Morris Minor Owners Club

I found out last night that someone we know, knows of a place, a scrapyard, selling used US military vehicles.

Apparently, the owner of this huge scrapyard died recently and the stuff is being sold off dirt cheap - one guy bought three Hummers for three thousand pounds (the original military ones go for around twenty-five thousand)!

The sad thing is, most of the vehicles have now been crushed! Why? Because the estate's executors simply wanted rid and couldn't be bothered to advertise or ask around.

Into the crusher went, according to our friend, Jeeps, Rios, Mutts, Blazers and other similar, WORKING US military vehicles!

Still, myself and the other half are going down there in a couple of weeks, hopefully, to see what we can scavenge. It's a shame that the vehicles are mostly gone, I'd have loved to give 'em five hundred quid and take away a two-and-a-half-ton truck!

Would anybody be interested in knowing the address? No Minor stuff, but there might be some excellent military vehicle spares going cheap for cash . . . .

I'd be interested, not so much for me - I think my neighbours must be incredibly happy to see my Viva finally leaking oil onto my own driveway - but for some freinds who are really in to military vehicles

I'll try and find out more details, like the full address, all I have so far is a scrap of paper with the words Bear Hill, Alvechurch, Redditch, J2 off the M42. I'm going to bug the other half for details.
Like I said, probably all the decent vehicles have gone now, but there could be plenty of parts going begging for those restorers.

Sorry but I think this possibly might be part urban myth (in that there are GOOD vehicles being sold / crushed).
An executor has a LEGAL obligation to managed the estate of a deceased and selling things like Hummers for £1000 or crushing other sellable vehicles simply because they couldn't be bothered to try and realise the proper value would land them in court - and possibly having to reimburse the estate for the full value of anything they destroyed or undervalued / sold.
I'm not saying the scrap yard doesen't exist or that there might be Hummers etc in there but there are probably totally 100% scrap and not just useable surplus.
Drop a Hummer from an aircraft, parachute doesn't open and you get the idea of the state I mean

Paul Humphries.

Hey I'm only repeating what I was told. I still want to go along and see for myself.

Furrtiv wrote:Hey I'm only repeating what I was told. I still want to go along and see for myself.

If near by I'd want to go too but the cynic in me doubts you'd find anything worth having.
Remember to take a camera

Paul Humphries