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Scrapping a Morris Minor
locogeoff - 15/6/11 at 02:00 PM

Hello

I'm scrapping a Morris Minor, does anyone have a rough price for what I should get for weighing it in. Fife region if that makes a bearing on price. I want shot of it but I don't want ripped off if you get my drift.

BTW I part with nothing, it's seriously not savable, but I've contacted the Minors owners club in case they want it.

Regards

Geoff


designer - 15/6/11 at 02:15 PM

Why not advertise it in the Classic Car Magazines. You should get a lot more for the sum of the parts.


locogeoff - 15/6/11 at 02:23 PM

I cannot be bothered breaking it, just want it away, hopefully this week as well. I've two too many cars on the drive, and once it's gone the missus might just... well you know where that was going

[Edited on 15/6/11 by locogeoff]


T66 - 15/6/11 at 02:29 PM

A Clio size car without wheels is about £100 ish - with wheels about £80.


Dont break it, put it on ebay - you will get more than £100 for it !


stevegough - 15/6/11 at 02:38 PM

+1 for ebaying it.


v8kid - 15/6/11 at 02:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by T66
A Clio size car without wheels is about £100 ish - with wheels about £80.



Eh! Is that 'cos of the disposal costs of the tyres then? Well I'm blessed we take them for nothing at the racetrack to make tyre walls.

Cheers!


locogeoff - 15/6/11 at 03:14 PM

Maybe I should have been more specific.

This thing was a CatC write off about 7 years ago and has been languishing on my drive ever since gently returning to the oxide form of iron. It's more rotten than a rotten thing at a conference of rotten things. I doubt there is a usable item on it other than the major castings.

There's an old skip outside my house at the moment that's in better nick than the car. If the scrap value was lower I'd lob bits of it into the skip tonight.

Regards

Geoff

p.s. cheers for all the reples

[Edited on 15/6/11 by locogeoff]


T66 - 15/6/11 at 03:36 PM

wheels off - £100 it is then....


jollygreengiant - 15/6/11 at 04:48 PM

Ebay will still get more than a ton i would think for a moggie.


paulf - 15/6/11 at 05:22 PM

Has it got a tax exempt log book? if so it will definitely sell on e bay as a donor for a newer one.
Paul


blakep82 - 15/6/11 at 05:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by v8kid
quote:
Originally posted by T66
A Clio size car without wheels is about £100 ish - with wheels about £80.



Eh! Is that 'cos of the disposal costs of the tyres then? Well I'm blessed we take them for nothing at the racetrack to make tyre walls.

Cheers!


what race track's this? lol


BigFaceDave - 15/6/11 at 05:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by T66
A Clio size car without wheels is about £100 ish - with wheels about £80.




A guy at work weighed a old scorpio in today and got £180 a ton so make sure you shop around before weighing something in!


martin1973 - 15/6/11 at 07:36 PM

end of life vehicle people round here are paying £125 for a complete car, collected


locogeoff - 16/6/11 at 02:18 PM

Many thanks for all the replies

Regards

Geoff


bartonp - 16/6/11 at 02:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by paulf
Has it got a tax exempt log book? if so it will definitely sell on e bay as a donor for a newer one.
Paul


Aren't any Minors saloons that are not tax exempt...except maybe a very late van or pickup


locogeoff - 16/6/11 at 03:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bartonp
quote:
Originally posted by paulf
Has it got a tax exempt log book? if so it will definitely sell on e bay as a donor for a newer one.
Paul


Aren't any Minors saloons that are not tax exempt...except maybe a very late van or pickup


According to wikipedia the last Minor produced in this country was in 71 so they'd all be tax exempt.

My shed was a CatC write off so doesn't have a logbook.

Regards

Geoff


locogeoff - 18/6/11 at 10:01 PM

As of Friday 17th June I was offered £150 a tonne by Daltons in Edinburgh, so I sold it to bloke from the Morris Minor owners club for £100, he came and picked it up today.

The missus is pleased, I'm happy, the blokes happy, the Minor is apparently getting converted into a trailer, rather than getting cubed sent out to china then comming back upsetting balance of payments.

Thanks once again for all the replies

Regards

Geoff


stevegough - 19/6/11 at 08:04 AM

quote:
Originally posted by locogeoff
As of Friday 17th June I was offered £150 a tonne by Daltons in Edinburgh, so I sold it to bloke from the Morris Minor owners club for £100, he came and picked it up today.

The missus is pleased, I'm happy, the blokes happy, the Minor is apparently getting converted into a trailer, rather than getting cubed sent out to china then comming back upsetting balance of payments.

Thanks once again for all the replies

Regards

Geoff


well done, I'd call that a MINOR result