UK SCRAP YARDS THROUGH THE YEARS 

With even the most basic repairs now costing £1000's it doesn't take much to put a perfectly good car on the scrapheap. Oh, and Sadiq Khan of course.

Everyone of these vehicles was someone’s pride and joy years ago. It’s a sad sight to see all these fantastic vehicles but in a scrap yard.

The old telephone box behind the humber sceptre at the start they make serious money these days

me in the late 70s and all of the 80s in a oversized boiler suit grabbing and hiding as much stuff as i could whilst clambering in a very unsafe way all over cars teetering on top each other. I would rattle on the way out as i paid for a £1.50 dash clock i did declare. great memories of a freer period young people would loved but has long gone. no speed cameras a great time to be a young driver with adrenaline in the blood

Nice footprint of British Leyland.. to see the brandnew produced cars; ready for the transport to the happy customers.

I hope the Vauxhall Sport Hatch at 2:15 is in storage somewhere. It still appears on theGov MOT check site. By the colour of it it ought to be the droop snoot model, I think.

As a classic ford owner..it breaks my heart seeing ALL those cars like that...the vauxhall estate near the end was actually a 2.3 sports hatch...and by 1993 was off the road...rare car that one...

Scapyards these days look like nearly new cars stacked up.New cars are only made to last for a short time so you will have to purchase a new one.

These are now all your new cars and washing machines

I've climbed car stacks before to get bits and been bollocked by the yardies but they don't really care...lose that music it's hideous.

Did spot a Renault 16tx next to the maxi rare car now

Argh. I saw 2 Volvo 240s with the early 8" round headlamps. It took me 3 years to find new reproduction lamps.

Looks like the M25, which is an extended scrapyard for the car companies.

Very nice video, but the music is a nightmare, you get ear-cancer from it 🤣🤣

If you visit New Zealand, pay a visit to the scrapyard at Horopito, National Park, in the North Island. Also known as Smash Palace. Acres of old cars. Open to the public except Sundays and Public Hols. Cheers

This is a painful snuff video. I'm going to my bed to cry

Once someone's pride and joy. Sad really sad

Imagine if someone recognized their old car or a familiar license plate on one of these photos… 😳 It feels surreal and creepy to see all those cars stacked up at the scrapyard and knowing that they were once bought brand new and driving on the roads. It’s a similar feeling like when you go back to the playground you used to go to when you were a little kid and suddenly you get a giant memory flashback.

Old cars look better even in scrapyards...

About 80% of those cars ended up there, only because of a blown head gasket or rust, the other 20% were probably involved in a smash.

Now that's sad

Once they went on the pile, they were doomed.

0:49 is in the US if anyone's wondering why there's a Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique on the right of the pic. ;)

0:31 a Datsun 240K GT! These go for €20.000 and up these days!

RUST IN PEACE!

I LOve ford granada 2.8i ghai x v6 i will not scrap my car because i love my car so much

Memories of climbing up 3 or 4 cars to get your bits ,no caees or health n safety back then 😂

Also 1:53 was that a 65 lada

Lada!

A few of them were not uk scrap yards

Really cool video

So viel Schrott, da freut sich Bodo mit dem Bagger

1:51 ?

😂

Cars from my youth ,Mark 4 cortina, Hilman Hunter , Austin Mini etc I could name most of them . But the cars of today are simply better , more reliable, efficient ,faster and don't start rusting to pieces the minute they leave the dealers lot. I was following a restored A35 van, absolutely gorgeous , the other day and had to back right off because of the noxious fumes . Nope , those cars are where they belong R.I.P (Rust In Pieces).