JohnD Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 (edited) Did you think that a cars end up at the scrappers, being cut apart by grubby guys wielding gas axes, or were just put into a giant crusher, that reduces them to a cube of steel, with a few impurities? Oh, no! Watch this! It's far more like a hawk, plucking and disembowelling its prey, as each system is removed by a giant digger/grabber, each tidbit being deposited in the right skip. It's so like that as to be in the "Uncanny Valley" inhabited by humanoid robots! Edited February 2, 2020 by JohnD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 What a fun and very powerful machine. If that was 17 year old Triumph (or any other 1960's car) it would have completely rusted away and just be a pile of oxide... Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hang on! My Vitesse is FIFTY Years old and while it is not without a tinge of rust, it is not a pile of oxide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpbarrett Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, JohnD said: Hang on! My Vitesse is FIFTY Years old and while it is not without a tinge of rust, it is not a pile of oxide! John yours is one of the exceptions Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpingFrog Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 20 hours ago, mpbarrett said: What a fun and very powerful machine. If that was 17 year old Triumph (or any other 1960's car) it would have completely rusted away and just be a pile of oxide... Mike Clio Mk.IIs are annoyingly well engineered compared to many small cars, the steel is thin but they are galvanised (or terne coated?) and the front wings are plastic, never seen a properly rusty one. However, they are almost completely soulless. Not sure how common galvanising is in general, but PSA definitely dabbled in it too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Fall apart rusty seems to be Ford territory these days, KAs, Mk1 Foci and Fiestas. Beware the adverts that say things like “great car, needs a little welding for MoT”. They hide it well. Can look fine on top but terrible below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitessesteve Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 That machine is really brutal. I wonder what it costs in comparison to using actual man power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 My favourite local one mostly uses a gas-axe and an ancient Manitou. You can cause alot of destruction with a Manitou. He also has a big flat weight he drops on the shells to flatten them for shipping out. Recently they had a Hillman Hunter in there. Rustiest car I've ever seen that wasn't actually in pieces though it did have some cracks. Apparently when they dropped the weight on that there wasn't much left apart from a big cloud of red dust and the roof panel....... Or there's this method Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 My local scrapper turns cars with no demand for parts into chipped scrap in skips in 20 minutes. its over, there will be none more ‘classics’ after the 80’s cars. try restoring any not so old Vauxhall, trim is NLA. 7 years after production and parts stocks are now scrapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now