Angus Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Once a car has been issued with a Certificate of Destruction (CoD), which it should be as soon as the last Keeper gives it to the scrappy, it's got to be destroyed by law. The scrappy may choose to store it for a while, dismantle and keep bits, etc, but the car must be destroyed before it leaves the premises again (unless taken to another authorised facility for that purpose). So, you can take as many bits off the car as you like, but you can't remove the car from the yard while it's still identifiable as a car (there is a lot of grey area there!). Trust me, it's my job. Theoretically, you could remove it piece by piece. I found this in the Aberdeen scrappy a couple of years ago ... someone on here expressed an interest in salvaging it, but there was no way the guy was going to let it out of the yard ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Clogwyn Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 It is a shame, but look on the bright side, the misfortune of these cars goes to keep others on the road - a lot of the GT4 parts in the Brown Celica came from the Whitchurch scrappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggy Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Once a car has been issued with a Certificate of Destruction (CoD), which it should be as soon as the last Keeper gives it to the scrappy, it's got to be destroyed by law. The scrappy may choose to store it for a while, dismantle and keep bits, etc, but the car must be destroyed before it leaves the premises again (unless taken to another authorised facility for that purpose). So, you can take as many bits off the car as you like, but you can't remove the car from the yard while it's still identifiable as a car (there is a lot of grey area there!). Trust me, it's my job. Theoretically, you could remove it piece by piece. I found this in the Aberdeen scrappy a couple of years ago ... someone on here expressed an interest in salvaging it, but there was no way the guy was going to let it out of the yard ... what sort of idiot would run that in for scrap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adex Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 what sort of idiot would run that in for scrap? Makes your blood boil doesn't it? Mind you, you can't see the front - That o/s front's angle doesn't seem too healthy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Both front wings and the bonnet were covered in surface rust, but I think the wheel was like that because it had been taken off by a customer and just wedged back on. Can't rightly recall now, but I did look at it quite closely at the time (as I say, someone here was quite interested in it) and it seemed not bad in general. (Who was it again? I forget the username now - lived up by Newcastle/Alnwick, posted a photo of himself dancing in his engine bay once.) It had been kept in a shed (obviously with the back better covered than the front), owner died, family cleared everything out. Usual story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin3df Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Interesting. Thanks for the info guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Cheer up guys, it's not all classic Celicas down the scrappy ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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