I know that scrapyards sell on cars that don't have much damage and have been written off by insurance or whatever. But what about if a car has been scrapped by the owner for say engine failure or something? Can the car be bought and put back on the road? Does anything specifically have to be done to get the car back on the road and are there any costs involved?

Just I see lots of good cars in the scrappy (chassis wise) that have been scrapped because of small problems that you can DIY for next to nout but would cost fortunes at a garage so people weigh them in.

Just finding it hard to get a cheap mk3 at the min and being able to buy one from a yard would make it easier to find a one!

I know that scrapyards sell on cars that don't have much damage and have been written off by insurance or whatever. But what about if a car has been scrapped by the owner for say engine failure or something? Can the car be bought and put back on the road? Does anything specifically have to be done to get the car back on the road and are there any costs involved?

Just I see lots of good cars in the scrappy (chassis wise) that have been scrapped because of small problems that you can DIY for next to nout but would cost fortunes at a garage so people weigh them in.

Just finding it hard to get a cheap mk3 at the min and being able to buy one from a yard would make it easier to find a one!

I know you would have to get a Vehicle Identity Check on it but i'm not sure what else.

When my first mk4 got written off* (Only damage was a smached headlight, bumper, creased bonnet and cracked front pannel) the insurance company never collected the car which was driveable and i drove and parked on the drive at home.

I repaired it for a few hundred quid, got a VIC on it and it was back in action (For about 3 months till the arse i sold it to Wrote it off). Infact i was a write off before i got it, when i find the bastard he will be sleeping with the fishes. So it was written off twice and put back on the road with only a VIC needed.

Cost £36

Edit: *Accident not my fault of course

Edited 17 October, 200718 yr by djc

i think you would have to get it mot,d at vehicle inspestorate centre,i had a mk4 escort cabby wich was nicked and bought it back of the insurance co,was gonna break it but sold it to a guy who put it back on the road,and he had to take it to above vehicle inspestorate centre.now its back on the road,depends on what category the write of has been,to do this though,mines was because of lock damage and a bent chassis leg

Category A: Beyond repair vehicle must be crushed

Category B: vehicles body must be crushed, may be used for supplying some replacement parts

Category C: vehicle has been extensively damaged and repaired

Category D: Vehicle has been damaged, insurer decided not to repair

I assume you will be looking for a Cat D? mine was a cat D and only needed a VIC

I think everyone is getting confused and thinking the opposite of what Kam is asking.

If you buy a car from a scrappy, that has been scrapped by it's owner for something like engine failure, IE, not the insurers decision, how do you go about putting it back on the road? That's what I think he wants to know.

In answer to the question, I don't have a clue. I could imagine claiming ownership could be fun.

from what i know, which is limited, you can buy it, but like toby said, it can be fun and games... the car has to be registered as a Q plate too I'm sure thats how it works... but id imagine previous owners have to be contacted etc, to confirm the car was scrapped blah blah blah...

well when you choose to scrap a car you have to send the form off to the DVLA to say that it has been broken and I think you have to tick whether you broke it yourself, or if you have left it for someone else to break.

You could ring them and find out. Last time I spoke to them they were very helpful actually :)

Iteresting concept though :)

I made similar inquiries about a g40 that I was going to buy.

not quite the same but from the research I did -

until the has been put into the crusher then its salvagable. (on paper it has to be scrapped)

most scrapyards take ownership of the car, declare it sorn then dismantle it. Then finally declaring it scrap as it comes out in a little cube shape.

thats the real way to do it anyway. although dodgey scrap yards declare it scrapped as soon as they get it. leave it in a yard for ages then crush it whenever they can be arsed.

Edited 17 October, 200718 yr by GiorgioGT

I know the geezer down the yard fairly well so I might ask him to keep the next mk3 that comes through to one side and let me see if before he cubes it. 95% of the mk3s he gets in are mint, just look like cars that would have cost to much to repair at a garage so they've been weighed in.

I'm not fussed about a Q plate TBH. Infact, I'd love it. You hardly ever see Q plates

there is no such thing as a Q plate as from i think 1995

if the scrapyard gets the log book you just change it into your name

soon as it comes through the gate before he scrappes it with dvla.

stuff normally goes on q when they cant date the car..

for example a kit car which uses a new body but al engine running gear from an old car... they can't date it so q it

It depends if it's been recorded scrapped with the DVLA. If it hasn't, peice of piss. If it has, then it needs re-registerring. It's possible, but it is a bit of a ballache. Q plates still exist. As do the modern format, which I _think_ is QXnn aaa.

Beware any vehicle that has been machine lifted.

Generally they lift cars by driving a fork lift through the windows and using the roof

you will need a vic test one its road worthy and will need to be taken to a local vic tester whihc it more harsh than a m.o.t

you will need a vic test one its road worthy and will need to be taken to a local vic tester whihc it more harsh than a m.o.t

Had many VIC tests?

He may be getting confused with SVA

you will need a vic test one its road worthy and will need to be taken to a local vic tester whihc it more harsh than a m.o.t

The VIC is only to check that the car matches what the DVLA has and isn't 5 or 6 cars combined

Category C: vehicle has been extensively damaged and repaired

Thats not right at all. Category C is Repairable salvage that can be sold for repair but must have a VIC inspection. It doesnt have to be extensively damaged at all and it definitely doesnt mean its been repaired. A lot of it is the inspectors decision, but Cat D usually only overs cosmetic damage (where the car is still drivable). Cat C covers a lot of cars that are only slightly damaged but couldnt be driven. A fractured bottom arm or similar that would take bugger all replacing would usually put a car in Cat C.

I bought a Mk2 square back off a scrapyard a couple of years ago, it had had the logbook sent in to say it had been scrapped.

So i contacted DVLA as soon as i bought it and because it wasn't long after the logbook had been sent in to them, it hadn't actually gone through as being scrapped/destroyed/dismantled, or whatever.

I therefore had to apply for the logbook at a cost of £19 i think it was. Got the logbook back and all was fine.

Until, a few months after i sold it (to an x copper)

He came into my dads garage to say that the Polo was a ringer. GULP

Anway, to cut a long story short. The dealer that sold the Polo new, had two identical cars going out at the same time and whoever had put the number plates on the cars, had got them the wrong way around. So for nearly 20 years it had gone unnoticed that the reg number didn't match with the VIN number/Chassis number.

I'm not sure what happened about it in the end, but he's still got the car with the same reg number, so i assume that the log book has been altered to match the car.