Yellow A2 tragedy

[George Hogg]

Yesterday I found out a yellow A2 had been trailered into a Scrappy in Glasgow two days before. I phoned up but they’d taken the engine out and crushed it on the day it arrived. Very sad.

George

 

[Ami]

idiots, very quick to crush them

 

[robskiA2tdi]

Yesterday I found out a yellow A2 had been trailered into a Scrappy in Glasgow two days before. I phoned up but they’d taken the engine out and crushed it on the day it arrived. Very sad.

George

leave them a note..."any A2 in -> Phone me first!"

 

[George Hogg]

I asked them to do that but they’re a big outfit and they were not interested. They just go for quick turnover. Also I’m 180 miles away and it’s a landrover and trailer journey so unless it was an interesting one I wouldn’t go for it.
But another yellow lost…..

 

[Proghound]

I really hope that wasn't the all-over yellow special-order one that @mrbroons had been in the process of restoring before selling up a few years back. I don't remember it re-surfacing within the Club.

 

[Audimad]

B******s!!

 

[A2Steve]

It is a shame, but to the general populous, it's just a car.

 

[murdo]

What a pity. A few years back I pondered how many lovely A2s were lost to the scrappage scheme as values were very low at the time

 

[PlasticMac]

@George Hogg do you know what engine it was?
Mac.

 

[EdinA2]

Unfortunately not an unusual event, sadly about 2 A2 a day meet their maker, according to how many left.

 

[George Hogg]

@George Hogg do you know what engine it was?
Mac.

Sorry Mac, my only info was that the car looked tidy on the trailer. I didn’t see it myself. The scrappy said the engine was removed for export.

George

 

[Tardis]

Had a similar experience at a yard in Fife. Got some door cards, handbrake lever and door check straps from one they had in and rear false floor supports and bootliners from another. Went back for the wiper arm, glovebox and cupholders and they had crushed the best one.
As far as they are concerned its a big lump of aluminium which is much more lucrative than a big lump of steel.

 

[A2Steve]

As far as they are concerned its a big lump of aluminium which is much more lucrative than a big lump of steel.

That's not the case, they weight them in with ferrous metal unless the shell has been completely stripped clean.

I once had a scrap guy who set fire to one in a container so that only the clean alu was left, not thinking that aluminium melts. He was left with a melted mess at the bottom of his shipping container. Not the brightest of sparks.