strange happenings at the car wreckers
Posted: 03 Dec 2007 06:57 am
spent today searching for rear brake shoes for the 360
no aftermarket firm has produced them for our market and genuine volvo ones are close to $400.00 so that wasnt an option either
I found myself at the wreckers hoping to get some old shoes that i could send away to be re-lined but got more than i bargained for as i was enquiring about shoes a white glt pulled up outside the owner was attempting to sell it to the wrecking yard who it appears didnt want it.
As i was leaving the owner of the terminally rusty thing approached me and offered it to me. will be ok for parts at least and it's mechanically sound and has only 155,000 ks on the speedo thats half what my daily car has
and he drove it here which was even better will spend the next weeks stripping the mechanicals . Ill be ok for spares now with one of everything except panels
no aftermarket firm has produced them for our market and genuine volvo ones are close to $400.00 so that wasnt an option either
I found myself at the wreckers hoping to get some old shoes that i could send away to be re-lined but got more than i bargained for as i was enquiring about shoes a white glt pulled up outside the owner was attempting to sell it to the wrecking yard who it appears didnt want it.
As i was leaving the owner of the terminally rusty thing approached me and offered it to me. will be ok for parts at least and it's mechanically sound and has only 155,000 ks on the speedo thats half what my daily car has
and he drove it here which was even better will spend the next weeks stripping the mechanicals . Ill be ok for spares now with one of everything except panels
i have dreams about that happening! no joke i dream about turning up to a scrappy and someone just turning up randomly and giving me a car destined for the yard.
