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1st January 2013, 22:20
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Where is a good place to find pranged motors?
Given that we don't give a shite about dent as long as the chassis and wheels are straight it seems to make sense to but cheaper pranged motors.
I have browsed the web and get lots of used car sites and lots of car scrap page sites.
Anyone found anything good for in between donors?
Please list websites, locations and real world experiences.
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2nd January 2013, 09:22
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I was on the lookout for a pranged car but found a straight one for just £720. It just needed it's sills doing (which I did myself).
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2nd January 2013, 10:14
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I am looking for a Z3 so they are a bit more
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2nd January 2013, 10:39
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2nd January 2013, 11:19
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That's the kind of thing, just needs to be auto and preferably 2.8 which is where the price goes up.
I will be scanning ebay, gumtree and other places for bargains but if there is a place specialising in light crash damaged cars it would be useful to know about it.
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2nd January 2013, 12:58
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Yes i forgot about the ankle! you could always get (Ooh and Argh) to drive , Geoff .
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3rd January 2013, 12:11
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have a look at hbc.co.uk they deal in salvage up and down the country they have 3 sites, canvey island, derby and newcastle
ive bought a few from Derby
you can view the site without registering
http://www.hbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/zyview/.../ZV_AND_OR=and
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3rd January 2013, 12:44
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That's the sort of site I was after. Thanks.
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3rd January 2013, 14:35
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3rd January 2013, 15:28
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www.copart.co.uk salvage auctions all over the UK free to view register to bid, cost me £50 as I viewed a MK 2 MX 5 with minor damage front and back but I dropped out of the bidding as it got too high, lots of Eastern Europeans bidding and exporting for spares, this was at the Kent site in Sandwich may be better elswhere.
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3rd January 2013, 18:53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davecymru
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Interesting.....they shorten it by 5 inches, adding stiffening tubes to the sills, but then say it is free from IVA. Sounds like chassis mod to me.
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