scrappage scheme statistics!
just got sent this link, spent aaages having a gander
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...scheme-in-2009
354 novas got scrapped including 1 gte
even 3 lancia deltas
heartbreaking stuff!
was only publshed last week so im guessing most wont have seen it.
Interesting reading. It also highlights some dire attempts at spelling from dealers presumably. I never knew you could spell Cavalier so many different ways.
3x M3's, 2x Fiat Uno Turbo's, 4x Escort RS Turbo's, 2x Escort RS2000(Hopefully the crappy Mk5 version), 13x Fiesta XR2's, 2x Nissan Skylines, 1x Ascona, 1x Manta GTE, 1x Monza, 31x 205 GTi's, 4x 205 Rallye's, 2x Renault 5 GT Turbo's, 3x Rover SD1's, 5x Toyota Celica GT4's, 5x Astra GTE's, 5x Astra GSi's, 3x Calibra Turbo's, 2x Calibre's!?!, 1x Nova GTE, 1x Nova Sola, 10x Nova SR's, over 560x Golf GTi's! and strangely a V8 Astra are some of the ones I spotted.
Makes sad reading, but those left more valuable.
I went to a breakers in Hampshire during scrappage as I spotted they were breaking an MG Midget and I was restoring one. I made an apppointment to remove some parts and on arrival they drove it round to me. It was immaculate and freshly restored to an extremely high standard.
Whilst I stripped it of everything possible a guy approached me and said he worked at the restorers and it had only been done the previous year for the owners 17yr old daughters first car; money no object! The 17yr old daughter hated it so put it in against a new Mini.
Looking at the list it is shocking what is on there! There were many of the ex scrappage cars stored on an airfield with keys in because breakers couldnt cope - not a clue if they are still there.
sh1tehawks.But what ya gotta remember is how many of them cars could you have pulled a safe 2grand for back then as easy as driving into the dealership?
imagine the pondlife youd have had to deal with
They shouldn't have scrapped them,should have broke them up.
I can see 1 nova base in there too, someone scrap a sport!!
i would like to point out that a main dealers round here was selling of the car that got taken in as px to the smaller car traders, and not scrapped. not sure if this was going on else were, but nothing really got crushed as such, just sold on
The Nova Base could have been a 1.0 or 1.2 so not necessarily a Sport. Could be a saloon or more door to
Seen a corsa vxr in there as well, someone's made a mistake haha
Its the retro car holocaust
^^^ did you just read that? what a idiot ^^^
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