13/10/09 at 07:23 PM

Shame your not just tha little bit closer to Gosport
Our place is paying £50 a car if we have to collect and £75 if its brought in
(though not sure what the score is with just bare shells)

Will have a word with our driver, but I'm pretty sure you are over our border that we cover

Surprised you can't find anyone to take it for free as a worst case scenario

Regards
Rob

stevegough - 17/10/09 at 09:06 AM

The scrap guys don't collect bare shells - they don't weigh enough for it to be worth their while. They charge about £40 around here to collect.

As the other guys have said, cut it up with the angry grinder - BE CAREFUL ! then trailer / car boot it, glass 'n all to the weigh in - I got £9.70 for my sierra ( I think its called Depreciation ! )

Steve.

lewis - 17/10/09 at 02:30 PM

thanks for the replys ill have a think about the grinder but am thinking it might just be eaiser to pay the £20 and be done with it

sdh2903 - 13/11/09 at 06:14 PM

Just had same problem gettin rid of my donor BMW, if it was rolling then it would have gone for free, but because it needed Hiab'in on then it cost £20 Purely because scrap value has dipped of late.

I would have liked to have cut it up myself but it was starting to look a bit of an eyesore and just wanted rid asap. (well the mrs did!!)

NS Dev - 14/11/09 at 08:15 PM

my local yard pay £150 a tonne, all my scrap goes there. prob 2 to 3 cars a month