Yep! same thing has been happening here Jon... Trents would have a section on their website where you could check what's coming in, I loss count how many MG Rovers would just get sent straight to the crusher without even entering the DIY parts yard... I got fed up of asking in the end. :shrug:

Been there and done that on a Cortina! A mate and myself fited a engine and gearbox in a Midget without a engine hoist the one weekend. :duh: :D


Tom.

To be honest I have stopped going to Trent’s and Silverlake (across the border in Hampshire) some years ago. I don’t think Rovers or MG’s are even listed on the salvage options at Silverlake :shrug:

So a big hats off!! :bowdown: to the Traders on here who have been nothing short of stupendous with my needs for the MG ZT-T.

A PM and a few emails - very fair prices - and the parts arrive at my door.

Fantastic service.

When the guys on here tell me the S/H part is in good condition my own experience has been exactly that.

Sometimes in the past I have got stuff from a breakers yard myself that turned out to be useless due to my own ignorance.

So now I put my faith and money with the guys listed on here.

My favourite local breaker shut their doors a couple of years ago - a firm roasting by Environmental Health I believe.

The glory days of trudging through oil-laced mud to pull out fuel pumps and injectors from L Series engines to re-sell on eBay for beer money will never be forgotten. Oh to be 18 again!

RIP Trents Self Service
 

I had so much fun that day, getting my £30 worth, and staggering 12ft without dropping it, that I went back the following day, and got another £30 worth.

Now I think my knees couldn't take the 12ft dash anymore !

RIP Trents Self Service:

Pity you forgot about the service part. I lost track of the number of cars going straight to crushing, even after requesting a stay of execution. But if you forget that the customer pays your wages, one day, your wages will stop being paid !!!

So true Mark, so true. :shrug:

Its typical of what is happening around our area Mark, we live in a wealthy retirement area. Many services that once was are no longer, Charles Trents in Poole saw a significant reduction in demand for self service DIY parts, hence why the Rugby branch is still open and thriving. :shrug:

It is most certainly a real pain for us locals, there has been a few times now where I have wanted to pop in and grab a few things, even though MG Rover vehicles rarely made it to the DIY yard as you say, straight to the crusher due to lack of demand. :mad:

Brings back memories. My SD1 2.3 engine committed hari-kari, and I located a 2.6 engine in a local scrapyard in an area known locally as " over the border".
I asked stupidly, " is delivery available ?", got the reply, " yeah to the pavement outside".
As it happened there was a builders pick up truck in there, picking up something or other.
I asked if they could take my engine to the garage, for a couple of quid.
Kindly, they did, so there I was, sat in the back of a builders wagon, hugging a dirty big hump of an engine, sitting atop of all manner of rubble, as we made our way through the town centre of Middlesbrough. A sight to behold, we got there though !! :D:D